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

Exit Path: How to Win the Startup End Game

by Touraj Parang ...

An exit strategy, if implemented early, is the surprising secret to ultimate startup success. Find out why—and how to develop one—in this comprehensive, practical guide from veteran Silicon Valley dealmaker Touraj Parang.In 2008, Touraj Parang's award-winning startup, Jaxtr, had 10 million users, raised nearly $20 million from top-tier Silicon Valley investors, and seemed poised to sail straight ... Read more

$23.99 USD

An exit strategy, if implemented early, is the surprising secret to ultimate startup success. Find out why—and how to develop one—in this comprehensive, practical guide from veteran Silicon Valley dealmaker Touraj Parang.In 2008, Touraj Parang's award-winning startup, Jaxtr, had 10 million users, raised nearly $20 million from top-tier Silicon Valley investors, and seemed poised to sail straight
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The Neo-Generalist

Where you go is who you are

by Richard Martin, Kenneth Mikkelsen ...

We live in a world of hyper specialism, losing context and our connection to the surrounding region breaks down. The expertise we valued so highly has served to narrow and shorten our vision. It has blinded us to potential and opportunity.This book argues that there is the need and place for both specialist and the generalist. Currently, it feels the balance is tipped too far towards specialism, ... Read more

$9.38 USD

We live in a world of hyper specialism, losing context and our connection to the surrounding region breaks down. The expertise we valued so highly has served to narrow and shorten our vision. It has blinded us to potential and opportunity.This book argues that there is the need and place for both specialist and the generalist. Currently, it feels the balance is tipped too far towards specialism,
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Life Finds a Way

What Evolution Teaches Us About Creativity

by Andreas Wagner ...

How the principles of biological innovation can help us overcome creative challenges in art, business, and scienceIn 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 ... Read more

$18.99 USD

How the principles of biological innovation can help us overcome creative challenges in art, business, and scienceIn 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
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How Do You Fight a Horse-Sized Duck?

Secrets to Succeeding at Interview Mind Games and Getting the Job You Want

by William Poundstone ...

Learn how to succeed at interview mind games and win job offers at A‑list companies, with more than eighty difficult and devious questions, puzzles, and brain teasersEach year about 28 million Americans begin a search for a new job. Many more live in the age of the permanent job search, their online profiles eternally awaiting a better offer. Job seekers are more mobile and better informed than ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Learn how to succeed at interview mind games and win job offers at A‑list companies, with more than eighty difficult and devious questions, puzzles, and brain teasersEach year about 28 million Americans begin a search for a new job. Many more live in the age of the permanent job search, their online profiles eternally awaiting a better offer. Job seekers are more mobile and better informed than
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Adapt

Your First Step Towards Success That Lasts

by Raghavan Venugopal ...

NAVIGATING LEADERSHIP IN A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY COMES WITH TWISTS, TURNS, AND SURPRISES. THE BEST WAY TO KEEP PUSHING FORWARD IS TO ADAPT.The year is 2011, and Ram is hungry. He wants to be a leader and bring InfraT to the next level. The world is changing rapidly: smartphones are everywhere, personal computers are in every home, and flash is changing the game. But before Ram can set out to achieve ... Read more

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NAVIGATING LEADERSHIP IN A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY COMES WITH TWISTS, TURNS, AND SURPRISES. THE BEST WAY TO KEEP PUSHING FORWARD IS TO ADAPT.The year is 2011, and Ram is hungry. He wants to be a leader and bring InfraT to the next level. The world is changing rapidly: smartphones are everywhere, personal computers are in every home, and flash is changing the game. But before Ram can set out to achieve
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autoliderazgo y el líder al minuto

Aumente su efectividad con un autolidera

by Ken Blanchard ...

En este nuevo libro Ken Blanchard revela clara y profundamente cómo el poder, la libertad y la autonomía son el resultado de tener la actitud correcta y las destrezas necesarias para responsabilizarse del éxito personal.El clásico best seller de Ken Blanchard El mánager al minuto, explora las habilidades necesarias para convertirse en un líder personal eficiente. Ahora, en este nuevo libro revela ... Read more

$13.99 USD

En este nuevo libro Ken Blanchard revela clara y profundamente cómo el poder, la libertad y la autonomía son el resultado de tener la actitud correcta y las destrezas necesarias para responsabilizarse del éxito personal.El clásico best seller de Ken Blanchard El mánager al minuto, explora las habilidades necesarias para convertirse en un líder personal eficiente. Ahora, en este nuevo libro revela
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Mindfulness and Money

The Buddhist Path of Abundance

by Dominic J. Houlder, Kulananda Houlder ...

