Management decision making Books
MIT Press Ltd Redesigning Leadership
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MIT Press Ltd The Importance of Small Decisions Simplicity
Book SynopsisHow people make decisions in an era of too much information and fake news.Humans originally evolved in a world of few choices. Prehistoric, preindustrial, and predigital eras required fewer decisions than today's all-access, always-on world of too much information. Economists have largely discarded the idea that agents act rationally and the market follows suit. It seems that no matter how small or innocuous a decision might seem, there's almost no way to guess the effect it might have. The authors of The Importance of Small Decisions view decisions and their outcomes from a different perspective: as key elements in the evolution of culture. In this trailblazing book, they examine different kinds of decisions and map the outcomes, both short- and long-term. Drawing on this, they introduce a map of social behavior that captures the essential elements of human decision-making.The authors look at the New England Patriots' decision in 2000 to draft an underachievin
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Hachette Go Team Habits
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£23.20
Little Brown and Company Third Millennium Thinking
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£27.00
Little, Brown Spark Truth
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£22.40
Currency How to Think
Book SynopsisAbsolutely splendid . . . essential for understanding why there is so much bad thinking in political life right now. —David Brooks, New York TimesHow to Think is a contrarian treatise on why we’re not as good at thinking as we assume—but how recovering this lost art can rescue our inner lives from the chaos of modern life. As a celebrated cultural critic and a writer for national publications like The Atlantic and Harper’s, Alan Jacobs has spent his adult life belonging to communities that often clash in America’s culture wars. And in his years of confronting the big issues that divide us—political, social, religious—Jacobs has learned that many of our fiercest disputes occur not because we’re doomed to be divided, but because the people involved simply aren’t thinking. Most of us don’t want to think. Thinking is trouble. Thinking can force us out of familiar, comforting habits, and it can complicate our relationships with like-minded friends. Finally, thinking is slow, and that’s a problem when our habits of consuming information (mostly online) leave us lost in the spin cycle of social media, partisan bickering, and confirmation bias. In this smart, endlessly entertaining book, Jacobs diagnoses the many forces that act on us to prevent thinking—forces that have only worsened in the age of Twitter, “alternative facts,” and information overload—and he also dispels the many myths we hold about what it means to think well. (For example: It’s impossible to “think for yourself.”) Drawing on sources as far-flung as novelist Marilynne Robinson, basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain, British philosopher John Stuart Mill, and Christian theologian C.S. Lewis, Jacobs digs into the nuts and bolts of the cognitive process, offering hope that each of us can reclaim our mental lives from the impediments that plague us all. Because if we can learn to think together, maybe we can learn to live together, too.
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Elements of Choice
Book SynopsisA leader in decision-making research reveals how choices are designed—and why it’s so important to understand their inner workingsEvery time we make a choice, our minds go through an elaborate process most of us never even notice. We’re influenced by subtle aspects of the way the choice is presented that often make the difference between a good decision and a bad one. How do we overcome the common faults in our decision-making and enable better choices in any situation? The answer lies in more conscious and intentional decision design.Going well beyond the familiar concepts of nudges and defaults, The Elements of Choice offers a comprehensive, systematic guide to creating effective choice architectures, the environments in which we make decisions. The designers of decisions need to consider all the elements involved in presenting a choice: how many options to offer, how to present those options, how to account for our natural cognitive sh
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Penguin Putnam Inc Clear Thinking
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£22.50
Penguin Putnam Inc Ideaflow
Book Synopsis“Teams succeed to the degree that there is a free flow of ideas. Read this book to learn how to bring out the best in others—and in yourself.” — Scott Galloway, bestselling author of The Four and Post CoronaIdeaflow: the number of ideas you or your team can generate in a set amount of time We all want great ideas, but few actually understand how they’re born. Innovation doesn’t come from a sprint or a hackathon--it’s a result of maximizing ideaflow. Jeremy Utley and Perry Klebahn of Stanford’s renowned Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (aka the “d.school”) offer a proven strategy for coming up with great ideas by yourself or with your team, and quickly determining which are worthy. Drawing upon their combined decades of experience leading Stanford’s premier Launchpad accelerator and advising some of the world’s most innovative organizations, like Microsoft, Michelin, Keller Williams Realty, and Hyatt, they’ll teach you how to: • Overcome dangerous thinking traps • Find inspiration in unexpected places • Trick your own brain to be more creative • Design and deploy affordable experiments • Fill your innovation pipeline • Unleash your own creative potential, as well as the potential of others Perhaps you have experienced low ideaflow. Have you been in that quiet conference room, with a half-filled whiteboard, and an unmet business target?. With the proven system in this book, entrepreneurs, managers, and leaders will learn how to tap into surprising and valuable ideas on demand and fill the creative pipeline with breakthrough ideas.
