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

The Little Book of Data

Understanding the Powerful Analytics that Fuel AI, Make or Break Careers, and Could Just End Up Saving the World

by Justin Evans ...

Data is not about number crunching. It’s about ideas. And when used properly (read: ethically), it is the problem solver of our time.Yet many savvy people seem to be in data denial: they don’t think they need to understand data, or it’s too complicated, or worse, using it is somehow unethical. Yet as data and AI (just an accelerated way to put data to work) move to the center of professional and ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Data is not about number crunching. It’s about ideas. And when used properly (read: ethically), it is the problem solver of our time.Yet many savvy people seem to be in data denial: they don’t think they need to understand data, or it’s too complicated, or worse, using it is somehow unethical. Yet as data and AI (just an accelerated way to put data to work) move to the center of professional and
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Toyota Supply Chain Management: A Strategic Approach to the Principles of Toyota's Renowned System

by Ananth V. Iyer, Sridhar Seshadri, Roy Vasher ...

The Toyota Production System is the benchmark used throughout the world for “lean” thinking. Now you can model your own processes after those of the company that “wrote the book on supply chain management.”Written by two experts on the subject, along with a former Toyota senior executive, this book details the most celebrated supply chain operation in the world to help you form an integrated, ... Read more

$31.69 USD

The Toyota Production System is the benchmark used throughout the world for “lean” thinking. Now you can model your own processes after those of the company that “wrote the book on supply chain management.”Written by two experts on the subject, along with a former Toyota senior executive, this book details the most celebrated supply chain operation in the world to help you form an integrated,
... Read more
Understanding A3 Thinking

A Critical Component of Toyota's PDCA Management System

by Durward K. Sobek II., Art Smalley ...

Winner of a 2009 Shingo Research and Professional Publication Prize. Notably flexible and brief, the A3 report has proven to be a key tool In Toyota‘s successful move toward organizational efficiency, effectiveness, and improvement, especially within its engineering and R&D organizations. The power of the A3 report, however, derives not from th ... Read more

$57.99 USD

Winner of a 2009 Shingo Research and Professional Publication Prize. Notably flexible and brief, the A3 report has proven to be a key tool In Toyota‘s successful move toward organizational efficiency, effectiveness, and improvement, especially within its engineering and R&D organizations. The power of the A3 report, however, derives not from th
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Predictable Results in Unpredictable Times

by Stephen Covey ...

The one certainty in any business is uncertainty. You can always be sure of change. Still, some companies perform reliably and with excellence in spite of ever-changing circumstances. Predictable Results in Unpredictable Times is about four essentials for getting great performance from business and yourself in both good times and bad. 1. Excellent Execution: Winning companies have clear goals and ... Read more

$8.09 USD

The one certainty in any business is uncertainty. You can always be sure of change. Still, some companies perform reliably and with excellence in spite of ever-changing circumstances. Predictable Results in Unpredictable Times is about four essentials for getting great performance from business and yourself in both good times and bad. 1. Excellent Execution: Winning companies have clear goals and
... Read more
How the Wise Decide

The Lessons of 21 Extraordinary Leaders

by Aaron Sandoski, Bryn Zeckhauser ...

Discover the formula used by twenty-one of the world’s most extraordinary leaders to make consistent and smart decisions.How do the wise decide and lead businesses and organizations to great success is the question Bryn Zeckhauser and Aaron Sandoski posed to themselves after landing their first jobs as managers. Despite the best training the world could offer—Harvard MBAs and stints at McKinsey & ... Read more

$6.99 USD

Discover the formula used by twenty-one of the world’s most extraordinary leaders to make consistent and smart decisions.How do the wise decide and lead businesses and organizations to great success is the question Bryn Zeckhauser and Aaron Sandoski posed to themselves after landing their first jobs as managers. Despite the best training the world could offer—Harvard MBAs and stints at McKinsey &
... Read more
The Go Point

How to Get Off the Fence by Knowing What to Do and When to Do It

by Michael Useem ...

The Go Point—the moment of truth when you have to say “yes” or “no” when it’s time to get off the fence.Michael Useem—through dramatic storytelling—shows how to master the art and science of being decisive. He places you smack in the middle of people facing their go point, where actions—or lack of them—determined the fates of individuals, companies, and countries.• Why on earth did Robert E. Lee ... Read more

$4.99 USD

The Go Point—the moment of truth when you have to say “yes” or “no” when it’s time to get off the fence.Michael Useem—through dramatic storytelling—shows how to master the art and science of being decisive. He places you smack in the middle of people facing their go point, where actions—or lack of them—determined the fates of individuals, companies, and countries.• Why on earth did Robert E. Lee
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The Girl's Guide to Kicking Your Career Into Gear

Valuable Lessons, True Stories, and Tips For Using What You've Got (A Brain!) to Make Your Worklife Work for You

by Caitlin Friedman, Kimberly Yorio ...

