Planning & Forecasting in Management & Leadership & Business & Finance eBooks

Thinking in Bets

Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts

by Annie Duke ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Poker champion turned business consultant Annie Duke teaches you how to get comfortable with uncertainty and make better decisions as a result in “the ultimate guide to thinking about risk” (Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit).“A big favorite among investors these days.”—The New York Times“Outstanding.”—Jason Zweig, The Wall Street JournalIn Super Bowl XLIX,... ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Poker champion turned business consultant Annie Duke teaches you how to get comfortable with uncertainty and make better decisions as a result in “the ultimate guide to thinking about risk” (Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit).“A big favorite among investors these days.”—The New York Times“Outstanding.”—Jason Zweig, The Wall Street JournalIn Super Bowl XLIX,...
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Scale

The Universal Laws of Life, Growth, and Death in Organisms, Cities, and Companies

by Geoffrey West ...

**"This is science writing as wonder and as inspiration." —The Wall Street JournalWall Street JournalFrom one of the most influential scientists of our time, a dazzling exploration of the hidden laws that govern the life cycle of everything from plants and animals to the cities we live in.**Visionary physicist Geoffrey West is a pioneer in the field of complexity science, the science of emergent ... Read more

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**"This is science writing as wonder and as inspiration." —The Wall Street JournalWall Street JournalFrom one of the most influential scientists of our time, a dazzling exploration of the hidden laws that govern the life cycle of everything from plants and animals to the cities we live in.**Visionary physicist Geoffrey West is a pioneer in the field of complexity science, the science of emergent
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Prediction Machines, Updated and Expanded

The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence

by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, Avi Goldfarb ...

Named one of "The five best books to understand AI" by The EconomistThe impact AI will have is profound, but the economic framework for understanding it is surprisingly simple.Artificial intelligence seems to do the impossible, magically bringing machines to life—driving cars, trading stocks, and teaching children. But facing the sea change that AI brings can be paralyzing. How should companies ... Read more

$36.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Named one of "The five best books to understand AI" by The EconomistThe impact AI will have is profound, but the economic framework for understanding it is surprisingly simple.Artificial intelligence seems to do the impossible, magically bringing machines to life—driving cars, trading stocks, and teaching children. But facing the sea change that AI brings can be paralyzing. How should companies
... Read more
The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life

A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life

by Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff ...

“I am hard pressed to think of another book that can match the combination of practical insights and reading enjoyment.”—Steven LevittGame theory means rigorous strategic thinking. It’s the art of anticipating your opponent’s next moves, knowing full well that your rival is trying to do the same thing to you. Though parts of game theory involve simple common sense, much is counterintuitive, and it ... Read more

$19.79 CAD

“I am hard pressed to think of another book that can match the combination of practical insights and reading enjoyment.”—Steven LevittGame theory means rigorous strategic thinking. It’s the art of anticipating your opponent’s next moves, knowing full well that your rival is trying to do the same thing to you. Though parts of game theory involve simple common sense, much is counterintuitive, and it
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Entrepreneurship

The Practice and Mindset

by Heidi M. Neck, Christopher P. Neck, Emma L. Murray ...

Recipient of a 2021 Textbook Excellence Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA)Entrepreneurship: The Practice and Mindset emphasizes practice and learning through action, helping students adopt an entrepreneurial mindset so they can create opportunities and take action in uncertain environments. Based on the world-renowned Babson Entrepreneurship program, the updated Third ... Read more

$145.59 CAD

Recipient of a 2021 Textbook Excellence Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA)Entrepreneurship: The Practice and Mindset emphasizes practice and learning through action, helping students adopt an entrepreneurial mindset so they can create opportunities and take action in uncertain environments. Based on the world-renowned Babson Entrepreneurship program, the updated Third
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Strategy and Sustainability

A Hardnosed and Clear-Eyed Approach to Environmental Sustainability For Business

by Mike Rosenberg ...

Series series Business and Management (R0)
Business and environmental sustainability are not natural bedfellows. Business is about making money; sustainability is about protecting the planet. Business is measured in months and quarters; sustainability often requires significant short term costs to secure a sometimes uncertain long-term benefit. To some activists, all executives are exploitative, selfish “1 percenters”. To some executives, ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

Business and environmental sustainability are not natural bedfellows. Business is about making money; sustainability is about protecting the planet. Business is measured in months and quarters; sustainability often requires significant short term costs to secure a sometimes uncertain long-term benefit. To some activists, all executives are exploitative, selfish “1 percenters”. To some executives,
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La théorie des contraintes

Identifier et éliminer les obstacles pour une efficacité maximale

by Peter Lanore ...

