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Fail Better

Design Smart Mistakes and Succeed Sooner

by Anjali Sastry, Kara Penn ...

If you’re aiming to innovate, failure along the way is a given. But can you fail better?Whether you’re rolling out a new product from a city-view office or rolling up your sleeves to deliver a social service in the field, learning why and how to embrace failure can help you do better, faster. Smart leaders, entrepreneurs, and change agents design their innovation projects with a key idea in mind: ... Read more

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If you’re aiming to innovate, failure along the way is a given. But can you fail better?Whether you’re rolling out a new product from a city-view office or rolling up your sleeves to deliver a social service in the field, learning why and how to embrace failure can help you do better, faster. Smart leaders, entrepreneurs, and change agents design their innovation projects with a key idea in mind:
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Fail Better

Design Smart Mistakes and Succeed Sooner

by Anjali Sastry, Kara Penn ...

Narrated by Callie Beaulieu ...

Unabridged

8 hours 51 min

If you're aiming to innovate, failure along the way is a given. But can you fail better? Whether you're rolling out a new product from a city-view office or rolling up your sleeves to deliver a social service in the field, learning why and how to embrace failure can help you do better, faster. Smart leaders, entrepreneurs, and change agents design their innovation projects with a key idea in mind: ... Read more

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If you're aiming to innovate, failure along the way is a given. But can you fail better? Whether you're rolling out a new product from a city-view office or rolling up your sleeves to deliver a social service in the field, learning why and how to embrace failure can help you do better, faster. Smart leaders, entrepreneurs, and change agents design their innovation projects with a key idea in mind:
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Deep Work

Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

by Cal Newport ...

Narrated by Jeff Bottoms ...

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7 hours 44 min

**Millions of copies sold!The bestselling modern classic that sparked a worldwide conversation about the value of concentration—and the true costs of fractured attention.“I’m handing you the answer to the overwhelm you feel, and his name is Dr. Cal Newport.” —Mel Robbins, The Mel Robbins Podcast, author of New York Times bestselling The Let Them Theory**Deep Work—the ability to focus without ... Read more

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**Millions of copies sold!The bestselling modern classic that sparked a worldwide conversation about the value of concentration—and the true costs of fractured attention.“I’m handing you the answer to the overwhelm you feel, and his name is Dr. Cal Newport.” —Mel Robbins, The Mel Robbins Podcast, author of New York Times bestselling The Let Them Theory**Deep Work—the ability to focus without
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Continuous Discovery Habits

Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value

by Teresa Torres ...

"If you haven't had the good fortune to be coached by a strong leader or product coach, this book can help fill that gap and set you on the path to success."- Marty CaganHow do you know that you are making a product or service that your customers want? How do you ensure that you are improving it over time? How do you guarantee that your team is creating value for your customers in a way that ... Read more

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"If you haven't had the good fortune to be coached by a strong leader or product coach, this book can help fill that gap and set you on the path to success."- Marty CaganHow do you know that you are making a product or service that your customers want? How do you ensure that you are improving it over time? How do you guarantee that your team is creating value for your customers in a way that
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Designing for Growth

A Design Thinking Tool Kit for Managers

by Tim Ogilvie, Jeanne Liedtka ...

Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie educate readers in one of the hottest trends in business: "design thinking," or the ability to turn abstract ideas into practical applications for maximal business growth. Liedtka and Ogilvie cover the mind-set, techniques, and vocabulary of design thinking, unpack the mysterious connection between design and growth, and teach managers in a straightforward way how to ... Read more

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Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie educate readers in one of the hottest trends in business: "design thinking," or the ability to turn abstract ideas into practical applications for maximal business growth. Liedtka and Ogilvie cover the mind-set, techniques, and vocabulary of design thinking, unpack the mysterious connection between design and growth, and teach managers in a straightforward way how to
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Collaboration (with featured article "Social Intelligence and the Biology of Leadership," by Daniel Goleman and Richard Boyatzis)

by Harvard Business Review, Daniel Goleman, Richard E. Boyatzis, Morten Hansen ...

Series series HBR's 10 Must Reads
Join forces with others inside and outside your organization to solve your toughest problems.If you read nothing else on collaborating effectively, read these 10 articles. We’ve combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you work more productively with people on your team, in other departments, and in other organizations ... Read more

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Join forces with others inside and outside your organization to solve your toughest problems.If you read nothing else on collaborating effectively, read these 10 articles. We’ve combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you work more productively with people on your team, in other departments, and in other organizations
... Read more
Objectives and Key Results

Driving Focus, Alignment, and Engagement with OKRs

by Paul R. Niven, Ben Lamorte ...

