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This weeks book: Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works

Overall a very grounded, practical take on what “strategy” actually means in business. The big strength is how simple and operational the core framework is choosing where to play and how to win, and then forcing real trade-offs instead of vague “we want to be the best in everything” thinking. It’s heavily rooted in real corporate examples - P&G especially (one of the co-authors was a former CEO of P&G), which makes it feel less abstract than a lot of strategy books. That said, it’s more of a clean executive framework than a deep exploration of strategy in messy, dynamic environments, but as a baseline mental model for structured strategic thinking, it’s solid and still very relevant.

Anyone have any thoughts on it?

This week's book: Bulletproof Problem Solving: The One Skill That Changes Everything

Overall I think it does exactly what it sets out to do: give a very structured, consulting-style approach to breaking down messy problems. The 7-step framework is clear, repeatable, and actually useful if you’re working in strategy/consulting or just want to get better at not jumping straight into solutions. It’s definitely heavy on MECE and logic trees, so it can feel a bit rigid for more ambiguous, nonlinear problems, but I think that’s kind of the point, it’s about forcing clarity before creativity. Definetely does seem to be more consulting-centric; it's not really revolutionary, but very solid as a foundational “how to think” book for structured problem solving.

Curious to know your guys' thoughts on it?