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

It's What You Set In Motion

A Toolbox for Collaborative Changemaking

by Greg Van Kirk ...

It’s What You Set in Motion: A Toolbox for Collaborative Changemaking is a how-to resource for aspiring and practicing changemakers everywhere. Use this hands-on, one-of-a-kind, all-in-one toolbox to build and enhance essential twenty-first century skill sets: empathy, adaptive leadership, collaborative problem-solving, teamwork, community engagement, innovation design, entrepreneurship, global ... Read more

$8.99 USD

It’s What You Set in Motion: A Toolbox for Collaborative Changemaking is a how-to resource for aspiring and practicing changemakers everywhere. Use this hands-on, one-of-a-kind, all-in-one toolbox to build and enhance essential twenty-first century skill sets: empathy, adaptive leadership, collaborative problem-solving, teamwork, community engagement, innovation design, entrepreneurship, global
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Mental Models

3-in-1 Guide to Master Your Thought Process, Cognition, Reasoning, Decision Making & Solve Problems

by Troye Bates ...

Series Book 16 - Brain Training
Mental Models - 3 Manuscripts in 1 Book, Including: How to Think Differently, How to Rewire Your Brain and How to Mind Map.HOW TO THINK DIFFERENTLY:7 Steps to Master Mental Models, Critical Thinking, Decision Making & Problem Solving.YOU WILL LEARN:How to become the master of your choices.How to develop your critical thinking abilities.How to think logically and reasonably.How to learn to see the ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Mental Models - 3 Manuscripts in 1 Book, Including: How to Think Differently, How to Rewire Your Brain and How to Mind Map.HOW TO THINK DIFFERENTLY:7 Steps to Master Mental Models, Critical Thinking, Decision Making & Problem Solving.YOU WILL LEARN:How to become the master of your choices.How to develop your critical thinking abilities.How to think logically and reasonably.How to learn to see the
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The Decisive Mind

The ultimate smart thinking guide to making the right choice every time, for fans of THE ART OF THINKING CLEARLY

by Dr Sheheryar Banuri ...

The new life-changing guide to optimising your decision-making - in your work, in your relationships, and in day-to-day life - by a leading behavioural economist. Perfect for fans of Clear Thinking and The Intelligence TrapHave 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 ... Read more

$3.99 USD

The new life-changing guide to optimising your decision-making - in your work, in your relationships, and in day-to-day life - by a leading behavioural economist. Perfect for fans of Clear Thinking and The Intelligence TrapHave 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
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Smarter Collaboration

A New Approach to Breaking Down Barriers and Transforming Work

by Heidi K. Gardner, Ivan A. Matviak ...

We need a new approach for solving tough problems in a complex world—we need to collaborate smarter.Market volatility. Sustainability demands. Hybrid working. Opportunities and hazards of fast-changing technology and regulations. Companies and nonprofits face more daunting challenges than ever. How can we collaborate in our organizations—and with outside partners—to solve problems, innovate, and ... Read more

$23.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

We need a new approach for solving tough problems in a complex world—we need to collaborate smarter.Market volatility. Sustainability demands. Hybrid working. Opportunities and hazards of fast-changing technology and regulations. Companies and nonprofits face more daunting challenges than ever. How can we collaborate in our organizations—and with outside partners—to solve problems, innovate, and
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Strategic Value Creation

Design and Execute a Strategy for Breakthrough Returns

by Rupert Morrison, Jon Andrew ...

Strategic Value Creation shows how senior business leaders can design and execute a data-driven strategy for their organizations to ensure that value creation is focused on the customer segments most integral to business success.Value creation underpins any successful business and businesses that fail to create unique value for their customers will struggle to survive. This book demonstrates how ... Read more

$46.99 USD

Strategic Value Creation shows how senior business leaders can design and execute a data-driven strategy for their organizations to ensure that value creation is focused on the customer segments most integral to business success.Value creation underpins any successful business and businesses that fail to create unique value for their customers will struggle to survive. This book demonstrates how
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Analytics in a Big Data World

The Essential Guide to Data Science and its Applications

by Bart Baesens ...

Series series Wiley and SAS Business Series
The guide to targeting and leveraging business opportunities using big data & analyticsBy leveraging big data & analytics, businesses create the potential to better understand, manage, and strategically exploiting the complex dynamics of customer behavior. Analytics in a Big Data World reveals how to tap into the powerful tool of data analytics to create a strategic advantage and identify new ... Read more

$31.00 USD

The guide to targeting and leveraging business opportunities using big data & analyticsBy leveraging big data & analytics, businesses create the potential to better understand, manage, and strategically exploiting the complex dynamics of customer behavior. Analytics in a Big Data World reveals how to tap into the powerful tool of data analytics to create a strategic advantage and identify new
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Collaborating for Our Future

Multistakeholder Partnerships for Solving Complex Problems

by Barbara Gray, Jill Purdy ...

