Decision-Making & Problem Solving

After her first two weeks observing the problems at DecisionTech, Kathryn Petersen, its new CEO, had more than a few moments when she wondered is she should have taken the job. But Kathryn knew there was little chance she would have turned it down. After all, retirement had made her antsy, and...

Includes bonus audio featuring an exclusive conversation with Naval Ravikant. Getting rich is not just about luck; happiness is not just a trait we are born with. These aspirations may seem out of reach, but building wealth and being happy are skills we can learn. So what are these skills, and...

For the first time ever, hear the bestselling leadership book of all time, read in its entirety by John Maxwell himself! HarperCollins and John C. Maxwell are celebrating the milestone anniversary of Maxwell’s New York Times bestselling book, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, with the...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Poker champion turned business consultant Annie Duke teaches you how to get comfortable with uncertainty and make better decisions as a result in “the ultimate guide to thinking about risk” (Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit). “A big favorite among...

An Avid Reader Press book. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader. In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in...

The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts is the first book in The Great Mental Models series designed to upgrade your thinking with the best, most useful and powerful tools so you always have the right one on hand....

Good Strategy/Bad Strategy clarifies the muddled thinking underlying too many strategies and provides a clear way to create and implement a powerful action-oriented strategy for the real world. Developing and implementing a strategy is the central task of a leader. A good strategy is a specific...

Used successfully by thousands of business managers, educators, and government leaders around the world, Six Thinking Hats offers a practical and uniquely positive approach to making decisions and exploring new ideas. Your success depends on how you think. The main difficulty of thinking is...

Prepare to embark on a journey of transformation as Scott Adams shares his most invaluable insights and practical techniques to date, empowering you to reprogram your own reality using words alone....

A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind All our lives are constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set of problems...

Do you have a nagging fear that your work isn’t truly important? Or that your potential greatness will wither, unrealized? Most people never feel purpose in their work. They never bring their full energy to a meaningful mission. Purpose and intensity are Elon Musk’s superpowers. He chooses...

A “compulsively readable” (Evan Osnos, National Book Award–winning author) book from the New York Times bestselling author of The Unthinkable and award-winning journalist Amanda Ripley investigating how good people get captured by high conflict—and how they break free. When we are...

Since the original publication of Nudge more than a decade ago, the title has entered the vocabulary of businesspeople, policy makers, engaged citizens, and consumers everywhere. The book has given rise to more than 200 "nudge units" in governments around the world and countless groups of...

What makes a truly exceptional leader? Discover the practical, fail-proof tools that will help you to fine-tune your leadership skills, solidify respect among your workforce, and ensure your company's lasting success. When Martin G. Moore was asked to rescue a leading energy corporation from...

We assume that more choice means better options and greater satisfaction. But beware of excessive choice....

From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia, learn what sets high achievers apart—from Bill Gates to the Beatles—in this seminal work from "a singular talent" (New York Times Book Review). In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of...

A strategic blueprint for elite and rising entrepreneurs to achieve 100x growth, build legacy, and engineer 25 years of exponential success. With EXCLUSIVE audiobook-only insights and coaching from Dan Sullivan and John Bowen. This bold and visionary guide delivers a 25-year strategic roadmap...

With straight talk and practical solutions, Jared Tendler brings a new voice to trading psychology. In The Mental Game of Trading, he busts myths about emotions, greed, and discipline, and shows you how to look past the obvious to identify the real reasons you're struggling....

"Spectacular." ―Daniel Pink A guide to dealing with uncertainty at a time when our lives have never felt less certain. From our careers to our politics to our personal lives, the future is unknown. And yet, our capacity to tolerate this uncertainty is in decline. How to Not Know will help you...

The Great Game of Business started a business revolution by introducing the world to open-book management....

In the newly revised third edition of The Leadership Pipeline, a team of veteran leadership practitioners delivers a practical and essential framework for identifying future leaders, assessing their competence, planning their development, nurturing their talents, and analyzing the results of...

Features a bonus conversation with bestselling poet and philosopher Yung Pueblo. New York Times Bestseller! From the author of the international bestseller Don't Believe Everything You Think comes a companion guide that transforms the paralyzing cycle of overthinking into clear, intuitive...

Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman is one of the tech world's most accomplished executives in enterprise growth, having led Snowflake to the largest software IPO ever after leading Data Domain and ServiceNow to exponential growth and the public market before that. In Amp It Up, he shares his...

WHY DO SOME CHANGES FAIL WHILE OTHERS SUCCEED? That question was the catalyst that drove Prosci founder Jeff Hiatt in the late 1990s to uncover the secret to successful change—and develop the popular change management model known as ADKAR.

