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

Expect the Unexpected (Or You Won't Find It)

A Creativity Tool Based on the Ancient Wisdom of H

by Roger Von Oech ...

"You can't step in the same river twice.""Dogs bark at what they don't understand.""The doctor inflicts pain to cure suffering."The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus was famous for his brilliant and provocative sayings. Today, more than 2,500 years after they were written, his ideas about life, nature, and the cosmos remain as startlingly original as ever.In Expect the Unexpected (Or You Won't ... Read more

$13.99 USD

"You can't step in the same river twice.""Dogs bark at what they don't understand.""The doctor inflicts pain to cure suffering."The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus was famous for his brilliant and provocative sayings. Today, more than 2,500 years after they were written, his ideas about life, nature, and the cosmos remain as startlingly original as ever.In Expect the Unexpected (Or You Won't
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The Framemaking Sale

Sell More by Boosting Customer Confidence

by Brent Adamson, Karl Schmidt ...

This essential guide reinvents selling for today’s B2B market, showing sellers how to overcome stalled deals and customer indecisionBusiness-to-business commerce is broken. Today’s customers find themselves overwhelmed by too many options, too much information, and too many obstacles. The result is often an inability to execute any but the safest of purchase decisions, frequently resulting in no ... Read more

$18.99 USD

This essential guide reinvents selling for today’s B2B market, showing sellers how to overcome stalled deals and customer indecisionBusiness-to-business commerce is broken. Today’s customers find themselves overwhelmed by too many options, too much information, and too many obstacles. The result is often an inability to execute any but the safest of purchase decisions, frequently resulting in no
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Positive Leadership

Strategies for Extraordinary Performance

by Kim Cameron ...

NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED Beyond Success Positive Leadership shows how to reach beyond ordinary success to achieve extraordinary effectiveness, spectacular results, and what Kim Cameron calls “positively deviant performance”—performance far above the norm. Citing a wide range of research in organizational behavior, medical science, and psychology as well as real-world examples, Cameron ... Read more

$15.99 USD

NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED Beyond Success Positive Leadership shows how to reach beyond ordinary success to achieve extraordinary effectiveness, spectacular results, and what Kim Cameron calls “positively deviant performance”—performance far above the norm. Citing a wide range of research in organizational behavior, medical science, and psychology as well as real-world examples, Cameron
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The Clarity Field Guide

The Answers No One Else Can Give You

by Benj Miller, Chris White ...

Discover the secret to breakthrough clarity in your life and business.-------Every successful journey requires a guide that helps you identify and implement your next best steps. The Clarity Field Guide is the proven tool for business owners and entrepreneurs.Get ready to discover how to:Clarify your vision of business success.Map out practical solutions to overcome challenges.Avoid costly ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Discover the secret to breakthrough clarity in your life and business.-------Every successful journey requires a guide that helps you identify and implement your next best steps. The Clarity Field Guide is the proven tool for business owners and entrepreneurs.Get ready to discover how to:Clarify your vision of business success.Map out practical solutions to overcome challenges.Avoid costly
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Memory Dojo: Infinite Memory at WIll! Train Your Mind to Remember Like the Masters

How to remember peoples names and MORE

by Jamie Best ...

Series series How to remember peoples names and MORE
Memory Dojo: Infinite Memory at WILL! Train Your Mind to Remember Like the MASTERSLearn from the Memory Masters how you can remember anything at will, including new peoples names.- Direct Memory Strategies to learn faster and more easily- Get More Done in Less Time- And Reach Your Goals Faster ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Memory Dojo: Infinite Memory at WILL! Train Your Mind to Remember Like the MASTERSLearn from the Memory Masters how you can remember anything at will, including new peoples names.- Direct Memory Strategies to learn faster and more easily- Get More Done in Less Time- And Reach Your Goals Faster
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Dialogic Organization Development

The Theory and Practice of Transformational Change

Edited by Gervase R. Bushe, Robert J. Marshak ...