Organizations turn to multistakeholder partnerships (MSPs) to meet challenges that they cannot handle alone. By tapping the resources of diverse stakeholders, MSPs develop the capability to address complex issues and problems, such as health care delivery, poverty, human rights, watershed management, education, sustainability, and innovation. This book provides a comprehensive understanding of ... Read more

$82.99 USD

Organizations turn to multistakeholder partnerships (MSPs) to meet challenges that they cannot handle alone. By tapping the resources of diverse stakeholders, MSPs develop the capability to address complex issues and problems, such as health care delivery, poverty, human rights, watershed management, education, sustainability, and innovation. This book provides a comprehensive understanding of
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Leading Relationships

Build Meaningful Connections, Eliminate Conflict, and Radically Improve Engagement

by Steve McClatchy ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLEREradicate office drama and transform your workplace relationships with proven leadership strategies**In Leading Relationships, Steve McClatchy, esteemed leadership mentor and entrepreneur, offers a clear path to improving workplace dynamics. This essential guide tackles the pervasive problems of workplace drama and ineffective relationship management, providing readers with ... Read more

$17.00 USD

**NATIONAL BESTSELLEREradicate office drama and transform your workplace relationships with proven leadership strategies**In Leading Relationships, Steve McClatchy, esteemed leadership mentor and entrepreneur, offers a clear path to improving workplace dynamics. This essential guide tackles the pervasive problems of workplace drama and ineffective relationship management, providing readers with
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Generation Hope

How Inclusive Economics Can Help Us All Thrive

by Arunjay Katakam ...

"A generation of hope is what we need urgently. Here is a book helping ensure the next one proves precisely that." -Yanis Varoufakis, author of Technofuedalism and Another Now"A beautifully powerful call, humbly told, to turn your attention to the greater good." -Derek Sivers, author of Anything You Want and Hell Yeah or No-It has become clear: Our current economic system... ... Read more

$9.99 USD

"A generation of hope is what we need urgently. Here is a book helping ensure the next one proves precisely that." -Yanis Varoufakis, author of Technofuedalism and Another Now"A beautifully powerful call, humbly told, to turn your attention to the greater good." -Derek Sivers, author of Anything You Want and Hell Yeah or No-It has become clear: Our current economic system...
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Little Book of Big Management Questions, The

The 76 most important questions and how to answer them

by James McGrath ...

The Little Book of Big Management Questions provides instant solutions to the key questions that every manager asks themselves:How can I motivate my team? How do I calculate the length of the project? How do I delegate effectively? How do I prepare a strategic plan? And many, many more.Each question is easy to find, explains why it’s important and the business thinking behind it. Then the fast, ... Read more

$10.99 USD

The Little Book of Big Management Questions provides instant solutions to the key questions that every manager asks themselves:How can I motivate my team? How do I calculate the length of the project? How do I delegate effectively? How do I prepare a strategic plan? And many, many more.Each question is easy to find, explains why it’s important and the business thinking behind it. Then the fast,
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Six Sigma for Managers

24 Lessons to Understand and Apply Six Sigma Principles in Any Organization

by Greg Brue ...

Series series The McGraw-Hill Professional Education Series
Six Sigma for Managers is a practical overview on how to implement Six Sigma practices in everyday business. Emphasizing straightforward explanations instead of complex charts and statistics, it shows managers how to map processes, measure smart, and follow other Six Sigma principles. ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Six Sigma for Managers is a practical overview on how to implement Six Sigma practices in everyday business. Emphasizing straightforward explanations instead of complex charts and statistics, it shows managers how to map processes, measure smart, and follow other Six Sigma principles.
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You Are What You Risk

The New Art and Science of Navigating an Uncertain World

by Michele Wucker ...

The #1 international bestselling author of The Gray Rhino offers a bold new framework for understanding and re-shaping our relationship with risk and uncertainty to live more productive and successful lives.What drives a sixty-four-year-old woman to hurl herself over Niagara Falls in a barrel? Why do we often create bigger risks than the risks we try to avoid? Why are corporate boards newly ... Read more

$11.99 USD

The #1 international bestselling author of The Gray Rhino offers a bold new framework for understanding and re-shaping our relationship with risk and uncertainty to live more productive and successful lives.What drives a sixty-four-year-old woman to hurl herself over Niagara Falls in a barrel? Why do we often create bigger risks than the risks we try to avoid? Why are corporate boards newly
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The Illusion of Innovation

Escape "Efficiency" and Unleash Radical Progress

by Elliott Parker ...

