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The Art and Science of Delay

by Frank Partnoy ...

What do these scenarios have in common: a professional tennis player returning a serve, a woman evaluating a first date across the table, a naval officer assessing a threat to his ship, and a comedian about to reveal a punch line?In this counterintuitive and insightful work, author Frank Partnoy weaves together findings from hundreds of scientific studies and interviews with wide-ranging experts ... Read more

$10.99 USD

What do these scenarios have in common: a professional tennis player returning a serve, a woman evaluating a first date across the table, a naval officer assessing a threat to his ship, and a comedian about to reveal a punch line?In this counterintuitive and insightful work, author Frank Partnoy weaves together findings from hundreds of scientific studies and interviews with wide-ranging experts
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The Analytical Marketer

How to Transform Your Marketing Organization

by Adele Sweetwood ...

How to lead the changeAnalytics are driving big changes, not only in what marketing departments do but in how they are organized, staffed, led, and run. Leaders are grappling with issues that range from building an analytically driven marketing organization and determining the kinds of structure and talent that are needed to leading interactions with IT, finance, and sales and creating a unified ... Read more

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How to lead the changeAnalytics are driving big changes, not only in what marketing departments do but in how they are organized, staffed, led, and run. Leaders are grappling with issues that range from building an analytically driven marketing organization and determining the kinds of structure and talent that are needed to leading interactions with IT, finance, and sales and creating a unified
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The Myth of Experience

Why We Learn the Wrong Lessons, and Ways to Correct Them

by Robin M Hogarth, Emre Soyer ...

Experience is a great teacher . . . except when it isn't. In this groundbreaking guide, learn how the past can deceive and limit us -- and how healthy skepticism can build a better world.Our personal experience is key to who we are and what we do. We judge others by their experience and are judged by ours. Society venerates experience. From doctors to teachers to managers to presidents, the more ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Experience is a great teacher . . . except when it isn't. In this groundbreaking guide, learn how the past can deceive and limit us -- and how healthy skepticism can build a better world.Our personal experience is key to who we are and what we do. We judge others by their experience and are judged by ours. Society venerates experience. From doctors to teachers to managers to presidents, the more
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Hot Seat

The Startup CEO Guidebook

by Dan Shapiro ...

What avoidable problem destroys more young startups than any other?Why is it a mistake to ask for introductions to investors?When do you play the CEO card?Should you sell out?Author and four-time founder/CEO Dan Shapiro tells the stories of dozens of startups whose companies lived and died by the advice in these pages. From inception to destruction and triumph to despair, this rollercoaster read ... Read more

$21.99 USD

What avoidable problem destroys more young startups than any other?Why is it a mistake to ask for introductions to investors?When do you play the CEO card?Should you sell out?Author and four-time founder/CEO Dan Shapiro tells the stories of dozens of startups whose companies lived and died by the advice in these pages. From inception to destruction and triumph to despair, this rollercoaster read
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Google衝刺工作法（暢銷新裝版）──Google打造成功產品的祕密，5天5步驟迅速解決難題、測試新點子、完成更多工作！

Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just 5 Days

by 傑克．納普, Jake Knapp, 約翰．澤拉斯, John Zeratsky, 布雷登．柯維茲, Braden Kowitz ...

（初版書名為《Google創投認證！SPRINT衝刺計畫》）蘋果、亞馬遜、特斯拉、Airbnb、Mercedes-Benz、American Express、Nike、IKEA等成功企業競相偷師Google創投認證！Google最實用的工作法────SPRINT衝刺計畫────所有產業、所有規模的企業、甚至個人都適用！5天5步驟高效率工作流程迅速解決難題．測試新構想．完成更多任務．加快工作速度《紐約時報》．亞馬遜網路書店．《華爾街日報》暢銷書《Inc.》雜誌推薦年度必讀商業書✦ Gmail、Google Search、Google X、Chrome……等知名產品的各種項目，都通過了「衝刺計畫」的考驗才推出，並且大獲成功！✦ 眾多優秀的新創公司創辦人都曾運用「衝刺計畫」做決策，包括：23andMe創辦人沃西基（Anne Wojcicki）、Twitter／Blogger ... Read more