£19.00
Diversified Publishing Start Stay or Leave
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The Fox News host and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Doesn’t Hurt to Ask shares his trusted framework for decision making, telling the story of his life through the choices he’s made using this revolutionary method.“The best guide I’ve read to help people analyze, make, and own their decisions . . . Make a great decision and read this book.”—Dana Perino, Fox News anchor and host, former White House press secretaryIn life, moments arise when you have to decide your next move. When choosing whether to accept a new job, purchase a house, attend a school, or start a relationship, how do you settle on which direction to take? Trey Gowdy has found that most consequential decisions boil down to three simple options: start, stay, or leave.Gowdy first developed this decision-making tool in the courtroom during a federal murder trial, and it has guided his life
£23.25
Penguin Putnam Inc Robin Hood Math
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£19.06
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Delegacin y supervisin 5 La biblioteca del xito
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£11.58
Currency The Cheat Code Going Off Script to Get More Go
Book SynopsisHave you ever noticed that there are certain people who seem to get ahead just a bit faster than everyone else? You know, the types who always seem to be a bit ahead of the curve, to get noticed a bit more, and to achieve their goals a bit more quickly than the rest of the pack? And have you ever noticed how much this small edge can matter, and the outsized impact it can have on the trajectory of their careers? Twenty-four year old entrepreneur Brian Wong is one of these people, having graduated from college by age 18, having raised $24 million in venture capital to start his own company before he turned 25, and having grown that company into a global mobile advertising giant in just 4 years. His secret? The Cheat Code. Wong believes that most people -- even creative people -- have a tendency to follow a script; to do things the way others do them simply because that way works. But therein lies the secret at the heart of the Cheat Code: anyone can easily
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Analytics Revolution
Book SynopsisLead your organization into the industrial revolution of analytics with The Analytics Revolution The topics of big data and analytics continue to be among the most discussed and pursued in the business world today.Trade Review"A good read" (Supply Management, May 2015)Table of ContentsForeword xi Preface xv Acknowledgments xxv PART I The Revolution Has Begun 1 Chapter 1 Understanding Operational Analytics 3 Defining Operational Analytics 4 Welcome to Analytics 3.0 10 How Analytics Are Changing Business 20 Putting Operational Analytics in Perspective 26 Wrap-Up 30 Notes 31 Chapter 2 More Data . . . More Data . . . Big Data! 33 Cutting through the Hype 33 Preparing for Big Data 39 Putting Big Data in Context 48 Wrap-Up 58 Notes 59 Chapter 3 Operational Analytics in Action 61 Improving Customer Experiences 62 Time Is of the Essence 68 Making Us Safer 71 Increasing Operational Efficiency 74 Improving Our Lives in the Future 77 Finding Unexpected Value in Data 79 Wrap-Up 83 Notes 84 PART II Laying the Foundation 87 Chapter 4 Want Budget? Build the Business Case! 89 Setting the Priorities 89 Choosing the Right Decision Criteria 93 Business Case Framework to Consider 101 Tips for Creating a Winning Business Case 108 Wrap-Up 115 Notes 116 Chapter 5 Creating an Analytic Platform 117 Planning 118 Building 123 Using 140 Wrap-Up 143 Notes 145 Chapter 6 Governance and Privacy 147 Setting the Stage for Governance 148 Deciding Where Analytics Happen 154 Governing Operational Analytics 158 Privacy 165 Wrap-Up 172 Notes 173 PART III Making Analytics Operational 175 Chapter 7 The Analytics 177 Creating Operational Analytics Processes 177 Expanding into New Analytics Disciplines 181 Focusing Analytics Efforts 187 Comparing Analytics Approaches 193 Lessons from the Past 198 Wrap-Up 204 Notes 205 Chapter 8 The Analytics Organization 207 A Major Shift Has Occurred 207 Staffing 209 Organizing 218 Succeeding 225 Wrap-Up 234 Notes 235 Chapter 9 The Analytics Culture 237 Instilling the Proper Mind-set 237 Implementing Effective Policies 245 Facilitating Success 250 Enabling and Handling the Right Failures 256 Wrap-Up 261 Notes 262 Conclusion Join the Revolution! 263 About the Author 267 Index 269
