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The Skill Code

How to Save Human Ability in an Age of Intelligent Machines

by Matt Beane ...

From one of the world’s top researchers on work and technology comes an insightful and surprising guide to protecting your skill in a world filling with AI and robots.Think of your most valuable skill, the thing you can reliably do under pressure to deliver results. How did you learn it?Whatever your job – plumber, attorney, teacher, surgeon – decades of research show that you achieved mastery by ... Read more

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From one of the world’s top researchers on work and technology comes an insightful and surprising guide to protecting your skill in a world filling with AI and robots.Think of your most valuable skill, the thing you can reliably do under pressure to deliver results. How did you learn it?Whatever your job – plumber, attorney, teacher, surgeon – decades of research show that you achieved mastery by
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The Skill Code

How to Save Human Ability in an Age of Intelligent Machines

by Matt Beane ...

Narrated by Joe Knezevich ...

Unabridged

6 hours 48 min

From one of the world’s top researchers on work and technology comes an insightful and surprising guide to protecting your skill in a world filling with AI and robots.Think of your most valuable skill, the thing you can reliably do under pressure to deliver results. How did you learn it?Whatever your job – plumber, attorney, teacher, surgeon – decades of research show that you achieved mastery by ... Read more

$23.99 USD

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From one of the world’s top researchers on work and technology comes an insightful and surprising guide to protecting your skill in a world filling with AI and robots.Think of your most valuable skill, the thing you can reliably do under pressure to deliver results. How did you learn it?Whatever your job – plumber, attorney, teacher, surgeon – decades of research show that you achieved mastery by
... Read more

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What's Next Is Now

How to Live Future Ready

by Frederik Pferdt ...

Narrated by Sean Pratt ...

Unabridged

7 hours

A 2024 "NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB" MUST-READThe renowned global thought leader and Google’s first Chief Innovation Evangelist introduces a forward-thinking mindstate that will help you navigate ambiguity and uncertainty with intention, transform problems and challenges into profound opportunities, and create exactly the future you want to see.What if you could choose your future?When we’re kids, the ... Read more

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A 2024 "NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB" MUST-READThe renowned global thought leader and Google’s first Chief Innovation Evangelist introduces a forward-thinking mindstate that will help you navigate ambiguity and uncertainty with intention, transform problems and challenges into profound opportunities, and create exactly the future you want to see.What if you could choose your future?When we’re kids, the
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Working With Humans

Tools You Didn’t Know You Needed for Conversations You Never Expected to Have

by Laura Crandall ...

Narrated by Laura Crandall ...

Unabridged

4 hours 26 min

“Since we all work with humans it’s important to humanize our workplaces, and this book shows you how.”—RICHARD SCHWARTZ, PhD, bestselling author of No Bad Parts and developer of the Internal Family Systems ModelWorking With Humans explores and illuminates the essential—but generally ignored—management and communication tools needed to end the daily annoyances that make work harder than it needs ... Read more

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“Since we all work with humans it’s important to humanize our workplaces, and this book shows you how.”—RICHARD SCHWARTZ, PhD, bestselling author of No Bad Parts and developer of the Internal Family Systems ModelWorking With Humans explores and illuminates the essential—but generally ignored—management and communication tools needed to end the daily annoyances that make work harder than it needs
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The Attention Fix

How to Focus in a World That Wants to Distract You

by Anders Hansen ...

Narrated by Anders Hansen, Nikolas Salmon ...

Unabridged

5 hours 6 min

**“Anders Hansen’s work is the antidote to our modern-day struggles.”—Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, author of The Stress SolutionTake charge of your attention and break free from the digital overload with The Attention Fix by internationally bestselling, award-winning psychiatrist Dr. Anders Hansen.**In this powerful guide, Dr. Hansen provides groundbreaking strategies to reclaim your focus and mental ... Read more

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**“Anders Hansen’s work is the antidote to our modern-day struggles.”—Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, author of The Stress SolutionTake charge of your attention and break free from the digital overload with The Attention Fix by internationally bestselling, award-winning psychiatrist Dr. Anders Hansen.**In this powerful guide, Dr. Hansen provides groundbreaking strategies to reclaim your focus and mental
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Writing for Busy Readers

Communicate More Effectively in the Real World

by Todd Rogers, Jessica Lasky-Fink ...

Narrated by Todd Rogers ...

Unabridged

4 hours 56 min

Writing well is for school. Writing effectively is for life.**Todd Rogers and Jessica Lasky-Fink offer the most valuable practical writing advice today. Building on their own research in behavioral science, they outline cognitive facts about how people actually read and distill them into six principles that will transform the power of your writing:Less is moreMake reading easyDesign for easy ... Read more

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Writing well is for school. Writing effectively is for life.**Todd Rogers and Jessica Lasky-Fink offer the most valuable practical writing advice today. Building on their own research in behavioral science, they outline cognitive facts about how people actually read and distill them into six principles that will transform the power of your writing:Less is moreMake reading easyDesign for easy
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The Geek Way

The Radical Mindset that Drives Extraordinary Results

by Andrew McAfee ...

