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

The McGraw Hill 36 Hour Six Sigma Course

by Greg Brue, Rod Howes ...

Series series McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Courses
Learn the essentials of Six Sigma in just 36 hoursThe McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Six Sigma Course provides you with the knowledge you need to understand, implement, and manage a Six Sigma program. This detailed yet accessible guide explores 10 essential Six Sigma tools for manufacturing along with other core components of a Six Sigma program. ... Read more

$20.89 USD

Learn the essentials of Six Sigma in just 36 hoursThe McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Six Sigma Course provides you with the knowledge you need to understand, implement, and manage a Six Sigma program. This detailed yet accessible guide explores 10 essential Six Sigma tools for manufacturing along with other core components of a Six Sigma program.
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You Need a Manifesto

How to Craft Your Convictions and Put Them to Work

by Charlotte Burgess-Auburn, Stanford d.school ...

Series series Stanford d.school Library
An essential how-to for crafting a guiding motto that sets intentions, increases creativity, and helps accomplish your goals, from Stanford University's world-renowned Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, aka the d.school.We all need agency to feel the power and joy of acting in the face of challenge and opportunity. But we also need humility and restraint to ensure that we guard against hubris and ... Read more

$11.99 USD

An essential how-to for crafting a guiding motto that sets intentions, increases creativity, and helps accomplish your goals, from Stanford University's world-renowned Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, aka the d.school.We all need agency to feel the power and joy of acting in the face of challenge and opportunity. But we also need humility and restraint to ensure that we guard against hubris and
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Political Risk

How Businesses and Organizations Can Anticipate Global Insecurity

by Condoleezza Rice, Amy B. Zegart ...

From New York Times bestselling author and former U.S. secretary of state Condoleezza Rice and Stanford University professor Amy B. Zegart comes an examination of the rapidly evolving state of political risk, and how to navigate it.The world is changing fast. Political risk-the probability that a political action could significantly impact a company's business-is affecting more businesses in more ... Read more

$11.99 USD

From New York Times bestselling author and former U.S. secretary of state Condoleezza Rice and Stanford University professor Amy B. Zegart comes an examination of the rapidly evolving state of political risk, and how to navigate it.The world is changing fast. Political risk-the probability that a political action could significantly impact a company's business-is affecting more businesses in more
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Problem Solved

A Powerful System for Making Complex Decisions with Confidence and Conviction

by Cheryl Strauss Einhorn ...

*International Book Awards FinalistIt can be messy and overwhelming to figure out how to solve thorny problems. Where do you start? How do you know where to look for information and evaluate its quality and bias? How can you feel confident that you are making a careful and thoroughly researched decision?Whether you are deciding between colleges, navigating a career decision, helping your aging ... Read more

$13.99 USD

*International Book Awards FinalistIt can be messy and overwhelming to figure out how to solve thorny problems. Where do you start? How do you know where to look for information and evaluate its quality and bias? How can you feel confident that you are making a careful and thoroughly researched decision?Whether you are deciding between colleges, navigating a career decision, helping your aging
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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

$17.99 USD

**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
The Ten Equations That Rule the World

And How You Can Use Them Too

by David Sumpter ...

Discover the Secret Formulas Behind Success, Wealth, and HappinessIs there a secret formula for getting rich? For going viral? For deciding how long to stick with your current job, Netflix series, or even relationship?In Ten Equations That Rule the World, mathematician David Sumpter reveals the ten integral equations that are the key to everything from investment banking to betting companies and ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Discover the Secret Formulas Behind Success, Wealth, and HappinessIs there a secret formula for getting rich? For going viral? For deciding how long to stick with your current job, Netflix series, or even relationship?In Ten Equations That Rule the World, mathematician David Sumpter reveals the ten integral equations that are the key to everything from investment banking to betting companies and
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Creatividad y resolución de problemas

by Brian Tracy ...

Series Book 8 - La biblioteca del éxito
El elemento crucial que separa una carrera brillante de una promedio es la habilidad para idear soluciones innovadoras a los retos laborales.Algunas investigaciones muestran que la relación directa entre las ideas y la rentabilidad, habilidades de pensamiento creativo son vitales para un progreso profesional. Como uno de los primeros expertos en éxito, Brian Tracy sabe que la creatividad puede ser ... Read more

$3.99 USD

El elemento crucial que separa una carrera brillante de una promedio es la habilidad para idear soluciones innovadoras a los retos laborales.Algunas investigaciones muestran que la relación directa entre las ideas y la rentabilidad, habilidades de pensamiento creativo son vitales para un progreso profesional. Como uno de los primeros expertos en éxito, Brian Tracy sabe que la creatividad puede ser
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The Success Equation

Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing

by Michael J. Mauboussin ...

