3 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Robert Greene's 2006 book applying military strategy to competitive life — 33 strategies drawn from Napoleon, Alexander the Great, and other military commanders — structured as a manual for navigating competitive situations.
American basketball player — 6 NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls, 6 Finals MVPs, 5 regular season MVPs — widely considered the greatest basketball player of all time — whose partnership with Nike created the Air Jordan line, the most successful sports endorsement in history.
Andrew Grove's 1996 account of strategic inflection points — moments when the forces shaping a business change so fundamentally that management must either adapt or die — using Intel's near-death experience from Japanese memory chip competition as the primary case.