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（初版書名為《Google創投認證！SPRINT衝刺計畫》）蘋果、亞馬遜、特斯拉、Airbnb、Mercedes-Benz、American Express、Nike、IKEA等成功企業競相偷師Google創投認證！Google最實用的工作法────SPRINT衝刺計畫────所有產業、所有規模的企業、甚至個人都適用！5天5步驟高效率工作流程迅速解決難題．測試新構想．完成更多任務．加快工作速度《紐約時報》．亞馬遜網路書店．《華爾街日報》暢銷書《Inc.》雜誌推薦年度必讀商業書✦ Gmail、Google Search、Google X、Chrome……等知名產品的各種項目，都通過了「衝刺計畫」的考驗才推出，並且大獲成功！✦ 眾多優秀的新創公司創辦人都曾運用「衝刺計畫」做決策，包括：23andMe創辦人沃西基（Anne Wojcicki）、Twitter／Blogger
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Discounting the Future

The Ascendancy of a Political Technology

by Liliana Doganova ...

Series Book 7 - Near Futures
A pioneering exploration of the defining traits and contradictions of our relationship to the future through the lens of discountingForest fires, droughts, and rising sea levels beg a nagging question: have we lost our capacity to act on the future? Liliana Doganova’s book sheds new light on this anxious query. It argues that our relationship to the future has been trapped in the gears of a device ... Read more

$21.59 USD

A pioneering exploration of the defining traits and contradictions of our relationship to the future through the lens of discountingForest fires, droughts, and rising sea levels beg a nagging question: have we lost our capacity to act on the future? Liliana Doganova’s book sheds new light on this anxious query. It argues that our relationship to the future has been trapped in the gears of a device
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Lead from No

A Systematic Approach to Leadership Negotiation

by Jim Camp Jr ...

When you hear the word "negotiation," what comes to mind? Do you imagine a business agreement where both sides reach a mutually beneficial solution? Maybe you picture big deals such as sales, contracts, procurement, mergers, and acquisitions? Perhaps you also think of compromise, win-win, or getting someone to say "yes"?Would you consider "leadership" as a critical type of negotiation? If you lead ... Read more

$6.99 USD

When you hear the word "negotiation," what comes to mind? Do you imagine a business agreement where both sides reach a mutually beneficial solution? Maybe you picture big deals such as sales, contracts, procurement, mergers, and acquisitions? Perhaps you also think of compromise, win-win, or getting someone to say "yes"?Would you consider "leadership" as a critical type of negotiation? If you lead
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Critical Thinking Skills For Dummies

by Martin Cohen ...

Learn how to argue points effectively, analyze information, and make sound judgmentsThe ability to think clearly and critically is a lifelong benefit that you can apply in any situation that calls for reflection, analysis, and planning. Being able to think systematically and solve problems is also a great career asset. Critical Thinking Skills For Dummies helps you hone your thinking abilities and ... Read more

$12.00 USD

Learn how to argue points effectively, analyze information, and make sound judgmentsThe ability to think clearly and critically is a lifelong benefit that you can apply in any situation that calls for reflection, analysis, and planning. Being able to think systematically and solve problems is also a great career asset. Critical Thinking Skills For Dummies helps you hone your thinking abilities and
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Sizing People Up

A Veteran FBI Agent's User Manual for Behavior Prediction

by Robin Dreeke, Cameron Stauth ...

