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

Experiments in Reflection

How to See the Present, Reconsider the Past, and Shape the Future

by Leticia Britos Cavagnaro, Stanford d.school ...

Series series Stanford d.school Library
Notice what matters, sharpen your intuition, and grow personally and professionally by honing your skills of reflection in this illustrated guide from Stanford University's d.school.While we often think of reflection as a way to consider what is or was, it can also be a powerful tool for imagining and shaping what could be. Through activities based on the science, art, and practice of reflection, ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Notice what matters, sharpen your intuition, and grow personally and professionally by honing your skills of reflection in this illustrated guide from Stanford University's d.school.While we often think of reflection as a way to consider what is or was, it can also be a powerful tool for imagining and shaping what could be. Through activities based on the science, art, and practice of reflection,
... Read more
The Go Point

How to Get Off the Fence by Knowing What to Do and When to Do It

by Michael Useem ...

The Go Point—the moment of truth when you have to say “yes” or “no” when it’s time to get off the fence.Michael Useem—through dramatic storytelling—shows how to master the art and science of being decisive. He places you smack in the middle of people facing their go point, where actions—or lack of them—determined the fates of individuals, companies, and countries.• Why on earth did Robert E. Lee ... Read more

$4.99 USD

The Go Point—the moment of truth when you have to say “yes” or “no” when it’s time to get off the fence.Michael Useem—through dramatic storytelling—shows how to master the art and science of being decisive. He places you smack in the middle of people facing their go point, where actions—or lack of them—determined the fates of individuals, companies, and countries.• Why on earth did Robert E. Lee
... Read more
Essentials of Game Theory

A Concise Multidisciplinary Introduction

by Kevin Leyton-Brown, Yoav Shoham ...

Series series Synthesis Lectures on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Game theory is the mathematical study of interaction among independent, self-interested agents. The audience for game theory has grown dramatically in recent years, and now spans disciplines as diverse as political science, biology, psychology, economics, linguistics, sociology, and computer science, among others. What has been missing is a relatively short introduction to the field covering the ... Read more

$32.39 USD

Game theory is the mathematical study of interaction among independent, self-interested agents. The audience for game theory has grown dramatically in recent years, and now spans disciplines as diverse as political science, biology, psychology, economics, linguistics, sociology, and computer science, among others. What has been missing is a relatively short introduction to the field covering the
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Real-Time Leadership

Find Your Winning Moves When the Stakes Are High

by David Noble, Carol Kauffman ...

The best leaders, in the biggest moments, know how to read the situation, respond in the most effective way possible, and move forward. You can, too.The hardest part of leadership is mastering the inevitable high-risk, high-stakes challenges you will face. Whether you're making a split-second decision when your business is knocked sideways or you're finding the best strategy to navigate business ... Read more

$21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The best leaders, in the biggest moments, know how to read the situation, respond in the most effective way possible, and move forward. You can, too.The hardest part of leadership is mastering the inevitable high-risk, high-stakes challenges you will face. Whether you're making a split-second decision when your business is knocked sideways or you're finding the best strategy to navigate business
... Read more
Redesigning Leadership

by John Maeda, Rebecca J Bermont ...

Series series Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life
Lessons for a new generation of leaders on teamwork, meetings, conversations, free food, social media, apologizing, and other topics.When designer and computer scientist John Maeda was tapped to be president of the celebrated Rhode Island School of Design in 2008, he had to learn how to be a leader quickly. He had to transform himself from a tenured professor—with a love of argument for argument's ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Lessons for a new generation of leaders on teamwork, meetings, conversations, free food, social media, apologizing, and other topics.When designer and computer scientist John Maeda was tapped to be president of the celebrated Rhode Island School of Design in 2008, he had to learn how to be a leader quickly. He had to transform himself from a tenured professor—with a love of argument for argument's
... Read more
Make It In America, Updated Edition

The Case for Re-Inventing the Economy

by Andrew Liveris ...

The case for revolutionizing the U.S. economy, from a leading CEOAmerica used to define itself by the things we built. We designed and produced the world's most important innovations, and in doing so, created a vibrant manufacturing sector that established the middle class. We manufactured our way to the top and became the undisputed economic leader of the world. But over the last several decades, ... Read more

$11.00 USD

The case for revolutionizing the U.S. economy, from a leading CEOAmerica used to define itself by the things we built. We designed and produced the world's most important innovations, and in doing so, created a vibrant manufacturing sector that established the middle class. We manufactured our way to the top and became the undisputed economic leader of the world. But over the last several decades,
... Read more
Generations, Inc.

From Boomers to Linksters--Managing the Friction Between Generations at Work

by Meagan Johnson, Larry Johnson ...

