Business @ the speed of thought : using a digital nervous system

Main Author: Gates, Bill, 1955-
Other Authors: Hemingway, Collins.
Published: New York, NY: Warner Books, c1999..
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1.
  • Information flow is your lifeblood
  • ch. 1.
  • Manage with the force of facts
  • ch. 2.
  • Can your digital nervous system do this?
  • ch. 3.
  • Create a paperless office
  • pt. 2.
  • Commerce: the Internet changes everything
  • ch. 4.
  • Ride the inflection rocket
  • ch. 5.
  • The Middleman must add value
  • ch. 6.
  • Touch your customers
  • ch. 7.
  • Adopt the web lifestyle
  • ch. 8.
  • Change the boundaries of business
  • ch. 9.
  • Get to market first
  • pt. 3.
  • Manage knowledge to improve strategic thought
  • ch. 10.
  • Bad news must travel fast
  • ch. 11.
  • Convert bad news to good
  • ch. 12.
  • Know your numbers
  • ch. 13.
  • Shift people into thinking work
  • ch. 14.
  • Raise your corporate IQ
  • ch. 15.
  • Big wins require big risks
  • pt. 4.
  • Bring insight to business operations
  • ch. 16.
  • Develop processes that empower people
  • ch. 17.
  • Information technology enables reengineering
  • ch. 18.
  • Treat it as a strategic resource
  • pt. 5.
  • Special enterprises
  • ch. 19.
  • No health care system is an island
  • ch. 20.
  • Take government to the people
  • ch. 21.
  • When reflex is a matter of life and death
  • ch. 22.
  • Create connected learning communities
  • pt. 6.
  • Expect the unexpected
  • ch. 23.
  • Prepare for the digital future.