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Book SynopsisAll the Math Your 4th Grader Needs to SucceedThis book will help your elementary school student develop the math skills needed to succeed in the classroom and on standardized tests. The user-friendly, full-color pages are filled to the brim with engaging activities for maximum educational value. The book includes easy-to-follow instructions, helpful examples, and tons of practice problems to help students master each concept, sharpen their problem-solving skills, and build confidence.Features include:â A guide that outlines national standards for Grade 4â Concise lessons combined with lot of practice that promote better scoresâin class and on achievement testsâ A pretest to help identify areas where students need more workâ End-of-chapter tests to measure studentsâ progressâ A helpful glossary of key terms used in the bookâ More than 1,000 math problems with answersTopics covered:â Adding and

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Book SynopsisAll the Math Your 5th Grader Needs to SucceedThis book will help your elementary school student develop the math skills needed to succeed in the classroom and on standardized tests. The user-friendly, full-color pages are filled to the brim with engaging activities for maximum educational value. The book includes easy-to-follow instructions, helpful examples, and tons of practice problems to help students master each concept, sharpen their problem-solving skills, and build confidence.Features include:â A guide that outlines national standards for Grade 5â Concise lessons combined with lot of practice that promote better scoresâin class and on achievement testsâ A pretest to help identify areas where students need more workâ End-of-chapter tests  to measure studentsâ progressâ A helpful glossary of key terms used in the bookâ More than 1,000 math problems with answersTopics covered:â Opera

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Book SynopsisWhat is talent? How do you get the best out of yourself? What are the secrets of leadership?In Edge, Ben Lyttleton gets unprecedented access to some of the world's top football clubs to discover their innovative methods for developing talent and reveals how we can use them in our everyday lives. Elite teams now look for an edge by improving the intangible skills of their players above the shoulder'. Liverpool's approach to talent will make you more creative. Chelsea's culture will improve your resilience. Didier Deschamps will improve your leadership skills. Xavi Hernandez will help you make better decisions. But how?Football is the most hot-housed, intense, financially profitable talent factory on the planet. It's time we woke up to the lessons it can provide.We all want to have an edge. This is your chance to find oneTrade Review‘I devoured this. Lyttleton's journey to the fringes of sporting thought, greedily absorbing innovations as he goes, translates into a pacy, thought-provoking work that reveals just how nuanced sporting – and indeed business – success is in the modern world. The insight into born leaders such as Didier Deschamps, who flex their style rather than their authority, is compelling, as too are the regular reminders of the capacity for old-fashioned qualities such as cohesion and resilience to trump skill and potential. Are enough businesses playing the equivalent of head-up football with their talent and resources? They may start to after reading this.’ – Duncan Craig, Sunday Times ‘A fascinating look at the approaches of some of European football's most impressive clubs – as well as some overachieving underdogs. Lyttleton eschews tired clichés, and instead challenges the consensus to present a fascinating insight into the intricacies of running a modern football club’ – Michael Cox, author of The Mixer ‘The most captivating football book I have read. The detailed insight from the game's biggest names is fascinating and each chapter left me feeling inspired and motivated.’ Dean Jones, Bleacher Report ‘Remarkable access to some of the biggest names in football – a tour of the game’s new thinking, written up with great fluency.’ – Simon Kuper, Contributor, Financial Times ‘Full of fascinating ideas – this book make will make you think!’ – Wim Jonk, Cruyff Football ‘A fascinating read … Inspiring for anyone who wants to learn how to be successful.' – Marcus Christenson, The Guardian 'Anyone looking to improve themselves as well as others should read this book.’ – Alex Inglethorpe, Liverpool FC Academy Director ‘If you want to be a coach, manager or successful company director, you should read Edge as it’s inspiring and will give you tips from those who have done it' – Petr Cech

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Book SynopsisRobert Jones’ Makeup Masterclass is a comprehensive guide to makeup that is organized from beginner to pro. You can start at your skill level and learn! This all inclusive guide to the makeup brush is a full beauty education for women (and men!) of all ages and skill levels. Robert Jones' Makeup Masterclass features lessons for people of all skill levels; from the makeup-challenged to those who are ready to take their skills to the professional level. This guide book includes: Step-by-step photos to build your makeup repertoire and maximize natural beauty at any age Techniques to highlight your best traits and build your confidence as a makeup artist Before-and-after photos to help you achieve looks for any skin tone Basic products and tools you should have in your makeup drawer Extensive product information to help you make smart purchases Tips for organizing your makeup—know what to keep and what to toss Secrets about product shelf-life and makeup ingredients you should know before buying Tips and tricks to help you achieve your desired effect, shape your face, and find quick fixes for problem areas (dark circles, age spots, thin lips, uneven skin tone, and more) Helpful Q&As in every chapter Quick-reference index Robert Jones’ Makeup Masterclass is about more than dramatic transformations. It’s for honing makeup artistry and building confidence for a beautiful result. Table of Contentsintroduction chapter 1 tools of the trade chapter 2 color theory chapter 3 skin deep chapter 4 face map chapter 5 eye basics chapter 6 eye masterclass chapter 7 getting cheeky chapter 8 pout perfect chapter 9 beauty at any age afterword acknowledgments about the author index

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Book SynopsisManaging people is difficult wherever you work. But in the tech industry, where management is also a technical discipline, the learning curve can be brutal-especially when there are few tools, texts, and frameworks to help you. In this practical guide, Camille Fournier takes you through each stage in the journey from engineer to technical manager.

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Book SynopsisThis brand strategy book is a carefully curated collection of the best brand-thinking over the last decade or so, adapted specifically for our time. Use it to position your brand and to stand out amongst the competition. Give your brand a personality people can identify with. Give folks good reason to stay loyal, and to support and cheer on your brands next project. Strong brands are more profitable, attract the best talent, and are highly valued. This book is a toolbox for everyone who sees the value of digging a little deeper, to aim much higher.

