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

The Up Side of Down

Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success

by Megan McArdle ...

“Clever, surprisingly fast-paced, and enlightening.” —ForbesMost new products fail. So do most businesses. And most of us, if we are honest, have experienced a major setback in our personal or professional lives. So what determines who will bounce back and follow up with a home run? What separates those who keep treading water from those who harness the lessons from their mistakes?One of our most ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

“Clever, surprisingly fast-paced, and enlightening.” —ForbesMost new products fail. So do most businesses. And most of us, if we are honest, have experienced a major setback in our personal or professional lives. So what determines who will bounce back and follow up with a home run? What separates those who keep treading water from those who harness the lessons from their mistakes?One of our most
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Maintenance of Everything

Part One

by Stewart Brand ...

Series Book 1 - Maintenance: Of Everything
The first in-depth exploration of maintenance—and a powerful argument for its civilizational importance—from the author of How Buildings Learn and creator of the Whole Earth Catalog.Maintenance is what keeps everything going. It’s what keeps life going. Yet it’s also easy to shirk or defer—until the thing breaks, the system falters, and everything stops. The apparent paradox is profound: ... Read more

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The first in-depth exploration of maintenance—and a powerful argument for its civilizational importance—from the author of How Buildings Learn and creator of the Whole Earth Catalog.Maintenance is what keeps everything going. It’s what keeps life going. Yet it’s also easy to shirk or defer—until the thing breaks, the system falters, and everything stops. The apparent paradox is profound:
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The Click Moment

Seizing Opportunity in an Unpredictable World

by Frans Johansson ...

In the story of every great company and career, there is one defining moment when luck and skill collide. This book is about making that moment happen.According to Frans Johansson’s research, successful people and organizations show a common theme. A lucky moment occurs and they take advantage of it to change their fate. Consider how Diane von Furstenberg saw Julie Nixon Eisenhower on TV wearing a ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

In the story of every great company and career, there is one defining moment when luck and skill collide. This book is about making that moment happen.According to Frans Johansson’s research, successful people and organizations show a common theme. A lucky moment occurs and they take advantage of it to change their fate. Consider how Diane von Furstenberg saw Julie Nixon Eisenhower on TV wearing a
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2 Second Lean - 3rd Edition

How to Grow People and Build a Fun Lean Culture

by Paul A. Akers ...

2 Second Lean - 3rd Edition is all about "Continuous Improvement." It’s a practical way to improve your life every day by making a simple 2 second improvement. Join author, business expert, internet show host, and international speaker, Paul A. Akers, as he takes us on a LEAN journey that will transform every aspect our lives... from home to the office. “Ten years ago I began my Lean journey. I ... Read more

$13.73 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

2 Second Lean - 3rd Edition is all about "Continuous Improvement." It’s a practical way to improve your life every day by making a simple 2 second improvement. Join author, business expert, internet show host, and international speaker, Paul A. Akers, as he takes us on a LEAN journey that will transform every aspect our lives... from home to the office. “Ten years ago I began my Lean journey. I
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How to be Creative - A Passport to Creativity

by Peter Harris ...

This 'passport to creativity' is a short illustrated guide to creating entirely new things, making creative improvements to anything, and solving all kinds of problems. It uses the 'IdeaTree', a five-part colour-coded diagram of process which enables all stages to be clearly visualised - and applied.The IdeaTree diagram is based on the process philosophy developed by Peter Harris in his MA thesis ... Read more

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This 'passport to creativity' is a short illustrated guide to creating entirely new things, making creative improvements to anything, and solving all kinds of problems. It uses the 'IdeaTree', a five-part colour-coded diagram of process which enables all stages to be clearly visualised - and applied.The IdeaTree diagram is based on the process philosophy developed by Peter Harris in his MA thesis
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Upgrade your brain

Improve memory, productivity and learn faster Kindle

by Elliot Stevens ...

"Upgrade Your Brain - Improve Memory, Productivity and Learn Faster" by Elliot Stevens, best-selling author and founder of FunAlligator.comTips for choosing the right physical exercises for your brainTechniques that have been proven to help you remember and learn faster.The best diet and foods for brain productivity.How you can boost your memory.</... ... Read more

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"Upgrade Your Brain - Improve Memory, Productivity and Learn Faster" by Elliot Stevens, best-selling author and founder of FunAlligator.comTips for choosing the right physical exercises for your brainTechniques that have been proven to help you remember and learn faster.The best diet and foods for brain productivity.How you can boost your memory.</...
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Market Mind Games: A Radical Psychology of Investing, Trading and Risk

by Denise Shull ...

