Jim Collins has authored or co-authored four books—including the classic Built to Last , a fixture on the Business Week bestseller list for more than six years, and the New York Times bestseller, GOOD TO GREAT: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t. His work has been featured in Fortune, The Economist, Fast Company, USA Today, Industry Week, Business Week, Newsweek, Inc., and Harvard Business Review. Driven by a relentless curiosity, Jim began his research and teaching career on the faculty of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, where he received the Distinguished Teaching Award. After seven years at Stanford, Jim returned to his hometown of Boulder, Colorado, to found his management research laboratory. Jim uses the laboratory to conduct large-scale research projects to develop fundamental insights and then translate those findings into books, articles and lectures. Jim continues to conduct rigorous research while maintaining an active teaching schedule with leaders in the corporate and social sectors.
His work on the monograph Good to Great and the Social Sectors, Why Business Thinking Is Not the Answer has been pertinent to our research on the Latino Education Study. This work, based on interviews and workshops with over 100 social sector leaders shows that the difference between successful organizations is not between the business and the social sector, the difference is between good organizations and great ones .
For more information on Jim Collins, please see his website, www.jimcollins.com http://www.jimcollins.com/
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