A Dynamic New Approach to Organizational ChangeDialogic Organization Development is a compelling alternative to the classical action research approach to planned change. Organizations are seen as fluid, socially constructed realities that are continuously created through conversations and images. Leaders and consultants can help foster change by encouraging disruptions to taken-for-granted ways of ... Read more

$55.99 USD

A Dynamic New Approach to Organizational ChangeDialogic Organization Development is a compelling alternative to the classical action research approach to planned change. Organizations are seen as fluid, socially constructed realities that are continuously created through conversations and images. Leaders and consultants can help foster change by encouraging disruptions to taken-for-granted ways of
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Problem Solving

Guidebook for ADB-Assisted Projects

by Asian Development Bank ...

This guidebook is a product of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Accountability Mechanism's Office of the Special Project Facilitator (OSPF). Built on the experiences and lessons of OSPF's problem solving with ADB-assisted projects, it spells out a practical approach to solving problems encountered in projects. The value of the OSPF approach to problem solving is recognized in resolving community ... Read more

$5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This guidebook is a product of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Accountability Mechanism's Office of the Special Project Facilitator (OSPF). Built on the experiences and lessons of OSPF's problem solving with ADB-assisted projects, it spells out a practical approach to solving problems encountered in projects. The value of the OSPF approach to problem solving is recognized in resolving community
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思考習慣：提升思考力的七大策略

東大教授の考え続ける力がつく思考習慣

by 西成活裕 ...

Translated by 胡毓華 ...

Series series 圖解雜學
～開創持續思考的無限可能～打造無敵「思考體力」，突破人生困境，成為不畏挑戰的智慧領航者！【本書特色】◎身為東大教授的作者以自身經歷分享，揭示思考習慣對於突破困境的關鍵作用！◎提供可操作的思考訓練，藉由具體方法與策略，逐步提升解決問題的能力！◎獨特的「思考體力」概念，將「持續思考」視為可鍛鍊的能力，提升思維的靈活性與深度！在這個資訊量爆炸、快速變遷的社會，我們每天都要面對無數的選擇與挑戰……該如何選擇職業道路？如何應對複雜的人際關係？對於如此充滿不確定性的未來，我們難免感到迷茫和不安。而這樣的時代中，能夠脫穎而出的不僅是那些擁有知識的人，更是那些具備持續思考能力、養成良好思考習慣的人。本書作者透過自己的經歷和深刻的學術洞察，為現代人提供一條通向理性思考與持續成長的道路，教導讀者如何培養出有效的「思考習慣」，這不僅是解決問題的工具，也是面對生活挑戰的強... ... Read more

$7.99 USD

～開創持續思考的無限可能～打造無敵「思考體力」，突破人生困境，成為不畏挑戰的智慧領航者！【本書特色】◎身為東大教授的作者以自身經歷分享，揭示思考習慣對於突破困境的關鍵作用！◎提供可操作的思考訓練，藉由具體方法與策略，逐步提升解決問題的能力！◎獨特的「思考體力」概念，將「持續思考」視為可鍛鍊的能力，提升思維的靈活性與深度！在這個資訊量爆炸、快速變遷的社會，我們每天都要面對無數的選擇與挑戰……該如何選擇職業道路？如何應對複雜的人際關係？對於如此充滿不確定性的未來，我們難免感到迷茫和不安。而這樣的時代中，能夠脫穎而出的不僅是那些擁有知識的人，更是那些具備持續思考能力、養成良好思考習慣的人。本書作者透過自己的經歷和深刻的學術洞察，為現代人提供一條通向理性思考與持續成長的道路，教導讀者如何培養出有效的「思考習慣」，這不僅是解決問題的工具，也是面對生活挑戰的強...
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Generative Collaboration

Releasing the Creative Power of Collective Intelligence

by Robert Brian Dilts ...

Series Book 2 - Success Factor Modeling
Working together with others in groups and teams is an increasingly common and important part of modern business and contemporary life. High performing teams demonstrate the characteristic of collective intelligence. Collective intelligence relates to the ability of people in a team, group or organization to think and act in an aligned and coordinated fashionThe fruit of effective collective ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Working together with others in groups and teams is an increasingly common and important part of modern business and contemporary life. High performing teams demonstrate the characteristic of collective intelligence. Collective intelligence relates to the ability of people in a team, group or organization to think and act in an aligned and coordinated fashionThe fruit of effective collective
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麥肯錫教企業這樣用AI數位轉型

Rewired: The McKinsey Guide to Outcompeting in the Age of Digital and AI

by 艾瑞克．拉瑪爾 Eric Lamarre, 凱特．史馬吉 Kate Smaje, 羅尼．澤梅爾 Rodney Zemmel ...

