Decision Making & Problem Solving in Management & Leadership & Business & Finance eBooks

Come Out Stronger

Embrace Crisis to Stack the Odds, Keep People on Your Side, and Buy Time

by Christine M. Pearson ...

Remember when crises seemed rare? Most organizations thought they were immune. Crises were handled by top executives who usually had days, weeks or more to respond. Improvisation was common. Often, those approaches worked.Now hazards can lurk anywhere in your organization’s footprint or among your suppliers or customers across the globe. A tiny virus can devastate people and economies. One hacker ... Read more

$12.95 USD

Remember when crises seemed rare? Most organizations thought they were immune. Crises were handled by top executives who usually had days, weeks or more to respond. Improvisation was common. Often, those approaches worked.Now hazards can lurk anywhere in your organization’s footprint or among your suppliers or customers across the globe. A tiny virus can devastate people and economies. One hacker
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How to Get to Great Ideas

A system for smart, extraordinary thinking

by Dave Birss ...

Sliver award winner in Business Reference 2020 Axiom Business Book AwardsWhat makes a great idea? Where do great ideas come from?The highly practical lessons in HOW TO GET TO GREAT IDEAS are based on neuroscience,psychology, and behavioral economics. Written by the former Creative Director of OgilvyOne, Dave Birss, this book offers a brilliant new system for conceiving original and valuable ideas. ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Sliver award winner in Business Reference 2020 Axiom Business Book AwardsWhat makes a great idea? Where do great ideas come from?The highly practical lessons in HOW TO GET TO GREAT IDEAS are based on neuroscience,psychology, and behavioral economics. Written by the former Creative Director of OgilvyOne, Dave Birss, this book offers a brilliant new system for conceiving original and valuable ideas.
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Lean Manufacturing Process

by V.T. ...

Are you managing a team in manufacturing line? You feel that the company has huge potential to move on, and there's a missing piece that's preventing it? It can be Lean Manufacturing.Develop by Toyota and implemented all around the world, lean manufacturing is one of the best way to reduce waste. Learn how to work towards this direction and you'll see your profits sore!This ebook compiles tons of ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Are you managing a team in manufacturing line? You feel that the company has huge potential to move on, and there's a missing piece that's preventing it? It can be Lean Manufacturing.Develop by Toyota and implemented all around the world, lean manufacturing is one of the best way to reduce waste. Learn how to work towards this direction and you'll see your profits sore!This ebook compiles tons of
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Listen Think Talk - Modern Learning Applied

by Anders Christian Hansen ...

Are you ready to embrace change and adapt in today's fast-paced world? The need for continuous learning is ever-present, whether it's for personal growth or professional development. In the realm of adult learning on the job, particularly within your company, agency, or enterprise, Listen Think Talk offers a modern and practical approach.Listen Think Talk focuses on simplifying and streamlining ... Read more

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Are you ready to embrace change and adapt in today's fast-paced world? The need for continuous learning is ever-present, whether it's for personal growth or professional development. In the realm of adult learning on the job, particularly within your company, agency, or enterprise, Listen Think Talk offers a modern and practical approach.Listen Think Talk focuses on simplifying and streamlining
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戰略大歷史：戰略是人類永恆的遊戲規則，懂戰略，你就能理解世界、定位他人，掌握自己的優勢

Strategy: A History

by 勞倫斯‧佛里德曼 ...

★金融時報年度好書★自人類文明以來，從戰場、政界、商場、人生選擇人人都需要擬定戰略，因為戰略無所不在戰略領域最知名學者×最宏大著作首度引進繁中版　　勞倫斯‧佛里德曼展現他是不折不扣的世界級戰略思想先驅，他認為與權力平衡相比，戰略更是源自形勢的核心藝術。──哈佛教授約瑟夫•奈伊　　戰略並非專為面臨生死抉擇、成敗決斷的王侯將相所獨有，更多的世間事物都少不了它。當在實現中，既定目標的過程中遭遇障礙，或者需要判斷資源的有效利用和分配順序，戰略就不可或缺。　　在商業領域，企業CEO負責公司的整體戰略（商業領域通常稱「策略」），其下的採購、市場、人力資源等部門則各有各的策略。醫生需要臨床的策略，律師有起訴的策略，社工人員則得提供諮詢服務的策略。至於個人，不管是職涯發展、購屋、納稅，也都需要具體的策略來協助。事... ... Read more

