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

Attach High

How Elite Advisors Remove Friction from High-Stakes Decisions

by Guffy Wright ...

Value didn't lose. Friction won.You've lost a deal you should have won. Not on price. Not on product. The value was clear, the trust was real - and still, the decision stalled. No script explained why.That stall has a name.Every advisor knows the sales process. Most have studied the buying process. Almost none have been trained for the third - the one that decides whether a decision actually moves ... Read more

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Value didn't lose. Friction won.You've lost a deal you should have won. Not on price. Not on product. The value was clear, the trust was real - and still, the decision stalled. No script explained why.That stall has a name.Every advisor knows the sales process. Most have studied the buying process. Almost none have been trained for the third - the one that decides whether a decision actually moves
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Think Like a Rocket Scientist

Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life

by Ozan Varol ...

* Adam Grant's # 1 pick of his top 20 books of the yearThis is not just an engrossing read--it's bursting with practical insights. Ozan Varol's dazzling debut might change how you approach problems. Houston, this book has solutions."―Adam GrantRocket science is often celebrated as the ultimate triumph of technology. But it's not. Rather, it's the apex of a certain thought process -- a way to ... Read more

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* Adam Grant's # 1 pick of his top 20 books of the yearThis is not just an engrossing read--it's bursting with practical insights. Ozan Varol's dazzling debut might change how you approach problems. Houston, this book has solutions."―Adam GrantRocket science is often celebrated as the ultimate triumph of technology. But it's not. Rather, it's the apex of a certain thought process -- a way to
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How to Not Know

The Value of Uncertainty in a World that Demands Answers

by Simone Stolzoff ...

National Bestseller**"Spectacular." —Daniel PinkA 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 prepare for and even appreciate the uncertainty that surrounds us.Through gripping ... Read more

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National Bestseller**"Spectacular." —Daniel PinkA 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 prepare for and even appreciate the uncertainty that surrounds us.Through gripping
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Keeping Up with the Quants

Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics

by Thomas H. Davenport, Jinho Kim ...

Why Everyone Needs Analytical SkillsWelcome to the age of data. No matter your interests (sports, movies, politics), your industry (finance, marketing, technology, manufacturing), or the type of organization you work for (big company, nonprofit, small start-up)—your world is awash with data.As a successful manager today, you must be able to make sense of all this information. You need to be ... Read more

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Why Everyone Needs Analytical SkillsWelcome to the age of data. No matter your interests (sports, movies, politics), your industry (finance, marketing, technology, manufacturing), or the type of organization you work for (big company, nonprofit, small start-up)—your world is awash with data.As a successful manager today, you must be able to make sense of all this information. You need to be
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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
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The Algorithm

The Hypergrowth Formula That Transformed Tesla, Lululemon, General Motors, and SpaceX

by Jon McNeill ...

**A USA Today BestsellerFrom a former President of Tesla comes The Algorithm—the first book written by any of Elon Musk’s direct reports—a transformative guide for leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators who want to emulate the paradigm-shattering approach Musk used to launch Tesla and SpaceX to meteoric success.**Jon McNeill had already founded and sold six startups when Sheryl Sandberg introduced ... Read more

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**A USA Today BestsellerFrom a former President of Tesla comes The Algorithm—the first book written by any of Elon Musk’s direct reports—a transformative guide for leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators who want to emulate the paradigm-shattering approach Musk used to launch Tesla and SpaceX to meteoric success.**Jon McNeill had already founded and sold six startups when Sheryl Sandberg introduced
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Good Strategy Bad Strategy

The Difference and Why It Matters

by Richard Rumelt ...

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 and coherent response to—and approach for—overcoming the obstacles to progress. A good strategy works by ... Read more

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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 and coherent response to—and approach for—overcoming the obstacles to progress. A good strategy works by
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Thinking in Bets

Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts

by Annie Duke ...