From two leading instructors in business and Buddhism comes a fresh approach to making peace with your finances and creating true abundance.It may seem contradictory that Buddhist teachers Kulananda and Dominic Houlder have also been highly successful in the business arena, but they have learned that Buddhist teachings do not require a life of poverty, and can indeed go hand-in-hand with wealth ... Read more

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From two leading instructors in business and Buddhism comes a fresh approach to making peace with your finances and creating true abundance.It may seem contradictory that Buddhist teachers Kulananda and Dominic Houlder have also been highly successful in the business arena, but they have learned that Buddhist teachings do not require a life of poverty, and can indeed go hand-in-hand with wealth
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Become the Best Version of Yourself

How to Transform Your Life and Claim Your Personal Power

by Glenn Stevens Jr ...

This ebook is designed to help you with the strategies and the practical steps you need in order to break those bad habits & change your life for the better. This book talks about knowing who you really are, learning your triggers for your undesirable behavior, building up your confidence & self-esteem. Inside this ebook there will be some questions that will require 100% honesty in order for you ... Read more

$2.99 USD

This ebook is designed to help you with the strategies and the practical steps you need in order to break those bad habits & change your life for the better. This book talks about knowing who you really are, learning your triggers for your undesirable behavior, building up your confidence & self-esteem. Inside this ebook there will be some questions that will require 100% honesty in order for you
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The Next Perfect Trade: A Magic Sword of Necessity

by Alex Gurevich ...

'The Next Perfect Trade' articulates a set of principles that can be applied in discovering superior trades; those that will be profitable in the broadest range of economic scenarios. The book shifts focus from forces that drive markets to forces that drive successful trades. The robust performance of this approach has inspired the subtitle 'A Magic Sword of Necessity'.If you think of investing as ... Read more

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'The Next Perfect Trade' articulates a set of principles that can be applied in discovering superior trades; those that will be profitable in the broadest range of economic scenarios. The book shifts focus from forces that drive markets to forces that drive successful trades. The robust performance of this approach has inspired the subtitle 'A Magic Sword of Necessity'.If you think of investing as
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Practical Ethics In Public Administration

by Dean Gueras, Charles Garofalo ...

Make the Right Choice - Enhance Your Ethical Decision Making Skills Today!Ethical issues arise in all walks of life, but none have implications as far-reaching and serious as those related to public management. Most people working in the public sector want to do the "right" thing, but the issues can be highly complex or just not lend themselves to easy answers. Practical Ethics in Public ... Read more

$41.99 USD

Make the Right Choice - Enhance Your Ethical Decision Making Skills Today!Ethical issues arise in all walks of life, but none have implications as far-reaching and serious as those related to public management. Most people working in the public sector want to do the "right" thing, but the issues can be highly complex or just not lend themselves to easy answers. Practical Ethics in Public
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Leadership Crisis Management

Understanding the 3-Stages of Crisis Management

by Mark Villareal ...

Leadership is the most important aspect of an organizations success. Leaders lead their teams daily. They communicate the vision, over and over, and point to milestone achievements as well as small wins. They establish the culture, and build a team that supports and protects every aspect of that culture.This is expected from leadership during good times, when things are being executed and success ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Leadership is the most important aspect of an organizations success. Leaders lead their teams daily. They communicate the vision, over and over, and point to milestone achievements as well as small wins. They establish the culture, and build a team that supports and protects every aspect of that culture.This is expected from leadership during good times, when things are being executed and success
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Think Talk Create

Building Workplaces Fit For Humans

by David Brendel, Ryan Stelzer ...

A brilliant counter-narrative for restoring humanity to the bottom-line, numbers-obsessed culture of the modern, 21st century workplace.In a time of unusual stress, with a pandemic raging and economic insecurity and dislocation increasing, we need to rediscover the values that make us human, that give us a sense of meaning in order to increase our potential for productivity and success. What ... Read more

$16.99 USD

A brilliant counter-narrative for restoring humanity to the bottom-line, numbers-obsessed culture of the modern, 21st century workplace.In a time of unusual stress, with a pandemic raging and economic insecurity and dislocation increasing, we need to rediscover the values that make us human, that give us a sense of meaning in order to increase our potential for productivity and success. What
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The Medici Effect, With a New Preface and Discussion Guide

What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation

by Frans Johansson ...

Why do so many world-changing insights come from people with little or no related experience? Charles Darwin was a geologist when he proposed the theory of evolution. And it was an astronomer who finally explained what happened to the dinosaurs.Frans Johansson's The Medici Effect shows how breakthrough ideas most often occur when we bring concepts from one field into a new, unfamiliar territory ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Why do so many world-changing insights come from people with little or no related experience? Charles Darwin was a geologist when he proposed the theory of evolution. And it was an astronomer who finally explained what happened to the dinosaurs.Frans Johansson's The Medici Effect shows how breakthrough ideas most often occur when we bring concepts from one field into a new, unfamiliar territory
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領導者的試煉：600位執行長的智慧與教訓，最務實也最殘酷的七堂管理課

The CEO Test: Master the Challenges That Make or Break All Leaders

by 亞當．布萊安特, Adam Bryant;凱文．沙爾, Kevin Sharer ...

