Podcasts by Latest - You Exec
All episodes
The Design of Everyday Things from 2022-03-11T21:50:09
SYNOPSIS
How do designers improve their products to work around flaws in human logic? If anything is to be learned from behavioral economics, it is that how people should...
Listen
Atomic Habits from 2022-03-04T19:14:47
SYNOPSIS
Every New Year, millions of people make promises to themselves that they will form new habits or break bad habits in the year to come. But famously, most of these pr...
Listen
Rogue Waves from 2022-02-18T22:56:34
By: Jonathan Brill
4,200 WORDS (10 PAGES)
SYNOPSIS
Rogue waves that upend entire industries and break businesses, ...
Listen
Good Strategy, Bad Strategy from 2022-01-14T22:41:48
By: Richard Rumelt
4,500 WORDS (13 PAGES)
SYNOPSIS
Why do so many organizations get strategy wrong? Even some of t...
Listen
How Will You Measure Your Life from 2021-12-31T19:08:17
By: Clayton Christenson
4,327 WORDS (15 PAGES)
SYNOPSIS
Management theories can help us find the right balance bet...
Listen
The Psychology of Money from 2021-12-10T22:53:16
By: Morgan Housel
3,600 WORDS (10 PAGES)
SYNOPSIS
How should investors manage the inevitabilities of risk? What ar...
Listen
Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction from 2021-11-05T17:06:39
By: Dan Gardner and Philip E. Tetlock
3,195 WORDS (10 PAGES)
SYNOPSIS
Did you know it's possible to make accurate ...
Listen
High Growth Handbook from 2021-10-28T07:59:37
By: Elad Gil
SYNOPSIS
You’ve found a good product with strong market fit, so how do you scale from an early stage startup ...
Listen
Better, Simpler Strategy from 2021-10-09T19:55:19
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee
SYNOPSIS
Ever wondered what strategies make Apple, Amazon, and other juggernauts so successful? W...
Listen
Thinking in Systems: A Primer from 2021-09-24T20:06:02
BY: DONELLA H.MEADOWS
SYNOPSIS
How do you avoid wasted time, money, and resources from short-sighted decisions? When you t...
Listen
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done from 2021-08-30T22:01:21
By: Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan
SYNOPSIS
How do you translate strategy into results? Execution is both an organizational ...
Listen
Cracking the PM Interview from 2021-07-23T23:47:39
By: Gayle Laakmann McDowell, Jackie Bavaro
3,500 WORDS (11 PAGES)
SYNOPSIS
How do you ace one of the toughest job ...
Listen
Super Founders from 2021-07-16T23:47:44
BY: ali tamaseb
SYNOPSIS
The billion-dollar startup founder is shrouded in mystery and mythology, but don’t believe everyt...
Listen
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber from 2021-06-26T00:01:25
By: Mike Isaac
4,111 WORDS (13 PAGES)
SYNOPSIS
Uber's growth was fuelled by obsessive product focus, broken rules,...
Listen
Competing Against Luck from 2021-06-07T22:55:56
By: Clayton M. Christensen, Tadd Hall, Karen Dillon, and David S. Duncan
3,117 WORDS (8 PAGES)
SYNOPSIS
Is innovat...
Listen
The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham from 2021-05-18T00:33:20
By: Benjamin Graham
31-MINUTE AUDIO / 4,156 WORDS (8 PAGES)
SYNOPSIS
This book will not teach you how to beat the ...
Listen
Your Strategy Needs a Strategy from 2021-04-30T00:08:37
By: Martin Reeves
32-MINUTE AUDIO / 3,857 WORDS (15 PAGES)
SYNOPSIS
We live in a business world that is in constan...
Listen
Post-Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity from 2021-03-13T01:25:46
By: Scott Galloway
32-MINUTE AUDIO / 3,857 WORDS (15 PAGES)
SYNOPSIS
What will the world of business look like aft...