Be the girl who makes it happen!Guess what? If you’re not looking out for your career then nobody is. If you want to be both passionate about what you do and successful, then you must take control of your professional destiny. Only you can determine who you are, what you can do, and where you want to go. If you are stuck in your career, frustrated at your position within a company, or bored with ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Be the girl who makes it happen!Guess what? If you’re not looking out for your career then nobody is. If you want to be both passionate about what you do and successful, then you must take control of your professional destiny. Only you can determine who you are, what you can do, and where you want to go. If you are stuck in your career, frustrated at your position within a company, or bored with
... Read more
六頂思考帽（全新修訂版）：思考大師狄波諾改變全世界的創新思維工具

Six Thinking Hats

Translated by 劉慧玉 ...

by 愛德華．狄波諾, Edward de Bono ...

★全球銷量超過數千萬冊！創意思考之父狄波諾大師經典之作★全球創新思考課程No.1，風行54個國家，譯成37種語言一個人的思考混亂是瓶頸，一群人的思考混亂是災難。創意思考之父狄波諾的六頂思考帽，能幫助你解決個人與團體的思考難題。這一套創新思考工具，風靡全球近四十年，從六歲兒童到世界級企業高級主管都可以用。以最簡單實際的方式，帶領個人、團隊進行討論，六頂思考帽，六種顏色，分別代表六個觀點，白（客觀）、紅（情感）、黑（批判）、黃（積極）、綠（創意）、藍（控制），帽子摘下戴上，須臾間轉換觀點，一次只思考一件事，每種角度都會被捕捉，每個人的意見都會被聽見，啟動個人思考力，創造團隊共同溝通語言，做出最佳決策！● 六頂思考帽分別是什麼思考風格？白帽：提供客觀事實與數據。<p... ... Read more

$7.14 USD

★全球銷量超過數千萬冊！創意思考之父狄波諾大師經典之作★全球創新思考課程No.1，風行54個國家，譯成37種語言一個人的思考混亂是瓶頸，一群人的思考混亂是災難。創意思考之父狄波諾的六頂思考帽，能幫助你解決個人與團體的思考難題。這一套創新思考工具，風靡全球近四十年，從六歲兒童到世界級企業高級主管都可以用。以最簡單實際的方式，帶領個人、團隊進行討論，六頂思考帽，六種顏色，分別代表六個觀點，白（客觀）、紅（情感）、黑（批判）、黃（積極）、綠（創意）、藍（控制），帽子摘下戴上，須臾間轉換觀點，一次只思考一件事，每種角度都會被捕捉，每個人的意見都會被聽見，啟動個人思考力，創造團隊共同溝通語言，做出最佳決策！● 六頂思考帽分別是什麼思考風格？白帽：提供客觀事實與數據。<p...
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How to be Strategic

by Fred Pelard ...

FT BUSINESS BOOK OF THE MONTH'A comprehensive, concise, and practical guide that will enable anyone, in any situation, to develop their strategic thinking' Tiffani Bova, Chief Growth Evangelist, Salesforce, WSJ bestselling author, Growth IQ'A must read for everyone who ever deals with complex important challenges. There are many take-away gems here that will help you push through the knott... ... Read more

$16.79 USD

FT BUSINESS BOOK OF THE MONTH'A comprehensive, concise, and practical guide that will enable anyone, in any situation, to develop their strategic thinking' Tiffani Bova, Chief Growth Evangelist, Salesforce, WSJ bestselling author, Growth IQ'A must read for everyone who ever deals with complex important challenges. There are many take-away gems here that will help you push through the knott...
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Creative Directions

Mastering the Transition from Talent to Leader

by Jason Sperling ...

More and more makers, designers, writers, and artists are in demand as we enter the Age of Creatives. By understanding the new strategies and mindset required to succeed, you can manage other creatives successfully.For creators, getting that promotion to management is exciting but can also be scary. The skills that made them so successful may not translate to the skill required to be a great ... Read more

$13.99 USD

More and more makers, designers, writers, and artists are in demand as we enter the Age of Creatives. By understanding the new strategies and mindset required to succeed, you can manage other creatives successfully.For creators, getting that promotion to management is exciting but can also be scary. The skills that made them so successful may not translate to the skill required to be a great
... Read more
人生升級的夜間習慣：45個「吸引機會」的晚間管理技巧

結果を出し続ける人が夜やること

by 後藤勇人 ...

