I am a strategic sponge. It's like a game really - who's playing, are there any rules and how can I win. Real life brings you down to ground of course. It's not a game at all, it's deadly serious. So having done the theory in my studies in mid 90s, whenever I need a quick look-up business book to tackle my next tactical thread, I reach for Fifield.
This book is a collection of his latest work so it's up-to-date, full of wicked observations that ring true and, my particular penchant, plenty of stick-poking at the theory; because real-life comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes, certainly when it heads my way. I've read it in bite-sized chunks without effort, it's sufficiently lighthearted to be entertaining too and whilst I'm fairly au fait with the subject I'd recommend this as a strategic taster for beginners - to whet their appetite for the game.
I met Paul Fifield at a Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) event recently which is why I bought the book. Good speaker too.