Playing To Win This weekendβs reading included Hardball, by George Stalk and Rob Lachenauer, which started as an article in Harvard Business Review sometime last year. The book is a fleshed out version of the article, so donβt expect meaningful new revelations if youβve already read it, but it is an incredibly valuable read, with lots more and more detailed case studies. As with most business books, itβs not really geared towards small, entrepreneurial companies, but that doesnβt matter. Most of the principles of competition β and how to win β are timeless. The basic principles, each of which gets a chapter, are on Unleashing Massive Force, Exploiting Anomalies (perfect for the data junkie within), Threatening the Competitionβs Profit Zones,β¦