Business @ the Speed of Thought

Using a Digital Nervous System

By: Bill Gates, Collins Hemingway

Narrated by: Jonathan Mayrose

As the cofounder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Microsoft, the world's leading provider of software for personal computers, Bill Gates played a prominent role in launching the Information Age. Now this modern visionary reveals how expanding technology is propelling the business world into an exciting new economic era...how every manager can - and must - stay ahead of the curve...and how integrated information systems can help every organization achieve Business @ the Speed of Thought. This program is narrated by Roger Steffens and includes commentary by the author.©1999 by William H. Gates, III, All Rights Reserved (P)1999 by William H. Gates, III; 16 9; 1999 Time Warner AudioBooks (Packaging Elements Only), A Division of Time Warner Trade Publishing

Retrospect is why I decided to listen to this -

Did I gain Energy from it? YES
Good book and it did provide a retrospect "was it done list". The predictions can be divided into 3 categories (came true, came true within 20 years, came true because of the pandemic). Bill Gates sold the PC as the enabler to the future and is also where Microsoft made the most money. Another good point was how the "Internet was not important to Microsoft back in the day and for Bill Gates it was all about corporate America getting wired into MS". Either way, the book spoke about some of the same problems we have today. We still have a hard time getting people to change and use new tech. I wish Bill Gates spoke more about the internet punch to Micorsoft's Gut. Why? Today most of us would still be working in the office if it was not for the pandemic( the tech has been here for 10+ years). I would also like to understand more about the “Big Risks pay Big Rewards” mentioned by the CEO of Boeing and how I could I apply these principles to AI, Satellite 5G, google in the brain and Drug advancements.

Intriguing

Very interesting to hear about how Microsoft automated their own company. Learning about FalconView was fasinating!

Great info. Narration was lacking.

I've heard my Google assistant have more influx and emotion than this narrator. The information sounds solid though and I will be applying it to my entrepreneurial journey.

if you read in 1990's that would be a great book.

this book is about many many future predictions that are already happened.


the narrator did a great job.

Loved it.

Great book. Very informative and a fun look back at the history of technology. Well worth it.

Completeness of the audio book

A lot of paragraphs and even chapters are skiped in the audio book as compared with the paper book. Reading is very good for listenning.

Timeless Gates Wisdom

This book was written 20 years ago and still very valid today.

I definitely recommend this book!

Food for thought

For me, a teacher and translator this audio is the best talk I have heard so far. Not so much on the business side, but on the cybernetical one. Mr Gates develops an excellent emphasis on technology and language with simplicity.

Great book but outdated (1990's)!

Great book which predicted some of the technology we actually have today. Would've been cool to read right when it came out.

Boring

I'm really interested in the microsoft and bill gates story but this book is so slow and boring, i couldn't listen to more then 2-3 first chapters. a shame.