Listen
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions from 2021-03-12T01:11:57
By: Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths
24-MINUTE AUDIO / 3046 WORDS (13 PAGES)
SYNOPSIS
Can computer science teach ...
Listen
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future from 2021-02-26T18:16:31
By: Ashlee Vance
26-MINUTE AUDIO / 3,700 WORDS (16 PAGES)
SYNOPSIS
On January 7, 2021, Musk was named the richest ...
Listen
Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography from 2021-01-21T19:58:58
By: Walter Isaacson
28-MINUTE AUDIO / 3,500 WORDS (16 PAGES)
SYNOPSIS
As the icon of innovation and applied imagin...
Listen
Work Rules! Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead from 2020-12-21T17:01:51
Human beings work more than they do anything else in life. This fact is a
great reason to pursue an enjoyable occupation; the kind of work that
brings a feeling of accomplishment, pride a...
The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon from 2020-12-11T20:37:44
Have you ever wondered how Amazon managed to grow from the first online
bookstore to a global technology leader in just 20 years? Jeff Bezos'
humble internet startup has become a well-kno...
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team from 2020-11-24T22:54:38
If you can get everyone in an organization to move in the same direction,
you can dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition,
anytime. But nearly every organization str...
Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy from 2020-10-22T21:21:32
Ever wonder why Silicon Valley seems omnipotent in every arena, not only in
technology and business but also in government, public policy, academia,
the media and more? We are in an unpre...
Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future from 2020-10-16T16:54:21
“Zombie ideas” simply refuse to die despite mountains of evidence to
disprove them. How do you fight them? Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize winner in
Economic Sciences, is the best person to sho...
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration from 2020-09-18T19:29:02
How do you gain a career edge in a world dominated by Big Tech? “The Four,”
namely Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon, are worth over $5 trillion
combined. What makes them so incredibly s...
Talking to Crazy: How to Deal with the Irrational and Impossible People in Your Life from 2020-09-15T17:33:50
Do you often deal with bullies, manipulators, know-it-alls and other types
of “crazy” in your professional life? If you reason with irrational people,
it often backfires. There are, howev...
Case Interview Secrets: A Former McKinsey Interviewer Reveals how to Get Multiple Job Offers in Consulting from 2020-09-02T00:07:38
Want to work at a consulting firm like McKinsey & Company? Then you should
know that to land a job at McKinsey is 10 times harder than to get accepted
to Harvard University. The good news...
Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People from 2020-08-21T20:59:29
Ever wonder what makes a great negotiator? Whether negotiations give you
anxiety or inflow your competitive juices, you can become a better
negotiator, whatever your bargaining style or p...
The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google from 2020-08-13T22:17:27
How do you gain a career edge in a world dominated by Big Tech? “The Four,”
namely Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon, are worth over $5 trillion
combined. What makes them so incredibly s...
Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers from 2020-07-30T22:13:59
How can the most cutting-edge start-ups fail? Start-ups fall to their death
in the deep chasm that separates early tech adopters and the pragmatic
mainstream followers. They are two diffe...
Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works from 2020-07-22T22:05:09
Are you playing the game or are you playing to win? Chances are your
competitors are doing the latter. Develop a winning strategy for your
company, business unit, or new product launch wi...
Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic Change from 2020-05-29T17:12:50
Learn from one of the best turnaround leaders of all time, Lou Gerstner of
IBM. If your company or division is in crisis mode, take a page from
Gerstner’s playbook on what to do at the he...
Seeing Around Corners: How to Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen from 2020-04-30T23:26:06
Inflection points can create growth opportunities and render entire
industries obsolete. This book teaches you to foresee and take advantage of
the next inflection point. Rita McGrath, wo...
Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well from 2020-04-08T22:12:53
Many of us dread “feedback season”. While some exit their reviews happily
and even closer to their managers or mentors, others aren’t always so lucky
and leave their dejected and defeated...
The Infinite Game from 2020-04-02T03:18:14
Most leaders are playing the wrong game. When you play with a finite
mindset in the infinite game of business, you lose trust, cooperation, and
innovation along the way. In contrast, infi...