Series series Wiley Corporate F&A
Everything you need to implement Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) effectivelyObjectives and Key Results is the first full-fledged reference guide on Objectives and Key Results, a critical thinking framework designed to help organizations create value through focus, alignment, and better communication. Written by two leading OKRs consultants and researchers, this book provides a one-stop resource ... Read more

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Everything you need to implement Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) effectivelyObjectives and Key Results is the first full-fledged reference guide on Objectives and Key Results, a critical thinking framework designed to help organizations create value through focus, alignment, and better communication. Written by two leading OKRs consultants and researchers, this book provides a one-stop resource
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The Surprising Science of Meetings

How You Can Lead Your Team to Peak Performance

by Steven G. Rogelberg ...

A recent estimate suggests that employees endure a staggering 55 million meetings a day in the United States. This tremendous time investment yields only modest returns. No organization made up of human beings is immune from the all-too-common meeting gripes: those that fail to engage, those that inadvertently encourage participants to tune out, and those that blatantly disregard participants' ... Read more

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A recent estimate suggests that employees endure a staggering 55 million meetings a day in the United States. This tremendous time investment yields only modest returns. No organization made up of human beings is immune from the all-too-common meeting gripes: those that fail to engage, those that inadvertently encourage participants to tune out, and those that blatantly disregard participants'
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The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course: Organizational Development

by Stephen Balzac ...

Series series McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Courses
Take a crash course in one of today's most important business skills--organizational development!Change comes fast, and the most successful organizations are prepared to handle it before impact; they act, not react. How are they able to do this? With a solid grounding in organizational development.The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course: Organizational Development is a skill-building guide to one of the ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Take a crash course in one of today's most important business skills--organizational development!Change comes fast, and the most successful organizations are prepared to handle it before impact; they act, not react. How are they able to do this? With a solid grounding in organizational development.The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course: Organizational Development is a skill-building guide to one of the
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Why Simple Wins

Escape the Complexity Trap and Get to Work That Matters

by Lisa Bodell ...

Imagine what you could do with the time you spend writing emails every day. Complexity is killing companies' ability to innovate and adapt, and simplicity is fast becoming the competitive advantage of our time. Why Simple Wins helps leaders and their teams move beyond the feelings of frustration and futility that come with so much unproductive work in today's corporate world to create a corporate ... Read more

$40.99 USD

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Imagine what you could do with the time you spend writing emails every day. Complexity is killing companies' ability to innovate and adapt, and simplicity is fast becoming the competitive advantage of our time. Why Simple Wins helps leaders and their teams move beyond the feelings of frustration and futility that come with so much unproductive work in today's corporate world to create a corporate
... Read more

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HBR at 100

The Most Influential and Innovative Articles from Harvard Business Review's First Century

by Harvard Business Review, Michael E. Porter, Clayton M. Christensen, W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne ...

The most definitive management ideas of the century, all in one place.Harvard Business Review is the foremost destination for smart management thinking. Now, at its 100th anniversary, this commemorative volume brings together the most influential ideas since its inception.With an introduction written by editor in chief Adi Ignatius, HBR at 100 features business publishing's most influential voices ... Read more

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The most definitive management ideas of the century, all in one place.Harvard Business Review is the foremost destination for smart management thinking. Now, at its 100th anniversary, this commemorative volume brings together the most influential ideas since its inception.With an introduction written by editor in chief Adi Ignatius, HBR at 100 features business publishing's most influential voices
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HBR's 10 Must Reads 2017

The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review (with bonus article What Is Disruptive Innovation?) (HBR's 10 Must Reads)

by Harvard Business Review, Clayton M. Christensen, Adam Grant, Vijay Govindarajan, Thomas H. Davenport ...

Series series HBR's 10 Must Reads
A year’s worth of management wisdom, all in one place.We’ve reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to keep you up-to-date on the most cutting-edge, influential thinking driving business today. With authors from Clayton M. Christensen to Adam Grant and company examples from Intel to Uber, this volume brings the most current and important ... Read more

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A year’s worth of management wisdom, all in one place.We’ve reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to keep you up-to-date on the most cutting-edge, influential thinking driving business today. With authors from Clayton M. Christensen to Adam Grant and company examples from Intel to Uber, this volume brings the most current and important
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