{"id":928,"date":"2010-01-08T14:00:50","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T19:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/?p=928"},"modified":"2012-10-22T17:55:55","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T21:55:55","slug":"never-fry-bacon-in-the-nude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/never-fry-bacon-in-the-nude\/","title":{"rendered":"Never Fry Bacon in the Nude"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NeverNever Fry Bacon in the Nude: And Other Lessons from the Quick and the Dead<\/a>\"\"
\nby Stone Payton<\/p>\n

Here we find another offering that falls into the category of “a title that grabs you and content that holds you!” You\u2019ve got to admit that this title generates a visual that\u2019s difficult to ignore. However, it doesn\u2019t stop there. The table of contents will undoubtedly encourage you to grab a sandwich and a glass of your favorite beverage as you navigate to a comfortable easy chair with a goal of staying put until you complete every one of the 171 pages before you.<\/p>\n

As I read each chapter, I couldn\u2019t help but wonder how the author was going to eclipse his content in the following chapters. I find this especially challenging because Stone Payton chose a subject that can be somewhat delicate to many of today\u2019s business population. “High velocity leadership: it\u2019s all about SPEED” claims this accomplished author, speaker, and consultant. He goes on to say: “Speed is the most consistent and durable source of competitive advantage. Most sources of competitive advantage today\u2014technology, talent, capital, intellectual property, even product superiority\u2014have an incredibly short shelf-life. And when the grease gets hot (yesterday’s advantage becomes today’s norm), organizations can become extremely vulnerable. Specifically, we’re at the mercy of three distinct populations keenly focused on their own survival and prosperity:<\/p>\n