I want to come out of this project looking like the hero. These are two different decisions.
Some books are ammunition.
When you need support for a position that's been challenged, books follow the Harvard Business Review and official-looking analyst reports, precede trade press articles, and are a parsec or two in front of facts and logic when it comes to persuasive power. Luckily, you don't have to read most business books, which simply stretch a pamphlet's worth of ideas into a thirty-buck purchase. Then there's Robert A. Lutz's Guts. Guts has a lot of munitions value because Lutz is the guy who turned Chrysler from the failing K car company into a powerhouse. His credentials are impeccable, but don't buy it just for that.