**The Geek Way reveals a new way to get big things done and shows how to change the way you think about work, teams, projects, and culture, and give you the insight and tools you need to harness our human superpowers of learning and cooperation."A handbook for disruptors." —Eric Schmidt**What is “being geeky?” It’s being a perennially curious person, one who's not afraid to tackle hard problems ... Read more

$14.99 USD

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**The Geek Way reveals a new way to get big things done and shows how to change the way you think about work, teams, projects, and culture, and give you the insight and tools you need to harness our human superpowers of learning and cooperation."A handbook for disruptors." —Eric Schmidt**What is “being geeky?” It’s being a perennially curious person, one who's not afraid to tackle hard problems
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Only Humans Need Apply

Winners and Losers in the Age of Smart Machines

by Julia Kirby, Thomas H. Davenport ...

An invigorating, thought-provoking, and positive look at the rise of automation that explores how professionals across industries can find sustainable careers in the near future.Nearly half of all working Americans could risk losing their jobs because of technology. It’s not only blue-collar jobs at stake. Millions of educated knowledge workers—writers, paralegals, assistants, medical technicians ... Read more

$10.99 USD

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An invigorating, thought-provoking, and positive look at the rise of automation that explores how professionals across industries can find sustainable careers in the near future.Nearly half of all working Americans could risk losing their jobs because of technology. It’s not only blue-collar jobs at stake. Millions of educated knowledge workers—writers, paralegals, assistants, medical technicians
... Read more

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The Decoded Company

Know Your Talent Better Than You Know Your Customers

by Leerom Segal, Aaron Goldstein, Jay Goldman, Rahaf Harfoush ...

A powerful guide to building a data-centric corporate culture that unleashes talent and improves engagement Amazon delights customers with recommendations that are spot on. Google amazes us by generating answers before we've even finished asking a question. These companies know who we are and what we want.The key to their magic is Big Data. Personalizing the consumer experience with the collection ... Read more

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A powerful guide to building a data-centric corporate culture that unleashes talent and improves engagement Amazon delights customers with recommendations that are spot on. Google amazes us by generating answers before we've even finished asking a question. These companies know who we are and what we want.The key to their magic is Big Data. Personalizing the consumer experience with the collection
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For the Win, Revised and Updated Edition

The Power of Gamification and Game Thinking in Business, Education, Government, and Social Impact

by Kevin Werbach, Dan Hunter ...

"A QUICK BUT THOUGHTFUL LOOK INTO THE PROS AND CONS OF GAMIFICATION…."—Daniel H. Pink, Author, DriveWhy can't life—and business—be fun?For thousands of years, we've created things called games that tap the tremendous psychic power of fun. In a revised and updated edition of For the Win: The Power of Gamification and Game Thinking in Business, Education, Government, and Social Impact, authors Kevin ... Read more

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"A QUICK BUT THOUGHTFUL LOOK INTO THE PROS AND CONS OF GAMIFICATION…."—Daniel H. Pink, Author, DriveWhy can't life—and business—be fun?For thousands of years, we've created things called games that tap the tremendous psychic power of fun. In a revised and updated edition of For the Win: The Power of Gamification and Game Thinking in Business, Education, Government, and Social Impact, authors Kevin
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What's the Point? Turning Purpose Into Your Daily Superpower

by Tom Rath ...

Is everything you've been taught about finding fulfillment wrong?For decades, you've been told to follow your passion, find your purpose, chase happiness. It's bad advice, and somewhere inside you already know it. You're still searching, still waiting, still wondering why work feels hollow even when you're doing everything right. In an age when AI can do your job faster and cheaper, the old ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Is everything you've been taught about finding fulfillment wrong?For decades, you've been told to follow your passion, find your purpose, chase happiness. It's bad advice, and somewhere inside you already know it. You're still searching, still waiting, still wondering why work feels hollow even when you're doing everything right. In an age when AI can do your job faster and cheaper, the old
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The Soft Edge

Where Great Companies Find Lasting Success

by Rich Karlgaard ...

What Does it Take to Get Ahead Now—And Stay There?High performance has always required shrewd strategy and superb execution. These factors remain critical, especially given today’s unprecedented business climate. But Rich Karlgaard—Forbes publisher, entrepreneur, investor, and board director—takes a surprising turn and argues that there is now a third element that’s required for competitive ... Read more

$17.00 USD

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What Does it Take to Get Ahead Now—And Stay There?High performance has always required shrewd strategy and superb execution. These factors remain critical, especially given today’s unprecedented business climate. But Rich Karlgaard—Forbes publisher, entrepreneur, investor, and board director—takes a surprising turn and argues that there is now a third element that’s required for competitive
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