The 1-Page Marketing Plan from 2020-03-03T18:05:19
Need a marketing strategy that can get results fast? Here is a practical
and uncomplicated 1-page marketing plan that you can complete today and
increase your return on investment. This b...
The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success from 2020-02-20T17:44:47
A book that received high praise from Warren Buffett, The Outsiders
chronicles the unconventional techniques that led eight CEOs to outperform
the S&P 500 by an astounding twenty times. T...
Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Freedom from 2020-01-29T16:52:24
Do you work increasingly long hours with nothing to show for it, or
struggle to have enough left to save after all the bills? Robert Kiyosaki,
author of the viral book Rich Dad Poor Dad, ...
That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea from 2019-12-21T04:30:26
Get the insider’s take on how Netflix went from just one in a million ideas
to one that revolutionized the entertainment industry. For the first time,
Co-founder and first CEO Marc Randol...
Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street from 2019-12-10T18:27:23
A favorite read recommended by both Bill Gates and Warren Buffett,
Business Adventures – Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street
moves beyond the flashy advice of business newb...
The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company from 2019-11-25T23:35:56
For nearly a century, the Walt Disney Company has experienced seismic
shifts and maintained its status as the world’s most successful media
company. Robert Iger, Chairman and CEO of this ...
Permanent Record from 2019-11-04T22:01:40
What would you do if your government could look at every message, photo,
and conversation you have ever had? How should citizens respond to mass
technological surveillance by a democratic...
The Lean Product Playbook from 2019-10-11T17:00:03
Why do so many products fail? Most products fail not because they are built
or marketed poorly, but because they don’t delight customers. The most
important thing is to achieve product-ma...
New Sales. Simplified. from 2019-09-24T17:15:15
Do you or your salespeople find that most of your sales efforts go to
waste? Most sales divisions rely on existing clients instead of a new
business. When you understand the top reasons w...
Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors from 2019-09-12T17:40:38
How do you outperform competitors and acquire a better understanding of key
profitability drivers in your industry?
This book, by the legendary Michael Porter, has redefined how Fortu...
Hacking Growth: How Today’s Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success from 2019-08-19T23:27:48
How can you reach new customers, keep them active, and grow your revenue
with a dash of programming smarts and a shoestring budget? Traditional
marketing methods cost millions of dollars ...
The Surprising Science of Meetings from 2019-08-14T23:42:14
How can you lead highly engaging meetings that unlock creativity,
effectiveness, and dynamism? While meetings are often tiresome and
unproductive, they are a huge part of everyday corpora...
Brave New Work from 2019-07-23T17:30:38
What is stopping you from doing your best work? Are you constantly
frustrated by silo-ed functions, meeting overload, and slow
decision-making? It’s not your strategy or your business mod...
How Google Works from 2019-07-13T00:11:09
What management tactics should you follow to not only survive but thrive
like Google? Infinite information, connectivity, and computing power have
fundamentally disrupted the business lan...
Ten Types of Innovation: The Discipline of Building Breakthroughs from 2019-06-27T20:59:58
Tired of wasting your time on brainstorming sessions that only improve upon
existing offerings marginally? Invention does not always lead to
innovation. Based on exhaustive case studies a...
The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene from 2019-06-25T18:36:12
We all know people who make our lives more difficult—colleagues, bosses, or
friends who sabotage our work, care only about themselves or generally
bring us down. Often, our own behavior i...
Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick: People, Probabilities, and Big Moves to Beat the Odds from 2019-06-13T23:49:37
Have you experienced strategy meetings that promise a breakout growth that
rarely materializes? Do you feel that the social dynamics in the strategy
room might have reduced breakthrough i...
Growth IQ: Get Smarter About the Choices that Will Make or Break Your Business from 2019-05-31T18:12:22
Finding the right strategy to grow your organization can seem challenging
in a rapidly changing business environment. However, growth is not as
complex as it seems. Tiffani Bova, Growth a...
Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value from 2019-05-16T21:46:38
Is your company falling behind competitors, no matter how many new product
iterations you launch? Do you find yourself thinking, “This new feature is
useless, but I have to deliver it to ...
The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation from 2019-05-02T22:41:01
How do you make your voice heard in a world of complex deals and
risk-averse customers? How can you maintain control to ultimately win
customer loyalty and drive sales growth? Contrary to...
When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing from 2019-04-19T17:51:01
Why is it so hard to concentrate in an afternoon meeting? Why do some
people do their best work in the middle of the night? Are there ways to
counter the post-lunch dip? We tend to focus ...
Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss from 2019-04-05T02:43:08
Do you dread negotiations for fear of the conflict involved? The fact is
that every aspect of our lives involves some form of negotiation—from a
salary discussion to a child’s bedtime, a ...
The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle from 2019-03-21T23:07:59
Why do some teams deliver performances exponentially better than the sum of
their counterparts, while other teams add up to be much less? How can one
build teams that seamlessly collabora...
Measure What Matters by John Doerr from 2019-03-08T15:41:32
How can your business make the tough choices that will ensure its survival?
How do you keep your teams on track while encouraging employees to be fully
engaged, even in times of stress an...
Dare to Lead by Brené Brown from 2019-02-24T23:51:38
What does it take to be a brave and courageous leader? How can emotional
responses be channeled effectively in the workplace? Based on interviews
with hundreds of global leaders, research...
Drive by Daniel Pink from 2019-02-08T16:52:37
How can you succeed in the contemporary economy where creativity and
conceptual work are increasingly valued? How do you motivate your employees
to contribute their best to the company’s ...
Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters from 2019-01-25T17:25:57
Tap into a new way of thinking about business and ambition by reading this
book summary. Zero to One will challenge you to think for yourself on
topics such as technology versus globaliza...
This is Marketing by Seth Godin from 2019-01-16T18:11:47
How can you use marketing to spread your ideas and make the impact you
seek? The fact is that marketing has changed—it has more reach and more
speed than ever before. And, it is no longer...
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou from 2018-12-24T01:47:27
The story of Theranos is the Silicon Valley equivalent of the Enron scandal
replete with bold claims, high valuations, defrauding of investors and
terrible corporate governance. Theranos ...
Blitzscaling by Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh from 2018-11-19T07:11:34
Blitzscaling is all about rapidly growing and scaling a business or
product. Learn the techniques that digital companies like Google, Linkedin
and Facebook use to scale and double in size...
Side Hustle by Chris Guillebeau from 2018-10-27T10:22:55
Everyone should have a side hustle; even if you love your current job, more
income means more options. Perhaps you want to make some extra cash on the
side while working on a project that...
Fusion by Denise Lee Yohn from 2018-10-22T06:30:16
Have you ever wondered what’s behind the success of some of the world’s
most iconic brands? How they manage to resonate so deeply with consumers,
maintain market dominance, and top the “b...
The CEO Next Door by Elena L. Botelho and Kim R. Powell from 2018-10-15T01:07:05
Do you want to increase the odds of becoming a CEO? Do you want to raise
your game by learning from successful CEOs? Are you a new CEO anxious to
avoid the pitfalls of the role? This book...
Subscribed by Tien Tzuo from 2018-09-17T13:09
How can your company take advantage of the subscription-based model, the
most dynamic growth sector of the economy? This book describes how
companies from software-as-a-service to auto ma...
Originals by Adam Grant from 2018-09-02T03:09:10
Originals—the non-conformists who change the world—are not just bold
risk-takers who leap into the unknown. In fact, everyone can make an impact
and challenge the status quo—in their work...
Straight Talk For Startups from 2018-08-16T15:43:27
Are you interested in adopting a “startup mindset” in your corporate role?
By understanding the approaches that Silicon Valley’s veterans have used to
build and grow their companies, you ...
TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking from 2018-07-29T19:37:36
Are you interested in adopting a “startup mindset” in your corporate role?
By understanding the approaches that Silicon Valley’s veterans have used to
build and grow their companies, you ...
Losing The Signal from 2018-07-02T03:40:22
Would you like to know how the company that created one of the world’s most
addictive products and pioneered a market spiraled into holding only 1% of
its market after losing its way? Thi...
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing from 2018-06-11T03:27:47
You get home from a long day, but somehow home does not make you feel
relaxed. Just looking at the messy living room or crammed closets makes you
feel even more tired, and the need to tid...
Made to Stick Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die from 2018-05-11T19:36:26
Do you feel that your ideas lose momentum quickly? You can use the tactics
in this book to make your ideas “sticky.” Sticky ideas are those that “are
understood and remembered, and have a...
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb from 2018-04-23T23:18:20
Have you seen great ideas or apparently-solid organizations fail because of
some random event or unexpected shock? Does your organization spend
significant resources on trying to avoid vo...
How to Develop Self-Confidence & Influence People by Public Speaking from 2018-02-12T20:19:04
Every well-known speaker has had to overcome fear and develop the
self-confidence to speak in public. Being able to deliver a well-crafted
and interesting speech is not the result of some...
Principles from 2017-12-15T15:53:35
How did Ray Dalio, the child of an ordinary medium-class family create the
world’s largest, and most successful hedge fund, currently managing over
$150 billion USD? In a word: principles...
The Startup Way from 2017-11-26T00:27:46
To thrive in the coming century, every organization needs the ability to
experiment rapidly with new products and new business models; to empower
their most creative people, and to engage...
Blue Ocean Shift from 2017-11-04T17:54:11
Any company can move out of a “red ocean” of intense competition and into a
new value-cost market space – a wide-open “blue ocean.” Doing so requires
completing five steps, each of which ...
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything from 2017-10-11T00:45:26
Author Steven Levitt, working with journalist Stephen Dubner, shows how
economic theories can be used to analyze social issues. Each of the six
essays explores a different theory or socia...
Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life from 2017-10-11T00:43:24
At the age of 43, Byron Katie was paralyzed by depression, rage, and
paranoia, but that dark time gave rise to a transformative process she
calls “The Work.” The Work consists of four key...
Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success from 2017-10-11T00:36:09
According to old-school wisdom, the path to business success is looking out
for yourself. But what if the key to thriving in the workplace isn’t
pushing others down but building others up...
The Power of No: Because One Little Word Can Bring Health, Abundance, and Happiness from 2017-10-11T00:31:20
Do you often say yes to the wrong things – bad relationships, inane
requests, time-consuming tasks? Everyone makes countless decisions every
day, and these decisions shape their lives. An...
Getting Naked: A Business Fable About Shedding The Three Fears That Sabotage Client Loyalty from 2017-10-11T00:27:38
When a small boutique consulting firm gets bought out by one of its biggest
competitors, they teach the more senior consulting firm a lesson in how to
win over clients. Using “the naked s...
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business Life from 2017-10-11T00:20:17
When a group of economists came up with the Efficient Market Hypothesis, to
explain how it was impossible for multi-billionaire investor Warren Buffett
to consistently outperform other in...
Be Obsessed or Be Average from 2017-09-05T00:48:37
This book is about using obsessions to be successful. Obsessions can be
valuable when they are controlled and focused. A positive obsession can
lead to maximizing potential, and put an en...
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants from 2017-09-05T00:37:09
When people come to the realization that their weaknesses can be their
biggest strengths, they realize that they can move mountains. If we’ve
learned anything from the story of David and ...
The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist’s Guide to Success in Business and Life from 2017-09-05T00:29:15
Have you ever had to dissect a complicated business scenario and were
confused as to where to begin, or how to analyze the problem? Game theory
is the science of predicting the outcome of...
Contagious: Why Things Catch On from 2017-09-05T00:24:55
Over the years business leaders from all sectors have wondered why some
products and services have become popular with consumers, while others seem
to fade along the sidelines. Three impo...
