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

Leading Professionals

Power, Politics, and Prima Donnas

by Laura Empson ...

Professional organizations—such as accounting and consulting firms, law firms, and investment banks—are fundamental to the functioning of the global economy. Yet many of the most powerful are notoriously private. This book uncovers the complex, messy, and surprisingly emotional challenges of leading professional organizations—revealing the realities that lies beneath the 'professional' surface ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Professional organizations—such as accounting and consulting firms, law firms, and investment banks—are fundamental to the functioning of the global economy. Yet many of the most powerful are notoriously private. This book uncovers the complex, messy, and surprisingly emotional challenges of leading professional organizations—revealing the realities that lies beneath the 'professional' surface
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The AI Companion to Crafting Engineering Strategy

How Thoughtful Decisions Solve Complex Problems

by Will Larson ...

This is an LLM-optimized version of Crafting Engineering Strategy.Many engineers assume their organization doesn't have an engineering strategy—when in fact, they often do. It just may not be working. In Crafting Engineering Strategy, Will Larson (author of An Elegant Puzzle, Staff Engineer, and The Engineering Executive's Primer) offers a practical, example-rich guide to navigating technical and ... Read more

$21.59 USD

This is an LLM-optimized version of Crafting Engineering Strategy.Many engineers assume their organization doesn't have an engineering strategy—when in fact, they often do. It just may not be working. In Crafting Engineering Strategy, Will Larson (author of An Elegant Puzzle, Staff Engineer, and The Engineering Executive's Primer) offers a practical, example-rich guide to navigating technical and
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I Wish I'd Known That Earlier in My Career

The Power of Positive Workplace Politics

by Jane Horan ...

The must-read guide to understanding corporate politics in order to get aheadDesigned to provide the reader with an understanding of corporate politics from a positive perspective, I Wish I'd Known That Earlier in My Career uses case studies to teach the essentials of organizational dynamics, power networks, and the decision-making processes and dilemmas involved in business. Examining corporate ... Read more

$12.00 USD

The must-read guide to understanding corporate politics in order to get aheadDesigned to provide the reader with an understanding of corporate politics from a positive perspective, I Wish I'd Known That Earlier in My Career uses case studies to teach the essentials of organizational dynamics, power networks, and the decision-making processes and dilemmas involved in business. Examining corporate
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Wait

The Art and Science of Delay

by Frank Partnoy ...

What do these scenarios have in common: a professional tennis player returning a serve, a woman evaluating a first date across the table, a naval officer assessing a threat to his ship, and a comedian about to reveal a punch line?In this counterintuitive and insightful work, author Frank Partnoy weaves together findings from hundreds of scientific studies and interviews with wide-ranging experts ... Read more

$10.99 USD

What do these scenarios have in common: a professional tennis player returning a serve, a woman evaluating a first date across the table, a naval officer assessing a threat to his ship, and a comedian about to reveal a punch line?In this counterintuitive and insightful work, author Frank Partnoy weaves together findings from hundreds of scientific studies and interviews with wide-ranging experts
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Mindfulness and Money

The Buddhist Path of Abundance

by Dominic J. Houlder, Kulananda Houlder ...

From two leading instructors in business and Buddhism comes a fresh approach to making peace with your finances and creating true abundance.It may seem contradictory that Buddhist teachers Kulananda and Dominic Houlder have also been highly successful in the business arena, but they have learned that Buddhist teachings do not require a life of poverty, and can indeed go hand-in-hand with wealth ... Read more

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From two leading instructors in business and Buddhism comes a fresh approach to making peace with your finances and creating true abundance.It may seem contradictory that Buddhist teachers Kulananda and Dominic Houlder have also been highly successful in the business arena, but they have learned that Buddhist teachings do not require a life of poverty, and can indeed go hand-in-hand with wealth
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Business Continuity Management

Building an Effective Incident Management Plan

by Michael Blyth ...