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Book SynopsisMany senior executives talk about information as one of their most important assets, but few behave as if it is. They report to the board on the health of their workforce, their financials, their customers, and their partnerships, but rarely the health of their information assets. Corporations typically exhibit greater discipline in tracking and accounting for their office furniture than their data. Infonomics is the theory, study, and discipline of asserting economic significance to information. It strives to apply both economic and asset management principles and practices to the valuation, handling, and deployment of information assets. This book specifically shows: CEOs and business leaders how to more fully wield information as a corporate asset CIOs how to improve the flow and accessibility of information CFOs how to help their organizations measure the actual and latent value in their information assets. More directlTrade ReviewBecoming data-driven is not just a game, it’s a serious business contest that Laney shows you how to win. The insights, frameworks, and real-world examples throughout this book provide a complete picture of why and how to become an information-savvy organization.-Judd Williams, Chief Information Officer, NCAALaney’s work redefines information as a true strategic asset, and shows how we CDOs can be instrumental in unlocking new ways for companies to grow and be relevant in the new connected modern economy. -Rajeev Kapur, Chief Data Officer, Kimberly-ClarkWe will one day look back at Doug's work and say, it is the groundbreaking work that firmly put data and data leadership in the middle of the business arena not as the white elephant, but as the phoenix; a formal player at the boardroom table.-Althea Davis, Chief Data Officer, ABN AMRODoug Laney has put together a smart, practical book that applies traditional rules of business economics to the emerging information marketplace. Infonomics is an excellent field guide to knowing what actions can be taken to better measure, manage and monetize your company's data assets now and in the future.-Dr. Jim Short, Lead Scientist and co-founder of the Center for Large Scale Data Systems (CLDS) at the San Diego Supercomputer CenterInfonomics provides a broad, deep and practical framework that information professionals can build on; it's full of real world illustrations and I think it is a seminal work. If you are serious about "treating information as an asset" then Infonomics is a must read. -Phillip Radley, Chief Data Architect, BT Group, plc. (British Telecom)Infonomics is a must read for business leaders who intend to succeed in data monetization, a requisite organizational capability for firms competing in the Digital Economy. Doug offers rich examples and detailed foundations that leaders can draw upon as they formulate their data strategies.-Dr. Barbara Wixom, Principal Research Scientist, MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems ResearchDoug Laney brings decades of practical experience to Infonomics, providing a stepwise framework for C-level executives to answer the ‘Why' to monetize data question, as well as how to operationalize the monetization of data throughout the enterprise and position themselves to innovate, compete and lead in their markets. I recommend this book as a must read to enable full potential of all the idle data in your enterprise.-Gokula Mishra, Senior Director, Global Data & Analytics, Supply Chain, McDonald’s CorporationThrough a myriad of relevant examples, Doug successfully brings together data management, analytics, and economics in a book that offers practical guidelines to manage, improve, and monetize an organization's data assets. The book is not only a must read for Chief Data Officers, but for any other executive interested in succeeding in the Information Age.-Leandro Dallemule, Chief Data Officer, AIGThank you Doug for an engaging read and for giving Data a well-deserved "seat at the table." This is a must have book, not only for CDO’s, CIO’s and Data Strategists but, for any executive interested in creating a data driven, info-saavy company. Laney serves up a treasure trove of insights and observations, while also asking some embarrassingly basic questions that beg to be answered by most companies.-Dianna Serio, SVP, Enterprise Data Strategy, First American Financial CorpThe secret is out now. Infonomics encapsulates the characteristics comprising the kinds of companies we favor: they treat and deploy their information as an asset, and fully appreciate its economic value. Since Laney’s pioneering work in data warehousing, he has had a sense of information as something other than a business byproduct or occasionally-interesting resource, and has now graciously passed this on to the rest of us.-Warren Weiss, General Partner, Foundation Capital Since the dawn of data warehousing, information’s real and potential value to organizations in every industry and geography has skyrocketed to the point of underpinning the global economy today. But little has been explored about how to fathom and harvest this value. Infonomics provides the foundation to master what has been intuitively known for years, but not well understood at all. It is essential reading for all corporate management, not just ‘data folks.’"-Bill Inmon, renowned "Father of the Data Warehouse Concept," author and entrepreneurInfonomics is a pragmatic handbook for C-level executives that will enable them to speak, collaborate, and take action on their newest and most valuable asset: information. Laney is spot on by elevating the "asset status" of information…one to be curated, enriched, protected and monetized judiciously. -Steve Bakalar, VP, Digital Transformation, Georgia-PacificAs it dawns to us what it means to be in the Information Age, our society find itself poorly equipped with the tools, language and levers needed to manage this resource effectively. While qualifying and quantifying information value may not be obvious, Doug Laney shows it can be done. Filled with real-world examples, simple frameworks and straightforward practical advice, Infonomics will benefit business leaders, information professionals and policy-makers alike.-David Vaz, Data Governance and Stewardship, National Australia BankReading Infonomics will be engaging and will constantly trigger thoughts of value creation opportunities awaiting organizations, including ones that are immediate. I highly recommended reading this book regardless of your industry or organizational role.-Evon Jones, Diversified former CIO Bausch & Lomb, Liz Claiborne and Hallmark CardsInfonomics is everything you always wanted to know about how to treat and benefit from information as an actual corporate asset, but didn’t even know how or what to ask. It is a must read by CEOs, CMOs, CFOs, CIOs, business leaders, enterprise architects, and everyone involved with data. -Maurice Levy, Retired CEO and chairman, Publicis GroupeDoug Laney's, Infonomics, is an engaging read with interesting twists and turns for valuing data assets. I found myself looking forward to every "next chapter." As a current CDO, this book will become one of my most valuable "go to" resources. Thank you, Doug, for this thought provoking read.-Sherri Zink, SVP and Chief Data Officer, BlueCross BlueShield of TennesseeInfonomics is a must-read for anyone interested in profiting from or managing the rapidly growing information assets held by businesses. It also provides important insights for accountants, who should be thinking about information assets and how they might be reported to business stakeholders. Laney’s engaging style and careful thinking make for a compelling read. -Jon Davis, University of Illinois School of Business, Accountancy Department HeadDoug Laney's well-researched and compelling text is a much-needed breath of fresh air. Laney formalizes the case for finally treating information as the truly valuable asset that it is. Infonomics challenges longheld—and, quite frankly, largely dated—beliefs about data, governance, and IT roles. It may well make you and your organization uncomfortable in the short term—and that's a good thing. -Phil Simon, award-winning author of Analytics: The Agile Way and faculty member at the Arizona State University W. P. Carey School of BusinessInfonomics easily provides the clearest thought leadership for companies on the true economic value of information. In time, textbooks will be rewritten and balance sheets recalculated to account for the monetary value of information. Doug is pioneering the establishment of this new asset class with inspiring examples, useful metrics and sound logic. -Brandon Thomas, Chief Data Officer, Zions BankDoug Laney makes a compelling case for accounting for information as a corporate asset. Infonomics expertly guides organizations to uncover their hidden treasures and realize economic benefits from information assets. A must read for all CIOs." -Cherif Amirat, Ph.D., Chief Information Officer, IEEEThis is a well-written book in the emerging area combining both information and economics. We've heard enough times that data/information is an asset without any proper blueprint but this book outlines clearly how to measure, manage and monetize information as an asset. This will be the new "Tesla" concept book in the new information and economics arena.-Vijay Thiruvengadam, Executive Director for Decision Support and Analytics, University of Michigan Laney was one of the first experts to identify and call out the power of Big Data. Now, in Infonomics, Laney issues a call to action. This book is a welcome addition to the emerging body of serious literature on the power of data in an Age of Information.-Randy Bean, CEO and Founder of NewVantage Partners LLC, and thought-leader and contributor to Forbes, MIT Sloan Management Review, Harvard Business Review, and The Wall Street Journal. This book is essential for any CDO or aspiring CDO. More importantly it should be read by all CEO's who wish to lead a data driven business. The ideas, concepts and examples are well thought through and are rigorous. This will be perpetually on my shelf and on my recommended list.-Peter Jackson, Head of Data, Southern Water, UKI’ve seen how hard this is first hand to transform a business from a product/feature based organization to one that is not only data driven, but competes based on data assets. Infonomics is a great, comprehensive view on how to approach this change and all the considerations to account for through the journey. -Corey Ferengul, Executive-in-Residence, Hyde Park Venture PartnersHis book Infonomics, one of the most interesting I have reviewed in a long time, is about monetizing, managing, and measuring information as an asset for competitive advantage. (...) This type of holistic thinking is typical of business operations and facilitates the showcasing of how information can be put at the service of the business to create new value and economic growth.(...) The result is an impressive condensation of actionable knowledge that reads well and constitutes a deep source of inspiration and guidance for C-suite executives who care about the linkage between information and competitive advantage, improving how information is accessed and used, and realizing the actual and latent value of information assets.- Alessandro Berni, Computing ReviewsTable of ContentsPART I: MONETIZING INFORMATION AS AN ASSET; 1. Why Monetize Information; 2. Top Ways to Monetize Information; 3. Methods for Monetizing Information; 4. Analytics: The Engine of Information Monetization; PART II: MANAGING INFORMATION AS AN ASSET; 5. Information Management Maturity and Principles; 6. Information Supply Chains and Ecosystems; 7. Leveraging Information Asset Management Standards and Approaches; 8. Applied Asset Management for Improved Information Maturity; PART III: MEASURING INFORMATION AS AN ASSET; 9. Is Information an Asset?; 10. Who Owns the Information?; 11. Quantifying and Accounting for Information Assets; 12. Adapting Economic Principles for Information; 13. Infonomics Trends; APPENDIX; A. Information Management Maturity Challenges; B. Landmark Legal Rulings Related to Information Property Rights

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Book SynopsisWhether you're taking the CPHIMS exam or simply want the most current and comprehensive overview in healthcare information and management systems today, this completely revised and updated fourth edition has it all. But for those preparing for the CPHIMS exam, this book is also an ideal study partner. The content reflects the outline of exam topics covering healthcare and technology environments; clinical informatics; analysis, design, selection, implementation, support, maintenance, testing, evaluation, privacy and security; and management and leadership. Candidates can challenge themselves with the sample multiple-choice questions given at the end of the book.The benefits of CPHIMS certification are broad and far-reaching. Certification is a process that is embraced in many industries, including healthcare information and technology. CPHIMS is recognized as the gold standard' in healthcare IT because it is developed by HIMSS, has a global focus and is valued by clinicians aTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. Editor. Section I HEALTHCARE AND TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENTS. 1 Healthcare Environment. 2 Technology Environment. Section II CLINICAL INFORMATICS. 3 Clinical Informatics. Section III HEALTHCARE INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT 4 Analysis. 5 Design. 6 Selection, Implementation, Support and Maintenance. 7 Testing and Evaluation. 8 Privacy and Security. Section IV MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP. 9 Management and Leadership. 10 Questions. 11 Answer Key. Index.

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Book SynopsisBased on a popular class taught by a Harvard Business School professor.If you're not a numbers person, then finance can be intimidating and easy to ignore. But if you want to advance in your career, you'll need to make smart financial decisions and develop the confidence to clearly communicate those decisions to others.In How Finance Works, Mihir Desai--a professor at Harvard Business School and author of The Wisdom of Finance--guides you into the complex but endlessly fascinating world of finance, demystifying it in the process.Through entertaining case studies, interactive exercises, full-color visuals, and a conversational style that belies the topic, Professor Desai tackles a broad range of topics that will give you the knowledge and skills you need to finally understand how finance works. These include: How different financial levers can affect a company's performance The different ways in which companies fund their operations and investments Why finance is more concerned with cash flow than profits How value is created, measured, and maximized The importance of capital markets in helping companies grow Whether you're a student or a manager, an aspiring CFO or an entrepreneur, How Finance Works is the colorful and interactive guide you need to help you start thinking more deeply about the numbers.Trade Review"If you're intimidated by all things finance and accounting, How Finance Works: The HBR Guide to Thinking Smart About the Numbers will give you the confidence you've been lacking." — Small Business Trends (smallbiztrends.com)Advance Praise for How Finance Works:Helen Riley, Chief Financial Officer, Google X--"Mihir's book provides the perfect combination of intuitive explanations, contemporary examples, and rigor so that both finance pros and novices can truly enhance their capabilities."Marne Levine, Chief Operating Officer, Instagram--"Informative and engaging, this book . . . is a must-read for business students and aspiring business leaders--or anyone looking to deepen their understanding of finance."Sarah Kauss, founder and CEO, S'well--"Professor Mihir Desai's advice--both practical and witty--was an inspiration when I was a student at Harvard Business School. . . I'm thrilled that he's written this book so that even more people can benefit from his wisdom!"Aswath Damodaran, Professor of Finance, NYU Stern School of Business; author, The Little Book of Valuation--"Mihir Desai's book on how finance works is masterful at laying bare the simple truths and the commonsense principles that underlie much of finance. . . readers, no matter what their background or interests, will come out more informed and enlightened by the journey."David Wolfson, Executive Director, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy--"For anyone who wants to be able to utilize financial information. . . How Finance Works provides clarity and guidance to what can be, for many, an intimidating arena."Michael Jaff, MD, President, Newton-Wellesley Hospital--"Finally, someone has provided a mechanism for gaining intuition about finance for those of us who deliberately avoided any financial studies in school."Cyrus Taraporevala, President and CEO, State Street Global Advisors--"Professor Desai has accomplished a rare feat: transforming the typically complex and often dry subject of finance into a lively and accessible tour de force, without trivializing its importance."Jennifer Morgan, President, Americas and Asia Pacific Japan, SAP--"Mihir manages to make finance fun and accessible--and, by the end of it, you'll have the confidence, intuition, and understanding you need to succeed as a leader or executive in any organization."

