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

Not to Scale

How the Small Becomes Large, the Large Becomes Unthinkable, and the Unthinkable Becomes Possible

by Jamer Hunt ...

From small decisions that paralyze us to big data that knows everything about us, Not to Scale is a thought-provoking guide to navigating the surprising complexities of a networked age when the things that are now shaping experience have no weight or size.The dictionary defines "scale" as a range of numbers, used as a system to measure or compare things. We use this concept in every aspect of our ... Read more

$15.99 USD

From small decisions that paralyze us to big data that knows everything about us, Not to Scale is a thought-provoking guide to navigating the surprising complexities of a networked age when the things that are now shaping experience have no weight or size.The dictionary defines "scale" as a range of numbers, used as a system to measure or compare things. We use this concept in every aspect of our
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Making Big Decisions Better

How to Set and Simplify Business Strategy

by Tim Lewko ...

Making Big Decisions Better is leading a global movement to equip present and next generation leaders with proven strategy tools that enable agile thinking that ignites stronger, more predictable, direct paths to profit.No more academic theories. These are real tools and a system that enables improved strategic thinking and leadership.This book bridges an unspoken gap in strategy thinking that ... Read more

$48.99 USD

Making Big Decisions Better is leading a global movement to equip present and next generation leaders with proven strategy tools that enable agile thinking that ignites stronger, more predictable, direct paths to profit.No more academic theories. These are real tools and a system that enables improved strategic thinking and leadership.This book bridges an unspoken gap in strategy thinking that
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The Power of Business Process Improvement

10 Simple Steps to Increase Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Adaptability

by Susan Page ...

Baffled by repeated mistakes in your department? Want to focus your employees' limited time on more valuable work? The answer to these challenges and more is business process improvement (BPI). Every process in every organization can be made more effective, cost-efficient, and adaptable to changing business needs. The good news is you don't need to be a BPM expert to get great results. Written by ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Baffled by repeated mistakes in your department? Want to focus your employees' limited time on more valuable work? The answer to these challenges and more is business process improvement (BPI). Every process in every organization can be made more effective, cost-efficient, and adaptable to changing business needs. The good news is you don't need to be a BPM expert to get great results. Written by
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Sparking Creativity

How Play and Humor Fuel Innovation and Design

by Barry Kudrowitz ...

Blending popular culture and design theory, framed by a decade of scholarly research, this book highlights how play and humor fuel innovation. Now, more than ever, we are in need of creative solutions to global problems, but creative skills and abilities decline over time without intervention and practice.Sparking Creativity provides empirically supported methods for embracing the often ... Read more

$40.99 USD

Blending popular culture and design theory, framed by a decade of scholarly research, this book highlights how play and humor fuel innovation. Now, more than ever, we are in need of creative solutions to global problems, but creative skills and abilities decline over time without intervention and practice.Sparking Creativity provides empirically supported methods for embracing the often
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The Sigma Male’s Art of War: A Practical Guide for Life Changing Success

The Silent Path Series, #2

by Del Guerrero ...

Series Book 2 - The Silent Path Series
Life is a battlefield now—just not the kind most men recognize. The front lines run through calendars, feeds, inboxes, meetings, relationships, and the quiet war for your attention. The Sigma male wins this war without noise, without theater, and without begging the tribe for permission.The Sigma Male's Art of War reframes Sun Tzu for modern life: not as a book of tricks, but as a practical field ... Read more

$7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Life is a battlefield now—just not the kind most men recognize. The front lines run through calendars, feeds, inboxes, meetings, relationships, and the quiet war for your attention. The Sigma male wins this war without noise, without theater, and without begging the tribe for permission.The Sigma Male's Art of War reframes Sun Tzu for modern life: not as a book of tricks, but as a practical field
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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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Practice Standard for Scheduling - Third Edition

by Project Management Institute ...

