An update on a clap

Building a profitable business with a great company culture is incredibly hard...Jack Stack provides a blueprint in this book. He's not an academic and this isn't theoretical - it's based on more than 30 years of real world experience.

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Great Advice for Small Business

Listen to the book at x1.2 speed. You won't regret it. It's a great book about motivating your employees and creating buy in.

The case study at the end was probably the most helpful piece.

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Inspiring Story

I can't believe that I had overlooked this book for so long. It was a god quick read but filled with practical advice for building a culture of ownership in a business. I found a lot of similarities between the system that Stack built at SRC and the Toyota Production System philosophy. He lays out a simple way to determine KPI's at all levels of a business then clearly visualize them and align the organization to go after them. There were very few examples of how the problems were solved, but it is still worth reading just to understand their method of visualizing them. I would recommend this book to anyone looking to understand how to build intrinsic motivation and autonomy in their workforce.

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Fantastic!

As part of an ESOP company, this book covered all the basic principles I want to share with my colleagues and leaders at work. Jack did a great job narrating this book and explaining the Great Game. I would recommend this to all businesses who want each employee to not only understand the goals and financial goals of the company, but to also be working towards those goals each and every day within their specific role.

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As good as it gets

Been 20 years since I read the book. The info is as relevant as it was 20 years ago. Plenty of usable information on how to get your people involved.

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Like an ASPCA commercial for failing businesses.

I was required to read this as a part of a new business initiative at my former employer. The concept of open book management is great, concepts like scorecards and gamification are also great. Unfortunately this book is exceedingly boring and painful to listen to. GGoB is quintessential boomer advertisement material. It's a magic cure-all system that's gonna revolutionize your business (just kidding, you'll probably go bankrupt before you finish the book). What a waste of a credit.

Gave our business a path for moving forward!!!

Wow! We face many of the challenges Jack's company faced, but have been stuck for years trying to figure out how to fix the issues. A friend referred GGOB. Now, the source of our problems has become crystal clear. We are embarking on implementing this wonderful system. Lot's of work to do, but now we have a target in sight.

It's a good way to start looking into the GGOB

It's a good first approach into Open Book Management. It's well structured. I would have liked to have more specific examples.

Eyeopening

What an eye opening approach to busness. I couldn't get enough of this book and am looking forward to attending the conference in the fall.
We are so drawn to this approach that we will make intital implement of this method a quarter objective for our 2nd quarter.

Interesting perspective

I like the idea of transparency and forecasting. I believe these are two weaknesses in my business that I need to address. This book has definitely got my mind turning. I recommend it to any business owners.