Jim Collins

About the Author

Jim Collins was born in 1958 and earned his bachelor’s and MBA degrees from Stanford University. He began his teaching career at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and later went on to found an independent management research laboratory in Boulder, Colorado. In addition to his writing and research, Collins now works as a consultant for both businesses and the social sector. In addition to Good to Great, Collins has published four other book-length works of nonfiction and one shorter monograph about applying his good-to-great concepts to the social sector. He is an avid rock climber and is married to triathlete Joanne Ernst.

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Good to Great

Jim Collins states that while his previous book, Built to Last, explained how great companies stay great, it did not delve in the ways that good companies become great ones. That process of transf... view guide