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A companion guidebook to the number-one bestselling Good to Great, focused on implementation of the flywheel concept, one of Jim Collins’ most memorable ideas that has been used across industries and the social sectors, and with startups.The key to business success is not a single innovation or one plan. It is the act of turning the flywheel, slowly gaining momentum and eventually reaching a breakthrough. Building upon the flywheel concept introduced in his groundbreaking classic Good to Great, Jim Collins teaches readers how to create their own flywheel, how to accelerate the flywheel’s momentum, and how to stay on the flywheel in shifting markets and during times of turbulence.Combining research from his Good to Great labs and case studies from organizations like Amazon, Vanguard, and the Cleveland Clinic which have turned their flywheels with outstanding results, Collins demonstrates that successful organizations can disrupt the world around them—and reach unprecedented success—by employing the flywheel concept.

In September 1979, during the early days of the Thatcher Government, unauthorised financial speculation places Pat O'Donnell's company at risk. Jenny, who is now an accountant, works with Pete to save the company. That brings old feelings to the fore. But an accident to the husband of Pete's old friend Liz takes his life in a different direction.

In July 1973, Pete has been developing the business of Pat O'Donnell's company in Spain. He returns to the UK with a secret that is worth a fortune to those who know it - that on October 6th, war will again break out in the Middle East. He meets again many of those he knew in Cambridge, makes new friends, and finds a new partner.

At Christmas 2015, family arguments about Pete Bridford's huge success in business, together with premonitions of the Brexit vote, lead him to realise that the lessons he learnt in his youth are going to be needed. He decides to write them down.First he goes back 50 years, to October 1967, when he is beginning research at Cambridge University...