Now that five different generations are on the job simultaneously--from Traditionals to Generation Y to Millennials--it's important for companies to understand how their people can not only coexist and cooperate, but thrive together as a team.Written by Meagan and Larry Johnson, a father-daughter team of two generational experts, Generations, Inc. offers the perspectives of people of different ... Read more

$6.49 USD

Now that five different generations are on the job simultaneously--from Traditionals to Generation Y to Millennials--it's important for companies to understand how their people can not only coexist and cooperate, but thrive together as a team.Written by Meagan and Larry Johnson, a father-daughter team of two generational experts, Generations, Inc. offers the perspectives of people of different
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Evolvability in Business

Enterprise Transformation in an Age of Complexity

by Zhen Goh, Sunil Mundra ...

Series series Routledge-Solaris Applied Research in Business Management and Board Governance
Through the unique combination of evolutionary biology and management theory applied to business cases, and keeping in mind that organisations are fundamentally human systems, Goh and Mundra propose organisational evolvability as a new frame to guide enterprise transformation and change.Some of the topics covered in the book include: Understanding the differences between Complicated and Complex; ... Read more

Was $49.99 USD Now $44.99 USD

Through the unique combination of evolutionary biology and management theory applied to business cases, and keeping in mind that organisations are fundamentally human systems, Goh and Mundra propose organisational evolvability as a new frame to guide enterprise transformation and change.Some of the topics covered in the book include: Understanding the differences between Complicated and Complex;
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三禧思維：亂世解決問題、活得更好的科學思考工具！

Third Millennium Thinking: Creating Sense in a World of Nonsense

by 索爾‧珀爾馬特（Saul Perlmutter）、約翰‧坎貝爾（John Campbell）、羅伯．麥考恩（Robert MacCoun） ...

Series series 人文思潮
資訊爆量時代，究竟該相信什麼？專家各說各話，我們該如何做出最有利的選擇？不同立場的人，有可能「真確」溝通並攜手合作嗎？★諾貝爾獎物理學家X史丹佛心理學家X****人氣哲學教授置身資訊量爆炸的第三個千禧年，陪你思考再進化！運用心智「黑科技」，解決當代最棘手的難題！身處多語言、多文化的世界，更有效工作、更有機會成功、產出更可靠的結果！★源自加州大學柏克萊分校超人氣課程「理性與感性與科學」，獲美國大學沿用推廣，並成為高中版課程「給所有人的科學思考工具箱」！★《逆思維》作者亞當‧葛蘭特推薦：「在充滿不確定性和兩極... ... Read more

$9.24 USD

資訊爆量時代，究竟該相信什麼？專家各說各話，我們該如何做出最有利的選擇？不同立場的人，有可能「真確」溝通並攜手合作嗎？★諾貝爾獎物理學家X史丹佛心理學家X****人氣哲學教授置身資訊量爆炸的第三個千禧年，陪你思考再進化！運用心智「黑科技」，解決當代最棘手的難題！身處多語言、多文化的世界，更有效工作、更有機會成功、產出更可靠的結果！★源自加州大學柏克萊分校超人氣課程「理性與感性與科學」，獲美國大學沿用推廣，並成為高中版課程「給所有人的科學思考工具箱」！★《逆思維》作者亞當‧葛蘭特推薦：「在充滿不確定性和兩極...
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Diaminds

Decoding the Mental Habits of Successful Thinkers

by Mihnea Moldoveanu, Roger L. Martin ...

Series series Rotman-UTP Publishing
What constitutes successful thinking in business? What are some of the techniques used by top business minds in order to solve problems and create value? Diaminds breaks new ground in addressing these questions.Mihnea Moldoveanu and Roger Martin, creators of the Integrative Thinking curriculum at the Rotman School of Management, draw upon case studies and interviews - as well as theories and ... Read more

$29.49 USD

What constitutes successful thinking in business? What are some of the techniques used by top business minds in order to solve problems and create value? Diaminds breaks new ground in addressing these questions.Mihnea Moldoveanu and Roger Martin, creators of the Integrative Thinking curriculum at the Rotman School of Management, draw upon case studies and interviews - as well as theories and
... Read more
The Heretic's Guide To Management

The Art of Harnessing Ambiguity

by Paul Culmsee, Kailash Awati ...

Management techniques such as strategic planning, project management or operational budgeting, aim to reduce ambiguity and provide clarity. So it is one of the great ironies of modern corporate life that these techniques often end up doing the opposite: increasing ambiguity rather than reducing it.It is easy enough to understand why: organizations are complex entities and it is unreasonable to ... Read more

$7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Management techniques such as strategic planning, project management or operational budgeting, aim to reduce ambiguity and provide clarity. So it is one of the great ironies of modern corporate life that these techniques often end up doing the opposite: increasing ambiguity rather than reducing it.It is easy enough to understand why: organizations are complex entities and it is unreasonable to
... Read more
Six Sigma Statistics with EXCEL and MINITAB

by Issa Bass ...