Translated by 聞翊均 ...

★亞馬遜商管書暢銷榜Top 1★★《金融時報》每月選書★★《從A到A+》作者詹姆．柯林斯盛讚★紐約時報總裁、美國運通執行長、蘋果與優步的董事……各大跨國企業領導人齊聲推薦！卓越領導人必經的七大考驗，帶領團隊攀向頂峰、打造永續組織！七堂最有價值的領導課，透過600位執行長的親身經歷，看見自身盲點、學會最實際的管理策略。隨著所有產業的顛覆速度加快，領導也變得越來越困難。重責大任、無窮的批評與壓力、行程滿檔……儘管領導者享有高薪與福利、權力無人能及，但背負的義務及壓力也非一般人所能想像。凱文曾任安進藥品執行長達20年，帶領公司將年營收從10億提升至160億美元；亞當則是擁有30年經驗的資深記者，曾與全球600多位執行長進行深度訪談。本書就是兩位作者在過程中累積而成的心血結晶。▌第一項試煉：將複雜事物簡單化迅速掌握... ... Read more

$8.99 USD

★亞馬遜商管書暢銷榜Top 1★★《金融時報》每月選書★★《從A到A+》作者詹姆．柯林斯盛讚★紐約時報總裁、美國運通執行長、蘋果與優步的董事……各大跨國企業領導人齊聲推薦！卓越領導人必經的七大考驗，帶領團隊攀向頂峰、打造永續組織！七堂最有價值的領導課，透過600位執行長的親身經歷，看見自身盲點、學會最實際的管理策略。隨著所有產業的顛覆速度加快，領導也變得越來越困難。重責大任、無窮的批評與壓力、行程滿檔……儘管領導者享有高薪與福利、權力無人能及，但背負的義務及壓力也非一般人所能想像。凱文曾任安進藥品執行長達20年，帶領公司將年營收從10億提升至160億美元；亞當則是擁有30年經驗的資深記者，曾與全球600多位執行長進行深度訪談。本書就是兩位作者在過程中累積而成的心血結晶。▌第一項試煉：將複雜事物簡單化迅速掌握...
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Design Thinking (with featured article "Design Thinking" By Tim Brown)

by Harvard Business Review, Tim Brown, Clayton M. Christensen, Indra Nooyi, Vijay Govindarajan ...

Series series HBR's 10 Must Reads
Use design thinking for competitive advantage.If you read nothing else on design thinking, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you use design thinking to produce breakthrough innovations and transform your organization.This book will inspire you to:Identify customers' "jobs to be done" and build ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Use design thinking for competitive advantage.If you read nothing else on design thinking, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you use design thinking to produce breakthrough innovations and transform your organization.This book will inspire you to:Identify customers' "jobs to be done" and build
... Read more
The Price of Fish

A New Approach to Wicked Economics and Better Decisions

by Michael Mainelli, Ian Harris ...

Gold Medal Winner - Economics, Independent Publisher Book AwardsIn The Price of Fish, Michael Mainelli and Ian Harris examine in a unique way the world's most abiding and wicked problems sustainability, global warming, over-fishing, overpopulation, the pensions crisis; all of which are characterized by a set of messy, circular, aggressive and peculiarly long-term problems and go on to suggest that ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Gold Medal Winner - Economics, Independent Publisher Book AwardsIn The Price of Fish, Michael Mainelli and Ian Harris examine in a unique way the world's most abiding and wicked problems sustainability, global warming, over-fishing, overpopulation, the pensions crisis; all of which are characterized by a set of messy, circular, aggressive and peculiarly long-term problems and go on to suggest that
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Essentials of Game Theory

A Concise Multidisciplinary Introduction

by Kevin Leyton-Brown, Yoav Shoham ...

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

$32.99 USD

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

The Better Approach to Breakthrough Ideas

by Kevin P. Coyne, Shawn T. Coyne ...

“[The Coynes’] logical thinking exercises will help readers to maximize their ideation skills, both by systematically exploring every possible nook and cranny of an issue to find new ideas, and by systematically evaluating and honing the results.” —Publishers WeeklyFrom business strategists (and brothers) Shawn and Kevin Coyne comes a breakthrough problem-solving framework for developing better ... Read more

$10.99 USD

“[The Coynes’] logical thinking exercises will help readers to maximize their ideation skills, both by systematically exploring every possible nook and cranny of an issue to find new ideas, and by systematically evaluating and honing the results.” —Publishers WeeklyFrom business strategists (and brothers) Shawn and Kevin Coyne comes a breakthrough problem-solving framework for developing better
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Corporate Ethics for Turbulent Markets

Executive Response to Market Challenges

by Oswald A. J. Mascarenhas, SJ ...