$17.99 USD

★金融時報年度好書★自人類文明以來，從戰場、政界、商場、人生選擇人人都需要擬定戰略，因為戰略無所不在戰略領域最知名學者×最宏大著作首度引進繁中版　　勞倫斯‧佛里德曼展現他是不折不扣的世界級戰略思想先驅，他認為與權力平衡相比，戰略更是源自形勢的核心藝術。──哈佛教授約瑟夫•奈伊　　戰略並非專為面臨生死抉擇、成敗決斷的王侯將相所獨有，更多的世間事物都少不了它。當在實現中，既定目標的過程中遭遇障礙，或者需要判斷資源的有效利用和分配順序，戰略就不可或缺。　　在商業領域，企業CEO負責公司的整體戰略（商業領域通常稱「策略」），其下的採購、市場、人力資源等部門則各有各的策略。醫生需要臨床的策略，律師有起訴的策略，社工人員則得提供諮詢服務的策略。至於個人，不管是職涯發展、購屋、納稅，也都需要具體的策略來協助。事...
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Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems

The Catalytic Power of Radical Engagement

by Adam Kahane ...

Seven practical habits for people ready to stop observing broken systems and start changing them, whether at the neighborhood level or the global stage.Adam Kahane, bestselling author of Collaborating with the Enemy and a veteran facilitator who has worked with presidents, executives, and community organizers across dozens of countries, distills decades of real-world experience into a clear, ... Read more

$16.99 USD

Seven practical habits for people ready to stop observing broken systems and start changing them, whether at the neighborhood level or the global stage.Adam Kahane, bestselling author of Collaborating with the Enemy and a veteran facilitator who has worked with presidents, executives, and community organizers across dozens of countries, distills decades of real-world experience into a clear,
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Where to Play

3 Steps For Discovering Your Most Valuable Market Opportunities

by Marc Gruber, Sharon Tal ...

Choosing the right market for your innovation is the biggest, and trickiest, question for innovators. Research has shown that all too often entrepreneurs don’t spend enough time identifying and researching their market opportunities – instead they jump at the first opportunity that looks good, and fail to properly evaluate and leverage other opportunities. These common mistakes means that you ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Choosing the right market for your innovation is the biggest, and trickiest, question for innovators. Research has shown that all too often entrepreneurs don’t spend enough time identifying and researching their market opportunities – instead they jump at the first opportunity that looks good, and fail to properly evaluate and leverage other opportunities. These common mistakes means that you
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The Illustrated Art of War: Sun Tzu

by Andrew Forbes, David Henley ...

Series series Cognoscenti Books
Sun Tzu’s Art of War has been read and appreciated by a host of military men and philosophers down through the ages. More recently, it has become popular as a manual for business success and guide to boardroom battles, seen by many as a lodestar in achieving success in the ruthless world of competitive capitalism – a text so currently fashionable that even Paris Hilton has been photographed ... Read more

$7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Sun Tzu’s Art of War has been read and appreciated by a host of military men and philosophers down through the ages. More recently, it has become popular as a manual for business success and guide to boardroom battles, seen by many as a lodestar in achieving success in the ruthless world of competitive capitalism – a text so currently fashionable that even Paris Hilton has been photographed
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Power BI - Business Intelligence Clinic 2025

Create and Learn

by Roger F. Silva ...

