Jim Collins

Jim Collins is an American researcher and business author who studies organizations and leadership. His books include Good to Great and Built to Last, coauthored with Jerry Porras.

Books by Jim Collins

Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0

Jim Collins

Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0 asks how a growing company can become great and endure. Jim Collins links leadership and talent to shared vision, disciplined strategy, innovation, and tactical execution, offering practical approaches to people decisions, strategic bets, idea testing, and reliable operating habits.

17 chapters

Built to Last

Jim Collins & Jerry Porras

Built to Last examines why some companies remain exceptional across generations while comparable organizations fade. Its central question is how an institution can preserve authentic values and purpose without becoming rigid. The answer links enduring identity to bold goals, experimentation, leadership development, continuous improvement, and aligned systems—useful for understanding and designing resilient organizations.

8 chapters

Good to Great

Jim Collins

Good to Great asks why some established companies move from good performance to sustained greatness while comparable firms do not. It distills a research program into ideas about leadership, people, truth, focus, discipline, technology, and momentum, then considers how institutions endure and how people can find meaningful work.

11 chapters

Great by Choice

Jim Collins & Morten T. Hansen

Why do some companies outperform direct peers in turbulent conditions while others with similar opportunities fall behind? Great by Choice studies matched corporate histories to explain how leaders build disciplined routines, test major moves, prepare for shocks, preserve coherent strategies, and turn luck into results. Its practical lessons are grounded in historical evidence and framed as probabilities.

8 chapters