Identifiez et surmontez les obstacles qui limitent votre performance avec la théorie des contraintes. Ce livre vous enseignera comment analyser et optimiser vos processus afin d'améliorer votre efficacité et d'atteindre des résultats exceptionnels. Découvrez comment transformer les contraintes en opportunités de croissance. ... Read more

$14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Identifiez et surmontez les obstacles qui limitent votre performance avec la théorie des contraintes. Ce livre vous enseignera comment analyser et optimiser vos processus afin d'améliorer votre efficacité et d'atteindre des résultats exceptionnels. Découvrez comment transformer les contraintes en opportunités de croissance.
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Play Bigger

How Pirates, Dreamers, and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets

by Al Ramadan, Dave Peterson, Christopher Lochhead, Kevin Maney ...

The founders of a respected Silicon Valley advisory firm study legendary category-creating companies and reveal a groundbreaking discipline called category design.Winning today isn’t about beating the competition at the old game. It’s about inventing a whole new game—defining a new market category, developing it, and dominating it over time. You can’t build a legendary company without building a ... Read more

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The founders of a respected Silicon Valley advisory firm study legendary category-creating companies and reveal a groundbreaking discipline called category design.Winning today isn’t about beating the competition at the old game. It’s about inventing a whole new game—defining a new market category, developing it, and dominating it over time. You can’t build a legendary company without building a
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All You Need to Know About the Music Business

Eleventh Edition

by Donald S. Passman ...

Dubbed “the industry bible” by the Los Angeles Times, All You Need to Know About the Music Business by veteran music lawyer Donald Passman is the go-to guide for everyone in the music business through ten editions, over thirty years, and over a half a million copies sold. Now with updates explaining why musicians have more power today than ever in history; discussion of the mega-million-dollar ... Read more

$37.99 CAD

Dubbed “the industry bible” by the Los Angeles Times, All You Need to Know About the Music Business by veteran music lawyer Donald Passman is the go-to guide for everyone in the music business through ten editions, over thirty years, and over a half a million copies sold. Now with updates explaining why musicians have more power today than ever in history; discussion of the mega-million-dollar
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Pivot to the Future

Discovering Value and Creating Growth in a Disrupted World

by Omar Abbosh, Paul Nunes, Larry Downes ...

The proven, effective strategy for reinventing your business in the age of ever-present disruptionDisruption by digital technologies? That's not a new story. But what is new is the "wise pivot," a replicable strategy for harnessing disruption to survive, grow, and be relevant to the future. It's a strategy for perpetual reinvention across the old, now, and new elements of any business.Rapid recent ... Read more

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The proven, effective strategy for reinventing your business in the age of ever-present disruptionDisruption by digital technologies? That's not a new story. But what is new is the "wise pivot," a replicable strategy for harnessing disruption to survive, grow, and be relevant to the future. It's a strategy for perpetual reinvention across the old, now, and new elements of any business.Rapid recent
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Think Like Amazon: 50 1/2 Ideas to Become a Digital Leader

by John Rossman ...

“Reading this book is like having Jeff Bezos advise me.”—Eric Martinez, Founder and CEO of ModjoulThe former Amazon executive who launched and scaled Amazon Marketplace delivers the ultimate playbook on how to “think like Amazon” and succeed in the digital age.“What would Jeff do?” Since leaving Amazon to advise start-ups and corporations, John Rossman has been asked this question countless times ... Read more

$35.19 CAD

“Reading this book is like having Jeff Bezos advise me.”—Eric Martinez, Founder and CEO of ModjoulThe former Amazon executive who launched and scaled Amazon Marketplace delivers the ultimate playbook on how to “think like Amazon” and succeed in the digital age.“What would Jeff do?” Since leaving Amazon to advise start-ups and corporations, John Rossman has been asked this question countless times
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Think Risk

A Practical Guide to Actively Managing Risk

by Shital Thekdi, Terje Aven ...

Risk is the single most prevalent and enduring factor that influences every individual, organization, and society. People often seek protection from negative risk events, but also seek to take advantage of opportunities arising from positive risk events. We may feel overwhelmed by messages encountered in daily interactions with media and society, contributing to a sense of ambiguity over how to ... Read more

$90.68 CAD

Risk is the single most prevalent and enduring factor that influences every individual, organization, and society. People often seek protection from negative risk events, but also seek to take advantage of opportunities arising from positive risk events. We may feel overwhelmed by messages encountered in daily interactions with media and society, contributing to a sense of ambiguity over how to
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Balanced Scorecard Success: The Kaplan-Norton Collection (4 Books)

by Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton ...