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Book SynopsisThe new Middle East Edition of Fundamental Accounting Principles draws on six decades of the history and experience of this well-established US text and continues with its proven CAP(conceptual, analytical, practice) model along with the entrepreneurial and decision-making approach. This is reflected in the textâs extensive use of small business examples, the integration of computerised learning tools,superior end-of-chapter material using real companiesâs financial information,and highly engaging pedagogical designKey features of the new edition: New opening vignettes featuring start-ups from Egypt, Lebanon, UAE, Oman, and other Middle East countries. Updated End-of-Chapter problems and exercises. Updated assignments in Beyond the Numbers section with real financial statements data from companies like Telecom Egypt and Etisalat. NEW regional examples of payroll accounting introduced in Chapter 11. Updated coverage of investments in

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Book SynopsisNew York Times bestselling author Rodd Wagner and Gallup Vice Chairman Gale Muller explore the crucial dimensions of a successful partnership and the stories of famous pairs who epitomize those elements. Many of the greatest accomplishments can only be reached by two people working together. Tenzing and Hillary were first to scale Everest. Malone and Stockton were the key to each other s success on the basketball court. Eisner was never as effective at Disney without Wells. But while some partnerships reach great heights, others fall short. Why do some people click while others clash? What do great pairs have in common? And what can you learn from the most powerful partnerships to strengthen collaboration in your work and life? Based on Gallup s groundbreaking research, Power of 2 details the eight elements that prepare partners to succeed in their most important endeavors. Rodd Wagner and Dr. Gale Muller share the science and the secrets of successful collaboration. Mixing key insights about human nature, field-tested discoveries, and the inspiring stories of partnerships that reached the pinnacle, Power of 2 will change the way you think about working with someone else.

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Book SynopsisAward-winning sales coach Jeff Shore shows sales professionals how to apply buyer psychology to personalize follow-ups, serve customersâand seal the deal faster.What does a sales professional do when the customer says, âœNot yetâ?Companies have invested thousands and even millions of dollars in CRM technology over the past decade, but frontline salespeople and sales executives alike are still groping for solutions. The problem of driftâa common phenomenon in which a prospect simply forgets about the product offering and goes darkâis persistent and rampant. Technology doesnât change behavior on its own. Behavior is changed by adopting better habits. The fact is 44 percent of salespeople give up after one follow-up attempt. That sad reality presents a genuine opportunity.In Follow Up and Close the Sale, Jeff Shore offers research-based insights into the customerâs buying journey to teach sales professionals how to: Table of ContentsFOREWORD: Salespeople Don’t Follow Up by Jeb Blount ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION PART IMINDSET1 The Why of Follow-Up 2 Falling in Love with Follow-Up 3 Fighting Resistance PART IISTRATEGY4 Setting Up the Follow-Up 5 How Not to Get Eliminated 6 Speed: Your Secret Superpower 7 Making It Personal PART IIIEXECUTION8 Planning for Follow-Up Success 9 Selecting the Right Follow-Up Method 10 Phone Follow-Up 11 Email Follow-Up 12 Text Message Follow-Up 13 Video Follow-Up 14 Unique Follow-Up Methods 15 Follow-Up Scripts 16 The Perfect Lead Conversion Hour 17 Waking Up Old Leads 18 When to Let Go PART IVKILLIN’ IT19 The 1 Percent Club 20 Beyond 1 Percent NOTES INDEX

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Book SynopsisA Creative-Thinking Toolbox Looking for a unique invention, an untapped market for an existing product, or a new solution? Stretch and flex your mental muscles with Thinkpak, a creative-thinking tool designed by Michael Michalko, author of the groundbreaking book Thinkertoys. This deck of illustrated idea-stimulating cards distills Michalko’s proven methods, allowing you to view challenges in a new light. Shuffle, mix, and match the cards to spark fresh insights, then use the critical evaluation techniques to test, shape, and refine your original ideas into realistic creations. Filled with thought-provoking questions and examples of the techniques put to use, Thinkpak provides endless creative fuel to fire up the imagination.

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Book SynopsisTrue Colors, written by Keith Recker, presents the work and vision of 26 natural dye artists from around the world, opening a window into their culture, their lives, and the power of colour. The artist’s stories are organized by colour and begin with white, traveling through the spectrum to blues, purples, reds, pinks, golds, arriving at varying hues of green. The colours are as extraordinary as the artists themselves: Handmade paper dyed with indigo in Ghana. Rare greens from a fungus-infested plant that grows in the Peruvian jungle. Blues that adorned ancient Briton warriors rediscovered in a Norwich studio. Purples from shellfish collected along the western coast of Mexico. Vivid coral dyes obtained from mushrooms foraged in northern California. New to this paperback edition is a chapter about Heartwear, a collaborative of artists and fashion designers who have created and supported indigo-dyeing projects from Benin to Morocco to India and beyond. Natural pigments aren’t limited to cloth dyeing. They find their way into ceramic tile, glassware, pottery, artists’ paints and pastels, all explored in Recker’s lyrical narrative. Keith Recker is the perfect person to collect and share these timeless stories. His years of global travel, working with artisan groups and individuals as well as connecting them to influential designers in the fashion and interiors industries, put this book right on trend. Gorgeous, carefully curated photography connects the colours to ancient traditions and to the artists. True Colors provides an immersive visual experience and an inspiring travelogue of personal stories and practical information.

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Book SynopsisA timely, must-have guide to understanding and overcoming bias in the workplace, from the experts at FranklinCovey. Unconscious bias affects everyone. It can look like the disappointment of an HR professional when a candidate for a new position asks about maternity leave. It can look like preferring the application of a red brick university graduate over one from a state school. It can look like assuming a man is more entitled to speak in a meeting than his female junior colleague. Ideal for every manager who wants to understand and move past their own preconceived ideas, Unconscious Bias explains that bias is the result of mental shortcuts, our likes and dislikes, and is a natural part of the human condition. And what we assume about each other and how we interact with one another has vast effects on our organisational success - especially in the workplace. Teaching you how to overcome unconscious bias, this book provides more than thirtTrade Review“People matter! Every person has bias. Thus, bias matters. We must recognize that bias is a fact of life and that it must be addressed—within ourselves as well as with others. Authors Fuller, Murphy, and Chow have written a profound book that practically informs and educates while providing helpful tools to recognize and address bias. They show how to adjust our paradigms, setting us up for success—personally, professionally, and as a society.” —Cynt Marshall, CEO of the Dallas Mavericks "Never has a book been more timely than The Leader's Guide to Unconscious Bias is today. Leaders, executives, team members—we need this book to lift the human experience. Read it, put it into practice, and share it with others. Thank you to these three authors for giving us a clear path forward and the tools to help us address our bias." —Greg Moore, partner at Deke Digital and former cochair of the Pulitzer Prize Board “Seldom has a book been more needed for the success of our organizations and society! Leaders who choose to discover their unconscious bias will be positioned to significantly increase the trust within their teams and in their leadership. This valuable book lays out a tangible and useful process for any leader to both understand and take action on their bias.” —Stephen M. R. Covey, New York Times bestselling author of The Speed of Trust and Smart Trust "If you care deeply about what is going on in the world right now and how it applies to your work team and organization, this book is required reading. Making a better workplace starts with your own actions and accountability. The Leader's Guide to Unconscious Bias is a must-read to learn how to take action and improve the workplace for everyone." —Slyvia Acevedo, CEO, rocket scientist, STEM leader, and author "The world is asking for leaders with growth mindsets, who are willing to do the hard work of building more inclusive teams and organizations. This book will help you answer the call." —Stedman Graham, bestselling author, entrepreneur, and leadership coach "A useful toolkit for organizations looking to face institutional- and individual-level unconscious bias....Fuller’s tone is encouraging without letting readers off the hook, and she provides a plethora of tools for nurturing diversity and inclusion....As those familiar with the FranklinCovey brand are likely to expect, this is a clearheaded, no-nonsense approach to addressing bias in all the places it may be found." —Publishers Weekly "Each chapter contains data, observations, and anecdotes, and ends with helpful exercises for readers to reflect on the way bias has shaped their perceptions, values, and beliefs....This timely book is full of opportunities for leaders and employees to rethink how to address and mitigate bias mistreatments in the workplace." —Booklist, starred review "The authors speak from experience and provide solid advice for improving how we work (and live) together. Will appeal to a broad readership, particularly managers looking to add to their leadership toolbox, but also anyone who wants to check in on and work through their own unconscious bias." —Library Journal “Central to Fuller, Murphy and Chow’s fundamental thesis is the inescapable notion that overcoming our inherent biases will allow us (and our organizations) to perform at a much higher level…[The book] is exceptionally applications-oriented, with case studies, activities and various inventories/assessments that give the reader heightened insight into their attitudes and behaviors – and how to modify both for personal enrichment and organizational efficacy…Highly recommended." —The Bowling Green Daily News "A thoroughly important book for leaders and readers of all stages in business. Unconscious bias is something we all have to contend with and...and the first step is awareness. This book will be important for years to come and will be a resource that many people will come to value, read, refer back to, and assign to others in their organizations. Superb, thorough work!" —Book Pal, 2020 Outstanding Works of Literature (OWL) Award

