Beyond the 80/20 Principle The Science of Success from Game Theory to the Tipping Point

by Koch, Richard

• ISBN13: 9781529331448
• ISBN10: 1529331447
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2020-12-01
• Publisher: Nicholas Brealey

Summary

THIS IS A REVISED EDITION OF THE 80/20 PRINCIPAL AND OTHER LAWS

Millions of highly effective people around the world have read Richard Koch's global bestseller THE 80/20 PRINCIPLE and enjoyed a serious advantage in the pursuit of success. Now,BEYOND THE 80/20 PRINCIPLE takes you even further.

Including the 80/20 Principle itself - the radical power law that helps you achieve more by doing less - BEYOND THE 80/20 PRINCIPLE reveals 92 more universal scientific principles and laws that will help you achieve personal success in an increasingly challenging business environment.

From natural selection to genes and memes,BEYOND THE 80/20 PRINCIPLE demonstrates, in theory and in practice, what science can teach you about business and success. It includes:

* Evolution by Natural Selection
* Business Genes
* Gause's Laws
* Evolutionary Psychology
* Newton's Laws
* Relativity
* Quantum Mechanics
* Chaos
* Complexity
* The Tipping Point
* Increasing Returns
* Unintended Consequences

'Richard Koch delivers some sharp cross-disciplinary comparisons and knows his onions on both sides of the business/science fence... Koch's feet are firmly on the ground' THE SUNDAY TIMES - Business Book of the Week

'Cogently, entertainingly and often controversially, [Koch] draws parallels between the natural universe and the modern business world. Persevere with Koch's often elegant thought processes and you will look at your business quite differently' ENTERPRISE

Author Biography

Richard Koch is a highly successful author, investor and entrepreneur, having made large returns from businesses as diverse as hotels, restaurants, personal organisers and consulting. A former partner at consulting firm Bain & Co, and co-founder of The LEK Partnership, the fastest growing and most profitable 'strategy boutique' of the 1980s, Richard now lives the 80/20 way between Gibraltar, Spain, Portugal and South Africa.