Much of what we experience in life results from a combination of skill and luck.” - From the IntroductionThe trick, of course, is figuring out just how many of our successes (and failures) can be attributed to each-and how we can learn to tell the difference ahead of time.In most domains of life, skill and luck seem hopelessly entangled. Different levels of skill and varying degrees of good and ... Read more

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Much of what we experience in life results from a combination of skill and luck.” - From the IntroductionThe trick, of course, is figuring out just how many of our successes (and failures) can be attributed to each-and how we can learn to tell the difference ahead of time.In most domains of life, skill and luck seem hopelessly entangled. Different levels of skill and varying degrees of good and
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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

$12.99 USD

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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Team Intelligence

How Brilliant Leaders Unlock Collective Genius

by Jon Levy ...

The New York Times bestselling author debunks the myths of what makes great leaders and effective teams, revealing the simple habits that help leaders unlock team intelligence.Ever wonder why some of our most effective leaders aren’t known for the skills we’ve been told are essential for great leadership? Would you describe Elon Musk or Steve Jobs as having empathy or humility? Of course not, and ... Read more

$14.99 USD

The New York Times bestselling author debunks the myths of what makes great leaders and effective teams, revealing the simple habits that help leaders unlock team intelligence.Ever wonder why some of our most effective leaders aren’t known for the skills we’ve been told are essential for great leadership? Would you describe Elon Musk or Steve Jobs as having empathy or humility? Of course not, and
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Chaos Kings

How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New Age of Crisis

by Scott Patterson ...

Written by a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter, this is a fascinating and “closely observed chronicle of the storm-chasing edgelords of finance and the critics with whom they clash” (The New York Times)—the billion-dollar traders and crisis predictors who strive to turn extreme events into financial windfalls.There’s no doubt that our world has gotten more extreme. Pandemics, climate change, ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Written by a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter, this is a fascinating and “closely observed chronicle of the storm-chasing edgelords of finance and the critics with whom they clash” (The New York Times)—the billion-dollar traders and crisis predictors who strive to turn extreme events into financial windfalls.There’s no doubt that our world has gotten more extreme. Pandemics, climate change,
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How To Interview People -A guide to choosing the best person for the job every time

by Heike Guilford ...

Whether you are new to interviewing or ready to take your skills to the next level, How To Interview People will show you how to instantly improve every apsect of your assessment -and selection process. Packed with real life case studies, practical tips and advice, you'll discover how to choose the best person for the job every time. Find out how to elevate your existing recruitment activities and ... Read more

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Whether you are new to interviewing or ready to take your skills to the next level, How To Interview People will show you how to instantly improve every apsect of your assessment -and selection process. Packed with real life case studies, practical tips and advice, you'll discover how to choose the best person for the job every time. Find out how to elevate your existing recruitment activities and
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Inspire

The Universal Path for Leading Yourself and Others

by Adam Galinsky ...

Two kinds of leaders populate the world: those who inspire and those who infuriate. Which will you be?Whether you’re a leader, a member of a team, a spouse, or a parent, this engaging and rigorous exploration unpacks the science of inspiration. Through compelling stories, fascinating research, and practical tips for addressing the common dilemmas we face daily, Inspire reveals how all of us, ... Read more

$16.99 USD

Two kinds of leaders populate the world: those who inspire and those who infuriate. Which will you be?Whether you’re a leader, a member of a team, a spouse, or a parent, this engaging and rigorous exploration unpacks the science of inspiration. Through compelling stories, fascinating research, and practical tips for addressing the common dilemmas we face daily, Inspire reveals how all of us,
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Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager (Updated and Revised Edition)

by Kory Kogon, Suzette Blakemore ...

No project management training? No problem!In today’s workplace, employees are routinely expected to coordinate and manage projects. Yet, chances are, you aren’t formally trained in managing projects—you’re an unofficial project manager.FranklinCovey experts Kory Kogon and Suzette Blakemore understand the importance of leadership in project completion and explain that people are crucial in the ... Read more

$13.99 USD

No project management training? No problem!In today’s workplace, employees are routinely expected to coordinate and manage projects. Yet, chances are, you aren’t formally trained in managing projects—you’re an unofficial project manager.FranklinCovey experts Kory Kogon and Suzette Blakemore understand the importance of leadership in project completion and explain that people are crucial in the
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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

$13.99 USD

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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The Smart Swarm

How to Work Efficiently, Communicate Effectively, and Make Better Decisions Using the Secrets of Flocks, Schools, and Colonies

by Peter Miller ...