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Book Synopsis''Ferrazzi is breaking new ground in defining what leadership can mean in the emerging world of work'' -Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive Global''Ferrazzi has gone into the trenches to figure out what it really takes to empower people and make teams more than the sum of their parts. This book will be a staple in every leader''s library'' -Adam Grant, host of the TED podcast WorkLife, bestselling author of Give and Take and Originals Long-listed for the CMI Management Book of the Year 2021 The world of work is changing at an unprecedented rate leaving many organisations struggling to cope. At a time when constant innovation, agility, and speed often mean the difference between success and failure, we can no longer afford to waste time navigating the complex bureaucracy present in most companies. The #1 New York Times bestselling author Keith Ferrazzi argues that in times like these the ability to lead without authority is the essential workplace competency. Leading Without Authority reveals the secret to getting those around you to collaborate and cooperate to reach their full potential, whatever your title. The answer involves a shift in mindset that Ferrazzi calls co-elevation - working to elevate those around us. And you don''t have to have formal authority, or direct reports, to utilize the co-elevation process. In fact, you can take initial steps forward without the other person even being aware of your efforts.Drawing on a decade of research and over thirty years helping CEOs and senior leaders drive innovation and build high-performing teams Ferrazzi reveals how we can all transform our business and our relationships with the people around us. The result is a new roadmap for thriving amid the disruptive pressures afflicting every industry.Trade ReviewThe must-read guidebook for radical transformation. Keith Ferrazzi's concept of co-elevation provides an actionable methodology for any team to thrive during the decade of exponential change ahead * Peter H. Diamandis, founder of XPRIZE and Singularity University, bestselling co-author of Abundance, Bold, and The Future Is Faster Than You Think *Ferrazzi is breaking new ground in defining what leadership can mean in the emerging world of work. He shows that humility, curiosity, and candor can serve as the connective tissue binding us to our mission, to one another, and to a sense of purpose larger than ourselves * Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive Global *I'm excited to bring 'co-elevation' (as a new word, as a new book, and as a concept) to Zappos to help bring our culture and our business to the next level * Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, New York Times bestselling author of Delivering Happiness *Ferrazzi brilliantly shows how building mutually beneficial partnerships marks the future of all work, and demonstrates how anyone can lead if they're willing to make themselves vulnerable and put the project mission and their partners first, turf and hierarchy last * Kristin Yetto, chief people officer at eBay *A brilliant, unique approach to building relationship capital by creating trusting and lasting human connection, not merely digital contact-inside and outside your company * Peter Guber, co-owner of the Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Los Angeles FC *A masterful guide to thriving in today's very weird workplace . . . Get this right, and it doesn't matter that the business world is roiled by change and disruption * Dave Asprey, founder of Bulletproof, New York Times bestselling author of The Bulletproof Diet *Ferrazzi has gone into the trenches to figure out what it really takes to empower people and make teams more than the sum of their parts. This book will be a staple in every leader's library * Adam Grant, host of the TED podcast WorkLife, New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take and Originals *

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Book SynopsisHave you ever come up with an idea for a new product or service but didn't take any action because you thought it would be too risky? Or at work, have you had what you thought could be a big idea for your company--perhaps changing the way you develop or distribute a product, provide customer service, or hire and train your employees? If you have, but you haven't known how to take the next step, you need to understand what the authors call the innovator's method--a set of tools emerging from lean start-up, design thinking, and agile software development that are revolutionizing how new ideas are created, refined, and brought to market. To date these tools have helped entrepreneurs, designers, and software developers manage uncertainty--through cheap and rapid experiments that systematically lower failure rates and risk. But many managers and leaders struggle to apply these powerful tools within their organizations, as they often run counter to traditional managerial thinking and practice. Authors Nathan Furr and Jeff Dyer wrote this book to address that very problem. Following the breakout success of The Innovator's DNA--which Dyer wrote with Hal Gregersen and bestselling author Clay Christensen to provide a framework for generating ideas--this book shows how to make those ideas actually happen, to commercialize them for success. Based on their research inside corporations and successful start-ups, Furr and Dyer developed the innovator's method, an end-to-end process for creating, refining, and bringing ideas to market. They show when and how to apply the tools of their method, how to adapt them to your business, and how to answer commonly asked questions about the method itself, including: How do we know if this idea is worth pursuing? Have we found the right solution? What is the best business model for this new offering? This book focuses on the "how"--how to test, how to validate, and how to commercialize ideas with the lean, design, and agile techniques successful start-ups use. Whether you're launching a start-up, leading an established one, or simply working to get a new product off the ground in an existing company, this book is for you.Trade Review"Recommended reading for Creative Leaders." -- FORBES.com "The Innovator's Method does an exceptional job of incorporating concrete research with other innovation concepts to support a holistic model that outlines an end-to-end process for creating and refining ideas and then bringing them to market." -- Research-Technology Management "The Innovator's Method is filled with techniques that can help you define the jobs that customers will pay you to solve." -- Inc. "Furr and Dyer present their ideas with clarity and enthusiasm, and include helpful diagrams and charts. Readers looking for a single volume on nimble innovation will find this guide indispensable." -- Publishers Weekly ADVANCE PRAISE for The Innovator's Method: Clayton M. Christensen, Professor, Harvard Business School; author, The Innovator's Dilemma-- "This is the first book that chronicles the process of innovation from beginning to end. If one faces a high-uncertainty problem, then the tools of lean start-up and design thinking they describe are valuable innovation tools." Steve Blank, author, The Four Steps to the Epiphany; father of the Lean Start-up Movement-- "An absolute must-read for any manager or entrepreneur." John Donovan, Senior Executive Vice President, AT&T Technology and Network Operations-- "The Innovator's Method lays out the importance of leadership and culture change within large companies in today's age of uncertainty. The method serves as the foundation for accelerating innovation and driving change by bringing great ideas to life." Robert I. Sutton, professor, Stanford University; Wall Street Journal bestselling coauthor, Scaling Up Excellence-- "The Innovator's Method provides complete guidance that will help every leader navigate the difficult journey from generating viable ideas to setting the stage for their success. Furr and Dyer weave together stories and principles to make crystal clear why and how leaders ought to take action." Brad Smith, President and CEO, Intuit-- "The Innovator's Method will help leaders create a culture of experimentation that empowers teams to make decisions grounded in real experiments. The leader becomes chief experimenter, not chief decision maker, thereby enabling the company to behave like a network of start-ups." Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO, salesforce.com-- "There are dozens of books you could read about innovation--or you could read just this one. Furr and Dyer have synthesized the best ideas from lean start-up and design thinking to provide real, actionable insights that can help you test, validate, and launch new innovations."

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Book SynopsisFrom Design Thinking to Design Doing Innovators today are told to run loose and think lean in order to fail fast and succeed sooner. But in a world obsessed with the new, where cool added features often trump actual customer needs, it's the consumer who suffers. In our quest to be more agile, we end up creating products that underwhelm. So how does a company like Nest, creator of the mundane thermostat, earn accolades like "beautiful" and "revolutionary" and a $3.2 billion Google buyout? What did Nest do differently to create a household product that people speak of with love? Nest, and companies like it, understand that emotional connection is critical to product development. And they use a clear, repeatable design process that focuses squarely on consumer engagement rather than piling on features for features' sake. In this refreshingly jargon-free and practical book, product design expert Jon Kolko maps out this process, demonstrating how it will help you and your team conceive and build successful, emotionally resonant products again and again. The key, says Kolko, is empathy. You need to deeply understand customer needs and feelings, and this understanding must be reflected in the product. In successive chapters of the book, we see how leading companies use a design process of storytelling and iteration that evokes positive emotions, changes behavior, and creates deep engagement. Here are the four key steps: 1. Determine a product-market fit by seeking signals from communities of users. 2. Identify behavioral insights by conducting ethnographic research. 3. Sketch a product strategy by synthesizing complex research data into simple insights. 4. Polish the product details using visual representations to simplify complex ideas. Kolko walks the reader through each step, sharing eye-opening insights from his fifteen-year career in product design along the way. Whether you're a designer, a product developer, or a marketer thinking about your company's next offering, this book will forever change the way you think about--and create--successful products.Trade Review"Top 11 Books to Watch for Q4." -- 250 Words (250words.com) A "Best Book of the year" pick." ... worthy reading for anyone looking to launch a new product or tweak an existing one." -- SUCCESS magazine "... a welcome reminder that respecting customers' emotional needs should be your top product-development priority--no matter what you're designing." -- Inc. "If consumers engage with a product to the point of modifying their own behavior--hello iPad!--the marketing is a done deal. It's all about identifying the opportunities then designing products that connect." -- Qantas - The Australia Way "Well-Designed provides a refreshing approach to the way we view successful services, policies, strategies and business models." -- Engineering and Technology Magazine, The Institution of Engineering and Technology ADVANCE PRAISE for Well-Designed: Richard Florida, professor, University of Toronto and New York University; author, The Rise of the Creative Class-- "Steve Jobs's creativity as a designer was the key to his entrepreneurial genius. But can Jobs's style of 'design thinking' be scaled? Jon Kolko shows that it can be--step by step, through a set of processes that are iterative, collaborative, and, best of all, easily learned. Well-Designed is bracingly practical and deeply inspiring." John Maeda, design partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; author, The Laws of Simplicity and Redesigning Leadership-- "Great companies are made through great products, and increasingly, great products are made through design. Kolko demonstrates that product managers must learn to think like designers; they need to embrace intuition, emotion, and most importantly, empathy. This insightful book is a must-read." Ric Grefe, Executive Director, AIGA, the professional association for design-- "Jon Kolko illuminates the intuitive skills of the designer with such clarity, truly describing 'how' instead of just 'what.' Two millennia ago, Vitruvius's manifesto on great design exhorted, 'utilitas, firmitas, e venustas.' Well-Designed expands on this: make things useful, usable, and delightful--and here's how." Liz Danzico, cofounder and Chair, MFA Interaction Design Program, School of Visual Arts; Creative Director, NPR-- "There are books about design, and there are books about leadership. By uniting practical processes and insightful ideas and interviews, Jon Kolko gives us both: an essential playbook comprising advice, research, and methods for engaged product design leadership." Robert Fabricant, cofounder and Principal, Design Impact Group, Dalberg Global Development Advisors-- "Product managers are the most important link between great ideas and great products. Jon Kolko speaks directly to this critical audience, providing the practical know-how to make design fit within their day-to-day decision making. Well-Designed is the essential guide to design that all product managers will learn from and love." Don Norman, Director, Design Lab, University of California, San Diego; author, Design of Everyday Things-- "Well-Designed presents a unique, powerful, human-centered way to design a product and then, how to master the important and oft-neglected task of guiding it through the complexities of development and delivery. This unique, easy to read, and powerful book is essential for anyone involved with product management."