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Leaders and Innovators
Book SynopsisAn integrated, strategic approach to higher-value analytics Leaders and Innovators: How Data-Driven Organizations Are Winning with Analytics shows how businesses leverage enterprise analytics to gain strategic insights for profitability and growth. The key factor is integrated, end-to-end capabilities that encompass data management and analytics from a business and IT perspective; with analytics running inside a database where the data reside, everyday analytical processes become streamlined and more efficient. This book shows you what analytics is, what it can do, and how you can integrate old and new technologies to get more out of your data. Case studies and examples illustrate real-world scenarios in which an optimized analytics system revolutionized an organization''s business. Using in-database and in-memory analytics along with Hadoop, you''ll be equipped to improve performance while reducing processing time from days or weeks to hours or minutes. This more straTrade Review“Data management and analytics to beat your competitors; full of examples and case studies of big data wins” The Magpi, issue 60, Aug 2017Table of ContentsForeword xi Acknowledgments xv About the Author xvii Introduction xix Chapter 1 The Analytical Data Life Cycle 1 Stage 1: Data Exploration 2 Stage 2: Data Preparation 3 Stage 3: Model Development 4 Stage 4: Model Deployment 6 End-to-End Process 8 Chapter 2 In-Database Processing 11 Background 12 Traditional Approach 13 In-Database Approach 15 The Need for In-Database Analytics 16 Success Stories and Use Cases 18 In-Database Data Quality 35 Investment for In-Database Processing 44 Endnotes 47 Chapter 3 In-Memory Analytics 49 Background 50 Traditional Approach 51 In-Memory Analytics Approach 53 The Need for In-Memory Analytics 56 Success Stories and Use Cases 65 Investment for In-Memory Analytics 80 Chapter 4 Hadoop 83 Background 84 Hadoop in the Big Data Environment 86 Use Cases for Hadoop 87 Hadoop Architecture 89 Best Practices 92 Benefits of Hadoop 95 Use Cases and Success Stories 97 A Collection of Use Cases 103 Endnote 105 Chapter 5 Bringing It All Together 107 Background 108 Collaborative Data Architecture 109 Scenarios for the Collaborative Data Architecture 113 How In-Database, In-Memory, and Hadoop Are Complementary in a Collaborative Data Architecture 119 Use Cases and Customer Success Stories 122 Investment and Costs 150 Endnotes 151 Chapter 6 Final Thoughts and Conclusion 153 Five Focus Areas 154 Cloud Computing 157 Security: Cyber, Data Breach 168 Automating Prescriptive Analytics: IoT, Events, and Data Streams 179 Cognitive Analytics 188 Anything as a Service (XaaS) 197 Conclusion 204 Afterword 208 Index 210
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Flatiron Books The Ten Equations That Rule the World
Book SynopsisEmpowering and illuminating, The Ten Equations That Rule the World shows how math really can change your life.Is there a secret formula for getting rich? For going viral? For deciding how long to stick with your current job, Netflix series, or even relationship? This book is all about the equations that make our world go round. Ten of them, in fact. They are integral to everything from investment banking to betting companies and social media giants. And they can help you to increase your chance of success, guard against financial loss, live more healthfully, and see through scaremongering. They are known by only the privileged fewuntil now.With wit and clarity, mathematician David Sumpter shows that it isn''t the technical details that make these formulas so successful. It is the way they allow mathematicians to view problems from a different anglea way of seeing the world that anyone can learn.