PRAISE FOR Business Continuity ManagementFew businesses can afford to shut down for an extended period of time, regardless of the cause. If the past few years have taught us anything, it's that disaster can strike in any shape, at any time. Be prepared with the time-tested strategies in Business Continuity Management: Building an Effective Incident Management Plan and protect your employees while ... Read more

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PRAISE FOR Business Continuity ManagementFew businesses can afford to shut down for an extended period of time, regardless of the cause. If the past few years have taught us anything, it's that disaster can strike in any shape, at any time. Be prepared with the time-tested strategies in Business Continuity Management: Building an Effective Incident Management Plan and protect your employees while
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一本書讀懂利率：利率就是錢的時間價值！40個關鍵概念，解析利率為什麼有高有低，該怎麼用它才聰明

세상 친절한 금리수업

by 趙慶燁, 盧泳佑 ...

Translated by 陳柏蓁 ...

★循序漸進、把你教到會的利率入門書★★只要你不是住在無人島，口袋裡的錢就擺脫不了利率影響；財經專家用零基礎就能懂的語言，教你聰明用利率、錢不會越來越薄！為什麼跟銀行借錢有利息可拿？利息多少是怎麼決定的？媒體都在說的通貨膨脹是什麼？央行升息／降息跟你我有什麼關係？日圓匯率怎麼會跌跌不休，越換越便宜？這些問題都跟「利率」有關，你知道答案嗎？近兩年來，財經新聞中，「利率」突然成為頭等重要的關鍵字。除了有房貸、車貸或有投資經驗的人對「利率」不算陌生，但大部分人可能會覺得和自己沒什麼關係。那可就大錯特錯了！「利率」就是「錢的時間價值」，這個價值的高低，和經濟社會的日常息息相關，可以說是經濟的關鍵數字，舉凡「通貨膨脹」（生活必需品... ... Read more

$7.15 USD

★循序漸進、把你教到會的利率入門書★★只要你不是住在無人島，口袋裡的錢就擺脫不了利率影響；財經專家用零基礎就能懂的語言，教你聰明用利率、錢不會越來越薄！為什麼跟銀行借錢有利息可拿？利息多少是怎麼決定的？媒體都在說的通貨膨脹是什麼？央行升息／降息跟你我有什麼關係？日圓匯率怎麼會跌跌不休，越換越便宜？這些問題都跟「利率」有關，你知道答案嗎？近兩年來，財經新聞中，「利率」突然成為頭等重要的關鍵字。除了有房貸、車貸或有投資經驗的人對「利率」不算陌生，但大部分人可能會覺得和自己沒什麼關係。那可就大錯特錯了！「利率」就是「錢的時間價值」，這個價值的高低，和經濟社會的日常息息相關，可以說是經濟的關鍵數字，舉凡「通貨膨脹」（生活必需品...
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數商：向阿里巴巴前副總裁學習數據時代的生存商數

by 涂子沛 ...

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★全系列著作銷售突破100萬冊★★《羅輯思維》創始人羅振宇強力推薦★數據不是黃金或石油，而是一片沃土，孕育我們未來發展的一切所需。透過生動有趣的歷史故事，一窺人類文明躍遷的關鍵時刻，學習生活中的數據科學、解讀數商的深刻內涵。◆立即上網測試！數據時代來臨，你的生存指數有多高？http://www.readingtimes.com.tw/timeshtml/ad/BED0285/index.html數學、數據或數商，並非單純的數字或符號，而是教你練習邏輯思維，進而學會深度思考，無論在日常生活或職場中，這都是現代人的必備素養。我們正站在歷史的轉捩點，你該如何... ... Read more

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★全系列著作銷售突破100萬冊★★《羅輯思維》創始人羅振宇強力推薦★數據不是黃金或石油，而是一片沃土，孕育我們未來發展的一切所需。透過生動有趣的歷史故事，一窺人類文明躍遷的關鍵時刻，學習生活中的數據科學、解讀數商的深刻內涵。◆立即上網測試！數據時代來臨，你的生存指數有多高？http://www.readingtimes.com.tw/timeshtml/ad/BED0285/index.html數學、數據或數商，並非單純的數字或符號，而是教你練習邏輯思維，進而學會深度思考，無論在日常生活或職場中，這都是現代人的必備素養。我們正站在歷史的轉捩點，你該如何...
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Interpersonal Skills for Portfolio, Program, and Project Managers

by Ginger Levin DPA, PMP, PgMP ...