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Book Synopsis'Engaging and insightful.' REED HASTINGS, CEO of Netflix 'Charming, fascinating and very funny. Marc Randolph demystifies the world of Silicon Valley start-ups, and makes you laugh a lot along the way.' DECCA AITKENHEAD, The Sunday Times'Pick up the book guys. I have a funny feeling it will bring you value.' GARY VAYNERCHUK, author of NYT bestseller Crushing ItIn the vein of Phil Knight's SHOE DOG, this is the inside story of the creation of Netflix, one of the world's most successful entertainment companies, from the very first CEO.Now with over 207 million subscribers, Netflix's triumph feels inevitable but the twenty-first century's most disruptive start-up began with few believers and calamity at every turn. Marc Randolph's transformational journey exemplifies how anyone with grit and determination can change the world - even with an idea that many think will never work. What emerges, however, isn't just the inside story of one of the world's most iconic companies. Full of counter-intuitive concepts and written in binge-worthy prose, it answers some of our most fundamental questions about taking that leap of faith in life: How do you begin? How do you weather disappointment and failure? What is success? From idea generation to team building to knowing when to let go, That Will Never Work is one of the most dramatic and insightful entrepreneurial stories of our time.Trade ReviewMarc Randolph will demystify the world of Silicon Valley start-ups and make you laugh a lot. -- Decca Aitkenhead * Sunday Times *A charming first-person account of the early days. * Wall Street Journal *Engaging and insightful -- Reed Hastings * current CEO of Netflix *An engaging read that will engross any would-be entrepreneur * Washington Post *Pick up the book guys. I have a funny feeling it will bring you value -- Gary Vaynerchuck * author of NYT bestseller Crushing It *A fantastic example of how the creative process requires a balance of power and humility -- Amy Cuddy * bestselling author of Presence *An entertaining chronicle of creativity, luck and unflagging perseverance * Kirkus *A fantastic book for anyone who wants to know how Netflix came to be. But it's also inspirational for anyone who wants to start a company. -- Alison Kosik * CNN *Netflix was built on the creative DNA of one man - Marc Randolph. -- Gina Keating * author of Netflixed: The Epic Battle for America’s Eyeballs *Marc is an unusually brave soul. Marc's genius in recognizing that not knowing frees you to experiment and observe and to ultimately win. -- Lloyd Tabb * founder of Looker *

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Book SynopsisThere's an 80 percent chance you're poor. Time poor, that is.Four out of five adults report feeling that they have too much to do and not enough time to do it. These time-poor people experience less joy each day. They laugh less. They are less healthy, less productive, and more likely to divorce. In one study, time stress produced a stronger negative effect on happiness than unemployment.How can we escape the time traps that make us feel this way and keep us from living our best lives?Time Smart is your playbook for taking back the time you lose to mindless tasks and unfulfilling chores. Author and Harvard Business School professor Ashley Whillans will give you proven strategies for improving your "time affluence." The techniques Whillans provides will free up seconds, minutes, and hours that, over the long term, become weeks and months that you can reinvest in positive, healthy activities.Time Smart doesn't stop at telling you what to do. It also shows you how to do it, helping you achieve the mindset shift that will make these activities part of your everyday regimen through assessments, checklists, and activities you can use right away. The strategies Whillans presents will help you make the shift to time-smart living and, in the process, build a happier, more fulfilling life.Trade ReviewNamed one of Behavioral Scientist's "Notable Books of 2020"Named one of the Globe & Mail's "Best Business Books of 2020""Whillans, a professor of negotiations, organizations, and markets at Harvard Business School, explores in her insightful debut ways to shift one's perspective away from making money and toward prioritizing one's time." — Publisher's WeeklyAdvance Praise for Time Smart:"Why are so many of us so stressed? In this smart and accessible book, Ashley Whillans delivers a surprising answer: we overvalue money and undervalue time. And she shows us simple, practical ways to recalibrate the balance. Time Smart is an essential book for anyone who wants to create more time for the things that really matter." — Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author, When, Drive, and To Sell Is Human"Time Smart is an eye-opener. Combining rigorous science with an accessible style, Whillans offers scores of suggestions for how to use our time in ways that boost productivity, efficiency, and joy." — Sonja Lyubomirsky, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Riverside; author, The How of Happiness"What a fantastic read. I advocate for the four-day week to gain more time for the things that are important to us. Ashley Whillans delves into the detail of why time is so important. In our post–COVID-19 world we have a chance to reset how we construct our lives. This book comes at a perfect time." — Andrew Barnes, founder, Perpetual Guardian; author, The 4 Day Week"Time is the one thing you can't get more of, and Time Smart will help you make the most of yours. Drawing on the latest science, Ashley Whillans lays out practical steps that will make your life happier and more meaningful." — Laszlo Bock, cofounder and CEO, Humu; former Senior Vice President, People Operations, Google; and author, Work Rules!"Time Smart is not a self-help book. It is a no-nonsense analysis of how to spend your time and your money. Instead of a series of snake-oil mantras and quick fixes, Whillans gives you a road map to better organize your life." — Scott Galloway, Professor of Marketing, NYU Stern School of Business; author, The Algebra of Happiness"Ashley Whillans is my hero. Welcome to the practical guide you need to protect the most important resource you'll ever have: time. Whillans provides the handbook every busy person needs." — Laurie Santos, Professor of Psychology, Yale University; host, The Happiness Lab podcast"In Time Smart, Ashley Whillans gives us a practical road map to use this precious resource better, and in so doing, live happier, healthier lives." — Arthur C. Brooks, Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School; Arthur C. Patterson Faculty Fellow, Harvard Business School

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Book SynopsisTwo renowned experts in healthcare transformation show how leaders are implementing behavior-driven strategies to ensure quality care and create lasting change.Healthcare is in the midst of a massive disruption. With financial structures in tatters and the future uncertain, this is the moment to begin the revolution. But first, leaders need to learn how to support staff at all levels as they make transformational improvements in care. This book demonstrates that real change is very personal and has to start at the topâwhether youâre an executive, governing board member, manager, or physician. A powerful new approach to healthcare leadership, this book showcases executives in health systems around the world as they:  Practice behavior-based solutions to organizational problems Learn how to support continuous improvement Be more present in their leadership role Learn how to reflect and assess themselves as leadersTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: The Current Stateof Healthcare PART IChanges1 What Change Looks Like 2 Governing the Change 3 Change and the Chief Executive 4 Coaching 5 Frontline Leaders 6 Becoming Partners 7 Start Here: The Assessment PART IIInstruments8 The Personal A3 9 Your Radar Chart 10 The X Matrix for Strategy PART IIIOpportunities11 Reinvention Acknowledgments AppendixBibliography Index