Seize the advantage in every trade using your greatest asset—“psychological capital”!When it comes to investing, we're usually taught to “conquer” our emotions. Denise Shull sees it in reverse: We need to use our emotions.Combining her expertise in neuroscience with her extensive trading experience, Shull seeks to help you improve your decision making by navigating the shifting relationships among ... Read more

$34.69 CAD

Seize the advantage in every trade using your greatest asset—“psychological capital”!When it comes to investing, we're usually taught to “conquer” our emotions. Denise Shull sees it in reverse: We need to use our emotions.Combining her expertise in neuroscience with her extensive trading experience, Shull seeks to help you improve your decision making by navigating the shifting relationships among
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The Shark and the Goldfish

Positive Ways to Thrive During Waves of Change

by Jon Gordon ...

Series series Jon Gordon
More than 100,000 copies sold!An illustrated business fable that gives you the faith, courage and confidence to win in today's tough economic climateFear and uncertainty are staples of daily life in today's struggling economy. As bad as things can be, economic downturns also lead to new opportunities. It's easy to worry, give up and let fear paralyze you. However, you have more control than you ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

More than 100,000 copies sold!An illustrated business fable that gives you the faith, courage and confidence to win in today's tough economic climateFear and uncertainty are staples of daily life in today's struggling economy. As bad as things can be, economic downturns also lead to new opportunities. It's easy to worry, give up and let fear paralyze you. However, you have more control than you
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Radical Uncertainty

Decision-Making Beyond the Numbers

by John Kay, Mervyn King ...

Much economic advice is bogus quantification, warn two leading experts in this essential book, now with a preface on COVID-19. Invented numbers offer a false sense of security; we need instead robust narratives that give us the confidence to manage uncertainty.“An elegant and careful guide to thinking about personal and social economics, especially in a time of uncertainty. The timing is ... Read more

$18.19 CAD

Much economic advice is bogus quantification, warn two leading experts in this essential book, now with a preface on COVID-19. Invented numbers offer a false sense of security; we need instead robust narratives that give us the confidence to manage uncertainty.“An elegant and careful guide to thinking about personal and social economics, especially in a time of uncertainty. The timing is
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The Doodle Revolution

Unlock the Power to Think Differently

by Sunni Brown ...

There is NO SUCH THING as a mindless doodleWhat did Einstein, JFK, Edison, Marie Curie, and Henry Ford have in common? They were all inveterate doodlers. These powerhouse minds knew instinctively that doodling is deep thinking in disguise-a simple, accessible, and dynamite tool for innovating and solving even the stickiest problems.Sunni Brown's mission is to bring the power of the Doodle to the ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

There is NO SUCH THING as a mindless doodleWhat did Einstein, JFK, Edison, Marie Curie, and Henry Ford have in common? They were all inveterate doodlers. These powerhouse minds knew instinctively that doodling is deep thinking in disguise-a simple, accessible, and dynamite tool for innovating and solving even the stickiest problems.Sunni Brown's mission is to bring the power of the Doodle to the
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Wild Problems

A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

by Russ Roberts ...

From the host of EconTalk, a guide to decision-making when you can't crunch the numbersAlgorithms and apps analyze data and tell you how to beat the traffic, what books to buy, what music to listen to, and even who to date—often with great results. But what do you do when you face the big decisions of life—the "wild problems" of who to marry, whether to have children, where to move, how to forge a ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

From the host of EconTalk, a guide to decision-making when you can't crunch the numbersAlgorithms and apps analyze data and tell you how to beat the traffic, what books to buy, what music to listen to, and even who to date—often with great results. But what do you do when you face the big decisions of life—the "wild problems" of who to marry, whether to have children, where to move, how to forge a
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The Most Common Mistakes Committed While Setting Goals

Set The Right Goals and Get Things Done

by Maxim Dsouza ...

Series series Lean Productivity Books
"You need a goal to be successful" is well-known self improvement advice that you've heard before. But is chasing any goal a guarantee of success? What if you go after a target that you achieve after painstaking effort, only to realize that it didn't bring you any happiness.Despite reaching your desired goal, you still feel hollow, you still feel discontented, and you still feel incomplete. If ... Read more

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"You need a goal to be successful" is well-known self improvement advice that you've heard before. But is chasing any goal a guarantee of success? What if you go after a target that you achieve after painstaking effort, only to realize that it didn't bring you any happiness.Despite reaching your desired goal, you still feel hollow, you still feel discontented, and you still feel incomplete. If
... Read more
Evernote Essentials Guide (Boxed Set)

Evernote Guide For Beginners for Organizing Your Life

by Speedy Publishing ...

