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Bloomsbury presents China After Mao by Frank Dikötter, read by Daniel York Loh. “A blow-by-blow account … An important corrective to the conventional view of China’s rise.”—Financial Times From internationally renowned historian Frank Dikötter, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize, a...

Wie wir mir künstlicher Intelligenz umgehen können. Ob Verheißung oder Weltuntergang, künstliche Intelligenz ist aus unserem Alltag nicht mehr wegzudenken. Jeder von uns nutzt sie – bewusst oder unbewusst, ob man will oder nicht. Aber was bedeutet dies für unsere Jobs, unser Privatleben und unsere Zukunft? Wie können wir sinnvoll mit ihr umgehen? Der KI-Experte Ethan Mollick konzentriert sich in seinem "New York Times"-Bestseller auf die praktischen Aspekte der künstlichen Intelligenz.

B Corps are part of a global movement of more than 2,700 companies in 60 countries that are using the power of business as a force for good. B Corps have been certified to have met rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. This audiobook is the authoritative guide to the what, why, and how of B Corp certification.

Scaling up is something most founders aspire to, especially once the tricky start-up phase has been navigated. It can increase your reach and futureproof your business. But how do you 'scale'? And how does it differ from 'flipping' for a quick profit or slower organic growth? Les McKeown advises...

Forget everything you know about motivating others and building a harmonious workplace. If you want to get the best out of people, you must be willing to fight. But that doesn't mean you become a dominator, nor does coddling others work. The best leader you've ever had in your life was a liberator - someone willing to fight for your highest good, even at a personal cost. In this audiobook, global leadership experts Jeremie Kubicek and Steve Cockram explain what made that leader so unique, how to become that person yourself, and how to share the same gift with others.  

Want to learn how to build a team that can weather any storm? We've all seen seemingly successful businesses take a turn for the worst. As we watch from the outside looking in, we begin to question what has gone wrong and why: Will I be next? Where did they go wrong, and am I headed in the same direction? Can I do anything differently to avoid my own team's self-destruction?

Lean UX is synonymous with modern product design and development. In the third edition of this award-winning book, authors Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden help you focus on the product experience rather than deliverables. You'll learn tactics for integrating user experience design, product discovery, agile methods, and product management. And you'll discover how to drive your design in short, iterative cycles to assess what works best for businesses and users. Lean UX guides you through this change - for the better.

Become a social media mogul and reach millions of followers on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube! Being noticed amongst millions on social networks is extremely challenging. With this book, you get numerous strategies, techniques, tips, and tricks for making it on social media and reaching an amazing amount of followers. Some of them are completely new but insanely effective. This book is a collection of new approaches to social media marketing, updated and relevant for the new decade we’ve just stepped into.

Authored by P. Chidambaram, one of India's best-known politicians, Standing Guard offers a keen economic and political analysis of India@2015 - the tumult of the 2015 Bihar election, the debates surrounding the Land Acquisition Amendment ordinances and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, and the alarming rise of intolerance. In this rare collection of essays, Chidambaram refuses to shy away from any subject, no matter how contentious.

A toolkit of proven strategies and practices for building capacity and creating transformation. Recent years have seen a proliferation of information on how to make change in business, in social and environmental movements, and on a more personal scale. But, even with all this attention, two out of three change efforts fail to achieve their desired result. How can you make your own effort buck this trend?

In the stormy seas of today's world economy, organizations need people to own their work, not just rent a spot on the organization chart. All Hands on Deck is a fun-to-listen-to story that is both a business strategy book about creating competitive advantage through corporate culture, and a personal development book that will inspire listeners to be more committed and engaged with their work and their organizations.

Green to Gold is an essential guide for forward-thinking business leaders who see the Green Wave coming and want to profit from it. This audio explores what every executive must know to manage the environmental challenges facing society and business. Based on the authors' years of experience and hundreds of interviews with corporate leaders around the world, Green to Gold, shows how companies generate lasting value.

Age of Union is a compelling guide for igniting today's changemaker - those ready to take action for our planet and its inhabitants. There is a greater need for unity than ever before. Dax Dasilva presents a guide to take simple measures to promote our collective well-being and union. Grounded in four pillars - leadership, culture, spirituality, and nature - the audiobook advocates that the time for change is now and that our choices are the catalyst. We are all in this together, so let us move toward an "Age of Union".

Finanzkrise, Klimakrise, Energiekrise, Kriege: Die Einschläge scheinen plötzlich immer näher zu rücken. Viele fühlen sich gerade von den aktuellen Entwicklungen abgehängt. Was neu ist: Sie fürchten erstmalig um ihre eigene Zukunft und fragen sich: Wo ist künftig mein Platz in dem Ganzen? Und sie wünschen sich: Wie können sie selbst, mit ihren ganz persönlichen Stärken und Fähigkeiten, etwas besser machen? Und nicht einfach nur ein kleines Rädchen im Getriebe sein? Das Buch liefert die Anleitung für alle, die jetzt aufstehen wollen.

In Unruly: Fighting Back when Politics, AI, and Law Upend the Rules of Business, cofounder of software company Hence Technologies and former Global Deputy CEO of Eurasia Group, Sean West, delivers a startlingly insightful new take on how politics, technology, and law are converging to upend the rules of business, generating dangerous risks and incredible opportunities.

Thrissur, on the coast of Kerala, is known as India's 'gold town'. It was here that Puthussery Alukka Joseph Varghese moved into jewellery retail from his umbrella business in the late 1950s. One of his ­fifteen children, Joy Alukkas, seemed to have inherited his father's entrepreneurial spirit...

Todos os anos, desde 1978, Warren Buffett escreve aos acionistas de seu conglomerado, a Berkshire Hathaway, apresentando um relato do período que passou. Suas cartas expõem com clareza e concisão a filosofia e a estratégia com que Buffett conduz sua holding, avaliada em mais de 600 bilhões de dólares. Este livro traz uma cuidadosa seleção de trechos de cartas feita por Lawrence Cunningham, professor da Universidade George Washington e profundo conhecedor da obra de Buffett.

Your Business is U.G.L.Y.–Unstructured, gauche, lax and young–is an insightful guidebook to the business world. It's a must-listen for entrepreneurs and business owners who want to stay ahead of the competition and keep their businesses fresh and profitable.

The Positive Parenting Guide is the modern-day survival manual for moms and dads who want to raise emotionally intelligent, cooperative, and confident kids—without losing their minds (or their voices) in the process. Drawing on the latest child psychology and real-life stories from the trenches, Tina Faber shows you how to swap punishment for empathy and power struggles for peace treaties… all while actually enjoying your kids again.

Are you frustrated by the challenges of growing your business organically? Have you ever wondered if there was a way to grow exponentially? Fast? There is a better way but you'll need to break a few rules in your thinking about business. This audiobook shows you how. In Add Then Multiply, author David Horne shares with you the skills, experience and knowledge he has gained in an international business career spanning more than 30 years. Along with many other practical stories, he gives you the inside story of Huveaux plc, where he worked with the Founder to achieve 25x growth in revenue and 11x growth in profit in just three years.