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Six Sigma For Managers

by Greg Brue ...

Series series Briefcase Books Series
THE BRIEFCASE BOOKS SERIESNow translated into nine languages! This reader-friendly, icon-rich series is must reading for all managers at every level.All managers, whether brand new to their positions or well established in the corporate hierarchy, can use a little "brushing up" now and then. The skills-based Briefcase Books series is filled with ideas and strategies to help managers become more ... Read more

$12.39 USD

THE BRIEFCASE BOOKS SERIESNow translated into nine languages! This reader-friendly, icon-rich series is must reading for all managers at every level.All managers, whether brand new to their positions or well established in the corporate hierarchy, can use a little "brushing up" now and then. The skills-based Briefcase Books series is filled with ideas and strategies to help managers become more
... Read more
IoT Inc: How Your Company Can Use the Internet of Things to Win in the Outcome Economy

by Bruce Sinclair ...

Grab the top spot in your industry by seizing the power of IoTSmart products are everywhere. They’re in our companies, in our homes, in our pockets. People love these products. But what they love more is what these products do—and for anyone running a business today, outcomes are the key.The Internet of Things (IoT) is the point of connection between products and the results they deliver—it’s ... Read more

$26.69 USD

Grab the top spot in your industry by seizing the power of IoTSmart products are everywhere. They’re in our companies, in our homes, in our pockets. People love these products. But what they love more is what these products do—and for anyone running a business today, outcomes are the key.The Internet of Things (IoT) is the point of connection between products and the results they deliver—it’s
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Thinking Outside The Box: How to Think Creatively By Applying Critical Thinking and Lateral Thinking

by Bruce Walker ...

DISCOVER:: How to ACTIVE Your Creative MindWhat does it mean to be limited to inside the box as opposed to being outside?The key, according to experts on the subject, is to apply creative thinking to your daily life. Perhaps up until this time, you've never really thought of yourself as a creative person. Many of us go through life thinking that the only people capable of being creative are ... Read more

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DISCOVER:: How to ACTIVE Your Creative MindWhat does it mean to be limited to inside the box as opposed to being outside?The key, according to experts on the subject, is to apply creative thinking to your daily life. Perhaps up until this time, you've never really thought of yourself as a creative person. Many of us go through life thinking that the only people capable of being creative are
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TRIZ For Dummies

by Lilly Haines-Gadd ...

Use TRIZ to unlock creative problem solvingAre you new to TRIZ and looking for an easy-to-follow guide on how you can use it to enhance your company's creativity, innovation and problem-solving abilities? Look no further! Written in plain English and packed with tons of accessible and easy-to-follow instruction, TRIZ For Dummies shows you how to use this powerful toolkit to discover all the ways ... Read more

$21.00 USD

Use TRIZ to unlock creative problem solvingAre you new to TRIZ and looking for an easy-to-follow guide on how you can use it to enhance your company's creativity, innovation and problem-solving abilities? Look no further! Written in plain English and packed with tons of accessible and easy-to-follow instruction, TRIZ For Dummies shows you how to use this powerful toolkit to discover all the ways
... Read more
矽谷簡報女王用數據說出好故事

DataStory: Explain Data and Inspire Action Through Story

by 南西．杜爾特 Nancy Duarte ...

Translated by 顧淑馨 ...

想在數據當道的商業世界成功提案──你得讓數字開口「說故事」──★矽谷最有說服力的女人 : 南西．杜爾特★專為職場人士打造的必勝簡報密技大數據時代，所有決策離不開數據。但數據不會說話，多少次看到滿滿數字的簡報現場，你發呆放空、昏昏欲睡，聽完後還不確定提案者的訴求到底是什麼？「財星500強」簡報大師──南希·杜爾特，破天荒分析「跨行業、跨國界」頂尖數據簡報，總結「用數據說故事」創建過程與技巧，破解你「數據簡報≠視覺化簡報」的迷思，讓每次提案成功達陣、贏得商業先機！「數據」可以指引決策者，識別商業問題或機會。要知道，你從數據中洞察到的資訊，可以為他人、團隊、企業理解今天必須採取的行動，或逆轉、改善未來的軌跡。即使商業決策都依賴數據，但「良好的溝通」卻是使用數據者的「最高技能差距」。亦即，使用數據越厲害的人，通常溝通能力非常差。這正是本書誕生的原因。</... ... Read more

