Competing Against Luck

Competing against luck by Clayton Christensen felt like it could have been an article or a thesis, not necessarily a book.

Christensen expounded on the idea that products need to solve a specific job. While this sounds obvious, I did like the way that the author framed it.

While railroads sell train tickets, they are actually selling transportation from point A to point B. If an Uber could do it better, cheaper, and/or more pleasantly, users will choose an Uber to fulfill that job rather than the train.

While Christensen raises a good point and gives a great argument, it didn’t feel like there was enough there to justify 10 different stories telling the same things.

As a result, while Competing Against Luck succeeds in getting its point across, it fails at doing so concisely.