In this day and age, everyone has a seemingly endless number of website passwords to remember, but Evernote is a great tool to help you keep everything in an accessible place, no matter what computer you are using. Many people keep these organized on a flash drive, but what if forget it and aren't at home? With Evernote, no matter what computer you are using, you can have access to all of your ... Read more

$6.29 CAD

In this day and age, everyone has a seemingly endless number of website passwords to remember, but Evernote is a great tool to help you keep everything in an accessible place, no matter what computer you are using. Many people keep these organized on a flash drive, but what if forget it and aren't at home? With Evernote, no matter what computer you are using, you can have access to all of your
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Weird Ideas That Work

11 1/2 Practices for Promoting, Managing, and Sustaining Innovation

by Robert I. Sutton ...

A breakthrough in management thinking, “weird ideas” can help every organization achieve a balance between sustaining performance and fostering new ideas. To succeed, you need to be both conventional and counterintuitive.Creativity, new ideas, innovation—in any age they are keys to success. Yet, as Stanford professor Robert Sutton explains, the standard rules of business behavior and management ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

A breakthrough in management thinking, “weird ideas” can help every organization achieve a balance between sustaining performance and fostering new ideas. To succeed, you need to be both conventional and counterintuitive.Creativity, new ideas, innovation—in any age they are keys to success. Yet, as Stanford professor Robert Sutton explains, the standard rules of business behavior and management
... Read more
Reengineering the Corporation

Manifesto for Business Revolution, A

by Michael Hammer, James Champy ...

The most successful business book of the last decade, Reengineering the Corporation is the pioneering work on the most important topic in business today: achieving dramatic performance improvements. This book leads readers through the radical redesign of a company's processes, organization, and culture to achieve a quantum leap in performance.Michael Hammer and James Champy have updated and ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

The most successful business book of the last decade, Reengineering the Corporation is the pioneering work on the most important topic in business today: achieving dramatic performance improvements. This book leads readers through the radical redesign of a company's processes, organization, and culture to achieve a quantum leap in performance.Michael Hammer and James Champy have updated and
... Read more
The Toyota Way Fieldbook

by Jeffrey Liker, David Meier ...

The Toyota Way Fieldbook is a companion to the international bestseller The Toyota Way. The Toyota Way Fieldbook builds on the philosophical aspects of Toyota's operating systems by detailing the concepts and providing practical examples for application that leaders need to bring Toyota's success-proven practices to life in any organization. The Toyota Way Fieldbook will help other companies learn ... Read more

$41.59 CAD

The Toyota Way Fieldbook is a companion to the international bestseller The Toyota Way. The Toyota Way Fieldbook builds on the philosophical aspects of Toyota's operating systems by detailing the concepts and providing practical examples for application that leaders need to bring Toyota's success-proven practices to life in any organization. The Toyota Way Fieldbook will help other companies learn
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The Mental Game of Trading

A System for Solving Problems with Greed, Fear, Anger, Confidence and Discipline

by Jared Tendler ...

A step-by-step system for mastering trading psychology.Think about your most costly and recurring trading mistakes. Chances are that they’re related to common errors, such as chasing price, cutting winners short, forcing mediocre trades, and overtrading. You’ve likely tried to fix these errors by improving your technical skills, and yet they persist. That’s because the real source of these ... Read more

$41.16 CAD

A step-by-step system for mastering trading psychology.Think about your most costly and recurring trading mistakes. Chances are that they’re related to common errors, such as chasing price, cutting winners short, forcing mediocre trades, and overtrading. You’ve likely tried to fix these errors by improving your technical skills, and yet they persist. That’s because the real source of these
... Read more
Risk: A Very Short Introduction

A Very Short Introduction

by Baruch Fischhoff, John Kadvany ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
We find risks everywhere--from genetically modified crops, medical malpractice, and stem-cell therapy to intimacy, online predators, identity theft, inflation, and robbery. They arise from our own acts and they are imposed on us. In this Very Short Introduction, Baruch Fischhoff and John Kadvany draw on the sciences and humanities to explore and explain the many kinds of risk. Using simple ... Read more

$7.19 CAD

We find risks everywhere--from genetically modified crops, medical malpractice, and stem-cell therapy to intimacy, online predators, identity theft, inflation, and robbery. They arise from our own acts and they are imposed on us. In this Very Short Introduction, Baruch Fischhoff and John Kadvany draw on the sciences and humanities to explore and explain the many kinds of risk. Using simple
... Read more
Essentials of Supply Chain Management

by Michael H. Hugos ...

