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

Rescue the Problem Project

A Complete Guide to Identifying, Preventing, and Recovering from Project Failure

by Todd C. Williams ...

This one-of-a-kind guide provides project managers, executives, and customers alike with an in-depth start-to-finish process that ensure win-win solutions when things go awry.Turnaround specialist Todd Williams has worked with dozens of companies in multiple industries to help them bring projects back from the brink of disaster. Now, in a market full of how-tos on the task of running a project, he ... Read more

$11.99 USD

This one-of-a-kind guide provides project managers, executives, and customers alike with an in-depth start-to-finish process that ensure win-win solutions when things go awry.Turnaround specialist Todd Williams has worked with dozens of companies in multiple industries to help them bring projects back from the brink of disaster. Now, in a market full of how-tos on the task of running a project, he
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亞馬遜貝佐斯的外星人思維法

快速輸出各種創意，工作不再焦慮，給你源源不絕的問題解決力

by 西羅．布凱, 尚－路易．巴梭, 麥克．韋德 ...

Series series 實戰商學院
在天才眼裡，怪異是能力，發呆是紀律，浪費時間才有創意！　　►百萬暢銷書《獲利世代》、《思考的藝術》作者聯名推薦。　　►瑞士洛桑管理學院10年研究大公開。分析50多個案例，破解成功祕徑。　　►收錄「外星人思維」檢測表，10種創意練習，讓靈感隨叫隨到。　　「大家一起腦力激盪，但爭相提供意見後，問題反而更複雜了！」　　「這個點子明明超棒！主管不了解就算了，幹嘛還拼命打槍？」　　「明明已經每天加班花時間思考了，怎麼想都還是跳不出老方法！」　　如果有上述困擾，那你應該換一顆「外星人」的腦。　　★ 靈感可以製造！只要你「廢」得夠科學　　我們總將豐富的想像力與靈感和天才畫上等號，　　好像創意是種天分，天生注定沒有，再怎麼努力都無濟於事。　　但愛因斯坦曾說：「創意是浪費時間時的殘餘物。」　　換言之，正因為你不懂如何正確地「浪費時間」，靈感才沒辦法說來就來。　　神經學家馬庫斯．賴希勒（Marcus... ... Read more

$9.99 USD

在天才眼裡，怪異是能力，發呆是紀律，浪費時間才有創意！　　►百萬暢銷書《獲利世代》、《思考的藝術》作者聯名推薦。　　►瑞士洛桑管理學院10年研究大公開。分析50多個案例，破解成功祕徑。　　►收錄「外星人思維」檢測表，10種創意練習，讓靈感隨叫隨到。　　「大家一起腦力激盪，但爭相提供意見後，問題反而更複雜了！」　　「這個點子明明超棒！主管不了解就算了，幹嘛還拼命打槍？」　　「明明已經每天加班花時間思考了，怎麼想都還是跳不出老方法！」　　如果有上述困擾，那你應該換一顆「外星人」的腦。　　★ 靈感可以製造！只要你「廢」得夠科學　　我們總將豐富的想像力與靈感和天才畫上等號，　　好像創意是種天分，天生注定沒有，再怎麼努力都無濟於事。　　但愛因斯坦曾說：「創意是浪費時間時的殘餘物。」　　換言之，正因為你不懂如何正確地「浪費時間」，靈感才沒辦法說來就來。　　神經學家馬庫斯．賴希勒（Marcus...
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Smaller is Better: Using Small Autonomous Teams to Drive the Future of Enterprise

by Brady Brim-DeForest ...

Small is the next big thing.When working for a large organization, weeks can pass before leadership makes important decisions that affect you and your team. Meanwhile, you're on the hook to deliver products that don't actually serve the customer—products you know you could improve, if given the opportunity.After years of consulting for Fortune 1000 companies, Brady Brim-DeForest understands the ... Read more

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Small is the next big thing.When working for a large organization, weeks can pass before leadership makes important decisions that affect you and your team. Meanwhile, you're on the hook to deliver products that don't actually serve the customer—products you know you could improve, if given the opportunity.After years of consulting for Fortune 1000 companies, Brady Brim-DeForest understands the
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Lean Six Sigma - An Introduction and Toolkit (EBOOK BUNDLE)

by Michael L. George Sr. ...