Practice Standard for Scheduling—Third Edition provides the latest thinking regarding good and accepted practices in the area of scheduling for a project. This updated practice standard expounds on the information contained in Section 6 on Project Schedule Management of the PMBOK® Guide. In this new edition, you will learn to identify the elements of a good schedule model, its purpose, use, and ... Read more

$62.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Practice Standard for Scheduling—Third Edition provides the latest thinking regarding good and accepted practices in the area of scheduling for a project. This updated practice standard expounds on the information contained in Section 6 on Project Schedule Management of the PMBOK® Guide. In this new edition, you will learn to identify the elements of a good schedule model, its purpose, use, and
... Read more
Time Power

A Proven System for Getting More Done in Less Time Than You Ever Thought Possible

by Brian Tracy ...

Learn the strategies for taking complete control of your time and using it to get more done, increasing productivity and income exponentially.One of the world’s premier business consultants and personal success experts, Brian Tracy has devoted more than 25 years to studying the most powerful time management practices used by the most successful people in every arena. Now, Tracy reveals his ... Read more

$6.49 USD

Learn the strategies for taking complete control of your time and using it to get more done, increasing productivity and income exponentially.One of the world’s premier business consultants and personal success experts, Brian Tracy has devoted more than 25 years to studying the most powerful time management practices used by the most successful people in every arena. Now, Tracy reveals his
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Make It Snow: From Zero to Billions

How Snowflake Scaled its Go-to-Market Organization

by Denise Persson, Chris Degnan ...

Follow along on the journey of the founding, development, and breakaway success of a multi-billion-dollar tech companyFounding Snowflake CRO, Chris Degnan, and CMO, Denise Persson, have one of the longest executive sales and marketing relationships in history. They each built their teams from the ground up to help catapult Snowflake from a startup to one of the fastest-growing technology companies ... Read more

$17.00 USD

Follow along on the journey of the founding, development, and breakaway success of a multi-billion-dollar tech companyFounding Snowflake CRO, Chris Degnan, and CMO, Denise Persson, have one of the longest executive sales and marketing relationships in history. They each built their teams from the ground up to help catapult Snowflake from a startup to one of the fastest-growing technology companies
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Winning With Ancient Wisdom Negotiation Strategies From Asia and Europe

by Jean Baptiste Déal ...

Struggling to close deals across cultures and unsure which strategy to use at the table?Winning with Ancient Wisdom reveals how timeless Asian and European principles can give you a decisive edge in modern negotiations.Throughout history, powerful negotiation strategies have been passed down from generation to generation. In Asia, this wisdom is captured in idioms and set phrases—such as the ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Struggling to close deals across cultures and unsure which strategy to use at the table?Winning with Ancient Wisdom reveals how timeless Asian and European principles can give you a decisive edge in modern negotiations.Throughout history, powerful negotiation strategies have been passed down from generation to generation. In Asia, this wisdom is captured in idioms and set phrases—such as the
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Drawing on Courage

Risks Worth Taking and Stands Worth Making

by Ashish Goel, Stanford d.school ...

Series series Stanford d.school Library
A practical, illustrated guide to overcoming the challenges of creative work, including where to start, how to give or get feedback, when to change direction, and how to stand up for what matters, from Stanford University’s world-renowned d.school.“Ashish Goel’s magniﬁcently beautiful book illuminates a powerful new way to think about, discover, and act with your own personal courage.”—Dan Roam, ... Read more

$11.99 USD

A practical, illustrated guide to overcoming the challenges of creative work, including where to start, how to give or get feedback, when to change direction, and how to stand up for what matters, from Stanford University’s world-renowned d.school.“Ashish Goel’s magniﬁcently beautiful book illuminates a powerful new way to think about, discover, and act with your own personal courage.”—Dan Roam,
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The Systems Thinker - Mental Models

The Systems Thinker Series, #3

by Albert Rutherford ...

Series Book 3 - The Systems Thinker Series
Regain focus. Select relevant information. Make quick and clear decisions.We are dealing with too many options, too much information, conflicting advice on general choices like what diet to choose, or who to choose as a mate. It's hard to maintain focus and be confident in our decisions under such conditions.The Systems Thinker –Mental Models helps you make decisions based on your relevant thought ... Read more

$5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Regain focus. Select relevant information. Make quick and clear decisions.We are dealing with too many options, too much information, conflicting advice on general choices like what diet to choose, or who to choose as a mate. It's hard to maintain focus and be confident in our decisions under such conditions.The Systems Thinker –Mental Models helps you make decisions based on your relevant thought
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專注的力量：不再分心的自我鍛鍊，讓你掌握AI世代的卓越關鍵（全新修訂譯本）

Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence

by 丹尼爾．高曼(Daniel Goleman), 周曉琪 ...