Translated by 李芳齡 ...

※本書為《麥肯錫教企業這樣用AI：第一本AI數位轉型全書》封面改版麥肯錫首度大公開：企業成功實現「數位」和「AI」轉型的操作手冊！數位轉型沒有速成法，但有策略路徑圖200次轉型實踐 ╳ 100多個圖解案例 ╳ B2B、B2C企業經驗手把手帶你找到企業優勢源頭！本書獻給「非數位原生世代」誕生的企業，以及那些準備捲起袖子、致力於長期成功的轉型領導者與團隊！「非數位原生世代」企業總是擔心──‧投資大量金錢去支援數位與AI轉型，可以回本嗎？‧我們有可能找到科技公司一樣好的科技人才嗎？‧轉型過程中哪些工作可以外包、哪些不行？‧轉型的成功與否可以評量嗎？<br... ... Read more

$9.99 USD

※本書為《麥肯錫教企業這樣用AI：第一本AI數位轉型全書》封面改版麥肯錫首度大公開：企業成功實現「數位」和「AI」轉型的操作手冊！數位轉型沒有速成法，但有策略路徑圖200次轉型實踐 ╳ 100多個圖解案例 ╳ B2B、B2C企業經驗手把手帶你找到企業優勢源頭！本書獻給「非數位原生世代」誕生的企業，以及那些準備捲起袖子、致力於長期成功的轉型領導者與團隊！「非數位原生世代」企業總是擔心──‧投資大量金錢去支援數位與AI轉型，可以回本嗎？‧我們有可能找到科技公司一樣好的科技人才嗎？‧轉型過程中哪些工作可以外包、哪些不行？‧轉型的成功與否可以評量嗎？<br...
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Business Model Book, The

Design, Build And Adapt Business Ideas That Drive Business Growth

by Adam Bock ...

Adam Bock is a research academic, serial entrepreneur, and professional financier and venture consultant. As an academic, he has studied business models globally, from the US and UK to Russia and India, and has published highly cited articles about business models, including the first large-scale global study of business model innovation. As Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at The University of ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Adam Bock is a research academic, serial entrepreneur, and professional financier and venture consultant. As an academic, he has studied business models globally, from the US and UK to Russia and India, and has published highly cited articles about business models, including the first large-scale global study of business model innovation. As Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at The University of
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Technical Training Management

Commercial skills aligned to the provision of successful training outcomes

by CEdMA Europe ...

With technical skills in ever increasing demand and software updates coming thick and fast, the need for technical training is rising rapidly.This book is the essential guide to establishing, managing, growing and controlling a technical training business within a national or global organisation, providing you with the commercial understanding and industry knowledge you need to succeed. ... Read more

$31.99 USD

With technical skills in ever increasing demand and software updates coming thick and fast, the need for technical training is rising rapidly.This book is the essential guide to establishing, managing, growing and controlling a technical training business within a national or global organisation, providing you with the commercial understanding and industry knowledge you need to succeed.
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The Nine Types of Leader

How the Leaders of Tomorrow Can Learn from The Leaders of Today

by James Ashton ...

SHORTLISTED: Business Book Awards 2022 - LeadershipFind out what makes great leaders tick, learn what it takes to be credible and read about the things that they'd do differently if they had to do it all again.The Nine Types of Leader introduces some obvious and some not so obvious types of leader through stories, anecdotes and insight garnered from hundreds of encounters with world-class leaders. ... Read more

$15.99 USD

SHORTLISTED: Business Book Awards 2022 - LeadershipFind out what makes great leaders tick, learn what it takes to be credible and read about the things that they'd do differently if they had to do it all again.The Nine Types of Leader introduces some obvious and some not so obvious types of leader through stories, anecdotes and insight garnered from hundreds of encounters with world-class leaders.
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Red Brick Thinking

Make Space. Find Focus. Move Forward.

by Donna McGeorge ...