A former FBI agent shares his simple but powerful toolkit for assessing who you can trust--and who you can't.After two decades as a behavior analyst in the FBI, Robin Dreeke knows a thing or two about sizing people up. He's navigated complex situations that range from handling Russian spies to navigating the internal politics at the Bureau. Through that experience, he was forced to develop a knack ... Read more

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A former FBI agent shares his simple but powerful toolkit for assessing who you can trust--and who you can't.After two decades as a behavior analyst in the FBI, Robin Dreeke knows a thing or two about sizing people up. He's navigated complex situations that range from handling Russian spies to navigating the internal politics at the Bureau. Through that experience, he was forced to develop a knack
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Building Design Strategy

Using Design to Achieve Key Business Objectives

by Thomas Lockwood, Thomas Walton ...

How can design be used to solve business problems? That's the question answered, in many innovative ways, by Building Design Strategy. Mark Dziersk, EunSool Kwon, Arnold Levin, Laura Weiss, and many more top-name contributors share their experience and insights. Topics explore the full range of issues today, including thinking ahead; adapting to challenges; developing tangible strategies; using ... Read more

$17.99 USD

How can design be used to solve business problems? That's the question answered, in many innovative ways, by Building Design Strategy. Mark Dziersk, EunSool Kwon, Arnold Levin, Laura Weiss, and many more top-name contributors share their experience and insights. Topics explore the full range of issues today, including thinking ahead; adapting to challenges; developing tangible strategies; using
... Read more
Good Products, Bad Products: Essential Elements to Achieving Superior Quality

by James Adams ...

What is the secret behind every successful product? Why are people willing to pay more for a BMW than a Chevrolet? How could Apple iPhones represent only 4% of the world’s cell phone market in 2011 but take in 50% of the profits? The answer is quality.In this provocative new book, bestselling author James L. Adams provides a brilliant, in-depth look at the powerful but elusive qualities that can ... Read more

$19.99 USD

What is the secret behind every successful product? Why are people willing to pay more for a BMW than a Chevrolet? How could Apple iPhones represent only 4% of the world’s cell phone market in 2011 but take in 50% of the profits? The answer is quality.In this provocative new book, bestselling author James L. Adams provides a brilliant, in-depth look at the powerful but elusive qualities that can
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The Team-Building Tool Kit

Tips and Tactics for Effective Workplace Teams

by Deborah Mackin ...

This helpful guide provides practical advice to guide team coaches, leaders, and members to high-performance results.Workplace teams learn to function as effective units when they have the tools and techniques to be greater than the sum of their parts. Filled with bullet points to make tips and strategies quick and easy to grasp, this book covers both the structure and nitty-gritty process details ... Read more

$6.99 USD

This helpful guide provides practical advice to guide team coaches, leaders, and members to high-performance results.Workplace teams learn to function as effective units when they have the tools and techniques to be greater than the sum of their parts. Filled with bullet points to make tips and strategies quick and easy to grasp, this book covers both the structure and nitty-gritty process details
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Pig Wrestling

The Brilliantly Simple Way to Solve Any Problem… and Create the Change You Need

by Pete Lindsay, Dr Mark Bawden ...

‘This enjoyable book could bring about profound change’ Professor Steve Peters author of The Chimp ParadoxARE YOU WRESTLING WITH A PIG OF A PROBLEM?Pig Wrestling is a simple story with a powerful message. Read it in under an hour, and you’ll be ready to tackle any type of sticky situation in work or life.Meet a stressed Young Manager, whose teams are at each other’s throats. At his local coffee ... Read more

$14.29 USD

‘This enjoyable book could bring about profound change’ Professor Steve Peters author of The Chimp ParadoxARE YOU WRESTLING WITH A PIG OF A PROBLEM?Pig Wrestling is a simple story with a powerful message. Read it in under an hour, and you’ll be ready to tackle any type of sticky situation in work or life.Meet a stressed Young Manager, whose teams are at each other’s throats. At his local coffee
... Read more
What Business Should I Start?

7 Steps to Discovering the Ideal Business for You

by Rhonda Abrams ...