Updated: New version January 2025*"Excellent hands-on introduction to Power Bi""A very excellent book on Power BI""Great learn by doing book, for those who want to create a professional dashboard."*If you want to learn Business Intelligence software, if you are looking for specific BI tool, or if you are trying to decide on your next new BI solution, you will love Business Intelligence Clinic.One ... Read more

$9.85 USD

Updated: New version January 2025*"Excellent hands-on introduction to Power Bi""A very excellent book on Power BI""Great learn by doing book, for those who want to create a professional dashboard."*If you want to learn Business Intelligence software, if you are looking for specific BI tool, or if you are trying to decide on your next new BI solution, you will love Business Intelligence Clinic.One
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One Page Business Strategy, The

Streamline Your Business Plan in Four Simple Steps

by Marc Van Eck, Ellen Leenhouts ...

Imagine if you could fit your business strategy on a single sheet of paper?Imagine having your plans, action points and progress report all in one place?Imagine how easy it would be to share your plans with other people?Now you can, with this innovative 4-step strategic planning tool, known as OGSM. It will help you streamline your thinking as well as your writing and develop a one-page plan that ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Imagine if you could fit your business strategy on a single sheet of paper?Imagine having your plans, action points and progress report all in one place?Imagine how easy it would be to share your plans with other people?Now you can, with this innovative 4-step strategic planning tool, known as OGSM. It will help you streamline your thinking as well as your writing and develop a one-page plan that
... Read more
Ishikawa Diagram

Anticipate and solve problems within your business

by 50minutes ...

Series Book 5 - Management & Marketing
Anticipate and solve problems within your businessThis book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the Ishikawa diagram, providing you with the essential information and saving time.In 50 minutes you will be able to:• Recognize the benefits of using the Ishikawa diagram for problem-solving and project management• Clearly identify the root causes of a problem through ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Anticipate and solve problems within your businessThis book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the Ishikawa diagram, providing you with the essential information and saving time.In 50 minutes you will be able to:• Recognize the benefits of using the Ishikawa diagram for problem-solving and project management• Clearly identify the root causes of a problem through
... Read more
Primer on Decision Making

How Decisions Happen

by James G. March ...

Building on lecture notes from his acclaimed course at Stanford University, James March provides a brilliant introduction to decision making, a central human activity fundamental to individual, group, organizational, and societal life. March draws on research from all the disciplines of social and behavioral science to show decision making in its broadest context. By emphasizing how decisions are ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Building on lecture notes from his acclaimed course at Stanford University, James March provides a brilliant introduction to decision making, a central human activity fundamental to individual, group, organizational, and societal life. March draws on research from all the disciplines of social and behavioral science to show decision making in its broadest context. By emphasizing how decisions are
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Red Teaming

How Your Business Can Conquer the Competition by Challenging Everything

by Bryce G. Hoffman ...

Red Teaming is a revolutionary new way to make critical and contrarian thinking part of the planning process of any organization, allowing companies to stress-test their strategies, flush out hidden threats and missed opportunities and avoid being sandbagged by competitors.Today, most — if not all — established corporations live with the gnawing fear that there is another Uber out there just ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Red Teaming is a revolutionary new way to make critical and contrarian thinking part of the planning process of any organization, allowing companies to stress-test their strategies, flush out hidden threats and missed opportunities and avoid being sandbagged by competitors.Today, most — if not all — established corporations live with the gnawing fear that there is another Uber out there just
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IT Savvy

What Top Executives Must Know to Go from Pain to Gain

by Peter Weill, Jeanne W. Ross ...

Digitization of business interactions and processes is advancing full bore. But in many organizations, returns from IT investments are flatlining, even as technology spending has skyrocketed.These challenges call for new levels of IT savvy: the ability of all managers-IT or non-IT-to transform their company's technology assets into operational efficiencies that boost margins. Companies with IT ... Read more

$28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Digitization of business interactions and processes is advancing full bore. But in many organizations, returns from IT investments are flatlining, even as technology spending has skyrocketed.These challenges call for new levels of IT savvy: the ability of all managers-IT or non-IT-to transform their company's technology assets into operational efficiencies that boost margins. Companies with IT
... Read more
I Hate People!

Kick Loose from the Overbearing and Underhanded Jerks at Work and Get What You Want Out of Your Job

by Jonathan Littman, Marc Hershon ...