Put your strategy into action. Even the best competitive strategies mean nothing if they can't be executed. Yet many organizations struggle when they move from defining a strategy to implementing it. Somehow, all the careful planning falls to the side, and leaders are left wondering how to pick...

Groundbreaking investor and global enterprise builder Alec Litowitz shows how to move from “making the right decision” to “making decisions right” in The Adaptability Quotient, a guide to thinking and acting under uncertainty. Over decades of success across volatile markets, creating...

"This book will give you language for something you felt your whole life but couldn't quite articulate." —From the foreword by Mel Robbins, author of The Let Them Theory You’re not stuck because the problem is too hard. You’re stuck because something invisible is holding it in place. Most...

Why fear of risk is holding us back, and how we can reclaim the confidence to thrive in unpredictable times Something is out of sync in today’s economy. People feel insecure and unable to reach their potential. We worry that the world has become too risky, that investing is only for the rich...

Stop fighting symptoms. Start finding solutions. Discover the systems thinking tools that actually work. In Signals & Levers, Elisabeth Hendrickson—former VP R&D at Pivotal and author of the enduring Explore It!—and Joel Tosi—who has spent 25+ years delivering software and a decade helping teams stop “change theater”—teach you to see through the illusions that plague every software organization. Using tools from statistical process control, systems thinking, and economic theory, they show you how to identify real problems and find the levers that create lasting change.

With AI upending work and life, the founders of Axios and bestselling authors of Smart Brevity offer a one-stop survival guide to dramatically improving your life, work, and happiness. Toxic complexity clogs our meetings, inboxes, calendars—even in our daily habits. We can do so much more, but...

In Making Decisions When Everything Feels Urgent, experienced business advisor and executive coach Tim Luscombe reveals why intelligent leaders so often make poor decisions under pressure—and provides a practical framework for making better ones. Drawing on decades of boardroom experience, real business case studies and timeless Stoic principles, this book shows you how to cut through complexity, avoid common decision traps and lead with greater confidence.

When everything feels uncertain, your brain goes into crisis mode. But the truth is, uncertainty doesn't have to mean anxiety. "COULD gives you the practical thinking tools to stay calm, rational and creative even when life feels unpredictable." Could is a practical guide to staying calm and decisive when life feels unpredictable. Blending neuroscience, behavioural psychology and foresight techniques, it shows how to think clearly and act confidently even when nothing feels certain.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Most costly professional decisions do not begin with recklessness. They begin with a full calendar, depleted attention, an open inbox, and the relief of answering quickly. Professionals Making Better Decisions Without Urgency offers a practical system...

AI can produce more, faster than ever. But can it replace your judgement, resilience, creativity and ability to lead people? As artificial intelligence transforms the workplace, many experienced professionals are asking an uncomfortable question: Will I still be relevant? The Human Edge offers a practical and reassuring answer. Your future does not depend on competing with machines. It depends on strengthening the distinctly human capabilities that technology can amplify but cannot fully own.

Bullshift! Money Does Grow on Trees. A Money Mindset Book for Entrepreneurs Ready to Rewire Their Beliefs and Build Sustainable Growth. If you are working harder but not seeing real financial results, the issue is not effort or intelligence. It is the mindset of money shaped by your beliefs, stress responses, and brain wiring. When your nervous system is stuck in protection mode, no amount of strategy will create lasting growth. Bullshift!

By P.T. Barnum | Adapted and Narrated by Luke Meinier Long before P.T. Barnum became a world-famous showman, he was a practical operator who built massive fortunes, lost them to bad deals, and earned them back through relentless discipline, focus, and smart marketing. In 1880, Barnum wrote down...

Clear Decisions, Better Life is a practical guide to one of the most influential skills you'll ever develop: the ability to make thoughtful, confident decisions that align with your values and long-term goals. Every choice—whether large or small—shapes the direction of your career...

Traditional strategic plans often collapse when confronted by AI disruption, market shifts, and geopolitical upheaval. In The Map Vs. the Terrain, Bill Fournet, executive coach to over thirty C-suite leaders, draws on decades of real-world consulting experience to deliver a pragmatic approach to...

Unintentional Mentors is the book I never meant to write… I just made enough mistakes that ignoring them felt irresponsible. It’s a collection of real stories from years of leading teams, fixing messes, and occasionally creating new ones. I learned from great Leaders who changed me, and a few Managers who probably still have me blocked on LinkedIn. No theory, no MBA fluff. Just the stuff you learn in the wild: surviving transformation work, spotting the line between confidence and arrogance, and knowing when to shut up and listen. It’s honest, funny, and definitely not HR-approved.

Every leader knows they should delegate more. Then the day fills up with work they could hand off, decisions their team could make, and problems that only reach them because they trained everyone to bring them. The calendar says senior leader. The actual hours say something else.