Want to start your own business, but aren't sure which one to start? Want to find a business that's right for you—for your interests, skills, and goals—that will also be successful?America's foremost small-business advice guru Rhonda Abrams offers readers seven steps to identifying the right business for them, from determining their entrepreneurial type with the E-Type™ test, to exploring a wide ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Want to start your own business, but aren't sure which one to start? Want to find a business that's right for you—for your interests, skills, and goals—that will also be successful?America's foremost small-business advice guru Rhonda Abrams offers readers seven steps to identifying the right business for them, from determining their entrepreneurial type with the E-Type™ test, to exploring a wide
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The Connected Company

by Dave Gray, Thomas Vander Wal ...

With a foreword by Alex Osterwalder.The future of work is already here.Customers are adopting disruptive technologies faster than your company can adapt. When your customers are delighted, they can amplify your message in ways that were never before possible. But when your company’s performance runs short of what you’ve promised, customers can seize control of your brand message, spreading their ... Read more

$18.99 USD

With a foreword by Alex Osterwalder.The future of work is already here.Customers are adopting disruptive technologies faster than your company can adapt. When your customers are delighted, they can amplify your message in ways that were never before possible. But when your company’s performance runs short of what you’ve promised, customers can seize control of your brand message, spreading their
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Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation

International Case Studies and Practice

Edited by Ken Banks ...

Social innovation and social entrepreneurship look for creative and affordable solutions to specific societal problems. Fuelled by the spread of the internet and the ubiquity of mobile phones, there are more people working to solve pressing social and environmental problems in the world today than ever before. Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation presents the journeys of pioneering - and often ... Read more

$53.99 USD

Social innovation and social entrepreneurship look for creative and affordable solutions to specific societal problems. Fuelled by the spread of the internet and the ubiquity of mobile phones, there are more people working to solve pressing social and environmental problems in the world today than ever before. Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation presents the journeys of pioneering - and often
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Think to Win: Unleashing the Power of Strategic Thinking

by Paul Butler, John F. Manfredi, Peter Klein ...

The proven plan for making strategic thinking part of any organization’s DNA to drive sustainable growthIn today’s ultra-competitive business world, the difference between success and failure lies in the ability to get every employee to think and behave like a strategist.Think to Win helps business leaders expand strategic thinking out of the purview of “the elite few” and into the company culture ... Read more

$25.99 USD

The proven plan for making strategic thinking part of any organization’s DNA to drive sustainable growthIn today’s ultra-competitive business world, the difference between success and failure lies in the ability to get every employee to think and behave like a strategist.Think to Win helps business leaders expand strategic thinking out of the purview of “the elite few” and into the company culture
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Care After Covid: What the Pandemic Revealed Is Broken in Healthcare and How to Reinvent It

by Shantanu Nundy ...

A practical action plan for reinventing healthcare in a post-pandemic world—from a physician-entrepreneur who works with Fortune 500 companies.If the healthcare system were an emperor, Covid-19 tragically revealed that it had no clothes. Healthcare had to adapt, and quickly―sparking a dramatic acceleration of virtual care, drive-through testing, and home-based services. In the process, old rules ... Read more

$20.79 USD

A practical action plan for reinventing healthcare in a post-pandemic world—from a physician-entrepreneur who works with Fortune 500 companies.If the healthcare system were an emperor, Covid-19 tragically revealed that it had no clothes. Healthcare had to adapt, and quickly―sparking a dramatic acceleration of virtual care, drive-through testing, and home-based services. In the process, old rules
... Read more
The Little Book of Data

Understanding the Powerful Analytics that Fuel AI, Make or Break Careers, and Could Just End Up Saving the World

by Justin Evans ...

Data is not about number crunching. It’s about ideas. And when used properly (read: ethically), it is the problem solver of our time.Yet many savvy people seem to be in data denial: they don’t think they need to understand data, or it’s too complicated, or worse, using it is somehow unethical. Yet as data and AI (just an accelerated way to put data to work) move to the center of professional and ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Data is not about number crunching. It’s about ideas. And when used properly (read: ethically), it is the problem solver of our time.Yet many savvy people seem to be in data denial: they don’t think they need to understand data, or it’s too complicated, or worse, using it is somehow unethical. Yet as data and AI (just an accelerated way to put data to work) move to the center of professional and
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數商：向阿里巴巴前副總裁學習數據時代的生存商數

by 涂子沛 ...

