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CFO Bookshelf is based on the popular weekly newsletter by CFOBookshelf.com. Each week we talk about great business books for financial leaders. The show also features interviews with authors, and the 2 CFOs with Mark and Bruce.
CFO Bookshelf
4d ago
Agile, DevOps, TPS, TOC, Deming's System of Profound Knowledge. Is there a mental construct or latticework that connects these robust systems?
In Wiring the Winning Organization, Gene Kim and Steve Spear introduce the concepts of the three layers of work and social circuitry. The book also explains the book's three biggest learning pillars: Simplification, Slowification, and Amplification.
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CFO Bookshelf
1w ago
John Rossman is making his second appearance on CFO Bookshelf. We interviewed him two years ago for one of our top 10 books of 2022, The Amazon Way, Amazon's 14 Leadership Principles.
John's newest book which he co-authored with Kevin McCaffrey is Big Bet Leadership. Highlights from the conversation include:
What is and what is not a big bet
A topic for low- and high-tech companies, both
Big bets are generally found in Day 1 organizations
Small teams vs. R&D labs
Thinking, environment, management
The power of writing
The portfolio of ideas with limited resources
The lightning round - laz ..read more
CFO Bookshelf
2w ago
Of all the books written about Warren Buffett, I am unaware of any authors who grew up in Omaha, Nebraska and went to school with his children.
Todd Finkle is the author of Warren Buffett: Investor and Entrepreneur, a book that was fourteen years in the making.
If you are a Buffett student, perhaps you will have heard several of Todd's stories, but are you aware of Buffett's numerous investing mistakes throughout the years or several of Charlie Munger's thoughts on behavioral investing?
In this conversation, we also discussed three of my favorite stories in the book. My favorite is the five ..read more
CFO Bookshelf
3w ago
John Rossman is making his second appearance on CFO Bookshelf. We interviewed him two years ago for one of our top 10 books of 2022, The Amazon Way, Amazon's 14 Leadership Principles.
John's newest book which he co-authored with Kevin McCaffrey is Big Bet Leadership. Highlights from the conversation include:
What is and what is not a big bet
A topic for low- and high-tech companies, both
Big bets are generally found in Day 1 organizations
Small teams vs. R&D labs
Thinking, environment, management
The power of writing
The portfolio of ideas with limited resources
The lightning round - laz ..read more
CFO Bookshelf
2M ago
A Beautiful Constraint by Morgan and Barden: is it a marketing, branding, psychology, or management book? Or is it all four?
In this episode, Willy Donaldson (Simple_Complexity and Estimated Time of Departure) and I discuss five of the biggest ideas in the thought-provoking book A Beautiful Constraint. The authors state the goal is not to eliminate a constraint but to leverage it. Their book explains how.
Below are some of the topics we addressed:
the definition of a constraint
Goldratt's definition
reasons you may not need to read the book
the relationship between ambition and constraints ..read more
CFO Bookshelf
2M ago
Since starting the CFO Bookshelf podcast, I have released a ‘favorite books’ show each January. I’ve always been reluctant to do so because my reading tastes may differ from yours. However, these episodes are some of the most downloaded in our podcast catalog.
In this discussion, I list my Top 10 books, honorable mentions, fiction, and even books that I did not like. Other insights include what and how much to read and if fiction matters.
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CFO Bookshelf
2M ago
One of the best books we've read on private equity is by Adam Coffey. The title is The Private Equity Playbook.
Adam's newest book is based on a two-day presentation he gave on how to roll up an industry purposely and effectively. He turned his 300-plus page slide deck into the book Empire Builder: The Road to a Billion.
Some of the topics we cover include:
investing in what you know
a simple example using a mowing company and its unit economics
the industry traits for empire building
the 30:1 rule for managers
the rule of 130
price escalation clauses
Sandy Ogg
Financial diligence and proct ..read more
CFO Bookshelf
2M ago
I had never considered the business aspects of pirating until I read Katherine Howe's newest book, A True Account: Hannah Masury's Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself.
Every ship's captain had a vision, as did the crew. A mission steered each voyage. The crew was kept in line with its bylaws or code of conduct. Loot was allocated based on a profit-sharing plan.
In this conversation, Katherine reveals why moviegoers romanticize the golden era of pirating. Not only do we get a sneak preview of the characters and the plot in Katherine's new book, but we are also reminded of our coun ..read more
CFO Bookshelf
2M ago
CFO Bookshelf considers The Wisdom of Finance one of its favorite 25 business books.
Mihir Desai combines abstract and obtuse finance concepts with literature, history, movies, and poems in his book, which was released in 2017.
In this bookclub-style episode, we cover several of the themes Mihir highlighted in his educational and entertaining book:
Bankruptcy (the history of Robert Morris)
Options and Diversification (Pride and Prejudice)
Value Creation (The Parable of the Talents)
Corporate Governance (The Producers)
Mergers (marriages)
The Demonization of Finance (O Pioneers ..read more
CFO Bookshelf
2M ago
One of the best books we've read on private equity is by Adam Coffey. The title is The Private Equity Playbook.
Adam's newest book is based on a two-day presentation he gave on how to roll up an industry purposely and effectively. He turned his 300-plus page slide deck into the book Empire Builder: The Road to a Billion.
Some of the topics we cover include:
investing in what you know
a simple example using a mowing company and its unit economics
the industry traits for empire building
the 30:1 rule for managers
the rule of 130
price escalation clauses
Sandy Ogg
Financial diligence and proct ..read more