There's a problem with innovation inside of big companies. And it's not what you think. Corporations are better managed than ever, but they're less capable of delivering the breakthroughs that change our world for the better. Big companies are too often focused on efficiency instead of resiliency. They're optimized for safety and predictability, for maintenance of the status quo. Their focus on ... Read more

$14.99 USD

There's a problem with innovation inside of big companies. And it's not what you think. Corporations are better managed than ever, but they're less capable of delivering the breakthroughs that change our world for the better. Big companies are too often focused on efficiency instead of resiliency. They're optimized for safety and predictability, for maintenance of the status quo. Their focus on
... Read more
Democratic Reason

Politics, Collective Intelligence, and the Rule of the Many

by Hélène Landemore ...

Individual decision making can often be wrong due to misinformation, impulses, or biases. Collective decision making, on the other hand, can be surprisingly accurate. In Democratic Reason, Hélène Landemore demonstrates that the very factors behind the superiority of collective decision making add up to a strong case for democracy. She shows that the processes and procedures of democratic decision ... Read more

$23.09 USD

Individual decision making can often be wrong due to misinformation, impulses, or biases. Collective decision making, on the other hand, can be surprisingly accurate. In Democratic Reason, Hélène Landemore demonstrates that the very factors behind the superiority of collective decision making add up to a strong case for democracy. She shows that the processes and procedures of democratic decision
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Think for Yourself

Restoring Common Sense in an Age of Experts and Artificial Intelligence

by Vikram Mansharamani ...

We've outsourced too much of our thinking. How do we get it back?Have you ever followed your GPS device to a deserted parking lot? Or unquestioningly followed the advice of an expert—perhaps a doctor or financial adviser—only to learn later that your own thoughts and doubts were correct? And what about the stories we've all heard over the years about sick patients—whether infected with Ebola or ... Read more

$21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

We've outsourced too much of our thinking. How do we get it back?Have you ever followed your GPS device to a deserted parking lot? Or unquestioningly followed the advice of an expert—perhaps a doctor or financial adviser—only to learn later that your own thoughts and doubts were correct? And what about the stories we've all heard over the years about sick patients—whether infected with Ebola or
... Read more
Inventory Strategy: Maximizing Financial, Service and Operations Performance with Inventory Strategy

by Edward H. Frazelle ...

An executive-level strategic guide to maximizing financial, service, and operations performance using the proven RightStock model of inventory managementIn most organizations, highly qualified professionals are required to respond to a barrage of typically uncoordinated initiatives from across the organization. Those initiatives normally include increasing SKUs, customization, and inventory ... Read more

$62.99 USD

An executive-level strategic guide to maximizing financial, service, and operations performance using the proven RightStock model of inventory managementIn most organizations, highly qualified professionals are required to respond to a barrage of typically uncoordinated initiatives from across the organization. Those initiatives normally include increasing SKUs, customization, and inventory
... Read more
Negotiation

A Very Short Introduction

by Carrie Menkel-Meadow ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Everyone negotiates. Whenever any person, company, or country needs someone else to accomplish something, they must negotiate. Negotiation is essential for peace and international relations, but also for economically efficient trades and bargains in business, and for problem solving skills in workplaces, families, and interpersonal ... Read more

$7.99 USD

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Everyone negotiates. Whenever any person, company, or country needs someone else to accomplish something, they must negotiate. Negotiation is essential for peace and international relations, but also for economically efficient trades and bargains in business, and for problem solving skills in workplaces, families, and interpersonal
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Tackling Complexity

A Systemic Approach for Decision Makers

by Gilbert Probst, Andrea Bassi ...

Our socio-economic systems continue to grow and evolve. We need to acknowledge that, consequently, our decisions often fail – they are ineffective and create unexpected side effects. The speed of execution is increasing constantly and markets and systems respond almost immediately, making decision-making challenging. There is little or no room for failure.This important new book analyses real ... Read more

$48.99 USD

Our socio-economic systems continue to grow and evolve. We need to acknowledge that, consequently, our decisions often fail – they are ineffective and create unexpected side effects. The speed of execution is increasing constantly and markets and systems respond almost immediately, making decision-making challenging. There is little or no room for failure.This important new book analyses real
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狄波諾思考力實踐手冊：讓思考成為第二天性，「六頂思考帽」創意大師經典11講

De Bono's Thinking Course 1e

Translated by 吳春諭 ...

by 愛德華．狄波諾, Edward de Bono ...