Master the Statistical Techniques for Six Sigma Operations, While Boosting Your Excel and Minitab Skills!Now with the help of this “one-stop” resource, operations and production managers can learn all the powerful statistical techniques for Six Sigma operations, while becoming proficient at Excel and Minitab at the same time.Six Sigma Statistics with Excel and Minitab offers a complete guide to ... Read more

$33.69 USD

Master the Statistical Techniques for Six Sigma Operations, While Boosting Your Excel and Minitab Skills!Now with the help of this “one-stop” resource, operations and production managers can learn all the powerful statistical techniques for Six Sigma operations, while becoming proficient at Excel and Minitab at the same time.Six Sigma Statistics with Excel and Minitab offers a complete guide to
... Read more
Inside Jobs

Why Insider Risk Is the Biggest Cyber Threat You Can't Ignore

by Joe Payne, Jadee Hanson, Mark Wojtasiak ...

From data security company Code42, Inside Jobs offers companies of all sizes a new way to secure today’s collaborative cultures—one that works without compromising sensitive company data or slowing business down. Authors Joe Payne, Jadee Hanson, and Mark Wojtasiak, seasoned veterans in the cybersecurity space, provide a top-down and bottom-up picture of the rewards and perils involved in running ... Read more

$16.99 USD

From data security company Code42, Inside Jobs offers companies of all sizes a new way to secure today’s collaborative cultures—one that works without compromising sensitive company data or slowing business down. Authors Joe Payne, Jadee Hanson, and Mark Wojtasiak, seasoned veterans in the cybersecurity space, provide a top-down and bottom-up picture of the rewards and perils involved in running
... Read more
Business Driven PMO Success Stories

Across Industries and Around the World

by Mark Price Perry ...

Business Driven PMO Success Stories was written by and with over two dozen contributing authors from the worldwide project management and project management office (PMO) community. It offers executives, managers, and all those involved in the projects of the organization, an understanding of the value a PMO can provide, the knowledge they need to determine the purpose of their PMO, and how to ... Read more

$35.99 USD

Business Driven PMO Success Stories was written by and with over two dozen contributing authors from the worldwide project management and project management office (PMO) community. It offers executives, managers, and all those involved in the projects of the organization, an understanding of the value a PMO can provide, the knowledge they need to determine the purpose of their PMO, and how to
... Read more
Building High Performance Government Through Lean Six Sigma: A Leader's Guide to Creating Speed, Agility, and Efficiency

by Mark Price,Walter Mores,Hundley M. Elliotte ...

Your handbook to successful LSS deployment in federal services Implementing Lean Six Sigma in a federal agency can be a vastly different process than applying it in the private sector; with government comes a host of unique challenges and complexities. Written by an author team that ranks among the few recognized LSS leaders who have worked directly with its deployment in the federal sector, Lean ... Read more

$19.49 USD

Your handbook to successful LSS deployment in federal services Implementing Lean Six Sigma in a federal agency can be a vastly different process than applying it in the private sector; with government comes a host of unique challenges and complexities. Written by an author team that ranks among the few recognized LSS leaders who have worked directly with its deployment in the federal sector, Lean
... Read more
Dealstorming

The Secret Weapon That Can Solve Your Toughest Sales Challenges

by Tim Sanders ...

Sales genius is a team sport.As a B2B sales leader, you know that by Murphy’s Law, despite your team's best efforts, some deals will inevitably get stuck or key relationships will go sour. And too often, it's the most important ones—the last thing you need when millions of dollars are on the line."Dealstorming" is Tim Sanders’s term for a structured, scalable, repeatable process that can break ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Sales genius is a team sport.As a B2B sales leader, you know that by Murphy’s Law, despite your team's best efforts, some deals will inevitably get stuck or key relationships will go sour. And too often, it's the most important ones—the last thing you need when millions of dollars are on the line."Dealstorming" is Tim Sanders’s term for a structured, scalable, repeatable process that can break
... Read more
Value-Driven Business Process Management: The Value-Switch for Lasting Competitive Advantage

by Peter Franz, Mathias Kirchmer ...

Seize the competitive advantage with BPM at the heart of your strategyValue-Driven Business Process Management provides the rationale and methods for using business Process Management (BPM) to gain clarity on how your business operates and develop the ability to put new ideas into action quickly. You learn how to redirect your focus from a "method-and-tool" view of BPM to a more broadly informed ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Seize the competitive advantage with BPM at the heart of your strategyValue-Driven Business Process Management provides the rationale and methods for using business Process Management (BPM) to gain clarity on how your business operates and develop the ability to put new ideas into action quickly. You learn how to redirect your focus from a "method-and-tool" view of BPM to a more broadly informed
... Read more
Competition is Killing Us

How Big Business is Harming Our Society and Planet - and What To Do About It

by Michelle Meagher ...