Habits Of a Happy Brain from 2017-09-05T00:20:15
A person’s brain produces four substances, or “happy chemicals,” that
dictate how experiences make that person feel. These happy chemicals –
dopamine, endorphin, oxytocin and serotonin --...
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity from 2017-09-05T00:13:47
Is your workflow overwhelming? Do you want to increase your productivity
and achieve your goals? We all struggle with being productive, but Getting
Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Pro...
HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Innovation from 2017-09-05T00:05:32
Innovation is more than creativity; it is a process that is structured,
with rules and best practices. This summary gives you some of the key
takeaways from experts who take the mystery o...
How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less from 2017-09-04T18:46:40
This book teaches face-to-face communication skills to quickly bond people
together. It explains how to make a good first impression, start a
conversation with almost anyone, establish in...
Innovation and Entrepreneurship from 2017-09-04T18:37:31
Take the mystery out of entrepreneurship and innovation with this book. The
author provides a series of case studies to demonstrate that the best
innovations are those that emanate from u...
The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge from 2017-09-04T18:10:11
In The Other Side of Innovation, you will learn how to execute an
innovation initiative within your organization. You will learn the
importance of building a dedicated team and how curren...
Pre-suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade from 2017-09-04T17:54:58
“Pre-suasion” focuses on the best way to direct the attention of the
consumer towards a company. The author has created a model that can be
adopted by smart and savvy business executives,...
Sell or Be Sold: How to Get Your Way in Business and in Life from 2017-09-04T17:14:20
In this book, sales expert Grant Cardone starts from the premise that
everything in life is a sale. Understanding the principles of selling is
therefore vital for success in life, whether...
Think and Grow Rich from 2017-09-04T16:01:33
This book was originally written in 1937 and is a classic work on how to
lead a successful life. It was written at the commission of Andrew Carnegie
and is based on interviews with men su...
The Halo Effect: . . . and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers from 2017-09-04T15:32:08
We never stop learning, and that is a good thing. Each day brings a new set
of learning experiences, some of which are good and others that are
downright bad. But learning is the process ...
Ego is the Enemy from 2017-08-04T00:18:26
This book explains how people tend to think that the world revolves around
them. The "it's all about me" approach comes from the ego, and this
thinking distorts failures and successes bec...
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck from 2017-08-03T23:58:41
This book is all about finding what is truly important in life and
discarding everything else. The language here is irreverent and abrasive,
but it helps drive home the idea of just sayin...
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business from 2017-08-03T17:43:49
Using examples of how habits impact daily life and business, The Power of
Habit explains why people do the things they do. With an understanding of
how and why habits have so much influen...
Thinking Fast and Slow from 2017-08-03T16:50:17
People often aren't able to come up with an answer that is logical and
practical when faced with making a decision. This problem happens because
we approach issues with a combination of v...
The Art of War from 2017-07-03T23:47:39
The Art of War was written by a Chinese general named Sun Tzu more than
2,500 years ago. Revered for its practical advice on warfare, the lessons
here apply to anyone who leads others. Ea...
Creative Confidence from 2017-07-03T13:54:42
Anyone can be creative. That's the message this book drives home by showing
that creativity is an innate ability that requires courage to uncover. It's
not so much a case of learning how ...
Up The Organization from 2017-07-03T13:46:41
The sub-title of this book sums it up pretty well: How to stop the
corporation from stifling people and strangling profits. The ideas here are
irreverent, humorous, and most of all, relev...
The Ten Faces of Innovation from 2017-07-03T13:33:38
Design firm and idea factory IDEO has developed ten personas for
innovation. These talents, or roles, help teams focus from different points
of view to create more useful solutions. These...
The Team Handbook from 2017-07-03T13:29:07
There's really no other way to put it. This book is 'the' handbook for
building great teams. There is no fluff, no elaborate theories. Only
practical advice proved to work. Managers and l...
