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The Intimacy of Power: An insight into private office, Whitehall's most sensitive network

Why Private Office Matters

by Alun Evans ...

Have you ever wondered what happens behind the scenes in the corridors of power during a major crisis or after a ministerial reshuffle? How do new government ministers get to grips with their portfolios and priorities? Who guides and supports them? And why, sometimes – during events such as 'Partygate' – do things go wrong?In this meticulously researched book, former senior civil servant Alun ... Read more

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Have you ever wondered what happens behind the scenes in the corridors of power during a major crisis or after a ministerial reshuffle? How do new government ministers get to grips with their portfolios and priorities? Who guides and supports them? And why, sometimes – during events such as 'Partygate' – do things go wrong?In this meticulously researched book, former senior civil servant Alun
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The Fast Future Blur

Discover Transformative Interconnections Shaping the Future

by The Fast Future Executive, Hari Abburi, Martha Bockenfeld, Sangeet Paul Choudary, Alun Evans, Jessica Groopman, Cortney Harding, Ravin Jesuthasan, Rajan Kalia, Vince Kuraitis, Efi Pylarinou, Srikumar Ramanathan, Kristin Slanina ...

The future blurs strategy, business models, technology, work, and leadership — are you ready?Fast Future Blur provides invaluable insights and strategic frameworks to navigate the complexity of our current period of rapid and radical transformation (‘Fast Future’ phase). Focused on the interconnected nature of the evolution underway, the book serves as an eye-opener for business leaders, providing ... Read more

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The future blurs strategy, business models, technology, work, and leadership — are you ready?Fast Future Blur provides invaluable insights and strategic frameworks to navigate the complexity of our current period of rapid and radical transformation (‘Fast Future’ phase). Focused on the interconnected nature of the evolution underway, the book serves as an eye-opener for business leaders, providing
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Marketing 5.0

Technology for Humanity

by Philip Kotler, Hermawan Kartajaya, Iwan Setiawan ...

Rediscover the fundamentals of marketing from the best in the businessIn Marketing 5.0, the celebrated promoter of the “Four P’s of Marketing,” Philip Kotler, explains how marketers can use technology to address customers’ needs and make a difference in the world.In a new age when marketers are struggling with the digital transformation of business and the changing behavior of customers, this book ... Read more

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Rediscover the fundamentals of marketing from the best in the businessIn Marketing 5.0, the celebrated promoter of the “Four P’s of Marketing,” Philip Kotler, explains how marketers can use technology to address customers’ needs and make a difference in the world.In a new age when marketers are struggling with the digital transformation of business and the changing behavior of customers, this book
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Gough Whitlam: The Vista of the New: the definitive and most up-to-date biography from Australia's leading political biographer

by Troy Bramston ...

A commanding biography of one of Australia's greatest and most visionary prime minsters by an acclaimed political journalist and author.There has been no one like Gough Whitlam in public life - a charismatic, inspirational and visionary leader who ushered in a reform revolution to modernise Australia, which endures to this day. But Whitlam's immense self-belief, relentless determination, ... Read more

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A commanding biography of one of Australia's greatest and most visionary prime minsters by an acclaimed political journalist and author.There has been no one like Gough Whitlam in public life - a charismatic, inspirational and visionary leader who ushered in a reform revolution to modernise Australia, which endures to this day. But Whitlam's immense self-belief, relentless determination,
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Competing in the Age of AI

Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World

by Marco Iansiti, Karim R. Lakhani ...

"a provocative new book" — The New York TimesAI-centric organizations exhibit a new operating architecture, redefining how they create, capture, share, and deliver value.Now with a new preface that explores how the coronavirus crisis compelled organizations such as Massachusetts General Hospital, Verizon, and IKEA to transform themselves with remarkable speed, Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani ... Read more

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"a provocative new book" — The New York TimesAI-centric organizations exhibit a new operating architecture, redefining how they create, capture, share, and deliver value.Now with a new preface that explores how the coronavirus crisis compelled organizations such as Massachusetts General Hospital, Verizon, and IKEA to transform themselves with remarkable speed, Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on AI (with bonus article "How to Win with Machine Learning" by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb)

by Harvard Business Review, Thomas H. Davenport, Marco Iansiti, Tsedal Neeley, Ajay Agrawal ...

Series series HBR's 10 Must Reads
The next generation of AI is here—use it to lead your business forward.If you read nothing else on artificial intelligence and machine learning, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you understand the future direction of AI, bring your AI initiatives to scale, and use AI to transform your organization ... Read more

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The next generation of AI is here—use it to lead your business forward.If you read nothing else on artificial intelligence and machine learning, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you understand the future direction of AI, bring your AI initiatives to scale, and use AI to transform your organization
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The Long Game

Inside Sinn Féin

by Aoife Moore ...

