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How "Aha!" really happens....When do you get your best ideas? You probably answer "At night" or "In the shower" or "Stuck in traffic". You get a flash of insight. Things come together in your mind. You connect the dots. You say to yourself, "Aha! I see what to do." Brain science now reveals how these flashes of insight happen. It's a special form of intuition. We call it strategic intuition, because it gives you an idea for action - a strategy. This new book by William Duggan is the first full treatment of strategic intuition.

Whether you're an entrepreneur starting out or a director, executive, or business leader climbing the corporate ladder, the building blocks of Built to Grow are universally applicable. Developed in the real-world laboratory of thousands of businesses in 27 countries spanning over two decades, Built to Grow is a proven, time-tested model to unlock the real potential in your business.

Risky Is the New Safe is a different kind of book for a different kind of thinking - a thought-provoking manifesto for risk takers. It will challenge you to think laterally, question premises, and be a contrarian. Disruptive technology, accelerating speed of change, and economic upheaval are changing the game. The same tired, old conventional thinking won’t get you to success today. Risky Is the New Safe will change the way you look at everything!

Many factors shape the success or failure of a new business, whether it's a stand-alone start-up or a venture inside a larger corporation. But the most important and least understood of these factors is the personality of the entrepreneur - the particular combination of beliefs and preferences that drives his or her motivation, decision making, and leadership style. And your builder personality is the one resource you can directly control in growing a business that wins. Simply put, who you are shapes how you build for growth.

Although the balance sheet may not even put a value on it, a company's brand or its portfolio of brands is in many cases its most valuable asset, accounting for as much as 70% of a firm's market value in some cases. This book argues that because of this and because of the power of not-for-profit brands like Oxfam, all organisations should make the brand their central organising principle, guiding every action and decision.

The South African Special Forces achieved exceptional results with small groups of elite soldiers instead of larger, conventional teams. The Team Secret shows that the same principle applies to the business world – a small team has a greater chance at completing projects efficiently, within a budget and on time. Teams, rather than individuals, form the DNA of many companies, and they play a pivotal role in achieving strategic and financial success. Like Special Forces teams, they must function as a well-oiled machine firing on all cylinders.

The Cluetrain Manifesto is all the buzz. This iconoclastic look at business in the Internet age has a special eye for debunking old views of customers and service. Download and listen now - an audible.com audio exclusive.
Plus, check out the rants of Cluetrain co-author Christopher Locke, a.k.a. RageBoy.

The future is not what it used to be. In this volatile era, with the world changing rapidly, people are more curious than ever to know what lies ahead. Will relentless consumerism end up destroying our planet? Or can science and technology allow us to innovate our way out of trouble? Perhaps a greater social consciousness and community-based living will take over or, conversely, the competition for limited resources may result in everyone fighting for themselves.

As venture capitalist Alexandre Lazarow shows in this insightful and instructive book, this Silicon Valley "gospel" is due for a refresh - and it comes from what he calls the "frontier", the growing constellation of startup ecosystems, outside of the Valley and other major economic centers, that now stretches across the globe. The frontier is a truly different world where startups often must cope with political or economic instability and lack of infrastructure, and where there might be little or no access to angel investors, venture capitalists, or experienced employee pools.

The most dangerous move in business is the failure to make a move. Global business celebrity and primetime Bloomberg Television host Jeffrey W. Hayzlett empowers business leaders to tie their visions to actions, advancing themselves past competitors and closer to their business dreams.

O Livro dos Cinco Anéis é hoje um manual de gente de sucesso que soube aproveitar as lições de Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645) nas batalhas do dia a dia. Espadachim imbatível d….

Mehr Selbstorganisation ist das Motto unserer Zeit. Es gibt kaum ein Unternehmen, das sich nicht in einer agilen Transformation befindet. Was wurde nicht alles über Flexibilität, Agilität oder New Work gesprochen und geschrieben? Und doch scheint es, dass der Glaube daran, mehr Selbstorganisation anordnen zu können, ungebrochen ist. Da werden unzählige Scrum-Workshops durchgeführt oder Design-Thinking-Tools erlernt. Das alles ist gut und richtig – doch ohne das passende Fundament leider wirkungslos.