$9.99 USD

想在數據當道的商業世界成功提案──你得讓數字開口「說故事」──★矽谷最有說服力的女人 : 南西．杜爾特★專為職場人士打造的必勝簡報密技大數據時代，所有決策離不開數據。但數據不會說話，多少次看到滿滿數字的簡報現場，你發呆放空、昏昏欲睡，聽完後還不確定提案者的訴求到底是什麼？「財星500強」簡報大師──南希·杜爾特，破天荒分析「跨行業、跨國界」頂尖數據簡報，總結「用數據說故事」創建過程與技巧，破解你「數據簡報≠視覺化簡報」的迷思，讓每次提案成功達陣、贏得商業先機！「數據」可以指引決策者，識別商業問題或機會。要知道，你從數據中洞察到的資訊，可以為他人、團隊、企業理解今天必須採取的行動，或逆轉、改善未來的軌跡。即使商業決策都依賴數據，但「良好的溝通」卻是使用數據者的「最高技能差距」。亦即，使用數據越厲害的人，通常溝通能力非常差。這正是本書誕生的原因。</...
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Understanding A3 Thinking

A Critical Component of Toyota's PDCA Management System

by Durward K. Sobek II., Art Smalley ...

Winner of a 2009 Shingo Research and Professional Publication Prize. Notably flexible and brief, the A3 report has proven to be a key tool In Toyota‘s successful move toward organizational efficiency, effectiveness, and improvement, especially within its engineering and R&D organizations. The power of the A3 report, however, derives not from th ... Read more

$57.99 USD

Winner of a 2009 Shingo Research and Professional Publication Prize. Notably flexible and brief, the A3 report has proven to be a key tool In Toyota‘s successful move toward organizational efficiency, effectiveness, and improvement, especially within its engineering and R&D organizations. The power of the A3 report, however, derives not from th
... Read more
Creative Intelligence: Don't Ask AI, Think With It

by Greg Storey ...

Breakthrough results don't come from better prompts. They come from better thinking.**Most professionals are being told to "use AI"—but no one is showing them how to think with it. So they default to the basics: type in a prompt, grab an answer, move on.But the real opportunity isn't in automation. It's in collaboration—using AI not as a shortcut, but as a thinking partner that helps you explore, ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Breakthrough results don't come from better prompts. They come from better thinking.**Most professionals are being told to "use AI"—but no one is showing them how to think with it. So they default to the basics: type in a prompt, grab an answer, move on.But the real opportunity isn't in automation. It's in collaboration—using AI not as a shortcut, but as a thinking partner that helps you explore,
... Read more
Leaders: Born or Baked?

by Noel Dhiraj, Ahtal Nair, Shyamjith Sasidharan, Ashwin Baskar, Manoj Sharma ...

We are Muffin Eaters! Why that name you may ask? Well, all five of us (Ahtal, Ashwin, Manoj, Noel and Shyam) love eating muffins, and for the record, Tim Horton's muffins are the best so far.On to EPM 4173.You may be wondering what does that stand for. Well, it is the second-last course of our third semester at Lambton College In Toronto where we are students of the Advanced Project Management and ... Read more

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We are Muffin Eaters! Why that name you may ask? Well, all five of us (Ahtal, Ashwin, Manoj, Noel and Shyam) love eating muffins, and for the record, Tim Horton's muffins are the best so far.On to EPM 4173.You may be wondering what does that stand for. Well, it is the second-last course of our third semester at Lambton College In Toronto where we are students of the Advanced Project Management and
... Read more
Left Brain, Right Stuff

How Leaders Make Winning Decisions

by Phil Rosenzweig ...