Series series Corporate Ethics for Turbulent Markets
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online.Corporate executives immersed in the turbulent markets of today face a world not of clear cut moral dilemmas such as right or wrong, or good or evil, but instead must confront large corporate grey areas of lesser good, lesser evil, less true, less unfair, and less unjust. ... Read more

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The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online.Corporate executives immersed in the turbulent markets of today face a world not of clear cut moral dilemmas such as right or wrong, or good or evil, but instead must confront large corporate grey areas of lesser good, lesser evil, less true, less unfair, and less unjust.
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The Metaknowledge Advantage

The Key to Success in the New Economy

by Rafael Aguayo ...

In the tradition of the bestselling Intellectual Capital, internationally recognized management and quality expert Rafael Aguayo shows how integrated mastery of many areas of knowledge --MetaKnowledge -- can give corporate managers an edge, no matter what the future has in store.In today's world, the basis of economic power and wealth is rapidly shifting from physical resources to intellectual ... Read more

$15.99 USD

In the tradition of the bestselling Intellectual Capital, internationally recognized management and quality expert Rafael Aguayo shows how integrated mastery of many areas of knowledge --MetaKnowledge -- can give corporate managers an edge, no matter what the future has in store.In today's world, the basis of economic power and wealth is rapidly shifting from physical resources to intellectual
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Leadership U

Accelerating Through the Crisis Curve

by Gary Burnison ...

Accelerating Through the Crisis CurveLeadership is all about others—inspiring them to believe, then enabling that belief to become reality. That’s the essence of Leadership U: it starts with ‘U’ but it’s not about ‘U.’Those timeless words are timelier than ever today, as leaders look to accelerate through the crisis curve. As author Gary Burnison observes, “There will likely be more change in the ... Read more

$14.00 USD

Accelerating Through the Crisis CurveLeadership is all about others—inspiring them to believe, then enabling that belief to become reality. That’s the essence of Leadership U: it starts with ‘U’ but it’s not about ‘U.’Those timeless words are timelier than ever today, as leaders look to accelerate through the crisis curve. As author Gary Burnison observes, “There will likely be more change in the
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Qlik according to HIC

by Henric I Cronström ...

Analyze data using Qlik analyticsThis book is for anyone that develops Qlik Sense or QlikView apps - either entire apps, or individual visualizations in existing apps. Developers will be helped by the numerous scripting examples, and power users will find many ways to improve their Qlik skills. All longer scripts can be downloaded from HIC's web site.Book descriptionThis book contains all of the ... Read more

$35.99 USD

Analyze data using Qlik analyticsThis book is for anyone that develops Qlik Sense or QlikView apps - either entire apps, or individual visualizations in existing apps. Developers will be helped by the numerous scripting examples, and power users will find many ways to improve their Qlik skills. All longer scripts can be downloaded from HIC's web site.Book descriptionThis book contains all of the
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If Harry Potter Ran General Electric

Leadership Wisdom from the World of the Wizards

by Tom Morris ...

However important the magic of wands, brooms, cauldrons, potions, and spells might be to the vivid story telling of [the Harry Potter] books, it is merely incidental to their philosophy of life…. I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard someone in a business context say something like “I wish I could just magically solve all these problems” or “I’ll try my best to deal with this, but remember, ... Read more

$5.99 USD

However important the magic of wands, brooms, cauldrons, potions, and spells might be to the vivid story telling of [the Harry Potter] books, it is merely incidental to their philosophy of life…. I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard someone in a business context say something like “I wish I could just magically solve all these problems” or “I’ll try my best to deal with this, but remember,
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Sexy Little Numbers

How to Grow Your Business Using the Data You Already Have

by Dimitri Maex, Paul B. Brown ...

Imagine if you could identify your business’s most profitable customers, craft a better marketing strategy to communicate with them, and inspire them to buy more? Well now you can. And the best part is that you can do it using the data you already have.Today, everything we do creates data, and the volumes are enormous. Virtually every time someone views something online, enters search on Google, ... Read more

$5.99 USD

Imagine if you could identify your business’s most profitable customers, craft a better marketing strategy to communicate with them, and inspire them to buy more? Well now you can. And the best part is that you can do it using the data you already have.Today, everything we do creates data, and the volumes are enormous. Virtually every time someone views something online, enters search on Google,
... Read more

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