Hardball: Are You Playing to Play or Playing to Win?

by George Stalk Jr. and Rob Lachenauer · 2004

George Stalk Jr. and Rob Lachenauer's competitive-strategy book on playing to win decisively rather than incrementally.

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George Stalk Jr. · Business strategist

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Ken GriffinFounder and CEO, Citadel

Founders Podcast #384 describes Hardball as the book Ken Griffin recommends after transcribing a Yale talk by Griffin.

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#384 Ken Griffin: Founder of Citadel and Citadel Securities

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Apple Podcasts and the Founders RSS metadata describe episode #384 as based on a transcribed Yale talk by Ken Griffin and state that the host read Hardball as the book Ken recommends.

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George Stalk Jr.Business strategist

Co-author of Hardball and former Boston Consulting Group senior adviser.

Rob LachenauerBusiness strategist

Co-author of Hardball and adviser on competitive strategy.

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