Face it, whether your company has 10 employees or 10,000, you must grapple with people you can't stand in the office. Luckily Jonathan Littman and Marc Hershon have written I Hate People!, a smart, counter-intuitive, and irreverent turn on the classic workplace self-help book that will show you how to identify the Ten Least Wanted -- the people you hate -- while revealing the strategies to ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Face it, whether your company has 10 employees or 10,000, you must grapple with people you can't stand in the office. Luckily Jonathan Littman and Marc Hershon have written I Hate People!, a smart, counter-intuitive, and irreverent turn on the classic workplace self-help book that will show you how to identify the Ten Least Wanted -- the people you hate -- while revealing the strategies to
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Risk Intelligence

How to Live with Uncertainty

by Dylan Evans ...

We must make judgments all the time when we can’t be certain of the risks. Should we have that elective surgery? Trust the advice of our financial adviser? Take that new job we’ve been offered? How worried should we be about terrorist attacks? In this lively and groundbreaking book, pioneering researcher Dylan Evans introduces a newly discovered kind of intelligence for assessing risks, ... Read more

$13.99 USD

We must make judgments all the time when we can’t be certain of the risks. Should we have that elective surgery? Trust the advice of our financial adviser? Take that new job we’ve been offered? How worried should we be about terrorist attacks? In this lively and groundbreaking book, pioneering researcher Dylan Evans introduces a newly discovered kind of intelligence for assessing risks,
... Read more
Crisis Leadership in Higher Education

Theory and Practice

by Ralph A Gigliotti ...

There was a time when crises on college and university campuses were relatively rare. Much has changed, and it has changed quite rapidly. Rather than being isolated incidents requiring the sole attention of presidents, chancellors, or communication professionals, the proliferation of crises across campuses means that crisis leadership has now become fundamental to the work of university personnel ... Read more

$19.99 USD

There was a time when crises on college and university campuses were relatively rare. Much has changed, and it has changed quite rapidly. Rather than being isolated incidents requiring the sole attention of presidents, chancellors, or communication professionals, the proliferation of crises across campuses means that crisis leadership has now become fundamental to the work of university personnel
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HBR's 10 Must Reads for New Managers (with bonus article “How Managers Become Leaders” by Michael D. Watkins) (HBR's 10 Must Reads)

by Harvard Business Review, Linda A. Hill, Herminia Ibarra, Robert B. Cialdini, Daniel Goleman ...

Series series HBR's 10 Must Reads
Develop the mindset and presence to successfully manage others for the first time.If you read nothing else on becoming a new manager, read these 10 articles. We’ve combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you transition from being an outstanding individual contributor to becoming a great manager of others.This book will inspire you to ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Develop the mindset and presence to successfully manage others for the first time.If you read nothing else on becoming a new manager, read these 10 articles. We’ve combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you transition from being an outstanding individual contributor to becoming a great manager of others.This book will inspire you to
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Better, Simpler Strategy

A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance

by Felix Oberholzer-Gee ...

Named one of the best strategy books of 2021 by strategy+businessGet to better, more effective strategy.In nearly every business segment and corner of the world economy, the most successful companies dramatically outperform their rivals. What is their secret? In Better, Simpler Strategy, Harvard Business School professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee shows how these companies achieve more by doing less. At ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Named one of the best strategy books of 2021 by strategy+businessGet to better, more effective strategy.In nearly every business segment and corner of the world economy, the most successful companies dramatically outperform their rivals. What is their secret? In Better, Simpler Strategy, Harvard Business School professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee shows how these companies achieve more by doing less. At
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極限賽局（謝文憲元氣導讀創造極限 5 心法）：人生有限，但你能創造極限的5個心法

by 謝文憲, 劉子寧 ...

