Advance Praise for
Good Products, Bad Products

“This book takes us beyond manufacturing quality to components of overall product quality that are often given too little attention. They are essential, but difficult to quantify. Good Products, Bad Products does a remarkable job of clarifying their nature and suggesting specific ways to better employ them. Want to produce products that people really want? Read this book.”

—Dave Beach, Professor, Director Product Realization Lab,
Stanford University, Hasso Platner Institute of Design

“In a world that is constantly creating improved ways to achieve unimproved ends, Jim Adams takes a step back and asks, ‘What makes a great product great to begin with?’ Good Products, Bad Products is a book of practical philosophy, a deep dive into the nuts and bolts of why some things get used and others are cherished. Engineers, designers, and marketers alike will come away from this book wondering how we all went so long without it.”

—Dev Patnaik, CEO and cofounder,
Jump Associates; author of Wired to Care

“Jim Adams delights us once again with a fine product. This book should soon become a foundational read for every student, craftsman, and entrepreneur who truly aspires to make a difference.”

—Nicolas Shea, founder of eClass and Start-Up Chile

“Jim Adams’s concepts of what makes for a good product have been an essential part of our product design effort at Forbes Marshall in India for more than ten years. Our products have routinely won national innovation and design awards, and this is due in no small part to having imbibed and practiced Jim’s concepts.

“The publication of Good Products, Bad Products is an event I have awaited for over a decade. We cannot wait to equip our engineers with their own copy. If you know Jim’s work, you will already be in line for this book. If you don’t, a great discovery awaits.”

—Naushad Forbes, CEO,
Steam Engineering Businesses, Forbes Marshall;
Chairman, Innovation Council of Confederation of Indian Industry