★全球創意思考之父狄波諾，畢生思考模式之精華大全★30秒敏捷思考法╳17個引導注意力工具╳10大決策法╳15個思考好習慣牛津大學心理系教授、全球創意思考之父愛德華‧狄波諾大師，融合多年教學經驗，針對不同年紀、能力、文化，累積出每個人都適用的思考模型，讓你學會隨時自動運作、高效率且專注的心智能力。• 改變全世界思考方式的大師愛德華．狄波諾（Edward De Bono）曾任職於牛津、劍橋、哈佛等英美長春藤名校，專職教授心理學，他更開設思考課程，客戶遍及全球，如麥當勞、特斯拉、IBM等五百大企業。他所發明創立的「水平思考」一詞納入牛津字典，成為專有名詞。他是改變全世界思考方式的大師級人物。• 就算聰明，也要學會如何思考本書收錄了大師對思考的定義，他認為思考是一種技能，能夠經由學習而更加強大。他也認為，即... ... Read more

$8.99 USD

★全球創意思考之父狄波諾，畢生思考模式之精華大全★30秒敏捷思考法╳17個引導注意力工具╳10大決策法╳15個思考好習慣牛津大學心理系教授、全球創意思考之父愛德華‧狄波諾大師，融合多年教學經驗，針對不同年紀、能力、文化，累積出每個人都適用的思考模型，讓你學會隨時自動運作、高效率且專注的心智能力。• 改變全世界思考方式的大師愛德華．狄波諾（Edward De Bono）曾任職於牛津、劍橋、哈佛等英美長春藤名校，專職教授心理學，他更開設思考課程，客戶遍及全球，如麥當勞、特斯拉、IBM等五百大企業。他所發明創立的「水平思考」一詞納入牛津字典，成為專有名詞。他是改變全世界思考方式的大師級人物。• 就算聰明，也要學會如何思考本書收錄了大師對思考的定義，他認為思考是一種技能，能夠經由學習而更加強大。他也認為，即...
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邏輯思維基本概念：理性決策的各種思考工具

by 謝志高 ...

Series Book 96 - In-action!
「思維」這個詞經常在我們的生活中出現，但人們往往僅停留在知道這個詞而已。「思維」的分類體系有很多，兼具抽象性與應用性極強的特性。它有著自身成熟的理論體系，但是在實際運用的時候，大多數人對於「思維」的掌握還是不夠。我們很容易被我們自身的慣性思維束縛，無法在思考的時候進行「頭腦風暴」。這本書詳細地介紹了一些常見思維的基本概念，進而擴展出思維在生活中如何運用。在一本書中既講清有關「思維」基本的、必備的理論知識，又讓讀者學會運用各種「思維」，就是本書所要解決的問題。作者憑藉近幾年來對於「思維」的深入探索，將自身的一些關於「思維」的心得體會寫於本書中，供讀者在閱讀中沿著本書的思路對「思維」建立起自己的獨立見解。書中結合許多圖形與案例，將抽象又嚴謹的「思維」理論體系呈現出來。本書有明白簡練的概念條目，也以大量淺顯的案例分析和圖表讓讀者對各種思維方法與邏輯陷阱快速上手；直白、易懂，詳細介紹了「思維 ... Read more

$8.99 USD

「思維」這個詞經常在我們的生活中出現，但人們往往僅停留在知道這個詞而已。「思維」的分類體系有很多，兼具抽象性與應用性極強的特性。它有著自身成熟的理論體系，但是在實際運用的時候，大多數人對於「思維」的掌握還是不夠。我們很容易被我們自身的慣性思維束縛，無法在思考的時候進行「頭腦風暴」。這本書詳細地介紹了一些常見思維的基本概念，進而擴展出思維在生活中如何運用。在一本書中既講清有關「思維」基本的、必備的理論知識，又讓讀者學會運用各種「思維」，就是本書所要解決的問題。作者憑藉近幾年來對於「思維」的深入探索，將自身的一些關於「思維」的心得體會寫於本書中，供讀者在閱讀中沿著本書的思路對「思維」建立起自己的獨立見解。書中結合許多圖形與案例，將抽象又嚴謹的「思維」理論體系呈現出來。本書有明白簡練的概念條目，也以大量淺顯的案例分析和圖表讓讀者對各種思維方法與邏輯陷阱快速上手；直白、易懂，詳細介紹了「思維
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Stakeholder Whispering

Uncover What People Need Before Doing What They Ask

by Bill Shander ...