Improve Your Interpersonal Skills to Achieve Greater Management Success!Any formula for management success must include a high level of interpersonal skills. The growing complexity of organizational portfolios, programs, and projects, as well as the increasing number and geographic dispersion of stakeholders and employees, makes a manager's interpersonal skills critical. The frequency and variety ... Read more

$40.99 USD

Improve Your Interpersonal Skills to Achieve Greater Management Success!Any formula for management success must include a high level of interpersonal skills. The growing complexity of organizational portfolios, programs, and projects, as well as the increasing number and geographic dispersion of stakeholders and employees, makes a manager's interpersonal skills critical. The frequency and variety
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Great People Decisions

Why They Matter So Much, Why They are So Hard, and How You Can Master Them

by Claudio Fernández-Aráoz ...

Praise for Great People Decisions"Fernandez-Araoz has captured the essence of building great teams with a masterful and entirely practical study of what goes into getting people selection right."--JACK WELCH"Fernandez-Araoz does a great service with this wonderful book, teaching us how to accomplish the first task of any exceptional leader: get the right people on the bus, and into the right seats ... Read more

$26.00 USD

Praise for Great People Decisions"Fernandez-Araoz has captured the essence of building great teams with a masterful and entirely practical study of what goes into getting people selection right."--JACK WELCH"Fernandez-Araoz does a great service with this wonderful book, teaching us how to accomplish the first task of any exceptional leader: get the right people on the bus, and into the right seats
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Growth Champions

The Battle for Sustained Innovation Leadership

by The Growth Agenda ...

Unique insights and fresh perspectives on business growth and innovationGrowth is a priority for most businesses, but one that's elusive and difficult to achieve. But some companies do it well, delivering sustainable growth year after year. What makes those companies so special? And what can you and your business learn from them?Growth Champions looks at 20 leading global organizations and ... Read more

$23.00 USD

Unique insights and fresh perspectives on business growth and innovationGrowth is a priority for most businesses, but one that's elusive and difficult to achieve. But some companies do it well, delivering sustainable growth year after year. What makes those companies so special? And what can you and your business learn from them?Growth Champions looks at 20 leading global organizations and
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Building Design Strategy

Using Design to Achieve Key Business Objectives

by Thomas Lockwood, Thomas Walton ...

How can design be used to solve business problems? That's the question answered, in many innovative ways, by Building Design Strategy. Mark Dziersk, EunSool Kwon, Arnold Levin, Laura Weiss, and many more top-name contributors share their experience and insights. Topics explore the full range of issues today, including thinking ahead; adapting to challenges; developing tangible strategies; using ... Read more

$17.99 USD

How can design be used to solve business problems? That's the question answered, in many innovative ways, by Building Design Strategy. Mark Dziersk, EunSool Kwon, Arnold Levin, Laura Weiss, and many more top-name contributors share their experience and insights. Topics explore the full range of issues today, including thinking ahead; adapting to challenges; developing tangible strategies; using
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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
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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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Strategy for the Corporate Level

Where to Invest, What to Cut Back and How to Grow Organisations with Multiple Divisions

by Andrew Campbell, Michael Goold, Marcus Alexander, Jo Whitehead ...

A revised edition of the bestselling classicThis book covers strategy for organisations that operate more than one business, a situation commonly referred to as group-level or corporate-level strategy. Corporate-level strategy addresses four types of decisions that only corporate-level managers can make: which businesses or markets to enter, how much to invest in each business, how to select and ... Read more

$50.00 USD

A revised edition of the bestselling classicThis book covers strategy for organisations that operate more than one business, a situation commonly referred to as group-level or corporate-level strategy. Corporate-level strategy addresses four types of decisions that only corporate-level managers can make: which businesses or markets to enter, how much to invest in each business, how to select and
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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
亞馬遜貝佐斯的外星人思維法

快速輸出各種創意，工作不再焦慮，給你源源不絕的問題解決力

by 西羅．布凱, 尚－路易．巴梭, 麥克．韋德 ...

