From the eBook - First edition.
1. Are you fast or irrelevant?
The decline and fall of Nokia
What's driving the need for speed?
Why are companies still too slow?
Shifting focus from perfection to pace
2. Creating a high-speed, high-growth culture
Avoiding the cultural danger zone
Act like a start-up and adopt a challenger mind-set
The cultural traffic jam: the seven most likely roadblocks
The critical role of the "sprinter-in-chief": Richard Baker puts "the chemists" back into boots
3. Organizing for speed and agility
The power of simplicity in a complex world
Destroying silos, accelerating growth
Decision making on the run
Turning your organization on a dime
Strategy ain't what it used to be
Organizing for rapid-fire strategy
The 6-day strategy: why spend 6 months developing a 1-year plan?
Releasing the innovation brakes
Building up speed: focusing innovation on what won't change
Shifting gear: acceleration through action
8 accelerators for fast-lane innovation
The speed of light at the center of the sun
Focus, focus, focus: you can't chase two hares
Lead by results: the inverse relationship between detailed planning and performance management
Think big, start small: Tesco Express versus Fresh & Easy
Remember, delivery is the day job: the secret to rapid transformation
7. Allowing your customers to navigate
Steve Jobs was an error: the customer's not always right, but that's the way to bet
Who to implore and who to ignore
How to work with customers to accelerate innovation
Customer navigation in action: embedding customer focus at DFS
8. Sustaining success and kicking on
Seven immediate steps you can take today