Success in business is all about making the right decisions at the right time. That, in essence, is what's behind the boom in strategy books. What more is a strategy than a series of decisions about what to do and what not to do? The big question is how an individual or an organisation should make those decisions. If there was an answer and if it was available in a single book, it would be worth much more than a tenner. So this book won't make up your mind for you, but what the authors offer is a handy primer for anyone keen to tackle problems in a different way.

We've all spent long days on training courses only to emerge with little more than a single useful piece of paper with one idea on it. This book is a little like 50 of those pieces of paper pulled together in one place. It helps explain popular models for strategic thinking and also one or two more esoteric ideas.

The writers suggest ways to model most decisions, by mixing existing frameworks or combining aspects of several to arrive a new one. There is little here for experienced strategists, but others dipping in will find this short book keeps giving.