Translated by 林佑純 ...

Series series 富能量
一流高手的晚上不同凡響！「好人脈＋好運氣＋好靈感」不會憑空出現，利用晚間時光，抓住翻轉人生的機會！本書提供45項夜間自我提升法，助你煥然一新、催生好靈感、擴展有效人脈、吸引豐盛機運，實現最終夢想！**　　★妥善運用夜晚的人，就能抓住機會**　　畢卡索、達爾文、邱吉爾、貓王……許多世界知名的優秀成功人物，都很善用夜間時光來激發靈感、累積實力。只要你願意，從現在開始，利用書中方法來度過夜晚，成為好機會源源不絕的人！**　　★養成這些習慣，完美預定未來的成功**　　☑ 思考明天的話題　　☑ 透過YouTube探索未知的世界　　☑ 多跟與工作無關的人見面　　☑ 透過電子郵件，提前營造會面氛圍<... ... Read more

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一流高手的晚上不同凡響！「好人脈＋好運氣＋好靈感」不會憑空出現，利用晚間時光，抓住翻轉人生的機會！本書提供45項夜間自我提升法，助你煥然一新、催生好靈感、擴展有效人脈、吸引豐盛機運，實現最終夢想！**　　★妥善運用夜晚的人，就能抓住機會**　　畢卡索、達爾文、邱吉爾、貓王……許多世界知名的優秀成功人物，都很善用夜間時光來激發靈感、累積實力。只要你願意，從現在開始，利用書中方法來度過夜晚，成為好機會源源不絕的人！**　　★養成這些習慣，完美預定未來的成功**　　☑ 思考明天的話題　　☑ 透過YouTube探索未知的世界　　☑ 多跟與工作無關的人見面　　☑ 透過電子郵件，提前營造會面氛圍<...
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A única coisa

A verdade surpreendentemente simples por trás de resultados extraordinários

by Gary Keller, Jay Papasan ...

Translated by Ivanir Calado ...

2 milhões de exemplares vendidos.Primeiro lugar na lista de mais vendidos do The New York Times, Wall Street Journal e USA Today.Eleito um dos 100 melhores livros de negócios de todos os tempos (Goodreads).Não importa o objetivo, não importa o destino, a jornada para qualquer coisa que você queira começa sempre com um único passo. Esse passo se chama a Única Coisa.... ... Read more

$7.99 USD

2 milhões de exemplares vendidos.Primeiro lugar na lista de mais vendidos do The New York Times, Wall Street Journal e USA Today.Eleito um dos 100 melhores livros de negócios de todos os tempos (Goodreads).Não importa o objetivo, não importa o destino, a jornada para qualquer coisa que você queira começa sempre com um único passo. Esse passo se chama a Única Coisa....
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FAST Creativity & Innovation

Rapidly Improving Processes, Product Development and Solving Complex Problems

by Charles Bytheway ...

FAST Creativity & Innovation is a landmark work authored by the creator of the method called Function Analysis Systems Technique (FAST) and pioneer of value engineering and value analysis. FAST is a powerful mapping technique that can graphically model goals, objectives, strategies, plans, systems, projects, products, processes, and procedures in function terms to identify function dependencies by ... Read more

$31.49 USD

FAST Creativity & Innovation is a landmark work authored by the creator of the method called Function Analysis Systems Technique (FAST) and pioneer of value engineering and value analysis. FAST is a powerful mapping technique that can graphically model goals, objectives, strategies, plans, systems, projects, products, processes, and procedures in function terms to identify function dependencies by
... Read more
The Transparent Leader

How to Build a Great Company Through Straight Talk, Openness and Accountability

by Herb Baum, Tammy Kling ...

$6.99 USD
Creative Construction

The DNA of Sustained Innovation

by Gary P. Pisano ...