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在天才眼裡，怪異是能力，發呆是紀律，浪費時間才有創意！　　►百萬暢銷書《獲利世代》、《思考的藝術》作者聯名推薦。　　►瑞士洛桑管理學院10年研究大公開。分析50多個案例，破解成功祕徑。　　►收錄「外星人思維」檢測表，10種創意練習，讓靈感隨叫隨到。　　「大家一起腦力激盪，但爭相提供意見後，問題反而更複雜了！」　　「這個點子明明超棒！主管不了解就算了，幹嘛還拼命打槍？」　　「明明已經每天加班花時間思考了，怎麼想都還是跳不出老方法！」　　如果有上述困擾，那你應該換一顆「外星人」的腦。　　★ 靈感可以製造！只要你「廢」得夠科學　　我們總將豐富的想像力與靈感和天才畫上等號，　　好像創意是種天分，天生注定沒有，再怎麼努力都無濟於事。　　但愛因斯坦曾說：「創意是浪費時間時的殘餘物。」　　換言之，正因為你不懂如何正確地「浪費時間」，靈感才沒辦法說來就來。　　神經學家馬庫斯．賴希勒（Marcus... ... Read more

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在天才眼裡，怪異是能力，發呆是紀律，浪費時間才有創意！　　►百萬暢銷書《獲利世代》、《思考的藝術》作者聯名推薦。　　►瑞士洛桑管理學院10年研究大公開。分析50多個案例，破解成功祕徑。　　►收錄「外星人思維」檢測表，10種創意練習，讓靈感隨叫隨到。　　「大家一起腦力激盪，但爭相提供意見後，問題反而更複雜了！」　　「這個點子明明超棒！主管不了解就算了，幹嘛還拼命打槍？」　　「明明已經每天加班花時間思考了，怎麼想都還是跳不出老方法！」　　如果有上述困擾，那你應該換一顆「外星人」的腦。　　★ 靈感可以製造！只要你「廢」得夠科學　　我們總將豐富的想像力與靈感和天才畫上等號，　　好像創意是種天分，天生注定沒有，再怎麼努力都無濟於事。　　但愛因斯坦曾說：「創意是浪費時間時的殘餘物。」　　換言之，正因為你不懂如何正確地「浪費時間」，靈感才沒辦法說來就來。　　神經學家馬庫斯．賴希勒（Marcus...
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Google衝刺工作法（暢銷新裝版）──Google打造成功產品的祕密，5天5步驟迅速解決難題、測試新點子、完成更多工作！

Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just 5 Days

by 傑克．納普, Jake Knapp, 約翰．澤拉斯, John Zeratsky, 布雷登．柯維茲, Braden Kowitz ...

（初版書名為《Google創投認證！SPRINT衝刺計畫》）蘋果、亞馬遜、特斯拉、Airbnb、Mercedes-Benz、American Express、Nike、IKEA等成功企業競相偷師Google創投認證！Google最實用的工作法────SPRINT衝刺計畫────所有產業、所有規模的企業、甚至個人都適用！5天5步驟高效率工作流程迅速解決難題．測試新構想．完成更多任務．加快工作速度《紐約時報》．亞馬遜網路書店．《華爾街日報》暢銷書《Inc.》雜誌推薦年度必讀商業書✦ Gmail、Google Search、Google X、Chrome……等知名產品的各種項目，都通過了「衝刺計畫」的考驗才推出，並且大獲成功！✦ 眾多優秀的新創公司創辦人都曾運用「衝刺計畫」做決策，包括：23andMe創辦人沃西基（Anne Wojcicki）、Twitter／Blogger ... Read more

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（初版書名為《Google創投認證！SPRINT衝刺計畫》）蘋果、亞馬遜、特斯拉、Airbnb、Mercedes-Benz、American Express、Nike、IKEA等成功企業競相偷師Google創投認證！Google最實用的工作法────SPRINT衝刺計畫────所有產業、所有規模的企業、甚至個人都適用！5天5步驟高效率工作流程迅速解決難題．測試新構想．完成更多任務．加快工作速度《紐約時報》．亞馬遜網路書店．《華爾街日報》暢銷書《Inc.》雜誌推薦年度必讀商業書✦ Gmail、Google Search、Google X、Chrome……等知名產品的各種項目，都通過了「衝刺計畫」的考驗才推出，並且大獲成功！✦ 眾多優秀的新創公司創辦人都曾運用「衝刺計畫」做決策，包括：23andMe創辦人沃西基（Anne Wojcicki）、Twitter／Blogger
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Beating the Dow Completely Revised and Updated

A High-Return, Low-Risk Method for Investing in the Dow Jones Industrial Stocks with as Little as $5,000

by John Downes, Michael B. O'Higgins ...