What ants, bees, fish, and smart swarms can teach us about communication, organization, and decision-makingThe modern world may be obsessed with speed and productivity, but twenty-first-century humans actually have much to learn from the ancient instincts of swarms. A fascinating new take on the concept of collective intelligence and its colorful manifestations in some of our most complex problems ... Read more

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What ants, bees, fish, and smart swarms can teach us about communication, organization, and decision-makingThe modern world may be obsessed with speed and productivity, but twenty-first-century humans actually have much to learn from the ancient instincts of swarms. A fascinating new take on the concept of collective intelligence and its colorful manifestations in some of our most complex problems
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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

$17.99 USD

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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Better Decisions, Fewer Regrets

5 Questions to Help You Determine Your Next Move

by Andy Stanley ...

Set yourself up for success in every season of life, for the rest of your life.Discover five game-changing questions to ask every time you make a major decision regarding your finances, relationships, career, and more.Good questions lead to better decisions. And your decisions determine the direction and quality of your life—they create the story of your life. And while nobody plans to complicate ... Read more

$16.99 USD

Set yourself up for success in every season of life, for the rest of your life.Discover five game-changing questions to ask every time you make a major decision regarding your finances, relationships, career, and more.Good questions lead to better decisions. And your decisions determine the direction and quality of your life—they create the story of your life. And while nobody plans to complicate
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Secret to Subconscious Autopilot Wealth

by Ravindra Negi ...

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How Great Leaders Change Their Minds to Change the World

by Al Pittampalli ...

As a leader, changing your mind has always been perceived as a weakness. Not anymore. In a world that’s changing faster than ever, successful leaders realize that a genuine willingness to change their own minds is the ultimate competitive advantage for effective leadership.Drawing on evidence from social science, history, politics, and more, business consultant Al Pittampalli reveals why ... Read more

$10.99 USD

As a leader, changing your mind has always been perceived as a weakness. Not anymore. In a world that’s changing faster than ever, successful leaders realize that a genuine willingness to change their own minds is the ultimate competitive advantage for effective leadership.Drawing on evidence from social science, history, politics, and more, business consultant Al Pittampalli reveals why
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97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should Know

Collective Wisdom from the Experts

by Camille Fournier ...

Tap into the wisdom of experts to learn what every engineering manager should know. With 97 short and extremely useful tips for engineering managers, you'll discover new approaches to old problems, pick up road-tested best practices, and hone your management skills through sound advice.Managing people is hard, and the industry as a whole is bad at it. Many managers lack the experience, training, ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Tap into the wisdom of experts to learn what every engineering manager should know. With 97 short and extremely useful tips for engineering managers, you'll discover new approaches to old problems, pick up road-tested best practices, and hone your management skills through sound advice.Managing people is hard, and the industry as a whole is bad at it. Many managers lack the experience, training,
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Simple

Conquering the Crisis of Complexity

by Alan Siegel, Irene Etzkorn ...

For decades, Alan Siegel and Irene Etzkorn have championed simplicity as a competitive advantage and a consumer right. Consulting with businesses and organizations around the world to streamline products, services, processes and communications, they have achieved dramatic results.In Simple, the culmination of their work together, Siegel and Etzkorn show us how having empathy, striving for clarity, ... Read more

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For decades, Alan Siegel and Irene Etzkorn have championed simplicity as a competitive advantage and a consumer right. Consulting with businesses and organizations around the world to streamline products, services, processes and communications, they have achieved dramatic results.In Simple, the culmination of their work together, Siegel and Etzkorn show us how having empathy, striving for clarity,
... Read more
Administrative Behavior, 4th Edition

by Herbert A. Simon ...

In this fourth edition of his ground-breaking work, Herbert A. Simon applies his pioneering theory of human choice and administrative decision-making to concrete organizational problems. To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the book's original publication, Professor Simon enhances his timeless observations on the human decision-making process with commentaries examining new facets of ... Read more

$16.99 USD

In this fourth edition of his ground-breaking work, Herbert A. Simon applies his pioneering theory of human choice and administrative decision-making to concrete organizational problems. To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the book's original publication, Professor Simon enhances his timeless observations on the human decision-making process with commentaries examining new facets of
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This Is Service Design Doing

by Marc Stickdorn, Markus Edgar Hormess, Adam Lawrence, Jakob Schneider ...

How can you establish a customer-centric culture in an organization? This is the first comprehensive book on how to actually do service design to improve the quality and the interaction between service providers and customers. You'll learn specific facilitation guidelines on how to run workshops, perform all of the main service design methods, implement concepts in reality, and embed service ... Read more

$30.99 USD

How can you establish a customer-centric culture in an organization? This is the first comprehensive book on how to actually do service design to improve the quality and the interaction between service providers and customers. You'll learn specific facilitation guidelines on how to run workshops, perform all of the main service design methods, implement concepts in reality, and embed service
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