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Book SynopsisImagine what you could do with the time you spend writing emails every day. Complexity is killing companies' ability to innovate and adapt, and simplicity is fast becoming the competitive advantage of our time. Why Simple Wins helps leaders and their teams move beyond the feelings of frustration and futility that come with so much unproductive work in today's corporate world to create a corporate culture where valuable, essential, meaningful work is the norm. By learning how to eliminate redundancies, communicate with clarity, and make simplification a habit, individuals and companies can begin to recognize which activities are time-sucks and which create lasting value. Lisa Bodell's simplification method has several unique principles: Simplification is a skill that's available to us all, yet very few leaders use it. Simplification is the right thing to do--for our customers, for our company, and for each other. Operating with simplification as our core business model will make it easier to be respectful of each other's time. Simplification drives culture, and culture in turn drives employee engagement, customer relations, and overall productivity. This book is inspired by Bodell's passion for eliminating barriers to innovation and productivity. In it, she explains why change and innovation are so hard to achieve--and it's not what you might expect. The reality is this: we spend our days drowning in mundane tasks like meetings, emails, and reports. These are often self-created complexities that prevent us from getting to the meaningful work that truly matters. Using simple stories and techniques, Why Simple Wins shows that by using simplicity as an operating principle, we can eliminate the busy work that puts a chokehold on us every day, and instead spend time on the work that we value.Trade Review"Why Simple Wins makes a compelling case against the scourge of complexity. Lisa Bodell shows that simplification can be the competitive advantage of our time, helping us to be more innovative, more adaptable, and better positioned to thrive and truly have an impact." - Arianna Huffington, Author of Thrive and The Sleep Revolution"There are two ways to achieve simplicity: ignorance and elegance. Lisa Bodell empowers us to move toward the elegant, delivering practical tools for reducing time wasted on low-value tasks so we can free up energy for innovative thinking." - Adam Grant, Wharton professor and New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take"Americans work among the longest hours of any advanced economy. We’re time starved, busy, burned out and disengaged at work. But far from throwing up her hands in despair, Lisa Bodell uses compelling real world stories, eye-popping statistics and practical hands-on tools to show how work itself has become too complex, and how simplifying can help reclaim what’s gotten lost: time for work that matters. Why simple Wins is a must-read for 21st century workplaces." -Brigid Schulte, award-winning journalist and author of the New York Times bestselling Overwhelmed: Work, Love & Play When No One Has the Time and director of the Better Life Lab at New America"Complexity is at the center of the world’s most significant challenges. Lisa Bodell shines a bright light on the single most significant leadership priority of this era. We need to simplify everything!" - Bill McDermott, Chief Executive Officer, SAP "Through Why Simple Wins, Lisa Bodell demonstrates that simplification is more than another buzzword. It must become our new way of working." - Frank Brown, Managing Director and COO, General Atlantic, and Former Dean of INSEAD "Lisa Bodell unearths the root of complexity: the fears, need for control, and risk aversion of human beings. She also shows us the path toward simplicity, where removing layers of process and bureaucracy becomes an ethical imperative." -Joel Klein, Chief Policy & Strategy Officer, Oscar Insurance; former Chancellor, New York City Public Schools"For anyone who feels buried in unanswered emails, unproductive meetings, and endless to-do lists, Bodell's book is a must-read. She explains why complexity often gets the best of our companies and lives--and she provides practical methods and tools that can yield much-needed simplicity."-Warren Berger, Bestselling author of A More Beautiful Question"Once again, Bodell hits the bullseye; this time with Why Simple Wins. She presents a compelling case that complexity is killing organizations--backed up with stone-cold data—and then delivers practical and effective tools to enable leaders to make simplification a habit. True to her message, Bodell conveys it all through the use of storytelling.-Camille Mirshokrai, Managing Director Leadership Development and Succession Planning - Accenture"The most successful people I know are not the most busy: they're the ones who can cut through the clutter and focus their energies on what really matters. Knowing why and how to do that is essential for all us. In Why Simple Wins Lisa Bodell shines a bright light on how too often we create and collude in the frustrating, time wasting systems we rail against. In doing so, she makes a compelling - and simple - case for making simplification a habit, and she gives us the practical tools to do just that. If you think you don't have time to read this book, you may need to more than you know." -Sir Ken Robinson, educator and New York Times Best Selling Author, The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything "Lisa Bodell has created the definitive guide for halting complexity-and owning up to our individual roles in creating it. This book empowers us to stop valuing more, more, more and instead focus our efforts on what matters for success."-Seth Godin, authorTable of ContentsIntroduction. Chapter 1: Creating the Monster. Chapter 2: The “What” and “Why” of Complexity. Chapter 3: Gauging Your Complexity Problem. Chapter 4: Work That Matters. Chapter 5: The Simplicity Mindset. Chapter 6: The Simplicity Toolkit. Chapter 7: Become the Chief Simplification Officer. Chapter 8: Getting Simplification Right.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2020""Finalist for the PROSE Award in Economics, Association of American Publishers""Shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year""Finalist for the Best Non-Fiction Book, Digital Book World Awards""Finalist for the Best Book Published by a University Press, Digital Book World Awards""One of the Financial Times Selected Titles for 2020 Visions: The Year Ahead in Books""One of New Statesman's Books to Read in 2020""A New York Times Bestseller""A Wall Street Journal Bestseller""One of Next Big Idea Club's Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books of Spring""A New York Times Editors' Choice""One of the Financial Times' Summer Books of 2020: Economics""One of the Strategy+Business Best Business Books 2020 in Economics""One of The Sunday Times' Best Business Books of 2020""Winner of the William G. Bowen Book Award, Industrial Relations Section of Princeton University""An excellent book."---Nicholas Kristof, New York Times"This book is of the highest importance."---Martin Wolf, Financial Times"Deaths of Despair is on a short list of the most important books of the 21st century for what is going on in our country."---David Leonhardt, New York Times columnist"We Americans are reluctant to acknowledge that our economy serves the educated classes and penalizes the rest. But that’s exactly the situation, and Deaths of Despair shows how the immiseration of the less educated has resulted in the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives, even as the economy has thrived and the stock market has soared."---Atul Gawande, New Yorker"A highly important book."---Arlie Russell Hochschild, New York Times Book Review"This highly important book examines the pain and despair among white blue-collar workers and suggests that the hopelessness they are experiencing may eventually extend to the entire American work force." * New York Times Editors’ Choice *"Excellent." * Joyce Carol Oates on Twitter *"Gripping. . . . [Case and Deaton] do not merely rehearse decades of mortality and wage statistics. Rather, they seek to catalogue how an entire way of life first frayed and then fell apart over the past half-century, and the cruelty of an American meritocracy that heaps lavish rewards on the winners while increasingly leaving others to rot."---Joshua Chaffin, Financial Times"A remarkable new book."---John Harris, The Guardian"Disturbing. . . . . Case and Deaton do a great job making the case that something has gone grievously wrong."---Jim Zarroli, NPR"I highly, highly recommend it."---Cardiff Garcia, NPR Planet Money’s The Indicator"[A] remarkable and poignant book."---Dani Rodrik, Project Syndicate"The system is broken and every bit of it needs fixing. This is a sobering – and essential – book."---Diane Coyle, Enlightened Economist"Why economics really matters is illustrated in Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism. . . . The authors argue that the capitalism that lifted countless people out of poverty is now destroying blue-collar America. They have solutions to make it work for all. They had better be right." * New Scientist *"[Case and Deaton] dive into and weave the data through different demographic and clinical lenses — race, gender, age, social connectedness, work history, and the most important through-line: education. Thus Case and Deaton connect the dots, literally, in the many charts that explain what factors are driving the Deaths of Despair."---Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Health Populi Blog"The rise in premature deaths among working-class whites has become a national crisis, and the authors tie the problem to the weakening position of labor, the growing power of corporations, and to a health-care sector that redistributes working-class wages to the wealthy." * Publishers Weekly *"Although the authors completed this book before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic — it was published four days after President Trump declared a national emergency — their diagnosis is still painfully relevant."---Carlos Lozada, Washington Post"Timely and important."---Ed Balls, Financial Times"Refreshing . . . a careful, deep, and troubling look at the America that lies beyond the Ivy League."---James K. Galbraith, Project Syndicate"Case and Deaton explain how every detail of this crisis unfolded, examining recent historical events and rightly placing much of the blame on the United States’ distinctive strain of capitalism, designed to protect and grow the assets of the wealthy few."---Keri Leigh Merrit, Common Dreams"Anne Case and Angus Deaton are senior economists at Princeton with expertise in public health and poverty, respectively. The combination, plus clear writing and ample doses of caution and open-mindedness, makes Deaths of Despair a compelling book."---Edward Hadas, Reuters BreakingViews"The policies that the authors advocate not only would address deaths of despair, they would improve the health and welfare of the American people more generally."---David Canning, Science"[a] hard-hitting study of US capitalism."---Andrew Robinson, Nature"The authors add an important dimension to the growing body of research on the suffering of African Americans in the US; but their main argument is that it is the uneducated white working class that is now in “long-term and slowly unfolding” freefall."---Anne Nelson, Times Literary Supplement"Complementing their candid prose with enlightening charts and graphs, Case and Deaton make the scale and immediacy of the problem crystal clear. This is an essential portrait of America in crisis." * Publishers Weekly *"Deaths of Despair is designed to shine a light on a generational catastrophe that could—perhaps will—become a multigenerational disaster. It does this with chilling precision."---Mike Jakeman, Strategy+Business"Through simple figures and clear prose, it presents a huge bodyof evidence from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s WONDER database and other sources that the arc of the white working class’s fate over the last two decades is long, but it bends toward nihilism and an early grave."---Gabriel Rossman, Washington Examiner"Elaborately explained and well-presented. . . . Case and Deaton’s well-written and gloomy book was meant as a warning. Relentlessly fighting an infectious disease, the U.S. government seems to have treated it as a handbook."---Joakim Book, American Institute for Economic Research"Well-researched, compassionate."---Susan Babbitt, New York Journal of Books"Simply put, this is a terrific book. I suspect it will be on many people’s top 10 book lists of 2020. Although written before COVID-19, the book’s critique of the US approach to health care and inequality is remarkably prescient. In many ways, the opioid crisis Case and Deaton analyze is a microcosm of the anguish the world is experiencing today, and we would be remiss not to pay attention to their insights."---Kenneth Rogoff, Finance & Development"A must-read for anyone attempting to objectively understand our collective American pain as well as those gaining from it."---Rahul Gupta, Democracy"Important."---Michael Tomasky, Democracy"The best account of [the] White collapse."---David Ignatius, Washington Post"Well researched and incisive. . . . This is a tragic, but important book, and hopefully it helps to nudge the needle towards where badly needed social reforms need to go."---Simon Cocking, Irish Tech News"Building on Case and Deaton’s extraordinarily influential research on the mortality resulting from the tragic opioid epidemic in the United States, this book examines three causes of death – drug overdose, suicide, and alcohol-related liver disease – that have risen rapidly since the mid-1990s. It is extraordinarily well written – sweeping yet succinct. And though it was published before the COVID-19 crisis, its critique of the US approach to health care and inequality is remarkably prescient."---Ken Rogoff, Project Syndicate"I’ll offer my own endorsement from the [New York Times Notable] 100: Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism, by Anne Case and Angus Deaton. It covers arguably the single most alarming development in American life, one that helps explain the frustration pulsing through the country: In many communities, people are not living as long as their parents did."---David Leonhardt, New York Times"[A] well-argued, important book."---Rosamund Urwin, Sunday Times"Case and Deaton’s extraordinary research in this book is an important warning of the consequences this might have for people’s health and wellbeing and family and community life."---Economic Annals, Jelena Žarković

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Book SynopsisFrom the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power comes the definitive new book on decoding the behavior of the people around youRobert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understanding people''s drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them themselves.We are social animals. Our very lives depend on our relationships with people. Knowing why people do what they do is the most important tool we can possess, without which our other talents can only take us so far. Drawing from the ideas and examples of Pericles, Queen Elizabeth I, Martin Luther King Jr, and many others, Greene teaches us how to detach ourselves from our own emotions and master self-control, how to develop the empathy that leads to insight, how to look behind people''s masks, and how to resist conformity to develop your singular sense of purpose. Whether at work, in relationships, or in shaping the world around you, The Laws of Human Nature offers brilliant tactics for success, self-improvement, and self-defense.