Learn to uncover what your managers, clients, customers and other stakeholders need before doing what they askPeople don't know what they need. The wants we communicate to others are shaped by our subconscious and the familiar, and limited by what we think is possible. But they don't always reflect our actual needs.In Stakeholder Whispering: Uncover What People Need Before Doing What They Ask, ... Read more

$21.00 USD

Learn to uncover what your managers, clients, customers and other stakeholders need before doing what they askPeople don't know what they need. The wants we communicate to others are shaped by our subconscious and the familiar, and limited by what we think is possible. But they don't always reflect our actual needs.In Stakeholder Whispering: Uncover What People Need Before Doing What They Ask,
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Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge

How Deming Helped Win a War, Altered the Face of Industry, and Holds the Key to Our Future

by John Willis ...

From the birth of modern industry, to winning WWII, to Japan’s Economic Miracle, W. Edwards Deming helped shape some of the most profound moments in modern history. Deming, an American engineer and statistician, is widely recognized for his contributions to the field of quality management. But his teachings go beyond quality management; they influence not only how we work today, but also how we ... Read more

$14.99 USD

From the birth of modern industry, to winning WWII, to Japan’s Economic Miracle, W. Edwards Deming helped shape some of the most profound moments in modern history. Deming, an American engineer and statistician, is widely recognized for his contributions to the field of quality management. But his teachings go beyond quality management; they influence not only how we work today, but also how we
... Read more
Beyond the Idea

How to Execute Innovation in Any Organization

by Vijay Govindarajan, Chris Trimble ...

The New York Times bestselling authors of Reverse Innovation and How Stella Saved the Farm distill more than a decade of exclusive research into one short, powerful, action-oriented book.Companies stumble when they imagine that innovation is mostly about ideas. The reality is that ideas are only beginnings. Indeed, even a company with the world's best idea still faces a devilish challenge: it must ... Read more

$12.99 USD

The New York Times bestselling authors of Reverse Innovation and How Stella Saved the Farm distill more than a decade of exclusive research into one short, powerful, action-oriented book.Companies stumble when they imagine that innovation is mostly about ideas. The reality is that ideas are only beginnings. Indeed, even a company with the world's best idea still faces a devilish challenge: it must
... Read more
天選之人：造王者與受冕者的權力遊戲，社會地位如何主宰一切，及AI時代的新變化

Anointed: The Extraordinary Effects of Social Status in a Winner-Take-Most World

by 托比．史都華, Toby E. Stuart ...

Translated by 蔡娪嫣 ...

Series series FROM
地位體系讓世界完整，卻也腐蝕靈魂。如果每人付出的努力等值，為什麼成就會天差地遠？社會地位在人類社會結構中無處不在，從工作場域、教育體系、文化與藝術市場到私人的交友圈中。一旦稍加留意，你就會不住地觀察它如何滲透生活中的點點滴滴。柏克萊大學商學院教授托比‧史都華將帶領我們深入探究人類最強大的無形力量——社會地位，以及它如何形塑一切：從我們信任誰、重視什麼，到哪些想法與創新改變了世界，以及誰最終獲得成功的榮耀。l 為什麼一幅林布蘭真跡能創下數億美元的天價，而他的得意門生的相似畫作卻只值零頭？l 為什麼有些餐廳會成為「熱門打卡地」？l 為什麼某項科技會被吹捧為「下一個大趨勢」？l 為什麼人們在重複的辦公室會議中，總是選擇同樣的座位？l 為什麼知名律師能賺取天價收入？這些問題的答案都是——社會... ... Read more

$10.99 USD

地位體系讓世界完整，卻也腐蝕靈魂。如果每人付出的努力等值，為什麼成就會天差地遠？社會地位在人類社會結構中無處不在，從工作場域、教育體系、文化與藝術市場到私人的交友圈中。一旦稍加留意，你就會不住地觀察它如何滲透生活中的點點滴滴。柏克萊大學商學院教授托比‧史都華將帶領我們深入探究人類最強大的無形力量——社會地位，以及它如何形塑一切：從我們信任誰、重視什麼，到哪些想法與創新改變了世界，以及誰最終獲得成功的榮耀。l 為什麼一幅林布蘭真跡能創下數億美元的天價，而他的得意門生的相似畫作卻只值零頭？l 為什麼有些餐廳會成為「熱門打卡地」？l 為什麼某項科技會被吹捧為「下一個大趨勢」？l 為什麼人們在重複的辦公室會議中，總是選擇同樣的座位？l 為什麼知名律師能賺取天價收入？這些問題的答案都是——社會...
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