Trigger Points: How to Make Decisions Three Times Faster, Innovate Smarter, and Beat Your Competition by 10 Percent (It Ain't Easy) Review

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(More customer reviews)Recently, I conducted a spring cleaning of my personal library & found a number of interesting business books, which I have totally forgotten about.
This is one of them. I remember I had acquired it at the time I was just moving into general management duing the late 80s.
The most productive learning experience I got out of this book is the understanding & application of one of the action tools recommended by the author: Razor Blade Reading & Clue Management. Till today, this has been an integral part of my life as an knowledge adventurer & technology explorer.
In a nut shell, this action tool entails scanning (before going to bed, in the bathroom, while waiting in line, while traveling) and clipping (with a razor blade!) interested articles from business/industry magazines; & reviewing them periodically (also, exchanging ideas with collegues over drinks) by asking:
- can it affect my business?
- what problem may it create?
- what opportunity may it create?

This action also includes filing the articles in appropriate folders (to create a chronological series of data, information & clues on the particular subject)& reviewing each folder once a month for trends, gaps or revelations.
A final word from the author: Razor Blade Reading is useless unless it leads to a decision & action. This is the final test of the real value of the process.
The author even recommends Razor Blade Reading in the Sky for those busy travelling executives. He cautions: Please remove your address labels, otherwise the airlines may mail them back to you!
Although much of the book may be out of date as it was published prior to the internet era, I strongly feel the remaining action tools e.g. pyramid thinking, directed brainstorming, gap analysis, etc. as recommended by the author are still very relevant in today's context.

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