Beep! Beep!

Critical Praise

"Very powerful and entertaining...describes how companies need to rethink their structure, culture, and information ownership."
-Michael S. Dell, founder, chairman, and CEO, Dell Computer Corporation

"Fun...emphasizes that companies can excel by being different, daring, and even joyful...[and] always a step ahead of the competition."
-Orlando Sentinel

"Helps managers be more like the fast-moving cartoon character, and less like his nemesis, Wile E. Coyote, a perpetual loser!" -Wall Street Journal

"BEEP! BEEP! helps desk jockeys outwit Wile E. Coyote on the information superhighway." -Vanity Fair

"Wacky though it sounds, the BEEP! BEEP! metaphor is a good one!"
-Newsday

"Who will emerge as the key source of wisdom on management issues in our brave new Internet world? Someone fast, erratic, and perhaps even a bit feathery? Someone like-BEEP! BEEP!-the Road Runner!"
-St. Petersburg Times

"Okay, okay! It's a cute concept...using Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner for lessons on managing in 2000. But Bell and Harari aren't lightweights by any means-and neither is this book!"
-Management General

"You know the boomers are running the world when cartoon characters like Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner start popping up in business books! The main lesson of BEEP! BEEP!-be a paragon of speed and adaptability to succeed."
-Training Magazine

"The message of Bell and Harari is simple, clear, and presented through interviews with successful businesspeople and through humorous descriptions of scenes from the Warner Bros. cartoon."
-Publishers Weekly

"A must-read for any leader...loaded with practical and humorous insights...right on target."
-Rob Robins, executive vice president, Visa USA

"Regardless of the business you're in, this book is a gem...a great presentation on what it takes to succeed in this new millennium."
-Ed Sellers, CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina

"BEEP! BEEP! captures perfectly both the spirit and the lessons we all need to have a running start at competing and succeeding in the future."
-Alan M. Webber, founding editor, Fast Company

"A wild ride that brings leaders practical wisdom and cutting-edge insights in a very entertaining way. Bell and Harari will turn you and your organization into a Road Runner!"
-Rich Teerlink, former CEO, Harley-Davidson Motor Co.

"From the first page to the last...filled with provocative ideas and sound advice for business success in the new century."
-Thomas J. Donohue, president and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

"A refreshing guide to 'working on the edge.'"
-Eunice Azzani, managing director, Korn/Ferry International