This collection highlights the most important ideas and concepts from Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton, authors of The Balanced Scorecard, a revolutionary performance measurement system that allows organizations to quantify intangible assets such as people, information, and customer relationships. Also included are Strategy Maps, which enables companies to describe the links between intangible ... Read more

$168.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This collection highlights the most important ideas and concepts from Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton, authors of The Balanced Scorecard, a revolutionary performance measurement system that allows organizations to quantify intangible assets such as people, information, and customer relationships. Also included are Strategy Maps, which enables companies to describe the links between intangible
... Read more
The Breakthrough Company

How Everyday Companies Become Extraordinary Performers

by Keith R. McFarland ...

The vast majority of small businesses stay small—and not by choice. Only the most savvy and persistent—a tiny one tenth of one percent—break through to annual sales above $250 million. In The Breakthrough Company, Keith McFarland pinpoints how everyday companies become extraordinary, showing that luck is a negligible factor. Rather, breakthrough success turns out to be associated with a clearly ... Read more

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The vast majority of small businesses stay small—and not by choice. Only the most savvy and persistent—a tiny one tenth of one percent—break through to annual sales above $250 million. In The Breakthrough Company, Keith McFarland pinpoints how everyday companies become extraordinary, showing that luck is a negligible factor. Rather, breakthrough success turns out to be associated with a clearly
... Read more
The Capital One Story

How the Upstart Financial Institution Charged Toward Market Leadership

by Mary Curran Hackett ...

Series series The Business Storybook Series
What can you learn from the most successful companies in the world? The Capital One Story will help you understand and adopt the competitive strategies, workplace culture, and daily business practices that enabled an unlikely credit card startup to revolutionize the credit industry.After twenty-five years in the credit card business, Capital One has earned its place in wallets across the world. ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

What can you learn from the most successful companies in the world? The Capital One Story will help you understand and adopt the competitive strategies, workplace culture, and daily business practices that enabled an unlikely credit card startup to revolutionize the credit industry.After twenty-five years in the credit card business, Capital One has earned its place in wallets across the world.
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The Crux

How Leaders Become Strategists

by Richard P. Rumelt ...

Financial Times, Best Business BooksForbes, Best Business BooksThe Next Big Idea Club, Best Leadership BooksThe Globe & Mail, Best Management Books“A bracingly direct guide about the pitfalls of strategy, based around a climbing metaphor" (Financial Times)What passes for strategy in too many businesses, government agencies, and military operations is a toxic mix of wishful thinking and incoherent ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

Financial Times, Best Business BooksForbes, Best Business BooksThe Next Big Idea Club, Best Leadership BooksThe Globe & Mail, Best Management Books“A bracingly direct guide about the pitfalls of strategy, based around a climbing metaphor" (Financial Times)What passes for strategy in too many businesses, government agencies, and military operations is a toxic mix of wishful thinking and incoherent
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Your Invisible Network

How to Create, Maintain, and Leverage the Relationships That Will Transform Your Career

by Michael Urtuzuástegui Melcher ...

Create, maintain, and leverage professional relationships—in only 20 minutes a day.Meaningful relationships are a must-have to sustain and further your career. A network built on reciprocity, depth, and trust isn’t merely helpful to your career growth; it is absolutely necessary. Your skills, work ethic, education, lived experience, passions—all these will only achieve their full potential when ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

Create, maintain, and leverage professional relationships—in only 20 minutes a day.Meaningful relationships are a must-have to sustain and further your career. A network built on reciprocity, depth, and trust isn’t merely helpful to your career growth; it is absolutely necessary. Your skills, work ethic, education, lived experience, passions—all these will only achieve their full potential when
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Business As Usual NOT Business By Design

by Angele Miller ...

"Business by Design, Not Business as Usual" challenges leaders, entrepreneurs, and business owners to stop operating by default and start building with intention.In a world where change is constant, yesterday's approaches are no longer enough. Sustainable success requires more than working harder or following familiar formulas. It requires stepping back, questioning assumptions, and consciously ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

"Business by Design, Not Business as Usual" challenges leaders, entrepreneurs, and business owners to stop operating by default and start building with intention.In a world where change is constant, yesterday's approaches are no longer enough. Sustainable success requires more than working harder or following familiar formulas. It requires stepping back, questioning assumptions, and consciously
... Read more
The Neuroscience of Leadership Coaching

Why the Tools and Techniques of Leadership Coaching Work

by Patricia Bossons, Patricia Riddell, Denis Sartain ...