暢銷全球10週年╳全新修訂譯本．經典重現《商業周刊》推薦《紐約時報》暢銷書《金融時報》、《Booklist》好評推薦「專注力」是這個時代最稀缺的心靈資產，也是天賦、財富、階級都無法獨占的強大力量！分心時代你最需要的一本書，工作者自我提升的最佳鍛鍊。＊避開數位分心陷阱，讓專注力引領你邁向卓越！1996年，丹尼爾．高曼以重量級鉅作《EQ》揭示超越IQ的心智力量，掀起狂潮；如今，在這個全球失焦的分心年代，高曼再次以突破性觀點檢視今日最稀缺的資源、帶來高績效與成就的祕密──專注力。心理學家高曼在本書中統整各種變化形式的專注力，探論此種攸關你我一生榮枯的心靈資產。專注力的運作有如肌肉──不用會退化，愈鍛鍊則愈茁壯。勤於鍛鍊專注力，是在所有競爭中脫穎而出的不二法門。高曼以其在心理學領域深耕數十年之基礎，去簡化繁，精確指出專注力的三種形式：．內在（inner）的專注：察覺自身的想法和感受，正確釐清事.. ... Read more

$9.99 USD

暢銷全球10週年╳全新修訂譯本．經典重現《商業周刊》推薦《紐約時報》暢銷書《金融時報》、《Booklist》好評推薦「專注力」是這個時代最稀缺的心靈資產，也是天賦、財富、階級都無法獨占的強大力量！分心時代你最需要的一本書，工作者自我提升的最佳鍛鍊。＊避開數位分心陷阱，讓專注力引領你邁向卓越！1996年，丹尼爾．高曼以重量級鉅作《EQ》揭示超越IQ的心智力量，掀起狂潮；如今，在這個全球失焦的分心年代，高曼再次以突破性觀點檢視今日最稀缺的資源、帶來高績效與成就的祕密──專注力。心理學家高曼在本書中統整各種變化形式的專注力，探論此種攸關你我一生榮枯的心靈資產。專注力的運作有如肌肉──不用會退化，愈鍛鍊則愈茁壯。勤於鍛鍊專注力，是在所有競爭中脫穎而出的不二法門。高曼以其在心理學領域深耕數十年之基礎，去簡化繁，精確指出專注力的三種形式：．內在（inner）的專注：察覺自身的想法和感受，正確釐清事..
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華頓商學院的高效談判學（經典紀念版）：讓你成為最好的談判者！

Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People: 2nd Edition

by 理查‧謝爾 ...

Translated by 劉復苓 ...

Series series 經營管理
★★★一本讓你終身受用、改變人生的談判書！★★★東吳大學政治系教授劉必榮專文推薦美國多所商學院指定教材！已被翻譯成十幾種語言，風行全球！許多人害怕談判，覺得很難，或是覺得自己個性不適合……但是從做生意、談加薪、解決糾紛、到親密的人際關係、教養子女，談判無所不在。這本書會教你，談判沒那麼難，只需要一些預備知識和觀念。本書作者理查‧謝爾，多年來主持華頓商學院的「高階主管談判研訓班」，本書融合了他豐富的實務經驗與教學成果，輕鬆帶你入門，學會談判。首先，每一次談判都不同，並沒有放諸四海皆準的原則，但是「你自己」是談判成功與否的最重要變數。誠如作者所說：「我的談判策略從自己開始。成功的談判，真理只有一個：若想遊刃有餘，你必須學會在談判桌上做自己。讓你覺得彆扭的祕訣和計謀，不可能有用。而且，當你處心積慮地思考下一步時，很容易忽略掉對方洩露的重要線索和資訊。談判不需要耍手段，但有必要保持警覺和審慎。 ... Read more