At this moment, rogue waves are forming under your business. Emerging technologies, changing demographics, the data economy, automation, and other trends are crashing into each other. When they converge, they’ll produce sea changes that sink companies and wash away entire industries overnight. If your competitor can’t ride out the next wave and you can, you win. Jonathan Brill - a renowned expert on resilient growth and decision-making under uncertainty - shows you how to prepare your business to survive and thrive through the most radical upheavals.

Starbucks, una de las marcas más reconocidas y admiradas del mundo, transformó por sí solo el servicio ordinario de la venta del café en un fenómeno cultural, como resultado de las prácticas ejemplares de liderazgo de la empresa. Joseph Michelli, autor del Wall Street Journal, USA Today y el superventas de BusinessWeek, The Starbucks Experience, explica que el éxito internacional de Starbucks comienza con una promesa: inspirar y nutrir el espíritu humano: una persona, una taza y un vecindario cada uno a la vez.

Denken Sie auch manchmal, dass Sie sich mehr Zeit für das Thema "Strategie" nehmen sollten, doch das operative Geschäft hält Sie davon ab? Achtung: Wer sich heute nicht angemessen mit der Strategie beschäftigt, hat eventuell morgen kein operatives Geschäft mehr, welches ihm die Zeit für derartige Überlegungen raubt. Eine gute Strategie ist das Fundament für langfristigen Erfolg. Erfahren Sie in diesem Ratgeber, wie Sie gemeinsam mit Ihrem Team und mithilfe ausgewählter Methoden Ihre Situation analysieren, eine motivierende Vision formulieren und eine Erfolg versprechende Strategie dafür entwickeln.

¿Qué sucede cuando encierras a varios directivos, desarrolladores y responsables de negocio a jugar y experimentar con nuevas tecnologías? Es curioso observar sus reacciones, muy diversas y emocionales, aunque con un denominador común: todos dejan volar su imaginación hacia nuevos espacios y modelos de negocio en los que se podrían aplicar.

Fenómenos como la globalización, los movimientos demográficos incluso, el cambio climático tienen una influencia en la economía global, plantean incertidumbres de cara al futuro y requieren empezar su abordaje desde hoy. Frente a los índices cortoplacistas a los que prestamos atención, debemos dirigir la mirada a los cambios estructurales que tendrán un impacto global y que condicionarán la economía en el largo plazo.

Der Entscheidungsforscher Philip Meissner weiß: Entscheiden kann man lernen. Wenn man es mit Methode angeht, funktioniert es leicht und schnell - gerade bei Entscheidungen von großer Tragweite. In seinem Hörbuch bringt er die Strategien auf den Punkt, die souveränes, nachhaltiges und selbstbewusstes Handeln möglich machen. Egal wie groß die Konsequenzen: Dieses Hörbuch befördert Sie raus aus der Endlosschleife des Abwägens zwischen Für und Wider! In sieben Schritten treffen Sie ab sofort die beste Entscheidung!

Obwohl Eigeninitiative eine wichtige Fähigkeit im Berufsalltag des 21. Jahrhunderts ist, gab es bislang kaum fundierte Managementliteratur darüber. Diese Lücke wird nun endlich geschlossen: Wiegel und Frese zeigen den Zusammenhang zwischen Eigeninitiative und Unternehmenserfolg und erklären, wie die Autonomie der Mitarbeiter systematisch gefördert werden kann und muss. Ein mit zahlreichen Praxisbeispielen gespickter Leitfaden für Führungskräfte, die ihre Mitarbeiter zu mehr Eigeninitiative anleiten und ihnen mehr Effizienz und Zufriedenheit beim Arbeiten ermöglichen möchten - denn nur so kann ein Unternehmen langfristig erfolgreich sein!

Indian Innovators traces the journey of 20 dynamic individuals who have created cutting-edge products with global mass appeal. Each innovator comes from a diverse background - from those who hold PhDs to those who have had no formal education! Despite this difference, what unites them are their passion for innovation, the grit with which they have fought adversities and their vision for a better world.