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 investors these days.”—The New York Times“Outstanding.”—Jason Zweig, The Wall Street JournalIn Super Bowl XLIX,... ... Read more

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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 investors these days.”—The New York Times“Outstanding.”—Jason Zweig, The Wall Street JournalIn Super Bowl XLIX,...
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The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

by Eric Jorgenson ...

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 how do we learn them? What are the principles that should guide our efforts? What does progress really look like?Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur, philosopher, and investor who has ... Read more

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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 how do we learn them? What are the principles that should guide our efforts? What does progress really look like?Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur, philosopher, and investor who has
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The Power of Less

The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential...in Business and in Life

by Leo Babauta ...

With the countless distractions that come from every corner of a modern life, it's amazing that were ever able to accomplish anything. The Power of Less demonstrates how to streamline your life by identifying the essential and eliminating the unnecessary freeing you from everyday clutter and allowing you to focus on accomplishing the goals that can change your life for the better.The Power of Less ... Read more

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With the countless distractions that come from every corner of a modern life, it's amazing that were ever able to accomplish anything. The Power of Less demonstrates how to streamline your life by identifying the essential and eliminating the unnecessary freeing you from everyday clutter and allowing you to focus on accomplishing the goals that can change your life for the better.The Power of Less
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Awaken Your Genius

Escape Conformity, Ignite Creativity, and Become Extraordinary

by Ozan Varol ...

**A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERUnlock your originality and unleash your unique talents with this simple guide from the acclaimed author of Think Like a Rocket Scientist.**We say some people march to the beat of a different drummer. But implicit in this cliché is that the rest of us march to the same beat. We sleepwalk through life, find ourselves on well-worn paths that were never ours to walk, ... Read more

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**A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERUnlock your originality and unleash your unique talents with this simple guide from the acclaimed author of Think Like a Rocket Scientist.**We say some people march to the beat of a different drummer. But implicit in this cliché is that the rest of us march to the same beat. We sleepwalk through life, find ourselves on well-worn paths that were never ours to walk,
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Continuous Discovery Habits

Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value

by Teresa Torres ...

"If you haven't had the good fortune to be coached by a strong leader or product coach, this book can help fill that gap and set you on the path to success."- Marty CaganHow do you know that you are making a product or service that your customers want? How do you ensure that you are improving it over time? How do you guarantee that your team is creating value for your customers in a way that ... Read more

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"If you haven't had the good fortune to be coached by a strong leader or product coach, this book can help fill that gap and set you on the path to success."- Marty CaganHow do you know that you are making a product or service that your customers want? How do you ensure that you are improving it over time? How do you guarantee that your team is creating value for your customers in a way that
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The Biggest Bluff

How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win

by Maria Konnikova ...

**A New York Times bestseller • A New York Times Notable Book“The tale of how Konnikova followed a story about poker players and wound up becoming a story herself will have you riveted, first as you learn about her big winnings, and then as she conveys the lessons she learned both about human nature and herself.” —The Washington Post**It's true that Maria Konnikova had never actually played poker ... Read more

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**A New York Times bestseller • A New York Times Notable Book“The tale of how Konnikova followed a story about poker players and wound up becoming a story herself will have you riveted, first as you learn about her big winnings, and then as she conveys the lessons she learned both about human nature and herself.” —The Washington Post**It's true that Maria Konnikova had never actually played poker
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High Conflict

Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out

by Amanda Ripley ...

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 baffled by the insanity of the “other side”—in our politics, at work, or at home—it’s because we aren’t seeing how the ... Read more

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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 baffled by the insanity of the “other side”—in our politics, at work, or at home—it’s because we aren’t seeing how the
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Cribsheet

A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool

by Emily Oster ...