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★全系列著作銷售突破100萬冊★★《羅輯思維》創始人羅振宇強力推薦★數據不是黃金或石油，而是一片沃土，孕育我們未來發展的一切所需。透過生動有趣的歷史故事，一窺人類文明躍遷的關鍵時刻，學習生活中的數據科學、解讀數商的深刻內涵。◆立即上網測試！數據時代來臨，你的生存指數有多高？http://www.readingtimes.com.tw/timeshtml/ad/BED0285/index.html數學、數據或數商，並非單純的數字或符號，而是教你練習邏輯思維，進而學會深度思考，無論在日常生活或職場中，這都是現代人的必備素養。我們正站在歷史的轉捩點，你該如何... ... Read more

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★全系列著作銷售突破100萬冊★★《羅輯思維》創始人羅振宇強力推薦★數據不是黃金或石油，而是一片沃土，孕育我們未來發展的一切所需。透過生動有趣的歷史故事，一窺人類文明躍遷的關鍵時刻，學習生活中的數據科學、解讀數商的深刻內涵。◆立即上網測試！數據時代來臨，你的生存指數有多高？http://www.readingtimes.com.tw/timeshtml/ad/BED0285/index.html數學、數據或數商，並非單純的數字或符號，而是教你練習邏輯思維，進而學會深度思考，無論在日常生活或職場中，這都是現代人的必備素養。我們正站在歷史的轉捩點，你該如何...
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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 Twelve Absolutes of Leadership

by Gary Burnison ...

ALL IN, ALL THE TIMEFor Gary Burnison, CEO of the world’s largest executive search firm, these five simple words perfectly capture the essence of great leadership. There can be no half measures. Complete commitment, total engagement, and a powerful sense of personal responsibility are the criteria for true leadership excellence. It’s more than a job; it’s a way of life. But how do you get there? ... Read more

$29.99 USD

ALL IN, ALL THE TIMEFor Gary Burnison, CEO of the world’s largest executive search firm, these five simple words perfectly capture the essence of great leadership. There can be no half measures. Complete commitment, total engagement, and a powerful sense of personal responsibility are the criteria for true leadership excellence. It’s more than a job; it’s a way of life. But how do you get there?
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Toyota Supply Chain Management: A Strategic Approach to the Principles of Toyota's Renowned System

by Ananth V. Iyer, Sridhar Seshadri, Roy Vasher ...

The Toyota Production System is the benchmark used throughout the world for “lean” thinking. Now you can model your own processes after those of the company that “wrote the book on supply chain management.”Written by two experts on the subject, along with a former Toyota senior executive, this book details the most celebrated supply chain operation in the world to help you form an integrated, ... Read more

$31.99 USD

The Toyota Production System is the benchmark used throughout the world for “lean” thinking. Now you can model your own processes after those of the company that “wrote the book on supply chain management.”Written by two experts on the subject, along with a former Toyota senior executive, this book details the most celebrated supply chain operation in the world to help you form an integrated,
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Go Big or Go Home

5 Ways to Create a Customer Experience That Will Close the Deal

by Diana Kander, Tucker Trotter ...

How do underdogs close huge deals they have no business winning? How do rainmakers pull off a sale before the RFP is ever issued? They don't do it with a logical argument or even the best PowerPoint presentation. They do it by turning their pitch into an emotional experience that makes the customer think, "This just feels right." This book is your blueprint for tapping into a client's gut feeling ... Read more

$6.99 USD

How do underdogs close huge deals they have no business winning? How do rainmakers pull off a sale before the RFP is ever issued? They don't do it with a logical argument or even the best PowerPoint presentation. They do it by turning their pitch into an emotional experience that makes the customer think, "This just feels right." This book is your blueprint for tapping into a client's gut feeling
... Read more

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