Left Brain, Right Stuff takes up where other books about decision making leave off. For many routine choices, from shopping to investing, we can make good decisions simply by avoiding common errors, such as searching only for confirming information or avoiding the hindsight bias. But as Phil Rosenzweig shows, for many of the most important, more complex situations we face -- in business, sports, ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Left Brain, Right Stuff takes up where other books about decision making leave off. For many routine choices, from shopping to investing, we can make good decisions simply by avoiding common errors, such as searching only for confirming information or avoiding the hindsight bias. But as Phil Rosenzweig shows, for many of the most important, more complex situations we face -- in business, sports,
... Read more
Conceptual Blockbusting

A Guide to Better Ideas, Fifth Edition

by James L. Adams ...

A thoroughly revised edition of the classic on creativity, essential for individuals and teams who want to think outside the box.Some people are naturally creative and others aren't, right? Wrong. In this classic book on creativity, James Adams takes a unique approach to generating ideas and solving problems that has captivated, inspired, and guided thousands of people from all walks of life to ... Read more

$12.99 USD

A thoroughly revised edition of the classic on creativity, essential for individuals and teams who want to think outside the box.Some people are naturally creative and others aren't, right? Wrong. In this classic book on creativity, James Adams takes a unique approach to generating ideas and solving problems that has captivated, inspired, and guided thousands of people from all walks of life to
... Read more
When Agile Gets Physical

How to Use Agile Principles to Accelerate Hardware Development

by Katherine Radeka, Kathy Iberle ...

“When Agile Gets Physical distills the right principles, derives methods to apply them, and in doing so represents a major milestone in defining the best practice of hardware product development.” —Andrew Flint, Product Development Director, IMPINJWhy is it that so many hardware teams get stuck when using Agile? Why do they still endure long, slow loopbacks? Why do organizations waste valuable ... Read more

$9.99 USD

“When Agile Gets Physical distills the right principles, derives methods to apply them, and in doing so represents a major milestone in defining the best practice of hardware product development.” —Andrew Flint, Product Development Director, IMPINJWhy is it that so many hardware teams get stuck when using Agile? Why do they still endure long, slow loopbacks? Why do organizations waste valuable
... Read more
Managing Corporate Design

Best Practices for In-House Graphic Design Departments

by Peter L. Phillips ...

Corporations increasingly view graphic design as a core strategic business competency in a highly competitive climate, and they are challenging their in-house designers to supply far more than a service or support function. Their new role is to provide sound solutions to real-world business pressures. Managing Corporate Design addresses-head-on-these new challenges in a highly practical manner ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Corporations increasingly view graphic design as a core strategic business competency in a highly competitive climate, and they are challenging their in-house designers to supply far more than a service or support function. Their new role is to provide sound solutions to real-world business pressures. Managing Corporate Design addresses-head-on-these new challenges in a highly practical manner
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The Secret Lives of Customers

A Detective Story About Solving the Mystery of Customer Behavior

by David S Duncan ...

“A page-turner that reads like a mystery” (Mark Bertolini, former chairman and CEO, Aetna) that delivers key insights to the questions: who really are our customers, why do we lose them, how do we regain them?Customers can be a mystery. Despite the availability of more data than ever before, everyone, from the CEO to salespeople in the field, struggles to understand who their customers really are, ... Read more

$16.99 USD

“A page-turner that reads like a mystery” (Mark Bertolini, former chairman and CEO, Aetna) that delivers key insights to the questions: who really are our customers, why do we lose them, how do we regain them?Customers can be a mystery. Despite the availability of more data than ever before, everyone, from the CEO to salespeople in the field, struggles to understand who their customers really are,
... Read more
DK Essential Managers: Managing Change

by Robert Heller ...