$9.99 USD

★★★一本讓你終身受用、改變人生的談判書！★★★東吳大學政治系教授劉必榮專文推薦美國多所商學院指定教材！已被翻譯成十幾種語言，風行全球！許多人害怕談判，覺得很難，或是覺得自己個性不適合……但是從做生意、談加薪、解決糾紛、到親密的人際關係、教養子女，談判無所不在。這本書會教你，談判沒那麼難，只需要一些預備知識和觀念。本書作者理查‧謝爾，多年來主持華頓商學院的「高階主管談判研訓班」，本書融合了他豐富的實務經驗與教學成果，輕鬆帶你入門，學會談判。首先，每一次談判都不同，並沒有放諸四海皆準的原則，但是「你自己」是談判成功與否的最重要變數。誠如作者所說：「我的談判策略從自己開始。成功的談判，真理只有一個：若想遊刃有餘，你必須學會在談判桌上做自己。讓你覺得彆扭的祕訣和計謀，不可能有用。而且，當你處心積慮地思考下一步時，很容易忽略掉對方洩露的重要線索和資訊。談判不需要耍手段，但有必要保持警覺和審慎。
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Improvisation, Inc. :Revised Edition 2017: An Applied Improvisation Handbook

by Robert Lowe ...

A practical handbook for all who are engaged in the applications of Improvisational Theatre techniques, practices, and philosophies within, and beyond the theatre, in aid of a global revolution in human communication and organization. Joyousness, Communication, BusinessTraining and Philosophy. ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A practical handbook for all who are engaged in the applications of Improvisational Theatre techniques, practices, and philosophies within, and beyond the theatre, in aid of a global revolution in human communication and organization. Joyousness, Communication, BusinessTraining and Philosophy.
... Read more
How to Deal with Difficult People at Work and Home

Essential Life Skills to Navigate Toxic Relationships

by Bob Scott ...

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you had to deal with difficult people? If you have, you will understand the need for this book. And if you haven't, this book is your holy grail to ensure you handle encounters with seemingly complex people well.One may ask - who is a difficult person?A person who lacks empathy, compassion, and concern for others. A common trait they have is their ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you had to deal with difficult people? If you have, you will understand the need for this book. And if you haven't, this book is your holy grail to ensure you handle encounters with seemingly complex people well.One may ask - who is a difficult person?A person who lacks empathy, compassion, and concern for others. A common trait they have is their
... Read more
HBR Guide to Critical Thinking

by Harvard Business Review ...

Series series HBR Guide
Tackle complex situations with critical thinking.You're facing a problem at work. There are many ways you can approach the situation, but each comes with its own pros and cons. How do you sort through all the information so that you know you're taking the right path?The answer is in how you think. The HBR Guide to Critical Thinking will help you navigate your most challenging issues, from ... Read more

$15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Tackle complex situations with critical thinking.You're facing a problem at work. There are many ways you can approach the situation, but each comes with its own pros and cons. How do you sort through all the information so that you know you're taking the right path?The answer is in how you think. The HBR Guide to Critical Thinking will help you navigate your most challenging issues, from
... Read more
Confronting Capitalism

Real Solutions for a Troubled Economic System

by Philip Kotler ...

With one side of the political aisle proposing increasingly more socialistic and anti-capitalistic ideas, the other side has been quick to defend our country’s great economic model, with good reason. Capitalism--spanning a spectrum from laissez faire to authoritarian--shapes the market economies of all the wealthiest and fastest-growing nations. But does that mean it is perfect as is, and that we ... Read more

$8.99 USD

With one side of the political aisle proposing increasingly more socialistic and anti-capitalistic ideas, the other side has been quick to defend our country’s great economic model, with good reason. Capitalism--spanning a spectrum from laissez faire to authoritarian--shapes the market economies of all the wealthiest and fastest-growing nations. But does that mean it is perfect as is, and that we
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Productive Failure

Unlocking Deeper Learning Through the Science of Failing

by Manu Kapur ...

Design for and turn your failures into meaningful learning experiencesWritten by a leading global expert on human cognition, productive failure, and learning methods, Productive Failure shows you how to design the experience of failing. Research shows that repeated experiences of intriguing, constructive failure can help students (and our own children, and anyone else we lead) develop creativity ... Read more

$17.00 USD

Design for and turn your failures into meaningful learning experiencesWritten by a leading global expert on human cognition, productive failure, and learning methods, Productive Failure shows you how to design the experience of failing. Research shows that repeated experiences of intriguing, constructive failure can help students (and our own children, and anyone else we lead) develop creativity
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Choose the Life You Want

The Mindful Way to Happiness

by Tal Ben-Shahar ...

