High Velocity Leadership: Managing Speed & Direction in the Demanding World of Faster-Better- Cheaper

Brian K. Muirhead spins a great web of stories relating to the development and mission of the Mars Pathfinder. Against all odds regarding schedule and budget, he managed to keep his work teams focused on a shared vision towards a common goal. From initial proposal through early development into production and the actual mission, Brian and his team overcame obstacle after obstacle to make their dream of reaching and exploring Mars a reality. A must read for any manager of knowledge workers in the new global economy. The bible of faster, better, cheaper!

So THAT'S how they build a spacecraft. Great insight into the process and a really amazing glimpse into the mind of the man who made it happen. Lessons that can be applied to nearly any business today. If you only read one business book this year, this is THE ONE.

What's so amazing about this book is that the management approaches they used to build the Pathfinder spacecraft so quickly and so inexpensively sound like ideas every one of us can use every day. Loved the story, loved the ideas. Fascinating and absorbing.

When is the last time you read a business book, read it all the way to the end, and wished it was LONGER? Even when you know that the Pathfinder spacecraft landed successfully on Mars, there is still a suspense all the way through, how will they overcome THIS problem, how will they overcome THAT one. This book is too good to miss.

This has to be the most valuable book I've read in ages. It offers fresh and extremely powerful management techniques. The theories are not just ivory tower meanderings....but, down-to-earth, practical ideas that proved themselves in the field for a manager in a high-pressure, high-power position. The author performs magic by making this very non-fiction work read with the same pace and style of a novel.