Jim collins author biography outlines
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Jim collins author biography outlines
James C. Collins
American business consultant and writer
For other people named James Collins, see James Collins (disambiguation).
James C. Collins (born 1958) is an American researcher, author, speaker and consultant focused on the subject of business management and company sustainability and growth.[3][4]
Biography
Collins received a BS in Mathematical Sciences at Stanford University, graduating in 1980.
He then spent 18 months in McKinsey & Co.'s San Francisco office. He was exposed to what may have been an influential project for him – two partners at McKinsey, Tom Peters and Robert Waterman, were running a McKinsey research project that later turned into the best-seller In Search of Excellence.[5]
After his time at McKinsey, he returned to study at Stanford, graduating with an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1983.
He then worked as a product manager for Hewlett-Packard for 18 months, before quitting to hel