Gender diversity and cross-cultural, cross-generational working in organisations has led to new challenges for leadership, which many companies are solving through executive coaching.This unique leadership coaching book is written by practitioners for practitioners and managers wanting to get the best from individuals in leadership roles. It brings together the authors' experience as psychologists ... Read more

$53.29 CAD

Gender diversity and cross-cultural, cross-generational working in organisations has led to new challenges for leadership, which many companies are solving through executive coaching.This unique leadership coaching book is written by practitioners for practitioners and managers wanting to get the best from individuals in leadership roles. It brings together the authors' experience as psychologists
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Mastering Resource Management Using Microsoft Project and Project Server 2010

by Collin Quiring, Tanya Foster ...

In the new economy, organizations in a myriad of sizes and industries are now more than ever seeking a better understanding of how to best utilize and manage the scarce resources devoted to their project portfolios. Microsoft® Project and Project Server are the most widely used and one of the top-rated enterprise project management software packages in the marketplace today and understanding how ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

In the new economy, organizations in a myriad of sizes and industries are now more than ever seeking a better understanding of how to best utilize and manage the scarce resources devoted to their project portfolios. Microsoft® Project and Project Server are the most widely used and one of the top-rated enterprise project management software packages in the marketplace today and understanding how
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Genius at Scale

How Great Leaders Drive Innovation

by Linda A. Hill, Emily Tedards, Jason Wild ...

Innovation doesn't just happen. You need to lead it. Discover the three critical roles leaders must play in driving—and scaling—innovation.Constant tech disruption. Unrelenting economic volatility. Radically shifting demographics and work norms. More than ever, we need to innovate amid these daunting global challenges. But do we have the leadership it takes to make this innovation happen ... Read more

$33.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Innovation doesn't just happen. You need to lead it. Discover the three critical roles leaders must play in driving—and scaling—innovation.Constant tech disruption. Unrelenting economic volatility. Radically shifting demographics and work norms. More than ever, we need to innovate amid these daunting global challenges. But do we have the leadership it takes to make this innovation happen
... Read more
Growth IQ

Get Smarter About the Choices that Will Make or Break Your Business

by Tiffani Bova ...

**A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERDo you know the best way to drive your company's growth? If not, it's time to boost your Growth IQ.**Trying to find the one right move that will improve your business's performance can feel overwhelming. But, as you'll discover in Growth IQ, there are just ten simple--but easily misunderstood--paths to growth, and every successful growth strategy can be boiled ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

**A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERDo you know the best way to drive your company's growth? If not, it's time to boost your Growth IQ.**Trying to find the one right move that will improve your business's performance can feel overwhelming. But, as you'll discover in Growth IQ, there are just ten simple--but easily misunderstood--paths to growth, and every successful growth strategy can be boiled
... Read more
The 100-Year Life

Living and Working in an Age of Longevity

by Lynda Gratton, Andrew J. Scott ...

What will your 100-year life look like?A new edition of the international bestseller, featuring a new preface**'**Brilliant, timely, original, well written and utterly terrifying' Niall FergusonDoes the thought of working for 60 or 70 years fill you with dread? Or can you see the potential for a more stimulating future as a result of having so much extra time?Many of us have been raised on the ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

What will your 100-year life look like?A new edition of the international bestseller, featuring a new preface**'**Brilliant, timely, original, well written and utterly terrifying' Niall FergusonDoes the thought of working for 60 or 70 years fill you with dread? Or can you see the potential for a more stimulating future as a result of having so much extra time?Many of us have been raised on the
... Read more
Fearless Leadership

Overcoming Reticence, Procrastination, and the Voices of Doubt Inside Your Head

by Alan Weiss ...

The intent of this book -- the author's goal for you — is to understand the baseless underpinnings of almost all our fears. You read that correctly -- almost all our fears -- and therefore to discard them. The author has expertly coached leaders and managers in the discovery of, examination of, elimination of, and sustained freedom from fears.We all know people who are charming and articulate, but ... Read more

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The intent of this book -- the author's goal for you — is to understand the baseless underpinnings of almost all our fears. You read that correctly -- almost all our fears -- and therefore to discard them. The author has expertly coached leaders and managers in the discovery of, examination of, elimination of, and sustained freedom from fears.We all know people who are charming and articulate, but
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