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Flatiron Books Rebel Ideas
Book SynopsisRebel Ideas will strengthen any kind of team, while including advice on how, as individuals, we can embrace the potential of an outsider mind-set as our greatest asset.Ideas are everywhere, but those with the greatest problem-solving, business-transforming, and life-changing potential are often hard to identify. Even when we recognize good ideas, applying them to everyday obstacleswhether in the workplace, our homes, or our civic institutionscan seem insurmountable. According to Matthew Syed, it doesn''t have to be this way. In Rebel Ideas, Syed argues that our brainpower as individuals isn''t enough. To tackle problems from climate change to economic decline, we''ll need to employ the power of cognitive diversity. Drawing on psychology, genetics, and beyond, Syed uses real-world scenarios including the failings of the CIA before 9/11 and a communication disaster at the peak of Mount Everest to introduce us to the true power of thinking different
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Flatiron Books The Four Workarounds
Book SynopsisFINANCIAL TIMES'' BEST SUMMER BOOKS OF 2023Groundbreaking Next Big Idea ClubThis book helps us live happier, successful, and more fulfilling lives. Jenn Lim, CEO and cofounder of Delivering Happiness, and bestselling author of Beyond HappinessWe constantly encounter complex problems at home, in our places of work, and in society at large. Even if we had all the time and money in the world, sometimes no good solution can be found. So, what should we do, especially when we can't wait? The answer: a workaround.For ages, global corporations have been lecturing small organizations and not-for-profits on how to get things done. As it turns out, it should have been the other way around. In this groundbreaking book, award-winning researcher Paulo Savaget shows how the most valuable lessons about problem-solving can be learned from the scrappiest groups.Savaget draws most of his examples from small organizat
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St. Martin's Publishing Group The Art of Clear Thinking
Book SynopsisTHE #2 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERBased on a career of making high-stakes, split-second decisions as a U.S. fighter pilot, The Art of Clear Thinking teaches readers to apply Hasard Lee''s combat-tested techniques in everyday life.The training to become a fighter pilot is among the most competitive and difficult in the world with fewer than one in a thousand succeeding. Pushing a cutting-edge jet to its limits at over 1,000 mph means that every split-second decision can have catastrophic consequences. This extreme environment has forged a group of warriors who for the last fifty years have been considered at the apex of decision-making theory and practice.In The Art of Clear Thinking, Hasard Lee distills what he?s learned during his career flying some of the Air Force?s most advanced aircraft. With gripping firsthand accounts from his time as a fighter pilot and fascinating turning points throughout history, Hasard reveals powerful decision-making principles that can be used in business and in life, including: ? HOW TO LEARN BETTER AND FASTER? CULTIVATING MENTAL TOUGHNESS? DEVELOPING THE SKILLS TO QUICKLY ASSESS, CHOOSE, AND EXECUTE? AND MUCH, MUCH MOREHasard has used and taught these techniques across the full spectrum of human endeavors and proven their effectiveness in both the cockpit and the boardroom. Those who have already benefited include CEO?s, astronauts, CIA agents, students, parents, and many others. The Art of Clear Thinking is a book that will change how you interact with the world around you.