This myth-busting book shows large companies can construct a strategy, system, and culture of innovation that creates sustained growth.Every company wants to grow, and the most proven way is through innovation. The conventional wisdom is that only disruptive, nimble startups can innovate; once a business gets bigger and more complex corporate arteriosclerosis sets in. Gary Pisano's remarkable ... Read more

$18.99 USD

This myth-busting book shows large companies can construct a strategy, system, and culture of innovation that creates sustained growth.Every company wants to grow, and the most proven way is through innovation. The conventional wisdom is that only disruptive, nimble startups can innovate; once a business gets bigger and more complex corporate arteriosclerosis sets in. Gary Pisano's remarkable
... Read more
Building High Performance Government Through Lean Six Sigma: A Leader's Guide to Creating Speed, Agility, and Efficiency

by Mark Price,Walter Mores,Hundley M. Elliotte ...

Your handbook to successful LSS deployment in federal services Implementing Lean Six Sigma in a federal agency can be a vastly different process than applying it in the private sector; with government comes a host of unique challenges and complexities. Written by an author team that ranks among the few recognized LSS leaders who have worked directly with its deployment in the federal sector, Lean ... Read more

$19.49 USD

Your handbook to successful LSS deployment in federal services Implementing Lean Six Sigma in a federal agency can be a vastly different process than applying it in the private sector; with government comes a host of unique challenges and complexities. Written by an author team that ranks among the few recognized LSS leaders who have worked directly with its deployment in the federal sector, Lean
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Excellence Now: Extreme Humanism

by Tom Peters ...

Excellence Now: Extreme HumanismThis beautifully-designed book by award-winning design firm, Donovan/Green, captures Tom's timeless and new lessons in leadership for NOW. Called the "Greatest Business Book of All Time" (Bloomsbury UK), Tom and Robert Waterman's In Search of Excellence launched a maverick approach to management thinking in 1982. Tom's seventeen books since have been cornerstones of ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Excellence Now: Extreme HumanismThis beautifully-designed book by award-winning design firm, Donovan/Green, captures Tom's timeless and new lessons in leadership for NOW. Called the "Greatest Business Book of All Time" (Bloomsbury UK), Tom and Robert Waterman's In Search of Excellence launched a maverick approach to management thinking in 1982. Tom's seventeen books since have been cornerstones of
... Read more
13 Ways to Kill Your Community

by Doug Griffiths ...

13 Ways to Kill Your Community is lively, full of personality, conversational, breezy, succinct, and fun. One can imagine readers seeking out information on boosting their local community sighing dutifully as they seek out material and then being relieved and delighted when what they find turns out to be as entertaining as it is informative. The information provided is sometimes startling and ... Read more

$6.49 USD

13 Ways to Kill Your Community is lively, full of personality, conversational, breezy, succinct, and fun. One can imagine readers seeking out information on boosting their local community sighing dutifully as they seek out material and then being relieved and delighted when what they find turns out to be as entertaining as it is informative. The information provided is sometimes startling and
... Read more
Rescue the Problem Project

A Complete Guide to Identifying, Preventing, and Recovering from Project Failure

by Todd C. Williams ...

This one-of-a-kind guide provides project managers, executives, and customers alike with an in-depth start-to-finish process that ensure win-win solutions when things go awry.Turnaround specialist Todd Williams has worked with dozens of companies in multiple industries to help them bring projects back from the brink of disaster. Now, in a market full of how-tos on the task of running a project, he ... Read more

$11.99 USD

This one-of-a-kind guide provides project managers, executives, and customers alike with an in-depth start-to-finish process that ensure win-win solutions when things go awry.Turnaround specialist Todd Williams has worked with dozens of companies in multiple industries to help them bring projects back from the brink of disaster. Now, in a market full of how-tos on the task of running a project, he
... Read more
Simply Managing

What Managers Do — and Can Do Better

by Henry Mintzberg ...

The Essence of Managing Henry Mintzberg appreciates that managers are busy people. So he has taken his classic book Managing, done some updating, and distilled its essence into a lean 176 pages of text. The essence of the book remains the same: what Mintzberg learned from observing twenty-nine managers in settings ranging from a refugee camp to a symphony orchestra. Simply Managing considers the ... Read more

$15.89 USD

The Essence of Managing Henry Mintzberg appreciates that managers are busy people. So he has taken his classic book Managing, done some updating, and distilled its essence into a lean 176 pages of text. The essence of the book remains the same: what Mintzberg learned from observing twenty-nine managers in settings ranging from a refugee camp to a symphony orchestra. Simply Managing considers the
... Read more
Consumer-Centric Category Management

How to Increase Profits by Managing Categories Based on Consumer Needs

by ACNielsen, Al Heller ...

