Blue Ocean Shift: Beyond Competing – Proven Steps to Inspire Confidence and Seize New Growth

Named a Best Book of 2017 by Amazon

Winner of The Best Leadership and Strategy Book of 2017 by 800-CEOREAD

“Kim and Mauborgne have followed one blockbuster book with another. BLUE OCEAN SHIFT takes the groundbreaking principles of their original work and offers a smart, systematic plan to help any organization move from competing in existing markets to creating new markets altogether. You needn’t be an entrepreneur or techie to take advantage of these insights. You just have to be willing to challenge the assumptions of your industry, ask fresh questions, and–get this–embrace your humanness.”―Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of Drive and To Sell Is Human

“BLUE OCEAN SHIFT is great: Practical, useful, real-world.“―Inc.

“An exciting new book that synthesizes their experience in assisting with the implementation of Blue Ocean strategy….BLUE OCEAN SHIFT provides us with a comprehensive guide to enable any organization with the right mindset to launch and implement a Blue Ocean initiative.”―Forbes

“The challenge of any business is to grow in markets that are crowded and competitive, and to do it in a way that is intelligent, effective, and humane. In BLUE OCEAN SHIFT, you will find all of that and more as Kim and Mauborgne guide you on a journey that will open your eyes to the untapped growth opportunities in your business, whether you are a startup, small business, or Fortune 500 company.”
―Ram Charan, CEO and board advisor, New York Times bestselling author of Execution

“[A] stirring business primer…[BLUE OCEAN SHIFT] includes powerful real-life examples….This invaluable guide will be empowering to business-minded readers.”―Publishers Weekly

Starred Review: “While [Blue Ocean Strategy] helped to identify new avenues for strategic success, it fell short on providing the actual steps needed to jump from a crowded marketplace into the fabled blue ocean of the title. [BLUE OCEAN SHIFT], however, provides a clear process for business identifying opportunities and developing plans for change…This tide provides a course of action for readers of the authors’ previous books and should find a large readership among all organizational levels. Highly recommended.”
―Library Journal

“BLUE OCEAN SHIFT proves to be worth the wait. It is a practical, well-written guide to finding and exploiting blue ocean markets, informed by the experiences of companies and other organizations that have chosen to seek them out rather than compete toe-to-toe in established markets.”―Strategy + Business

W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne are Professors of Strategy at INSEAD and Codirectors of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute. They are the authors of the New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller Blue Ocean Shift and the international bestseller Blue Ocean Strategy, which is recognized as one of the most iconic and impactful strategy books ever written. Blue Ocean Strategy has sold over 3.6 million copies, is being published in a record-breaking 46 languages, and is a bestseller across five continents. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne rank in the top 5 management gurus in the world in the Thinkers50 list, a title they have held for ten straight years, and are the recipients of numerous academic and management awards around the world including the Nobels Colloquia Prize for Leadership on Business and Economic Thinking, the Carl S. Sloane Award by the Association of Management Consulting Firms, the Leadership Hall of Fame by Fast Company, and the Eldridge Haynes Prize by the Academy of International Business, among others. They are Fellows of the World Economic Forum and the founders of the Blue Ocean Global Network.