What if success isn't about adding more, but about removing what holds you back?Do you spend every day wading through too much information, too many choices and too many commitments? Is there always too much to do, but never enough time and energy to do it all? In Red Brick Thinking, bestselling author Donna McGeorge delivers a game-changing philosophy about how to work and live in a way that ... Read more

$13.00 USD

What if success isn't about adding more, but about removing what holds you back?Do you spend every day wading through too much information, too many choices and too many commitments? Is there always too much to do, but never enough time and energy to do it all? In Red Brick Thinking, bestselling author Donna McGeorge delivers a game-changing philosophy about how to work and live in a way that
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The Interviewer's Book

Hiring the Right Person

by Mary Hanson, Brian McIvor ...

The Interviewer’s Book is a practical, short guide to help anyone who has to carry out job interviews, such as managers, supervisors, team leaders and others. It is designed to help them develop their interviewing skills and ensure they make good selection decisions.The Interviewer’s Book:Provides a step-by-step guide to the interviewing process for employers and interviewers, from advertising a ... Read more

$10.00 USD

The Interviewer’s Book is a practical, short guide to help anyone who has to carry out job interviews, such as managers, supervisors, team leaders and others. It is designed to help them develop their interviewing skills and ensure they make good selection decisions.The Interviewer’s Book:Provides a step-by-step guide to the interviewing process for employers and interviewers, from advertising a
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Self Control: Developing Amazing Willpower to Achieve Goals that Matter

by ALLAN DAVIDSON ...

FIND OUT: How to Achieve Willpower & Gain Focus to Achieve your Most Important Goals!According to a 2010 survey made by the American Psychological Association, willpower deficiency is the NUMBER ONE hurdle people face in accomplishing their worthwhile goals.In this book “SELF-CONTROL: Developing Amazing Willpower to Achieve Goals that Matter", learn the strategies and techniques in order to gain ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

FIND OUT: How to Achieve Willpower & Gain Focus to Achieve your Most Important Goals!According to a 2010 survey made by the American Psychological Association, willpower deficiency is the NUMBER ONE hurdle people face in accomplishing their worthwhile goals.In this book “SELF-CONTROL: Developing Amazing Willpower to Achieve Goals that Matter", learn the strategies and techniques in order to gain
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From Skeptic to Strategist: Embracing AI in Change Management

A practical guide that will get you started using AI in change management instantly

by Jason Little ...

"From Skeptic to Strategist" is not your typical AI handbook. It’s a lighthearted yet informative guide to understanding and utilizing AI in the ever-evolving field of change management. Whether you're a non-technical change manager, an agile coach, or just AI-curious, this book is your compass in the AI landscape.As a change manager, you might think AI is just a fancy search engine incapable of ... Read more

$7.27 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"From Skeptic to Strategist" is not your typical AI handbook. It’s a lighthearted yet informative guide to understanding and utilizing AI in the ever-evolving field of change management. Whether you're a non-technical change manager, an agile coach, or just AI-curious, this book is your compass in the AI landscape.As a change manager, you might think AI is just a fancy search engine incapable of
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商業構想變現

Testing Business IdeasA Field Guide for Rapid Experimentation

by 大衛．布蘭德, David J. Bland, 亞歷山大．奧斯瓦爾德, Alex Osterwalder ...

Translated by 周怡伶 ...

Series series 財經企管
44種有效的實驗，有系統的幫助你把小構想變成大生意獨立工作者、創新團隊、新創企業主的最佳加速創業指南壓低成本、減少風險、放大成功機會★《獲利世代》作者最強力作★ STEP BY STEP教你用實際行動剔除失敗因素，確實掌握每一個獲利的機會好評推薦台灣大哥大總經理、AppWorks董事長暨合夥人林之晨綠藤生機　共同創辦人暨執行長鄭涵睿鮮乳坊創辦人龔建嘉創業失敗很痛苦，但是過程中的掙扎卻更加折磨人；創業者都有野心、有想法，只是常常不知道怎麼起頭，不確定應該怎... ... Read more

$18.99 USD

44種有效的實驗，有系統的幫助你把小構想變成大生意獨立工作者、創新團隊、新創企業主的最佳加速創業指南壓低成本、減少風險、放大成功機會★《獲利世代》作者最強力作★ STEP BY STEP教你用實際行動剔除失敗因素，確實掌握每一個獲利的機會好評推薦台灣大哥大總經理、AppWorks董事長暨合夥人林之晨綠藤生機　共同創辦人暨執行長鄭涵睿鮮乳坊創辦人龔建嘉創業失敗很痛苦，但是過程中的掙扎卻更加折磨人；創業者都有野心、有想法，只是常常不知道怎麼起頭，不確定應該怎...
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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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The Mini-Book on Use Cases: All You Need but Short

The Simplifying Series

by Alistair Cockburn ...