£17.00
McGraw-Hill Education Connect Access Card for Introduction to
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£154.39
McGraw-Hill Education Loose Leaf for Introduction to Management Science
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£168.26
McGraw-Hill Education Loose Leaf for Predictive Analytics for Business
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£174.60
McGraw-Hill Companies Loose Leaf for Modern Business Analytics
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£174.60
McGraw-Hill Companies Modern Business Analytics
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£192.65
John Wiley & Sons Inc Strategic Management
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAbout the Authors iii Preface v 1 What Is Business Strategy? 1 2 Analysis of the External Environment: Opportunities and Threats 19 3 Internal Analysis: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Competitive Advantage 45 4 Cost Advantage 62 5 Differentiation Advantage 81 6 Corporate Strategy 100 7 Vertical Integration and Outsourcing 121 8 Strategic Alliances 137 9 International Strategy 156 10 Innovative Strategies that Change the Nature of Competition 180 11 Competitive Strategy and Sustainability 196 12 Implementing Strategy 217 13 Corporate Governance and Ethics 236 14 Strategy and Society 253 Appendix A Data Sources for Analysis 269 Appendix B 20 Valuable Financial Ratios for Strategic Analysis 279 Glossary 283 Company Index 288 Name Index 291 Subject Index 292
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Harperenfoque El Fondo de la Piscina
Book SynopsisEl autor de éxito en ventas Andy Andrews nos ayuda a romper falsas fronteras y redescubrir el camino para lograr resultados extraordinarios en cada área de nuestras vidas.
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Quickstudy Reference Guides Accounting for Financial Decision Making
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EPFL Press Decision Making in Policing Operations and
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForewordPrefaceAcknowledgementsAbout the AuthorsAbout DCAFTable of ContentsIntroductionFundamentalsStructureThe systemic approachA coherent system of decision-makingThe role of information in the decision-making processThe role of information in proactive and reactive styles of policingTraps in the decision-making processSummary and key pointsThe Operational ChainIntroductionStructure of the sectionThe flow of information and intelligence cultureRole of informationInformation processingSustained analysisDisseminationThe information technology fallacyIntelligence cannot always make the boss .(decision-maker) happyEvidence-based practice and intelligenceSummary and key pointsThe rational modelThe military decision-making modelThe police decision-making modelOther decision-making modelsSome decision-making trapsToolsIntegration of information in the decision-making processSummary and key pointsWhat does tactic mean?A framework for police tacticsTactical considerationsCoherenceHow to increase flexibility in the use of resources?Issues in the choice and use of tacticsSummary and key pointsDefinitionsSystem of control and oversightUse of assessmentsSummaryStructuresStrategy and structuresGeneral structuresIntelligence unit structuresOperational structuresOperational structures and intelligenceSummary and key pointsPower and LeadershipWhat is power?Problems between holders of powerLeadershipSummary and key pointsCommand in OperationsCommandThe organization of commandBriefingsSummary and key pointsTrainingIntroductionWho: trainees and instructorsWhere: location of the training activityWhat: learning outcomesHow: general recommendations for training deliverySummary and key pointsConclusionsBibliographyBooks and books sectionsArticlesList of Tables and Figures
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Simple Truths, LLC Change is GoodYou Go First 21 Ways to Inspire
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Amazon Publishing Trust Within: Letting Intuition Lead
Book SynopsisWe’ve all experienced it: that moment when a sudden, undeniable feeling floods us with certainty. Without knowing precisely how, we acquire insight into a situation and understand which path to take. Intuition is one of the most powerful decision-making forces in our possession. Yet instead of tapping into it, we frequently ignore it. We weigh arguments, make lists of pros and cons, and listen to every voice except the one that truly matters: our own. In Trust Within, Molly Carroll explores the fascinating, multifaceted, and mysterious nature of intuition and the ways it can be harnessed to inspire better life decisions. Drawing on heartfelt stories from those who have learned from and lived by their intuition, Carroll encourages readers to access their own instincts through creative tools and techniques. As warm and engaging as it is practical, Trust Within is a must-read for all those who wish to embrace the innate power of their inner wisdom.