Series Book 2 - The ParentData Series
**From the author of Expecting Better, The Family Firm, and The Unexpected an economist's guide to the early years of parenting.“Both refreshing and useful. With so many parenting theories driving us all a bit batty, this is the type of book that we need to help calm things down.” —LA Times**“The book is jampacked with information, but it’s also a delightful read because Oster is such a good ... Read more

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**From the author of Expecting Better, The Family Firm, and The Unexpected an economist's guide to the early years of parenting.“Both refreshing and useful. With so many parenting theories driving us all a bit batty, this is the type of book that we need to help calm things down.” —LA Times**“The book is jampacked with information, but it’s also a delightful read because Oster is such a good
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The Black Swan: Second Edition

The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility"

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb ...

Series Book 2 - Incerto
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The most influential book of the past seventy-five years: a groundbreaking exploration of everything we know about what we don’t know, now with a new section called “On Robustness and Fragility.”A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The most influential book of the past seventy-five years: a groundbreaking exploration of everything we know about what we don’t know, now with a new section called “On Robustness and Fragility.”A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation
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Super Thinking

The Big Book of Mental Models

by Gabriel Weinberg, Lauren McCann ...

A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER!"You can't really know anything if you just remember isolated facts. If the facts don't hang together on a latticework of theory, you don't have them in a usable form.You've got to have models in your head."- Charlie Munger, investor, vice chairman of Berkshire HathawayThe world's greatest problem-solvers, forecasters, and decision-makers all rely on a set of ... Read more

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A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER!"You can't really know anything if you just remember isolated facts. If the facts don't hang together on a latticework of theory, you don't have them in a usable form.You've got to have models in your head."- Charlie Munger, investor, vice chairman of Berkshire HathawayThe world's greatest problem-solvers, forecasters, and decision-makers all rely on a set of
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Scarcity

Why Having Too Little Means So Much

by Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir ...

“Extraordinarily illuminating...Mullainathan and Shafir have made an important, novel, and immensely creative contribution.” —The New York Review of BooksIn this provocative book based on cutting-edge research, Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir show that scarcity creates a distinct psychology for everyone struggling to manage with less than they need.Busy people fail to manage their time ... Read more

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“Extraordinarily illuminating...Mullainathan and Shafir have made an important, novel, and immensely creative contribution.” —The New York Review of BooksIn this provocative book based on cutting-edge research, Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir show that scarcity creates a distinct psychology for everyone struggling to manage with less than they need.Busy people fail to manage their time
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無限機器：Gemini推手哈薩比斯的超級智慧長征

The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence

by 塞巴斯蒂安‧馬拉比, Sebastian Mallaby ...

Translated by 廖月娟, 林俊宏, 黃瑜安 ...

Series series 財經企管
掌握Google大腦的諾貝爾獎得主跳脫矽谷模式，打造超級智慧的無限機器★比人工智慧更「智慧」的終極發明當科技巨頭大打AI戰時，哈薩比斯依然秉持「科學家」的使命，引領人類邁向前所未有的豐饒時代。他手中掌握Google的AI技術命脈，心中牽掛如何打造出人類所能想像最強大的工具：通用人工智慧（AGI）。這會是一臺能在無窮無盡的資料之海縱橫馳騁的機器，應用範疇沒有極限，是解決所有問題的萬能解方。★從西洋棋神童到AI界的賈伯斯即便從天才輩出的科技業人才標準來看，哈薩比斯仍是異數。他五歲就成為西洋棋神童，十七歲共同創作出熱銷百萬的電玩遊戲，隨後進入劍橋大學電腦科學系就讀，跨界取得神經科學博士學位。為了揭開生物學與物理學的奧祕，他與志同道合的夥伴創立DeepMind... ... Read more

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掌握Google大腦的諾貝爾獎得主跳脫矽谷模式，打造超級智慧的無限機器★比人工智慧更「智慧」的終極發明當科技巨頭大打AI戰時，哈薩比斯依然秉持「科學家」的使命，引領人類邁向前所未有的豐饒時代。他手中掌握Google的AI技術命脈，心中牽掛如何打造出人類所能想像最強大的工具：通用人工智慧（AGI）。這會是一臺能在無窮無盡的資料之海縱橫馳騁的機器，應用範疇沒有極限，是解決所有問題的萬能解方。★從西洋棋神童到AI界的賈伯斯即便從天才輩出的科技業人才標準來看，哈薩比斯仍是異數。他五歲就成為西洋棋神童，十七歲共同創作出熱銷百萬的電玩遊戲，隨後進入劍橋大學電腦科學系就讀，跨界取得神經科學博士學位。為了揭開生物學與物理學的奧祕，他與志同道合的夥伴創立DeepMind...
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Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman ...

