Dr. Rout Logger, a fictional management professor and consultant, secures funding for a unique democratic dialogue experiment held monthly in rotating U.S. cities from October 2019 to March 2020. Each session gathers forty randomly selected, demographically diverse citizens to engage in rational, Adult ego state discussions about global human challenges.Meetings begin with a copper rooster spinner, "the Truther rooster," which randomly designates a "Leader of the Moment" to answer ...

In a world suffering from global warming, riddled with constant warfare, and struggling under the weight of money and banking crises, Born to Learn: How to Increase Human OKness USing I'm OK-You're OK Adult-Adult Game-Free Democratic Case-Based Learning Processes asks what would happen if we learned to perform human transactions in a different way. What if we were able to improve our social and psychological messaging in classrooms and in learning situations everywhere? What kind of effect...

Gee, You're Wonderful, Professor is about how a USian citizen born in 1940 increased his OKness despite family scripting in difficult circumstances, showing some of the unusual learning and ideas that happened to him on his journey.

The art and science of talent search: how to spot, assess, woo, and retain highly talented people.How do you find talent with a creative spark? To what extent can you predict human creativity, or is human creativity something irreducible before our eyes, perhaps to be spotted or glimpsed by intuition, but unique each time it appears?Obsessed with these questions, renowned economist Tyler Cowen and venture capitalist and entrepreneur Daniel Gross set out to ...

"Talent is what happens when two brilliant and profoundly iconoclastic minds apply their imagination to one of the hardest of all business problems: the search for good people. I loved it."―Malcolm GladwellHow do you find talent with a creative spark? To what extent can you predict human creativity, or is human creativity something irreducible before our eyes, perhaps to be spotted or glimpsed by intuition, but unique each time it appears?The art an...

‘A fresh perspective on how to navigate uncertainty and make better decisions in every aspect of life’ Annie Duke, author of Thinking in Bets and Quit‘Reading You Already Know reminded me of the moment I knew YouTube was possible’ Steve Chen, co-founder of YouTubeA research-backed framework to help you accomplish your most ambitious goals by honing and harnessing your most powerful yet underutilised resour...

This new updated and revised second edition of Consumerology: The Truth About Consumers and the Psychology of Shopping contains a new preface and epilogue, in which Philip Graves reveals the myriad tricks and psychological games high street shops play on consumers; the ways in which we are manipulated into buying things we don't want; the ways in which we deceive ourselves; and the cutting edge behavioural science being used to change our habits to even more significant degrees.

It’s been a whole week made up of “one of those days.” Your students are not listening. They are not doing their homework. And you can’t even get them to sit still. Time to throw in the towel? No—it’s time to batten down the hatches. Author Frederick C. Wootan is a teacher who brings business management into the classroom. His solutions to your problems help you get your class back under control. From seating strategies to disciplinary tactics, this user-friendly teaching guide covers it a...

Everybody negotiates at various points every day, be it in life or business, and it’s important to get it right.On average, people leave about 20% of potential mutual gains untapped in any negotiation. This is akin to taking 20% of the value in any deal and dumping it into a garbage canister. Finding that hidden 20%, the “sweet spot,” is a skill that takes practice but is also one that anybody can learn.Leigh Thompson offers best practices and tools within ...

50,000 copies sold, now in paperback... If you can think impossible thoughts, then you can do impossible things!!The power of change: create new thinking for new solutions!Includes a new introduction demonstrating the "power of impossible thinking," plus access to exclusive book summary and authors' interview at the book's companion Web site.The Power of Impossible Thinking is about getting better at making sense of what's go...

A young author shares an insider's perspective on what it means to be Generation Z—and what Generation Z means for the world.Born at the turn of the millennium, the members of Generation Z are no strangers to today's fast-paced, hyperconnected world. They were born in the Digital Age. They grew up online. Their identities, attitudes, and perspectives have all been uniquely integrated with technology. Now, as they stand at the brink of adulthood, it's time for the wo...

Why successful leaders must embrace simple strategies in an increasingly uncertain and complex world.Making decisions is one of the key tasks of managers, leaders, and professionals. In Smart Management, Jochen Reb, Shenghua Luan, and Gerd Gigerenzer demonstrate how business leaders can utilize heuristics—simple decision-making strategies adapted to the task at hand. In a world that has become increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA)...