We live in the age of big companies where rising levels of power are concentrated in the hands of a few. Yet no government or organisation has the power to regulate these titans and hold them to account. We need big companies to share their power and we, the people of the world, need to reclaim it.In Competition is Killing Us, top business and competition lawyer Michelle Meagher establishes a new ... Read more

$18.79 USD

We live in the age of big companies where rising levels of power are concentrated in the hands of a few. Yet no government or organisation has the power to regulate these titans and hold them to account. We need big companies to share their power and we, the people of the world, need to reclaim it.In Competition is Killing Us, top business and competition lawyer Michelle Meagher establishes a new
... Read more
The AI Companion to Crafting Engineering Strategy

How Thoughtful Decisions Solve Complex Problems

by Will Larson ...

This is an LLM-optimized version of Crafting Engineering Strategy.Many engineers assume their organization doesn't have an engineering strategy—when in fact, they often do. It just may not be working. In Crafting Engineering Strategy, Will Larson (author of An Elegant Puzzle, Staff Engineer, and The Engineering Executive's Primer) offers a practical, example-rich guide to navigating technical and ... Read more

$21.59 USD

This is an LLM-optimized version of Crafting Engineering Strategy.Many engineers assume their organization doesn't have an engineering strategy—when in fact, they often do. It just may not be working. In Crafting Engineering Strategy, Will Larson (author of An Elegant Puzzle, Staff Engineer, and The Engineering Executive's Primer) offers a practical, example-rich guide to navigating technical and
... Read more
Adaptive Action

Leveraging Uncertainty in Your Organization

by Glenda H. Eoyang, Royce J. Holladay ...

Rooted in the study of chaos and complexity, Adaptive Action introduces a simple, common sense process that will guide you and your organization into reflective action.This elegant method prompts readers to engage with three deceptively simple questions: What? So what? Now what? The first leads to careful observation. The second invites you to thoughtfully consider options and implications. The ... Read more

$28.79 USD

Rooted in the study of chaos and complexity, Adaptive Action introduces a simple, common sense process that will guide you and your organization into reflective action.This elegant method prompts readers to engage with three deceptively simple questions: What? So what? Now what? The first leads to careful observation. The second invites you to thoughtfully consider options and implications. The
... Read more
Discovering How To Become Wealthy (951 scientific affirmations to make the best occur in your life)

by Emanuel V. Terzian ...

WHY YOU NEED THIS BOOKWe have all worried about something. What is worrying?It is to use your imagination to presume that the worst is going to occur.In this book you will discover how to use your imagination to presume that the best is going to happen ... you will in fact succeed to turn things around in your own terms from this day forth.Here is your chance to visit yourself face to face by ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

WHY YOU NEED THIS BOOKWe have all worried about something. What is worrying?It is to use your imagination to presume that the worst is going to occur.In this book you will discover how to use your imagination to presume that the best is going to happen ... you will in fact succeed to turn things around in your own terms from this day forth.Here is your chance to visit yourself face to face by
... 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
FAST Creativity & Innovation

Rapidly Improving Processes, Product Development and Solving Complex Problems

by Charles Bytheway ...

FAST Creativity & Innovation is a landmark work authored by the creator of the method called Function Analysis Systems Technique (FAST) and pioneer of value engineering and value analysis. FAST is a powerful mapping technique that can graphically model goals, objectives, strategies, plans, systems, projects, products, processes, and procedures in function terms to identify function dependencies by ... Read more

$31.49 USD

FAST Creativity & Innovation is a landmark work authored by the creator of the method called Function Analysis Systems Technique (FAST) and pioneer of value engineering and value analysis. FAST is a powerful mapping technique that can graphically model goals, objectives, strategies, plans, systems, projects, products, processes, and procedures in function terms to identify function dependencies by
... Read more
Language That Leads

Communication Strategies that Inspire and Engage

by Kasia Wezowski ...

Inspire and motivate your team using powerful verbal and nonverbal communication strategies.Today’s leaders need to use effective, empathetic communication to bring out the best in their team members and let each individual shine.Kasia Wezowski, a leading researcher on body language and communication skills, combines her cutting-edge research with Marshall Goldsmith’s leadership development ... Read more

$7.99 USD

Inspire and motivate your team using powerful verbal and nonverbal communication strategies.Today’s leaders need to use effective, empathetic communication to bring out the best in their team members and let each individual shine.Kasia Wezowski, a leading researcher on body language and communication skills, combines her cutting-edge research with Marshall Goldsmith’s leadership development
... Read more

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