In 1991, Michael B. O'Higgins, one of the nation's top money managers, turned the investment world upside down with an ingenious strategy, showing how all investors--from those with only $5,000 to invest to millionaires--could beat the pros 95% of the time by putting 100% of their equity investment into the high-yield, low-risk "dog" stocks of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. His formula spawned ... Read more

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In 1991, Michael B. O'Higgins, one of the nation's top money managers, turned the investment world upside down with an ingenious strategy, showing how all investors--from those with only $5,000 to invest to millionaires--could beat the pros 95% of the time by putting 100% of their equity investment into the high-yield, low-risk "dog" stocks of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. His formula spawned
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The Analytical Marketer

How to Transform Your Marketing Organization

by Adele Sweetwood ...

How to lead the changeAnalytics are driving big changes, not only in what marketing departments do but in how they are organized, staffed, led, and run. Leaders are grappling with issues that range from building an analytically driven marketing organization and determining the kinds of structure and talent that are needed to leading interactions with IT, finance, and sales and creating a unified ... Read more

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How to lead the changeAnalytics are driving big changes, not only in what marketing departments do but in how they are organized, staffed, led, and run. Leaders are grappling with issues that range from building an analytically driven marketing organization and determining the kinds of structure and talent that are needed to leading interactions with IT, finance, and sales and creating a unified
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The Myth of Experience

Why We Learn the Wrong Lessons, and Ways to Correct Them

by Robin M Hogarth, Emre Soyer ...

Experience is a great teacher . . . except when it isn't. In this groundbreaking guide, learn how the past can deceive and limit us -- and how healthy skepticism can build a better world.Our personal experience is key to who we are and what we do. We judge others by their experience and are judged by ours. Society venerates experience. From doctors to teachers to managers to presidents, the more ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Experience is a great teacher . . . except when it isn't. In this groundbreaking guide, learn how the past can deceive and limit us -- and how healthy skepticism can build a better world.Our personal experience is key to who we are and what we do. We judge others by their experience and are judged by ours. Society venerates experience. From doctors to teachers to managers to presidents, the more
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Hot Seat

The Startup CEO Guidebook

by Dan Shapiro ...

What avoidable problem destroys more young startups than any other?Why is it a mistake to ask for introductions to investors?When do you play the CEO card?Should you sell out?Author and four-time founder/CEO Dan Shapiro tells the stories of dozens of startups whose companies lived and died by the advice in these pages. From inception to destruction and triumph to despair, this rollercoaster read ... Read more

$21.99 USD

What avoidable problem destroys more young startups than any other?Why is it a mistake to ask for introductions to investors?When do you play the CEO card?Should you sell out?Author and four-time founder/CEO Dan Shapiro tells the stories of dozens of startups whose companies lived and died by the advice in these pages. From inception to destruction and triumph to despair, this rollercoaster read
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Discounting the Future

The Ascendancy of a Political Technology

by Liliana Doganova ...

Series Book 7 - Near Futures
A pioneering exploration of the defining traits and contradictions of our relationship to the future through the lens of discountingForest fires, droughts, and rising sea levels beg a nagging question: have we lost our capacity to act on the future? Liliana Doganova’s book sheds new light on this anxious query. It argues that our relationship to the future has been trapped in the gears of a device ... Read more

$21.59 USD

A pioneering exploration of the defining traits and contradictions of our relationship to the future through the lens of discountingForest fires, droughts, and rising sea levels beg a nagging question: have we lost our capacity to act on the future? Liliana Doganova’s book sheds new light on this anxious query. It argues that our relationship to the future has been trapped in the gears of a device
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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

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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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