£12.82
Westbow Press Leading with Courage: Daily Reminders for the
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£16.10
Berrett-Koehler Publishers Conflict without Casualties: A Field Guide for
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£17.99
Berrett-Koehler Publishers Up Is Not the Only Way: Rethinking Career
Book SynopsisUp Was Never for Everyone! Move up or move out. When those two options appear to be the only ones, dissatisfaction grows and engagement suffers. In decades of studying careers around the globe, Beverly Kaye, Lindy Williams, and Lynn Cowart have found that, in fact, there are more options. And rethinking career mobility can lead you to them! The authors show how managers, coaches, and employees can partner to determine what’s best and what’s next. Keep the same job but discover new ways to learn and grow? Explore moving to a position that could be a better fit? Step back without getting derailed? This book encourages readers to take a “kaleidoscope” view—to be open to ever-shifting patterns of opportunities and possibilities—so they can create a unique, personalized path to a truly rewarding career.
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Hodder & Stoughton The Decisive Mind: How to Make the Right Choice
Book Synopsis*Available now: a new model for understanding and optimising your decision making skills by a leading behavioural economist*__________Have you ever set yourself a goal but struggled to achieve it? In a world overflowing with choices and distractions, indecision can be paralysing. It can lead to missed opportunities, stress, even damaged relationships. In The Decisive Mind, decision making expert Professor Sheheryar Banuri provides a new framework to choose the life you want, one decision at a time. Using real-world examples and his own ground-breaking research, Professor Banuri shows how even the smallest decisions have a profound impact on our lives. By understanding and streamlining your own process of decision-making, you will be able to make simple, effective, and efficient choices to help you edge closer to your aspirations and achieve your goals. From big, life-altering choices to the everyday decisions that shape your routine, The Decisive Mind puts you in control of your decision-making and sets you on the path to a more decisive you. Whether you seek to make bold career moves, enhance your relationships, or simply improve your overall well-being, this book will help you harness the immense potential of you. __________
£22.00
Basic Books How to Expect the Unexpected: The Science of
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£26.00
Basic Books Why We're Wrong about Nearly Everything: A Theory
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£22.40
Basic Books The Primacy of Doubt: From Quantum Physics to
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£22.50
Basic Books Life Finds a Way: What Evolution Teaches Us about
Book Synopsis How the principles of biological innovation can help us overcome creative challenges in art, business, and science In Life Finds a Way, biologist Andreas Wagner reveals the deep symmetry between innovation in biological evolution and human cultural creativity. Rarely is either a linear climb to perfection--instead, "progress" is typically marked by a sequence of peaks, plateaus, and pitfalls. For instance, in Picasso''s forty-some iterations of Guernica, we see the same combination of small steps, incessant reshuffling, and large, almost reckless, leaps that characterize the way evolution transformed a dinosaur''s grasping claw into a condor''s soaring wing. By understanding these principles, we can also better realize our own creative potential to find new solutions to adversity. Ultimately, Life Finds a Way offers a new framework for the nature of creativity, enabling us to better adapt, grow, and change in art, business, or science--that is, in life.
£24.00
PublicAffairs Awaken Your Genius: Escape Conformity, Ignite
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PublicAffairs The Crux: How Leaders Become Strategists
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£27.00
PublicAffairs Messengers: Who We Listen To, Who We Don't, and
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£24.00
PublicAffairs Stop Being Reasonable: How We Really Change Our
Book Synopsis A thought-provoking exploration of how people really change their minds, and how persuasion is possible.In Stop Being Reasonable, Eleanor Gordon-Smith weaves a narrative that illustrates the limits of human reason. Here, she tells the stories of people who have radically altered their beliefs--from the woman who had to reckon with her husband''s terrible secret to the man who finally left the cult he had been raised in since birth. Gordon-Smith shows how we can change the course of our own lives, and asks: what made someone change course? How should their reversals affect how we think about our own beliefs? And in an increasingly divided world, what do they teach us about how we might change the minds of others? Inspiring, perceptive, and moving, Stop Being Reasonable explores why resistance to evidence is often rooted in self-preservation and fear, why we feel shame in admitting we are wrong, and why who we believe is often more important than what we believe. This fascinating book will completely change the way you look at the power of persuasion.