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Book SynopsisCorporate finance and corporate strategy have long been seen as different sides of the same coin. Through examples and applications from various industries, this book offers a valuation framework for competitive strategies. It follows a problem-solving approach that synthesizes ideas from game theory, real options, and strategy.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2004 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Business, Management, and Accounting, Association of American PublishersTable of ContentsList of Figures xi List of Tables xvii List of Boxes xix Acknowledgments xxi Introduction: Strategic Investment as Real Options and Games xxiii I.1. Introduction: About This Book xxiii I.2. Real Options and Games: Linking Corporate Finance and Strategy xxiv I.3. An Overview of the Book xxviii Part I: Approaches to Strategic Investment Chapter 1 Corporate Finance and Strategic Planning: A Linkage 3 1.1. Introduction 3 1.2. The Market Value of Growth Opportunities 5 1.3. From NPV to an Expanded (Strategic) NPV Criterion 8 1.4. Value Drivers of NPV, Flexibility Value, and Strategic Value 13 1.4.1. Value Drivers of NPV 14 1.4.2. Drivers of Flexibility or Growth Option Value 21 1.4.3. Drivers of Strategic Value and Strategic Moves 24 1.5. Value Creation in Strategic Planning 32 1.6. Conclusions 33 Chapter 2 Strategic Management: Competitive Advantage and Value Creation 35 2.1. Introduction 35 2.2. Views of Value Creation of the Firm 38 2.2.1. Industry and Competitive Analysis 40 2.2.2. Strategic Conflict and Game Theory 43 2.2.3. Internal, Resource-Based View of the Firm 45 2.2.4. Dynamic Capabilities 49 2.2.5. Options and Games: A Linkage Approach 51 2.3. Competitive Advantage and Industry Evolution 53 2.3.1. Competitive Advantage in the Early and Growth Stages 54 2.3.2. Competitive Advantage in Mature Businesses 58 2.3.3.Creative Destruction and Adaptation as Source of Advantage 60 2.4. Portfolio Planning of Growth Opportunities 68 2.4.1. Boston Consulting Group Matrix 70 2.4.2. Exercise Timing of Options: The Tomato Garden Analogy 72 2.4.3. Real-Options Growth Matrix 76 2.5. Conclusions 90 Chapter 3 Corporate Real Options 93 3.1. Introduction 93 3.2. Options Valuation 94 3.2.1. Basic Nature of Options 98 3.2.2. From Financial to Real Options Valuation 100 3.3. Overview of Common Real Options 106 3.3.1. The (Simple) Option to Defer 110 3.3.2. Options to Expand or Contract 114 3.3.3. The Option to Abandon for Salvage or Switch Use 116 3.3.4. The Option to Temporarily Shut Down 119 3.3.5. Options to Switch Inputs or Outputs 122 3.4. Prototype Examples: Valuing an R & D Program and a Mining Concession 123 3.4.1. Valuing a Research and Development Program 124 3.4.2. Valuing a Mine Concession (License) Using Certainty-Equivalent Valuation 127 3.5. An In-Depth Case Application: Valuing Offshore Oil Concessions in the Netherlands 134 3.5.1. Stages of Offshore Petroleum Development on the Dutch Continental Shelf 134 3.5.2. Valuation Based on Replication in Financial Markets 138 3.5.3. Main Insights 149 3.6. Summary and Conclusions 154 Appendix 3.1. Binomial Option Valuation 156 Chapter 4 Games and Strategic Decisions 163 4.1. Introduction 163 4.2. The Rules of the Game 171 4.3. A Taxonomy of Basic Games 181 4.3.1. Time to Launch under Competition (Symmetric Innovation Race) 184 4.3.2. Asymmetric Innovation Race and Preemption 186 4.3.3. Simultaneous Innovation Race When the Opponent's Capabilities Are Unknown 189 4.4. Competitive Reactions in Quantity versus Price Competition 191 4.4.1. Quantity Competition 191 4.4.2. Price Competition 198 4.4.3. Type of Competitive Reaction: Strategic Substitutes versus Complements 200 4.5. Two-Stage Games: Strategic Value of Early Commitment 202 4.5.1. Direct versus Strategic Effects of Investment Commitment 203 4.5.2. Strategic Effect, Tough or Accommodating Positions, and Type of Competition 205 4.6. Summary and Conclusions 208 Appendix 4.1. A Chronology of Game Theory Developments 210 Part II: Competitive Strategy and Games Chapter 5 Simple Strategic Investment Games 217 5.1. Introduction 217 5.2. A Road Map for Analyzing Competitive Strategies 218 5.3. One-Stage Strategic Investments 222 5.4. Two-Stage (Compound) Options: The Case of Proprietary R & D 226 5.5. Two-Stage Investments with Endogenous Competition 229 5.5.1. Competition in Last (Production) Stage: Contrarian versus Reciprocating Competition 229 5.5.2. Competition in Innovation Investment: Time-to-Market Races and Strategic Alliances 242 5.6. Cooperation in the First Stage: Joint R & D Ventures 247 5.7. Summary and Conclusions 251 Chapter 6 Flexibility and Commitment 255 6.1. Introduction 255 6.2. The Basic Two-Stage Game 258 6.2.1. Equilibrium Quantities, Prices, and Payoff Values 260 6.2.2. Valuation of Competitive Strategies 262 6.3. Numerical Examples of Different Competitive Strategies under Contrarian versus Reciprocating Competition 268 6.3.1. Competitive R & D Strategies under Quantity Competition 268 6.3.2. Goodwill/Advertising Strategies under Price Competition 278 6.4. Summary and Conclusions 285 Appendix 6.1. Reaction Functions, Equilibrium Actions, and Values in Different Market Structures under Quantity or Price Competition 289 Chapter 7 Value Dynamics in Competitive R & D Strategies 295 7.1. Introduction 295 7.2. Literature on R & D Options 296 7.3. The Basic Two-Stage R & D Game 298 7.4. Critical Demand Zones/Sensitivity 300 7.5. Technical R & D Uncertainty, Stochastic Reaction Functions, and Asymmetric Information with Signaling 309 7.5.1. Technical R & D Uncertainty (under Symmetric Information) 309 7.5.2. Imperfect/Asymmetric Information and Stochastic Reaction Functions 311 7.5.3. Signaling Effects 313 7.6. Learning Experience Cost Effects 315 7.7 Competition versus Cooperation in R & D 319 7.8 Summary and Conclusions 322 Part III: Applications and Implications Chapter 8 Case Applications 329 8.1. Introduction 329 8.2. Strategic Games in Consumer Electronics 346 8.2.1. Winner Takes All versus Strategic Alliances in the Launch of Video Recorder Systems 346 8.2.2. The Competition versus Coordination Game of the High-Density Disk 350 8.3. Buy-and-Build Platform Acquisition Strategies 352 8.3.1. Classifying Acquisitions Based on Options and Games 353 8.3.2. Growth Option Value in a Buy-and-Build Strategy 356 8.3.3. Competition in a Buy-and-Build Strategy 360 8.4. Infrastructure Investment: The Case of European Airport Expansion 366 8.4.1. Infrastructure Investment and Aviation Developments 367 8.4.2. Infrastructure Valuation as an Options Game 370 8.4.3. Implementation in the Case of Schiphol Airport 382 8.5. Conclusions and Implications 389 Chapter 9 Continuous-Time Models and Applications 393 9.1. Introduction and Overview 393 9.2. Continuous-Time Version of Smit-Trigeorgis Framework 396 9.2.1. Equilibrium Output and Values 397 9.2.2. Strategic Entry Decisions 401 9.2.3. Equilibrium Entry and Critical Demand Thresholds 405 9.2.4. Benchmark Cases: Symmetric Competition and Monopoly 408 9.3. Strategic Investment Timing under Uncertainty 408 9.3.1. Strategic Interactions and the Timing of Investment 408 9.3.2. Innovation with Uncertainty over Completion and Time Delays 411 9.4. Exercise Strategies under Incomplete Information with Applications 414 9.4.1. Entry and Preemption under Incomplete Information 414 9.4.2. Applications 416 9.5. General Equilibrium Investment Strategies under Imperfect Competition and Asymmetric Information 419 9.5.1. Equilibrium Investment Strategies under Imperfect Competition 419 9.5.2. Investment Strategies under Asymmetric Information 421 9.6. Conclusions 423 Appendix 9.1. Derivation of Option-Pricing Differential Equation 425 Appendix 9.2. Discounted Profit Flow and Value Function 427 Appendix 9.3. Sequential Stackelberg Leader-Follower Entry 428 Chapter 10 Overview and Implications 429 10.1. Introduction 429 10.1.1. Linking Corporate Finance and Strategic Planning 429 10.1.2. An Expanded Valuation Framework to Capture Flexibility and Strategic Value 431 10.2. Implications of the Strategic Options and Games Framework 439 10.2.1. Timing Games for Simple Commercial Options 440 10.2.2. Investment Games Involving Strategic Options 442 10.3. Empirical Implications 445 References 447 Index 461

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Book SynopsisHow do you make something out of nothing?Up your game with this masterclass in creative thinking. Combining Dave Trott's distinctive, almost Zen-like storytelling, humour and practical advice, One Plus One Equals Three is a collection of provocative anecdotes and thought experiments designed to light a fire under your own creative ambitions. From the First World War sailor who survived being sunk three times in one day to the one-time 'merchant of death' who made his name a byword for peace, and the gypsy who lost two fingers and then reinvented jazz. From boardroom to battlefield, these stories of unconventional wisdom from one of the world's true advertising greats are a rallying cry for anyone who wants to think differently, stand out and truly innovate.

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Book SynopsisAuthor Les McKeown draws on his decades of experience as a CEO and leadership consultant to deliver expert advice on what it takes to be a visionary leader, blending practical advice with illuminating examples from a range of industries.

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Book SynopsisWho's going to provide for your future? There's a crisis looming in pensions. Investing in property is time-consuming and risky. Savings accounts yield very little return. If you're not careful, you could be looking at a very uncomfortable retirement. But surely the alternative - investing in the stock market - is risky, complicated and best left to the professionals?Phil Town doesn't think so. He made a fortune, and in Rule #1 he'll show you how he did it. Rule #1:- Sets out the five key numbers that really count when you're buying stocks and shares- Explains how to use new Internet tools to simplify research- Shows how to exploit the advantages of being an individual investor- Demonstrates how to pay fifty pence for every pound's worth of business This simple and straightforward method will guide you to 15% or better annual returns - in only 15 minutes a week. It's money in the bank!Trade ReviewRule #1 is probably one of the most inclusive, no-nonsense, fundamental books about investing in the stock market I've ever read. -- Danielle Hughes, president and CEO * Divine Capital Markets LLC *Rule #1's common-sense, pragmatic approach is money in the bank. . . . Can you really beat the mutual fund managers and so-called experts at their own game? Hell yes! -- Jonathan Hoenig, portfolio manager * Capitalistpig Hedge Fund *

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Book SynopsisWe live in times of great change. Or so we are told. Headlines blast messages about clashes between tribes, civilisations, political factions, East and West. We are told that unless we abstain from eating meat, flying or enjoying other modern amenities, the planet is doomed. We live in times of trouble. Of crossroads. Of signs of decline. We live in special times. In turn, future thinking is often reduced to people having opinions about other people's opinions. As opposed to manifesto, in manifesto many small ideas are created to inspire one person, your- self. By sharing the vision of the future, we can avoid telling stories and instead strive to surround ourselves with as many strange, conflicting ideas that we can in order to immerse ourselves in future possibilities and possible futures. Incorporating recognisable examples, Minifesto will illustrate how the world changes when a single individual does something new.