Series series DK Essential Managers
Learn all you need to know about adapting to change, from initiating modifications to responding positively to them. Turn and face the strange features of your new business environment with this efficient how-to guide. Managing Change enables you to understand and plan for change to achieve the best results, plus it provides practical techniques for you to try in different settings. Whether you ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Learn all you need to know about adapting to change, from initiating modifications to responding positively to them. Turn and face the strange features of your new business environment with this efficient how-to guide. Managing Change enables you to understand and plan for change to achieve the best results, plus it provides practical techniques for you to try in different settings. Whether you
... Read more
The Six Sigma Way: How to Maximize the Impact of Your Change and Improvement Efforts, Second edition

by Peter S. Pande, Robert P. Neuman, Roland Cavanagh ...

The Definitive Work on Six Sigma—Revised and Fully UpdatedUpon its publication in 2000, The Six Sigma Way was among the very first books to clearly explain the impressive benefits of Six Sigma’s improvement-driven and customer-centric approach to business leaders and managers. It revealed how GE, Motorola, and other companies used Six Sigma to fine-tune products and processes, improve performance, ... Read more

$41.99 USD

The Definitive Work on Six Sigma—Revised and Fully UpdatedUpon its publication in 2000, The Six Sigma Way was among the very first books to clearly explain the impressive benefits of Six Sigma’s improvement-driven and customer-centric approach to business leaders and managers. It revealed how GE, Motorola, and other companies used Six Sigma to fine-tune products and processes, improve performance,
... Read more
The Medici Effect, With a New Preface and Discussion Guide

What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation

by Frans Johansson ...

Why do so many world-changing insights come from people with little or no related experience? Charles Darwin was a geologist when he proposed the theory of evolution. And it was an astronomer who finally explained what happened to the dinosaurs.Frans Johansson's The Medici Effect shows how breakthrough ideas most often occur when we bring concepts from one field into a new, unfamiliar territory ... Read more

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Why do so many world-changing insights come from people with little or no related experience? Charles Darwin was a geologist when he proposed the theory of evolution. And it was an astronomer who finally explained what happened to the dinosaurs.Frans Johansson's The Medici Effect shows how breakthrough ideas most often occur when we bring concepts from one field into a new, unfamiliar territory
... Read more
Secrets of the Moneylab

How Behavioral Economics Can Improve Your Business

by Kay-Yut Chen, Marina Krakovsky ...

Taking the findings of behavioral economics from the cocktail party to the boardroom.Experimental economist Kay-Yut Chen leads an economics lab at Hewlett- Packard-the first of its kind at any company. His groundbreaking research into human behavior has turned into tangible results for HP. He has saved the company millions of dollars, simply by explaining why people really do the things they do. ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Taking the findings of behavioral economics from the cocktail party to the boardroom.Experimental economist Kay-Yut Chen leads an economics lab at Hewlett- Packard-the first of its kind at any company. His groundbreaking research into human behavior has turned into tangible results for HP. He has saved the company millions of dollars, simply by explaining why people really do the things they do.
... Read more
The Girl's Guide to Kicking Your Career Into Gear

Valuable Lessons, True Stories, and Tips For Using What You've Got (A Brain!) to Make Your Worklife Work for You

by Caitlin Friedman, Kimberly Yorio ...

Be the girl who makes it happen!Guess what? If you’re not looking out for your career then nobody is. If you want to be both passionate about what you do and successful, then you must take control of your professional destiny. Only you can determine who you are, what you can do, and where you want to go. If you are stuck in your career, frustrated at your position within a company, or bored with ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Be the girl who makes it happen!Guess what? If you’re not looking out for your career then nobody is. If you want to be both passionate about what you do and successful, then you must take control of your professional destiny. Only you can determine who you are, what you can do, and where you want to go. If you are stuck in your career, frustrated at your position within a company, or bored with
... Read more
How the Wise Decide

The Lessons of 21 Extraordinary Leaders

by Aaron Sandoski, Bryn Zeckhauser ...