Meet all your customers’ needs—and your company’s goals—with the tools and techniques of Lean Six Sigma2 top-quality guides in 1 powerful eBook package!When you combine Lean Production and Six Sigma, you can’t fail to deliver positive results on a continual basis. This powerful mix—called Lean Six Sigma—is what some of the world’s most successful organizations use to launch themselves ahead of the ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Meet all your customers’ needs—and your company’s goals—with the tools and techniques of Lean Six Sigma2 top-quality guides in 1 powerful eBook package!When you combine Lean Production and Six Sigma, you can’t fail to deliver positive results on a continual basis. This powerful mix—called Lean Six Sigma—is what some of the world’s most successful organizations use to launch themselves ahead of the
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Wait

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

$9.99 USD

（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
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Building the Best: 8 Proven Leadership Principles to Elevate Others to Success

8 Proven Leadership Principles to Elevate Others to Success

by John Eades ...

Build a world-class team culture with proven principles from renowned “Follow My Lead” podcaster and business leader John EadesOrganizational culture has undergone a seismic shift in the 21st century—and with it, the requirements of leadership. In Building the Best, LearnLoft CEO John Eades takes you on a journey of transformation that will equip you with the tools you need to become the kind of ... Read more

$20.99 USD

Build a world-class team culture with proven principles from renowned “Follow My Lead” podcaster and business leader John EadesOrganizational culture has undergone a seismic shift in the 21st century—and with it, the requirements of leadership. In Building the Best, LearnLoft CEO John Eades takes you on a journey of transformation that will equip you with the tools you need to become the kind of
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Tools for Team Leadership

Delivering the X-Factor in Team Excellence

by Gregory E. Huszczo ...

Become a team leader - no matter what role you play in your team!This self-study training guide puts the power of participative leadership into the hands of every manager, trainer, consultant, and team member struggling to help teams succeed. Packed with more than eighty new and field-tested tools, Tools for Team Leadership solves the mystery of why some teams - regardless of talent - succeed ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Become a team leader - no matter what role you play in your team!This self-study training guide puts the power of participative leadership into the hands of every manager, trainer, consultant, and team member struggling to help teams succeed. Packed with more than eighty new and field-tested tools, Tools for Team Leadership solves the mystery of why some teams - regardless of talent - succeed
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Critical Thinking In A Nutshell

How To Become An Independent Thinker And Make Intelligent Decisions (Critical Thinking & Logic Mastery)

by Thinknetic ...

Did you know that 93% of CEOs agree that THIS skill is MORE IMPORTANT than your college degree?Amazon's market cap is 1.7 TRILLION dollars. And it all started when Jeff Bezos used this skill to see a market inefficiency back in the day, before anyone else.During the 1980s "Coke Wars," Coca-Cola and Pepsi went back and forth competing to be America's top soda. But Coca-Cola didn't use this skill at ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Did you know that 93% of CEOs agree that THIS skill is MORE IMPORTANT than your college degree?Amazon's market cap is 1.7 TRILLION dollars. And it all started when Jeff Bezos used this skill to see a market inefficiency back in the day, before anyone else.During the 1980s "Coke Wars," Coca-Cola and Pepsi went back and forth competing to be America's top soda. But Coca-Cola didn't use this skill at
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Introduction to Consensus

by Beatrice Briggs ...

“Consensus” is a term that many people use to describe a vague process that somehow leads to general agreement. This book, written by Beatrice Briggs, an internationally recognized consultant who has been facilitating group processes for 25 years, clarifies what consensus is, what it is not and how to avoid some of the common traps that groups fall into when using this powerful decision-making ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

“Consensus” is a term that many people use to describe a vague process that somehow leads to general agreement. This book, written by Beatrice Briggs, an internationally recognized consultant who has been facilitating group processes for 25 years, clarifies what consensus is, what it is not and how to avoid some of the common traps that groups fall into when using this powerful decision-making
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Microsoft SharePoint 2010 QuickSteps

by Marty Matthews, Nancy Buchanan ...

Series series QuickSteps
Step-by-Step, Full-Color Graphics!Start using SharePoint 2010 right away--the QuickSteps way. Color screenshots and clear instructions make it easy to ramp up on the latest release of Microsoft's powerful collaboration platform. Follow along and quickly learn how to use a SharePoint site, add pages and web parts, create and manage lists and libraries, and integrate with and collaborate using ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Step-by-Step, Full-Color Graphics!Start using SharePoint 2010 right away--the QuickSteps way. Color screenshots and clear instructions make it easy to ramp up on the latest release of Microsoft's powerful collaboration platform. Follow along and quickly learn how to use a SharePoint site, add pages and web parts, create and manage lists and libraries, and integrate with and collaborate using
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Design Thinking Meets Change Management

by Lena Ross ...