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PublicAffairs Alien Thinking: The Unconventional Path to
Book SynopsisHow do people come up with truly original ideas? The answer is to think outside the box—way outside. For the past decade, Cyril Bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux, and Michael Wade, professors of innovation and strategy at IMD Business School, have studied inventors, scientists, doctors, entrepreneurs, and artists. These people, or “aliens,” as the authors call them, are able to make leaps of creativity, and use five patterns of thinking that distinguish them from the rest of us. These five patterns—Attention, Levitation, Imagination, Experimentation, and Navigation—lead to a fresh and flexible approach to problem-solving. Alien thinkers know how to free the imagination so it can detect hard-to-observe patterns. They practice deliberate ways to retreat from the world in order to see the big picture underlying a problem. And they approach ideas in systematic ways that reflect the constraints of reality. Through surprising and compelling stories, the authors show how readers can use this method to develop out-of-this-world ideas. ALIEN Thinking can help any of us find innovative solutions to the most difficult problems.
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PublicAffairs Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies
Book Synopsis* Adam Grant's # 1 pick of his top 20 books of the year* One of 6 Groundbreaking Books of Spring 2020 (according to Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Dan Pink, and Adam Grant) This is not just an engrossing read--it's bursting with practical insights. Ozan Varol's dazzling debut might change how you approach problems. Houston, this book has solutions.'―Adam Grant Rocket science is often celebrated as the ultimate triumph of technology. But it's not. Rather, it's the apex of a certain thought process -- a way to imagine the unimaginable and solve the unsolvable. It's the same thought process that enabled Neil Armstrong to take his giant leap for mankind, that allows spacecraft to travel millions of miles through outer space and land on a precise spot, and that brings us closer to colonizing other planets. Fortunately, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to think like one. In this accessible and practical book, Ozan Varol reveals nine simple strategies from rocket science that you can use to make your own giant leaps in work and life -- whether it's landing your dream job, accelerating your business, learning a new skill, or creating the next breakthrough product. Today, thinking like a rocket scientist is a necessity. We all encounter complex and unfamiliar problems in our lives. Those who can tackle these problems -- without clear guidelines and with the clock ticking -- enjoy an extraordinary advantage. Think Like a Rocket Scientist will inspire you to take your own moonshot and enable you to achieve liftoff.
£23.75
Management Concepts, Inc The Project Manager's Guide to Making Successful Decisions
Book SynopsisThe Project Manager's Guide to Making Decisions reveals the importance of good decision-making to project success, providing the opportunity to develop skills that are often neglected in traditional project management training. Authors Robert A. Powell and Dennis M. Buede highlight the hundreds of decisions involved in managing complex, large-scale projects and in supporting the project management life cycle. They present an overview of decision analysis as it relates to project management, while also providing a variety of techniques to facilitate the decision-making process. A refreshing approach to project management and a much needed addition to literature available on the subject, this book shows how to handle efficiently and productively the decisions required for really successful project management.
£26.99
Management Concepts, Inc The Government Manager's Guide to Source Selection: GMEL series
Book SynopsisTo be effective, every government manager must have a working knowledge of the source selection process. Even the most carefully crafted contract cannot repair the adverse mission impact of making a poor source selection decision. This accessible guide provides the framework you need. Its practical approach and concise presentation make it to the go-to resource on source selection for busy government managers.
£31.50
Berrett-Koehler THE KNOWLEDGE ENGINE
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£22.10
Penguin Putnam Inc Problem Solving 101: A Simple Book for Smart
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£21.60