Inside the rise of the political party, once subordinate to the IRA, that is on the brink of taking power in IrelandSinn Féin, long widely-regarded as the political wing of the Provisional IRA, is the most popular political party in both Northern Ireland and the Republic. A movement once synonymous with a paramilitary campaign is on the brink of taking real power through purely democratic means. ... Read more

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Inside the rise of the political party, once subordinate to the IRA, that is on the brink of taking power in IrelandSinn Féin, long widely-regarded as the political wing of the Provisional IRA, is the most popular political party in both Northern Ireland and the Republic. A movement once synonymous with a paramilitary campaign is on the brink of taking real power through purely democratic means.
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Work without Jobs

How to Reboot Your Organization’s Work Operating System

by Ravin Jesuthasan, John W. Boudreau ...

Series series Management on the Cutting Edge
In this Wall Street Journal bestseller, why the future of work requires the deconstruction of jobs and the reconstruction of work.Work is traditionally understood as a “job,” and workers as “jobholders.” Jobs are structured by titles, hierarchies, and qualifications. In Work without Jobs, the Wall Street Journal bestseller, Ravin Jesuthasan and John Boudreau propose a radically new way of looking ... Read more

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In this Wall Street Journal bestseller, why the future of work requires the deconstruction of jobs and the reconstruction of work.Work is traditionally understood as a “job,” and workers as “jobholders.” Jobs are structured by titles, hierarchies, and qualifications. In Work without Jobs, the Wall Street Journal bestseller, Ravin Jesuthasan and John Boudreau propose a radically new way of looking
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The CFO in Pole Position

Leading next-generation decision-making in a data-driven organization

by Mohamed Bouker, Frank Geelen, Nart Wielaard ...

Leading next-generation decision-making in a data-driven organization Like in Formula-1 racing, decision-making is crucial for business success and can be the difference between a checkered flag or the gravel pit. Decisions are increasingly made based upon data, but which function within an organisation is most suitable to drive the transformation towards a Decision Oriented Organisation? An ... Read more

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Leading next-generation decision-making in a data-driven organization Like in Formula-1 racing, decision-making is crucial for business success and can be the difference between a checkered flag or the gravel pit. Decisions are increasingly made based upon data, but which function within an organisation is most suitable to drive the transformation towards a Decision Oriented Organisation? An
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The Prime Ministers We Never Had

Success and Failure from Butler to Corbyn

by Steve Richards ...

A deep dive into the "almosts" of British political history. What qualities separate a prime minister from those who nearly made it? Steve Richards dissects the careers of eleven influential figures, from Rab Butler to Jeremy Corbyn, who, despite their talent and ambition, never reached the highest office. This insightful analysis explores the complex interplay of leadership, circumstance, and ... Read more

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A deep dive into the "almosts" of British political history. What qualities separate a prime minister from those who nearly made it? Steve Richards dissects the careers of eleven influential figures, from Rab Butler to Jeremy Corbyn, who, despite their talent and ambition, never reached the highest office. This insightful analysis explores the complex interplay of leadership, circumstance, and
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The Year in Tech, 2025

The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review

by Harvard Business Review, Amy Webb, Elisa Farri, Gabriele Rosani, Alex Tapscott ...

Series series HBR Insights Series
A year of HBR's essential thinking on tech—all in one place.Generative AI, biometrics, spatial computing, electric vehicles—new technologies like these are reshaping organizations at the hybrid office, on factory floors, and in the C-suite. What should you and your company be doing now to take advantage of the new opportunities these technologies are creating—and avoid falling victim to disruption ... Read more

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A year of HBR's essential thinking on tech—all in one place.Generative AI, biometrics, spatial computing, electric vehicles—new technologies like these are reshaping organizations at the hybrid office, on factory floors, and in the C-suite. What should you and your company be doing now to take advantage of the new opportunities these technologies are creating—and avoid falling victim to disruption
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The Lost Revolution

The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Party

by Brian Hanley, Scott Millar ...

The story of contemporary Ireland is inseparable from the story of the official republican movement, a story told here for the first time - from the clash between Catholic nationalist and socialist republicanism in the 1960s and '70s through the Workers' Party's eventual rejection of irredentism. A roll-call of influential personalities in the fields of politics, trade unionism and media - many ... Read more

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The story of contemporary Ireland is inseparable from the story of the official republican movement, a story told here for the first time - from the clash between Catholic nationalist and socialist republicanism in the 1960s and '70s through the Workers' Party's eventual rejection of irredentism. A roll-call of influential personalities in the fields of politics, trade unionism and media - many
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