Fully revised and expanded, the Second Edition contains valuable tips, techniques, illustrative real-world examples, exhibits, and best practices. This handy and concise paperback will help you stay up to date on the newest thinking, strategies, developments, and technologies in supply chain management."Michael Hugos presents the core concepts and techniques of supply chain management in a clear, ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

Fully revised and expanded, the Second Edition contains valuable tips, techniques, illustrative real-world examples, exhibits, and best practices. This handy and concise paperback will help you stay up to date on the newest thinking, strategies, developments, and technologies in supply chain management."Michael Hugos presents the core concepts and techniques of supply chain management in a clear,
... Read more
Leading With NLP

Essential Leadership Skills for Influencing and Managing People

by Joseph O’Connor ...

Essential Leadership Skills for Influencing and Managing PeopleLeadership is not something people are necessarily born with – it can be learned. The most effective way to learn leadership is through the techniques of Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP). NLP is a set of skills for psychologically influencing people (using body language, verbal techniques and other practical methods).This book will ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Essential Leadership Skills for Influencing and Managing PeopleLeadership is not something people are necessarily born with – it can be learned. The most effective way to learn leadership is through the techniques of Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP). NLP is a set of skills for psychologically influencing people (using body language, verbal techniques and other practical methods).This book will
... Read more
La stratégie Océan bleu selon C. Kim et Mauborgne

Comment identifier les nouveaux relais de croissance ?

by Pierre Pichère, Brigitte Feys, 50minutes ...

Series Book 16 - Gestion & Marketing
Un guide pratique et accessible pour comprendre le concept "stratégie Océan bleu"Lancer son affaire, ou en revoir la stratégie, vous confronte d’emblée à un dilemme : soit vous choisissez de vous positionner sur l’espace connu du marché, de plus en plus concurrentiel, soit vous vous affichez comme un précurseur en innovant et en créant votre propre espace, où la concurrence est faible, voire ... Read more

$14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Un guide pratique et accessible pour comprendre le concept "stratégie Océan bleu"Lancer son affaire, ou en revoir la stratégie, vous confronte d’emblée à un dilemme : soit vous choisissez de vous positionner sur l’espace connu du marché, de plus en plus concurrentiel, soit vous vous affichez comme un précurseur en innovant et en créant votre propre espace, où la concurrence est faible, voire
... Read more
6 Habits of Billionaire Entrepreneurs: Ultimate Self-Development ToolKit For Bloggers

by Arda Cigin ...

LIMITED TIME OFFER:I'm so confident that I'll give this book away for free for a limited time. After you read it, if you don't like it for some reason, email me and I've give you five dollars for wasting your time.Head over to my website to learn more:https://teaching-entrepreneurs.com/increase-productivity-24-hours-blogger/I have a question for you: What differentiates amateurs from professionals ... Read more

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LIMITED TIME OFFER:I'm so confident that I'll give this book away for free for a limited time. After you read it, if you don't like it for some reason, email me and I've give you five dollars for wasting your time.Head over to my website to learn more:https://teaching-entrepreneurs.com/increase-productivity-24-hours-blogger/I have a question for you: What differentiates amateurs from professionals
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Islands of Profit in a Sea of Red Ink

Why 40 Percent of Your Business Is Unprofitable and How to Fix It

by Jonathan L. S. Byrnes ...

Top companies around the world turn to MIT's Jonathan Byrnes to figure out where the profit is. Using his systematic process for analyzing profitability, they can quickly determine which parts of the business are worth expanding and which are just a drain on resources. Then, using Byrnes's "profit levers," they can turn unprofitable business into good business and good business into great business ... Read more

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Top companies around the world turn to MIT's Jonathan Byrnes to figure out where the profit is. Using his systematic process for analyzing profitability, they can quickly determine which parts of the business are worth expanding and which are just a drain on resources. Then, using Byrnes's "profit levers," they can turn unprofitable business into good business and good business into great business
... Read more
Do Nothing!

How to Stop Overmanaging and Become a Great Leader

by J. Keith Murnighan ...

Imagine you’ve just come back to work after a two-week vacation during which you actually relaxed, without calling in or checking e-mail. You discover that there are no pressing issues and that, on the contrary, your team scored a big new customer and fixed a nagging problem during your absence. No red flags or fires to put out.Sadly, for most leaders this scenario is only a dream. They constantly ... Read more

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Imagine you’ve just come back to work after a two-week vacation during which you actually relaxed, without calling in or checking e-mail. You discover that there are no pressing issues and that, on the contrary, your team scored a big new customer and fixed a nagging problem during your absence. No red flags or fires to put out.Sadly, for most leaders this scenario is only a dream. They constantly
... Read more

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