Jim Collins

A student and teacher of what makes great companies tick, and a Socratic advisor to leaders in the business and social sectors.

Jim Collins has produced a succession of transformative leadership books, notably Good to Great , Built to Last , How the Mighty Fall , and Great by Choice , which form the centerpiece of every leadership library around the world. Jim Collins himself has become the world’s leading thinker on what makes great companies tick, and a Socratic advisor to CEOs and leaders worldwide.

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Good is the enemy of great.

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Profitability is a necessary condition for existence and a means to more important ends, but it is not the end in itself for many of the visionary companies. Profit is like oxygen, food, water, and blood for the body; they are not the point of life, but without them, there is no life.

Jim Collins