*Major New York Times Bestseller*More than 2.6 million copies sold*One of The New York Times Book Review's ten best books of the year*Selected by The Wall Street Journal as one of the best nonfiction books of the year*Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient*Daniel Kahneman's work with Amos Tversky is the subject of Michael Lewis's best-selling The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed O... ... Read more

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*Major New York Times Bestseller*More than 2.6 million copies sold*One of The New York Times Book Review's ten best books of the year*Selected by The Wall Street Journal as one of the best nonfiction books of the year*Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient*Daniel Kahneman's work with Amos Tversky is the subject of Michael Lewis's best-selling The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed O...
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The Devil Never Sleeps

Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters

by Juliette Kayyem ...

An indispensable guide to dealing with disasters from one of today’s foremost thinkers in crisis management“In a world marred by preventable miscalculation, Juliette Kayyem’s The Devil Never Sleeps **provides a playbook for making it out alive.” —**The New YorkerThe future may be unpredictable, but nowadays, disasters are not. We live in a time of consistent catastrophe, where things more ... ... Read more

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An indispensable guide to dealing with disasters from one of today’s foremost thinkers in crisis management“In a world marred by preventable miscalculation, Juliette Kayyem’s The Devil Never Sleeps **provides a playbook for making it out alive.” —**The New YorkerThe future may be unpredictable, but nowadays, disasters are not. We live in a time of consistent catastrophe, where things more ...
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An Economist Walks into a Brothel

And Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk

by Allison Schrager ...

**A Financial Times Book of the Month pick for April!Is it worth swimming in shark-infested waters to surf a 50-foot, career-record wave?Is it riskier to make an action movie or a horror movie?Should sex workers forfeit 50 percent of their income for added security or take a chance and keep the extra money?**Most people wouldn't expect an economist to have an answer to these questions--or to other ... Read more

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**A Financial Times Book of the Month pick for April!Is it worth swimming in shark-infested waters to surf a 50-foot, career-record wave?Is it riskier to make an action movie or a horror movie?Should sex workers forfeit 50 percent of their income for added security or take a chance and keep the extra money?**Most people wouldn't expect an economist to have an answer to these questions--or to other
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Navigating Ambiguity

Creating Opportunity in a World of Unknowns

by Andrea Small, Kelly Schmutte, Stanford d.school ...

Series series Stanford d.school Library
A thought-provoking guide to help you lean in to the discomfort of the unknown to turn creative opportunities into intentional design, from Stanford University's world-renowned d.school.“Navigating Ambiguity reminds us not to run from uncertainty but rather see it as a defining moment of opportunity.”—Yves Béhar, Founder and CEO, fuseprojectA design process presents a series of steps, but in real ... Read more

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A thought-provoking guide to help you lean in to the discomfort of the unknown to turn creative opportunities into intentional design, from Stanford University's world-renowned d.school.“Navigating Ambiguity reminds us not to run from uncertainty but rather see it as a defining moment of opportunity.”—Yves Béhar, Founder and CEO, fuseprojectA design process presents a series of steps, but in real
... Read more
Antifragile

Things That Gain from Disorder

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb ...

Series Book 3 - Incerto
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Antifragile is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, Skin in the Game, and The Bed of Procrustes.Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the bestselling ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Antifragile is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, Skin in the Game, and The Bed of Procrustes.Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the bestselling
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