Series series 工作生活
千萬講師謝文憲第一本人生之書人生只有一次，找到自己的使用說明書，用五大心法自我盤點，揮出獨一無二的人生全壘打。五大極憲心法——找到優勢：人生想要擁有熱情、感到幸福快樂，核心往往是單純的，只要問問自己內心的聲音：「你真的愛這份工作嗎？」賦予動力：大家不做的事我來做。車不要停在車庫裡，開出去！創造連結：想要貴人協助，不如自己先成為別人的貴人。走出低谷：只要找回最初的感動，就能重獲動力。看見使命：先求意思，意義自然來臨。</o... ... Read more

$8.36 USD

千萬講師謝文憲第一本人生之書人生只有一次，找到自己的使用說明書，用五大心法自我盤點，揮出獨一無二的人生全壘打。五大極憲心法——找到優勢：人生想要擁有熱情、感到幸福快樂，核心往往是單純的，只要問問自己內心的聲音：「你真的愛這份工作嗎？」賦予動力：大家不做的事我來做。車不要停在車庫裡，開出去！創造連結：想要貴人協助，不如自己先成為別人的貴人。走出低谷：只要找回最初的感動，就能重獲動力。看見使命：先求意思，意義自然來臨。</o...
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Echos of Culture in the Corporate Environment

Culture's influence on business negotiations,Communication,Creativity,Employees & Buying behaviour

by Ashraf Haggag ...

This new guide to international business culture can help you avoid misundrestandings during negotiations and other important talks.Author and businessman Ashraf Haggag discusses a number of important issues,incliding-The definition of culture as a driving force in business,-The unique cultures of a varaity of countries and global regionsa.-The ways culture directs business negotiations,-The ... Read more

$6.98 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This new guide to international business culture can help you avoid misundrestandings during negotiations and other important talks.Author and businessman Ashraf Haggag discusses a number of important issues,incliding-The definition of culture as a driving force in business,-The unique cultures of a varaity of countries and global regionsa.-The ways culture directs business negotiations,-The
... Read more
Yes to the Mess

Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz

by Frank J. Barrett ...

What Duke Ellington and Miles Davis teach us about leadershipHow do you cope when faced with complexity and constant change at work? Here’s what the world’s best leaders and teams do: they improvise. They invent novel responses and take calculated risks without a scripted plan or a safety net that guarantees specific outcomes. They negotiate with each other as they proceed, and they don’t dwell on ... Read more

$23.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

What Duke Ellington and Miles Davis teach us about leadershipHow do you cope when faced with complexity and constant change at work? Here’s what the world’s best leaders and teams do: they improvise. They invent novel responses and take calculated risks without a scripted plan or a safety net that guarantees specific outcomes. They negotiate with each other as they proceed, and they don’t dwell on
... Read more
The Secrets of Facilitation

The SMART Guide to Getting Results with Groups

by Michael Wilkinson ...

The revised edition of this facilitation classic offers a wealth of targeted techniques for facilitators who seek effective, consistent, and repeatable results. Based on Michael Wilkinson's proven SMART (Structured Meeting And Relating Techniques) approach, The Secrets of Facilitation can help to achieve stellar results when managing, presenting, teaching, planning, and selling, as well as other ... Read more

$55.00 USD

The revised edition of this facilitation classic offers a wealth of targeted techniques for facilitators who seek effective, consistent, and repeatable results. Based on Michael Wilkinson's proven SMART (Structured Meeting And Relating Techniques) approach, The Secrets of Facilitation can help to achieve stellar results when managing, presenting, teaching, planning, and selling, as well as other
... Read more
Juran's Quality Essentials

For Leaders

by Joseph A. Defeo ...

A practical, concise guide to improving business performance by properly applying quality management methods"Dr. Juran's wisdom on quality and management is timeless. The tenets of modern quality that were forged by Dr. Juran in the second half of the 20th century are made contemporary by Joe DeFeo's practical experience and application of these principles in hundreds of organizations. This book ... Read more

$33.99 USD

A practical, concise guide to improving business performance by properly applying quality management methods"Dr. Juran's wisdom on quality and management is timeless. The tenets of modern quality that were forged by Dr. Juran in the second half of the 20th century are made contemporary by Joe DeFeo's practical experience and application of these principles in hundreds of organizations. This book
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