What kind of life do you want for yourself? What choices will create this kind of life?In his New York Times bestseller Happier, positive psychology expert Tal Ben-Shahar taught us how to become happier through simple exercises.Now, in Choose the Life You Want, he has a new, life-changing lesson to share: Drawing on the latest psychological research, Ben-Shahar shows how making the right choices ... Read more

$14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

What kind of life do you want for yourself? What choices will create this kind of life?In his New York Times bestseller Happier, positive psychology expert Tal Ben-Shahar taught us how to become happier through simple exercises.Now, in Choose the Life You Want, he has a new, life-changing lesson to share: Drawing on the latest psychological research, Ben-Shahar shows how making the right choices
... Read more
DTMBR

Design. Think. Make. Break. Repeat

by Martin Tomitsch, Madeleine Borthwick ...

This design methodology book provides over 80 different methods of design and is the perfect resource for design educators, students, and practitioners.Think of this resource as a sort of ‘refer to’ handbook when you’re stuck or need some inspiration for your latest design project or lesson. It considers the world outside of design where products are applied, to fully consider every possible ... Read more

$28.49 USD

This design methodology book provides over 80 different methods of design and is the perfect resource for design educators, students, and practitioners.Think of this resource as a sort of ‘refer to’ handbook when you’re stuck or need some inspiration for your latest design project or lesson. It considers the world outside of design where products are applied, to fully consider every possible
... Read more
Red Thread Thinking: Weaving Together Connections for Brilliant Ideas and Profitable Innovation

by Debra Kaye ...

Create products and services your consumers can't pass up--without the high cost of developmentSuccess is all about connections.Debra Kaye explodes conventional thinking about innovation and provides an approach that anyone or any business can use to expose the crucial links among observations, experiences, facts, and feelings that on the surface do not seem related--but are--to uncover fresh, ... Read more

$20.79 USD

Create products and services your consumers can't pass up--without the high cost of developmentSuccess is all about connections.Debra Kaye explodes conventional thinking about innovation and provides an approach that anyone or any business can use to expose the crucial links among observations, experiences, facts, and feelings that on the surface do not seem related--but are--to uncover fresh,
... Read more
FRICTION—The Untapped Force That Can Be Your Most Powerful Advantage

The Untapped Force That Can Be Your Most Powerful Advantage

by Roger Dooley ...

NAMED A "BEST BUSINESS BOOK OF 2019" by strategy+businessAnnually, $4.6 trillion of merchandise is left in abandoned e-commerce shopping carts.Every year, the U.S. economy loses $3 trillion dollars in productivity due to excess bureaucracy.Red tape and over-complicated licenses have contributed to China’s GDP exceeding India’s by $82 trillion over the span of just three decades.If y... ... Read more

$18.19 USD

NAMED A "BEST BUSINESS BOOK OF 2019" by strategy+businessAnnually, $4.6 trillion of merchandise is left in abandoned e-commerce shopping carts.Every year, the U.S. economy loses $3 trillion dollars in productivity due to excess bureaucracy.Red tape and over-complicated licenses have contributed to China’s GDP exceeding India’s by $82 trillion over the span of just three decades.If y...
... Read more
MERITOCRACY

How to manage talent for higher profits and happier people

by Paolo Gaudiano, Cynthia Annette Overton ...

Most leaders believe in meritocracy—very few know how to build it.Meritocracy introduces a powerful framework for managing human assets more effectively so that all talent can thrive.Learn how to develop strategies and implement measurable workplace initiatives that reduce risk, increase profits and build trust across your workforce, so that everyone embraces—and is accountable for—the success of ... Read more

$8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Most leaders believe in meritocracy—very few know how to build it.Meritocracy introduces a powerful framework for managing human assets more effectively so that all talent can thrive.Learn how to develop strategies and implement measurable workplace initiatives that reduce risk, increase profits and build trust across your workforce, so that everyone embraces—and is accountable for—the success of
... Read more

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