Disruption and new ways of working call for different approaches to how we lead and deliver change.At the same time, the employee experience is now regarded as important, if not more important, than the customer experience.Let's demystify Design Thinking - aka Human Centred Design - and how we can apply it to change management.With a strong practical focus, this playbook shows you how to integrate ... Read more

$6.99 USD

Disruption and new ways of working call for different approaches to how we lead and deliver change.At the same time, the employee experience is now regarded as important, if not more important, than the customer experience.Let's demystify Design Thinking - aka Human Centred Design - and how we can apply it to change management.With a strong practical focus, this playbook shows you how to integrate
... Read more
Street Pricing

A Pricing Playlist for Hip Leaders in B2B SaaS

by Marcos Rivera ...

Shift Your Pricing Strategy from Guesswork to FrameworkThere are many struggles in the SaaS world, but the biggest one is arguably the most important one: pricing. Leaving money on the table by charging too little or driving clients away with confusing plans is one of the many reasons why many SaaS companies fail.Getting pricing right can be the difference between just getting by and high revenue ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Shift Your Pricing Strategy from Guesswork to FrameworkThere are many struggles in the SaaS world, but the biggest one is arguably the most important one: pricing. Leaving money on the table by charging too little or driving clients away with confusing plans is one of the many reasons why many SaaS companies fail.Getting pricing right can be the difference between just getting by and high revenue
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Be Data Literate

The Data Literacy Skills Everyone Needs to Succeed

by Jordan Morrow ...

WINNER: International Book Awards 2023 - Business: Technology (1st edition)Not everyone needs to be a data scientist, but everyone should be data literate in a fast-moving world that brings new technological developments every day.It is not enough for a business to have the best data if those using it don't understand the right questions to ask or how to use the information generated to make ... Read more

$29.99 USD

WINNER: International Book Awards 2023 - Business: Technology (1st edition)Not everyone needs to be a data scientist, but everyone should be data literate in a fast-moving world that brings new technological developments every day.It is not enough for a business to have the best data if those using it don't understand the right questions to ask or how to use the information generated to make
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費米解題推斷：職場即戰場，職涯必備的「問題解決力」，就讓圖像思考幫助你！

by 吉田雅裕, 木本篤茂 ...

業績好難做，到底如何有效提高營業額呢**?**減肥真困難，你知道怎樣降低減重難度嗎**?**只要用對圖解法，任何事都能夠事半功倍！生活中的大小問題如何迎刃而解，重點不只是努力，你更要善用合適的圖像思考力！職場必備「問題解決力」，有效解決方案交給你！職場首重「問題解決能力」，不想成為一個經驗用十年的化石鳥，想當機巧靈活的聰明鳥嗎? 你肯定會遇到「如何提高營業額」、「如何增加遊客量」、「如何提高英語能力」等在商場、社會、日常生活中遇到的問題。不管是哪一類問題都有一個共通點，就是通過合理的假設以及熟練的邏輯推理，在不做任何調查的前提下，短時間內進行模擬推斷。解決問題的能力，是有邏輯的... ... Read more

$7.99 USD

業績好難做，到底如何有效提高營業額呢**?**減肥真困難，你知道怎樣降低減重難度嗎**?**只要用對圖解法，任何事都能夠事半功倍！生活中的大小問題如何迎刃而解，重點不只是努力，你更要善用合適的圖像思考力！職場必備「問題解決力」，有效解決方案交給你！職場首重「問題解決能力」，不想成為一個經驗用十年的化石鳥，想當機巧靈活的聰明鳥嗎? 你肯定會遇到「如何提高營業額」、「如何增加遊客量」、「如何提高英語能力」等在商場、社會、日常生活中遇到的問題。不管是哪一類問題都有一個共通點，就是通過合理的假設以及熟練的邏輯推理，在不做任何調查的前提下，短時間內進行模擬推斷。解決問題的能力，是有邏輯的...
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Analyzing Strategic Behavior in Business and Economics

A Game Theory Primer

by Thomas J. Webster ...

This textbook is an introduction to game theory, which is the systematic analysis of decision-making in interactive settings. Game theory can be of great value to business managers. The ability to correctly anticipate countermove by rival firms in competitive and cooperative settings enables managers to make more effective marketing, advertising, pricing, and other business decisions to optimally ... Read more

$46.99 USD

This textbook is an introduction to game theory, which is the systematic analysis of decision-making in interactive settings. Game theory can be of great value to business managers. The ability to correctly anticipate countermove by rival firms in competitive and cooperative settings enables managers to make more effective marketing, advertising, pricing, and other business decisions to optimally
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