Series series The Simplifying Series
Get moving fast on use cases.This book opens with a dozen examples ranging from simple to complex, low-level to "kite"-level. By page 38, you've finished the core explanations and are already slicing, refining, and applying the 7 key concepts to improve your writing. It's fast, focused, and designed to get readers productive immediately.A concise, practical introduction to use cases, from the ... Read more

$8.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Get moving fast on use cases.This book opens with a dozen examples ranging from simple to complex, low-level to "kite"-level. By page 38, you've finished the core explanations and are already slicing, refining, and applying the 7 key concepts to improve your writing. It's fast, focused, and designed to get readers productive immediately.A concise, practical introduction to use cases, from the
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The Importance of Small Decisions

by Michael J. O'Brien, R. Alexander Bentley, William A. Brock ...

Series series Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life
How people make decisions in an era of too much information and fake news.Humans originally evolved in a world of few choices. Prehistoric, preindustrial, and predigital eras required fewer decisions than today's all-access, always-on world of too much information. Economists have largely discarded the idea that agents act rationally and the market follows suit. It seems that no matter how small ... Read more

$14.99 USD

How people make decisions in an era of too much information and fake news.Humans originally evolved in a world of few choices. Prehistoric, preindustrial, and predigital eras required fewer decisions than today's all-access, always-on world of too much information. Economists have largely discarded the idea that agents act rationally and the market follows suit. It seems that no matter how small
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Decisionscape

How Thinking Like an Artist Can Improve Our Decision-Making

by Elspeth Kirkman ...

How thinking like an artist can improve our decision making and provide the perspective necessary to make better choices.Why are so many of our decisions regrettable, and what can we do about it? Decisionscape maps the surprising ways that our decisions are influenced and how thinking like an artist can help us deliberately arrange our perspective to make better choices. Introducing the concept of ... Read more

$17.99 USD

How thinking like an artist can improve our decision making and provide the perspective necessary to make better choices.Why are so many of our decisions regrettable, and what can we do about it? Decisionscape maps the surprising ways that our decisions are influenced and how thinking like an artist can help us deliberately arrange our perspective to make better choices. Introducing the concept of
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Startup Myths and Models

What You Won't Learn in Business School

by Rizwan Virk ...

Budding entrepreneurs face a challenging road. The path is not made any easier by all the clichés they hear about how to make a startup succeed—from platitudes and conventional wisdom to downright contradictions.This witty and wise guide to the dilemmas of entrepreneurship debunks widespread misconceptions about how the world of startups works and offers hard-earned advice for every step of the ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Budding entrepreneurs face a challenging road. The path is not made any easier by all the clichés they hear about how to make a startup succeed—from platitudes and conventional wisdom to downright contradictions.This witty and wise guide to the dilemmas of entrepreneurship debunks widespread misconceptions about how the world of startups works and offers hard-earned advice for every step of the
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Enabling Next Generation Legacies

35 Questions that Next Generation Members in Enterprising Families Ask

by Peter Jaskiewicz, Sabine B. Rau ...

Answering the most pressing thirty-five questions of Next Generation members in a short and concise, yet competent way—leading academics, practitioners, and enterprising families come together to empower Next Generation legacies.Masterfully detangling the intricate dynamics of the family, ownership, business, and wealth, the authors share best practices, real-life examples, and critical questions ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Answering the most pressing thirty-five questions of Next Generation members in a short and concise, yet competent way—leading academics, practitioners, and enterprising families come together to empower Next Generation legacies.Masterfully detangling the intricate dynamics of the family, ownership, business, and wealth, the authors share best practices, real-life examples, and critical questions
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