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Book Synopsis'Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.' Credit has crunched, debt has turned toxic, the gears of the world economy have ground to a halt. Yet despite its failures, the same market-driven ideas are being applied to everything from famine to climate change. We need to ask again one of the most fundamental questions a society ever addresses: why do things cost what they do? Radical, original, nimbly argued, The Value of Nothing draws on ideas from history, philosophy, psychology and agriculture to show how we can build an economically and environmentally sound future.

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Book SynopsisThis international bestseller, which foreshadowed a market crash, explains why it could happen again if we don't act now. Fractal geometry is the mathematics of roughness: how to reduce the outline of a jagged leaf or static in a computer connection to a few simple mathematical properties. With his fractal tools, Mandelbrot has got to the bottom of how financial markets really work. He finds they have a shifting sense of time and wild behaviour that makes them volatile, dangerous - and beautiful. In his models, the complex gyrations of the FTSE 100 and exchange rates can be reduced to straightforward formulae that yield a much more accurate description of the risks involved.Trade ReviewMandelbrot is acknowledged as the father of chaos theory ... he is, simply, very clever indeed. * Sunday Telegraph *The reader gets a clear picture of the history of finance theory ... the best financial read * Financial Times *Entertainingly written ... this book is a brain-opener that adds hugely to our sum of knowledge. * Director *

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Book SynopsisHelen Deresky is Professor Emerita atthe State University of New York-Plattsburgh. ProfessorDeresky was born in England and worked and consulted in various industries inEurope for a number of years before settling in the United States and enteringacademia. Since then, her research interests have been in strategicimplementation and also in management in Latin American countries and inCanada, for which she has developed teaching modules under U.S.D.E. researchgrants. Professor Deresky has published in various journals, including the StrategicManagement Journal, Organizational Dynamics, and the Journal of BusinessEducation, and has presented papers at numerous conferences in the UnitedStates and Canada. Dr. Stewart Miller is professor ofmanagement in the Department of Management at The University of Texas at SanAntonio. Dr. Miller has teaching and research interests in internationalstrategy, liability of foreignness, internatioTable of ContentsPART 1: THE GLOBAL MANAGER'S ENVIRONMENT 1. Assessing the Environment: Political, Economic, Legal, Technological 2. Managing Interdependence: Social Responsibility, Ethics, Sustainability Comprehensive Cases Case 1: Eliminating Modern Slavery from Supply Chains: Can Nestle Lead the Way? (Africa/prize winning) Case 2: Enrich Not Exploit: Can the New CSR Strategy Help The Body Shop Regain Its Glory? (Global) PART 2: THE CULTURAL CONTEXT OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT 3. Understanding the Role of Culture 4. Communicating Across Cultures 5. Cross-Cultural Negotiation and Decision Making Comprehensive Cases Case 3: Cross-Cultural Challenges for a Singaporean Expatriate in Zurich (Singapore/Switzerland) Case 4: Anju Pathak Returns to India (India) PART 3: FORMULATING AND IMPLEMENTING STRATEGY FOR INTERNATIONAL AND GLOBAL OPERATIONS 6. Formulating Strategy 7. Implementing Strategy: Strategic Alliances, Small Businesses, Emerging Economy Firms 8. Organization Structure and Control Systems Comprehensive Cases Case 5: Amazon in China: Can Elaine Chang Crack the Chinese Market? (China/Global) Case 6: Coming to America: A Successful Japanese Acquisition in Global Business (Japan) Case 7: Souq.com and the Battle for the Future of eCommerce in the MENA (Global/MENA) PART 4: GLOBAL HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 9. Staffing, Training, and Compensation for Global Operations 10. Developing a Global Management Cadre 11. Motivating and Leading Comprehensive Cases Case 8: Daimler Chrysler: Facing a Media Firestorm (Germany/Global) Case 9: Cirque de Soleil's Global Human Resources Practices (Global) Integrative Section Integrative Term Project Case 10: IKEA's Challenges in Russia (Russia)

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Book Synopsis'Innumerable gems . . . by one of the company's most astute observers' - EconomistTHE UNVARNISHED PICTURE OF AMAZON’S UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH AND ITS BILLIONAIRE FOUNDER, JEFF BEZOS Almost ten years ago, Bloomberg journalist Brad Stone captured the rise of Amazon in his bestseller The Everything Store. Since then, Amazon has expanded exponentially, disrupting countless industries while its valuation has soared to well over a trillion dollars. We now live in a world run, supplied and controlled by Amazon and its founder. In Amazon Unbound, Stone presents a vividly drawn portrait of how a retail upstart became one of the most powerful and feared entities in the global economy. With unparalleled access to current and former executives, employees and critics, he shows how seismic changes inside the company led to dramatic innovations, as well as to missteps that turned public sentiment againstTrade Review'Fascinating and deeply researched... Stone is at his best describing Bezos’s demanding style of management... Masterful.' -- Marc Levinson * Washington Post *'Stone’s new volume is on its surface a business book that seeks to explain the rise of America’s most important private enterprise... Amazon Unbound is particularly valuable in explaining how the company makes money, and the day-to-day decisions that end up having a big effect on consumers... a dense, at times juicy tour of the company Bezos built.' -- Ben Smith * New York Times *'Innumerable gems...by one of the company's most astute observers.' * Economist *'An excellent new book...Bezos emerges as the ur-billionaire of our time, the deft wielder of a fortune so vast that he and his company are becoming "perilously close to invincible".' -- Farhad Manjoo * New York Times *'Brad Stone is now the Edward Gibbon of Amazon - a reliable and engaging chronicler of one of the great forces of our age. If a company and a culture can have a biographer, Stone is Amazon’s - which, given the retailer’s ubiquity, makes him a biographer of the way all of us live now.' -- Jon Meacham, author of The Soul of America'There are really only a handful of writers who can craft a page-turning narrative about the most transformative business ideas. Brad Stone is one. His topic of choice - Amazon and its founder Jeff Bezos - is equal to his journalistic skill. In this book, he gives us his second must-read account of how the world's most important company and technology titan captured not only global retail, but Washington, Hollywood, outer space and your brain.' -- Rana Foroohar, author of Makers and Takers and Don't Be Evil'In this vivid, anecdote-filled page-turner of a book, Stone goes deep inside a company with colossal power, one we rely on for low-cost, wonderful service, and one that also kills many businesses and jobs. With rare access to Amazon executives, readers are taken inside Amazon meetings, see up close Jeff Bezos's brilliance but also his belligerence, understand the trade-off between impressive efficiency versus the perils of market dominance, and get an up-to-the-moment appreciation of why government is now awake to the monopoly dangers posed by digital giants like Amazon.' -- Ken Auletta, author of Googled'Amazon's reach is so extensive that it can seem easier to list the few areas of commerce that it doesn't touch than the many it does. Stone even-handedly describes the history, expansion and major personalities of the company.' -- Curtis Sittenfeld, my favourite non-fiction books * The Week *

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface xiii About the Author xvii Chapter 1 Introduction to the Other Half of Macroeconomics 1 Chapter 2 Balance Sheet Problems Create a Shortage of Borrowers 27 Chapter 3 Introduction to the Concept of Pursued Economy 77 Chapter 4 Macroeconomic Policy during the Three Stages of Economic Development 113 Chapter 5 Economic Growth and Challenges of Remaining an Advanced Country 165 Chapter 6 Monetary Policy during the Pandemic and the Quantitative Easing (QE) Trap 227 Chapter 7 Europe Is Repeating Mistakes of the 1930s 289 Chapter 8 Money and Banking in the Other Half of Macroeconomics 327 Chapter 9 Backlash against Globalization and Conflict between Free Trade and Free Capital Flows 371 Chapter 10 Rethinking Economics 429 References and Bibliography 469 Afterword 479 Index 481

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Book SynopsisAuthors Eric Noreen, Peter Brewer, and Ray Garrison have crafted a streamlined Managerial Accounting book that is perfect for non-accounting majors who intend to move into managerial positions by focusing on the fundamentals to develop the conceptual framework managers need to succeed. This is done by adhering to the three core standards:- FOCUS Noreen/Brewer/Garrison pinpoint the key managerial concepts students will need in their future careers. With no journal entries or financial accounting topics to worry about, students can focus on the fundamental principles of managerial accounting. The manager approach in Noreen allows students to develop the conceptual framework needed to succeed, with a focus on decision making and analytical skills.- RELEVANCE Building student interest with its insightful Business Focus vignettes opening each chapter, current In Business examples throughout the text,Table of ContentsChapter 1: Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts Chapter 2: Cost‐Volume‐Profit Relationships Chapter 3: Job‐Order Costing: Calculating Unit Product Costs Chapter 4: Variable Costing and Segment Reporting: Tools for ManagementChapter 5: Activity‐Based Costing: A Tool to Aid Decision Making Chapter 6: Differential Analysis: The Key to Decision Making Chapter 7: Capital Budgeting Decisions Chapter 8: Master Budgeting Chapter 9: Flexible Budgets and Performance Analysis Chapter 10: Standard Costs and VariancesChapter 11: Responsibility Accounting Systems Chapter 12: Strategic Performance Measurement

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