Discover the formula used by twenty-one of the world’s most extraordinary leaders to make consistent and smart decisions.How do the wise decide and lead businesses and organizations to great success is the question Bryn Zeckhauser and Aaron Sandoski posed to themselves after landing their first jobs as managers. Despite the best training the world could offer—Harvard MBAs and stints at McKinsey & ... Read more

$6.99 USD

Discover the formula used by twenty-one of the world’s most extraordinary leaders to make consistent and smart decisions.How do the wise decide and lead businesses and organizations to great success is the question Bryn Zeckhauser and Aaron Sandoski posed to themselves after landing their first jobs as managers. Despite the best training the world could offer—Harvard MBAs and stints at McKinsey &
... Read more
The Leader Lab

Core Skills to Become a Great Manager, Faster

by Tania Luna, LeeAnn Renninger ...

What if you could become a great manager, leader, and communicator faster?The Leader Lab is a high-speed leadership intensive, equipping managers with the Swiss Army Knife of skills that help you handle the toughest situations that come your way.Through painstaking research and training over 200,000 managers, authors Tania Luna and LeeAnn Renninger, PhD (co-CEOs of LifeLab Learning) identified the ... Read more

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What if you could become a great manager, leader, and communicator faster?The Leader Lab is a high-speed leadership intensive, equipping managers with the Swiss Army Knife of skills that help you handle the toughest situations that come your way.Through painstaking research and training over 200,000 managers, authors Tania Luna and LeeAnn Renninger, PhD (co-CEOs of LifeLab Learning) identified the
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Enterprise Risk Management

A Methodology for Achieving Strategic Objectives

by Gregory Monahan ...

Series Book 20 - Wiley and SAS Business Series
Written for enterprise risk management (ERM) practitioners who recognize ERM?s value to their organization, Enterprise Risk Management: A Methodology for Achieving Strategic Objectives thoroughly examines operational risk management and allows you to leverage ERM methodology in your organization by putting author and ERM authority Gregory Monahan's Strategic Objectives At Risk (SOAR) methodology ... Read more

$48.00 USD

Written for enterprise risk management (ERM) practitioners who recognize ERM?s value to their organization, Enterprise Risk Management: A Methodology for Achieving Strategic Objectives thoroughly examines operational risk management and allows you to leverage ERM methodology in your organization by putting author and ERM authority Gregory Monahan's Strategic Objectives At Risk (SOAR) methodology
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The Resilient Enterprise

Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage

by Yossi Sheffi ...

Stories from Nokia, Dell, UPS, Toyota, and other companies show how firms can reduce their vulnerability to high-impact distributions, from earthquakes to strikes, from SARS to terrorism, and use them for competitive advantage.What happens when fire strikes the manufacturing plant of the sole supplier for the brake pressure valve used in every Toyota? When a hurricane shuts down production at a ... Read more

$20.99 USD

Stories from Nokia, Dell, UPS, Toyota, and other companies show how firms can reduce their vulnerability to high-impact distributions, from earthquakes to strikes, from SARS to terrorism, and use them for competitive advantage.What happens when fire strikes the manufacturing plant of the sole supplier for the brake pressure valve used in every Toyota? When a hurricane shuts down production at a
... Read more
The New Rational Manager

Effective Action Begins With Clear Thinking

by Charles H. Kepner, Benjamin B. Tregoe ...

One of the best-selling business books of all time, The New Rational Manager, describes Kepner-Tregoe critical thinking processes for effective leadership and issue-resolution management that have been pressure tested across the world for over 60 years. Whether you're troubleshooting a major IT system outage, solving a manufacturing equipment problem, deciding to expand the capacity of a ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

One of the best-selling business books of all time, The New Rational Manager, describes Kepner-Tregoe critical thinking processes for effective leadership and issue-resolution management that have been pressure tested across the world for over 60 years. Whether you're troubleshooting a major IT system outage, solving a manufacturing equipment problem, deciding to expand the capacity of a
... Read more
Beating the Dow Completely Revised and Updated

A High-Return, Low-Risk Method for Investing in the Dow Jones Industrial Stocks with as Little as $5,000

by John Downes, Michael B. O'Higgins ...

$9.99 USD

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