In some parts of the world, especially in developing markets, category management today remains a stretch goal – a new idea full of untapped potential. In other areas, the original eight-step process that emerged in the late 1980’s forms the foundation of many companies’ approach to category management. In still others, particularly in developed countries like the U.S., the U.K., and others, ... Read more

$50.00 USD

In some parts of the world, especially in developing markets, category management today remains a stretch goal – a new idea full of untapped potential. In other areas, the original eight-step process that emerged in the late 1980’s forms the foundation of many companies’ approach to category management. In still others, particularly in developed countries like the U.S., the U.K., and others,
... Read more
金錢陷阱：軟銀集團前總裁以扣人心弦的商業傳奇，揭露科技泡沫的真實與幻象

The Money Trap: Lost Illusions Inside the Tech Bubble

by 阿洛．薩瑪, Alok Sama ...

Translated by 張嘉倫 ...

ARM、NVIDIA、TikTok⋯⋯唯一揭露巨額投資現場的紀實－✮ 史上最大「願景基金」核心交易推動者的第一手視角✮ 從科技與金融的最前線揭示市場真相✮ 破除獨角獸神話與誇大炒作的迷思✮ 新創團隊、投資人、企業經營者的冷靜教科書✮特別收錄：寫給台灣讀者的作者序《金錢陷阱》絕非是頌揚財富或生意場上的風光或神話，而是指出那看似光鮮的追逐，往往終究是一場虛無。所幸，這樣的訊息，永遠不會過時。──阿洛．薩瑪 Alok Sama本書作者詳實描寫了在摩根士丹利的職涯，以及在軟銀與孫正義一同參與全球最知名科技公司的投資與併購，包括：安謀、雅虎、輝達、TikTok、Uber、T-Mobile、阿里巴巴和WeWork。▍在科技領域流動的龐大資金，真能為我們帶來更美好的繁榮願景？以成功與失敗為主軸，為讀者展現豐富的業... ... Read more

$12.99 USD

ARM、NVIDIA、TikTok⋯⋯唯一揭露巨額投資現場的紀實－✮ 史上最大「願景基金」核心交易推動者的第一手視角✮ 從科技與金融的最前線揭示市場真相✮ 破除獨角獸神話與誇大炒作的迷思✮ 新創團隊、投資人、企業經營者的冷靜教科書✮特別收錄：寫給台灣讀者的作者序《金錢陷阱》絕非是頌揚財富或生意場上的風光或神話，而是指出那看似光鮮的追逐，往往終究是一場虛無。所幸，這樣的訊息，永遠不會過時。──阿洛．薩瑪 Alok Sama本書作者詳實描寫了在摩根士丹利的職涯，以及在軟銀與孫正義一同參與全球最知名科技公司的投資與併購，包括：安謀、雅虎、輝達、TikTok、Uber、T-Mobile、阿里巴巴和WeWork。▍在科技領域流動的龐大資金，真能為我們帶來更美好的繁榮願景？以成功與失敗為主軸，為讀者展現豐富的業...
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If You're in a Dogfight, Become a Cat!

Strategies for Long-Term Growth

by Leonard Sherman ...

Businesses often find themselves trapped in a competitive dogfight, scratching and clawing for market share with products consumers view as largely undifferentiated. Conventional wisdom suggests that dogfights are to be expected as marketplaces mature, giving rise to the notion that there are "bad" industries where it is unlikely that any company can succeed.But there are notable exceptions in ... Read more

$17.29 USD

Businesses often find themselves trapped in a competitive dogfight, scratching and clawing for market share with products consumers view as largely undifferentiated. Conventional wisdom suggests that dogfights are to be expected as marketplaces mature, giving rise to the notion that there are "bad" industries where it is unlikely that any company can succeed.But there are notable exceptions in
... Read more
Influence and Persuasion (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

by Harvard Business Review, Nick Morgan, Robert B. Cialdini, Linda A. Hill, Nancy Duarte ...

Series series HBR Emotional Intelligence Series
Changing hearts is an important part of changing minds.Research shows that appealing to human emotion can help you make your case and build your authority as a leader.This book highlights that research and shows you how to act on it, presenting both comprehensive frameworks for developing influence and small, simple tactics you can use to convince others every day.This volume includes the work of ... Read more

$14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Changing hearts is an important part of changing minds.Research shows that appealing to human emotion can help you make your case and build your authority as a leader.This book highlights that research and shows you how to act on it, presenting both comprehensive frameworks for developing influence and small, simple tactics you can use to convince others every day.This volume includes the work of
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