The First 90 Days from 2017-07-02T14:49:23
This book provides proven strategies to make the first 90 days of a new job
count. The framework here applies to start-ups and established businesses
and helps anyone successfully take on...
The Effective Executive from 2017-07-02T14:43:48
For executives, the job is not simply to ensure that “things get done;”
it’s to ensure the right things get done, at the right time, and in the
right way. The Effective Executive teaches ...
The Art of Innovation from 2017-07-02T14:36:50
A tour through the systems used by a design firm and idea factory IDEO
provides an insider's view of how innovation works and why it's a necessity
for any business. The sometimes vague co...
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People from 2017-07-02T13:37:24
Our effectiveness is a compilation of habits. Our habits are a compilation
of knowledge, skill, and desire. This book focuses on how to develop the
most effective habits with a character-...
Six Thinking Hats from 2017-07-02T13:33:21
Most leaders and managers are familiar with meetings that aren't as
productive as they should be. By using “parallel thinking,” where
participants focus on one part of a discussion at a t...
On Becoming a Leader from 2017-07-02T13:28:54
Like most good books on leadership, this one makes it clear that developing
the skills of a leader is very much about self-development. A leader must
know himself and the climate in which...
Now, Discover Your Strengths from 2017-07-02T13:23:54
Many people spend a lot of time worrying about their weaknesses and
shortcomings, and a lot of business books focus on that concern. This book
takes the opposite approach by showing that ...
Methods of Persuasion from 2017-07-02T13:16:17
Nick Kolenda is an entertainer who “reads minds” for a living. His apparent
ability to read minds is a process of persuasion. Using proven methods of
psychology to influence his subjects,...
How To Win Friends and Influence People from 2017-07-02T13:09:38
Written over 80 years ago, this is a book that is as relative today as it
was when it was first written. The principles are a broad mix of personal
and professional advice based on the ps...
Chasing Daylight from 2017-07-01T22:18:35
This is a book that will resonate with anyone who is on a fast-paced career
path. Eugene O'Kelly, the previous CEO and chairman of the large accounting
firm, KPMG, was diagnosed with brai...
Change by Design from 2017-07-01T22:14:19
The leader of one of the most successful design companies, Tim Brown, CEO
of IDEO, shares what he has learned about how to make “change by design.”
Tim draws from his years of experience ...
Awakening Your Inner Genius from 2017-07-01T22:08:30
This book is based on research from a variety of sources and proposes that
genius is not some mystical, elusive trait, but a combination of many
personality characteristics. Genius is not...
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership from 2017-07-01T21:51:15
The quote above sums up the foundation of the 21 laws and the philosophy
behind them. Based on 40 years of leadership and the observations of
successful leaders in business, politics, spo...
Toyota Production System from 2017-06-04T16:27:41
Taiichi Ohno, the inventor of the Toyota Production System and author of
the book by the same name, offers readers lessons in thinking. Readers will
learn more about the thought processes...
Growth Hacker Marketing from 2017-06-04T16:21:52
Growth hacker marketing is a concept that uses a test-and-learn method
along with a process of rapid experimentation. By experimenting across
marketing channels and applying the results t...
The Balanced Scorecard from 2017-06-03T10:21:06
The Balanced Scorecard believes that business leaders oftentimes fail to
connect the necessary strategy with the appropriate action or tactic. The
book covers how a company’s vision and s...
Financial Intelligence: ... Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean from 2017-06-03T10:09:46
Financial statements do not always tell the entire story about a company.
Accounting methods and financial reporting require an executive to decipher
the red tape, look beyond what is on ...
First, Break All the Rules from 2017-06-03T10:05:29
By breaking the rules of traditional management, readers will be able to
see things differently and find innovative ways to manage. Based on
interviews with 80,000 managers in 400 compani...
How to Become a Rainmaker from 2017-06-03T09:52:36
A rainmaker is anyone who creates revenue for a company, particularly in
sales. Jeffrey Fox's How to Become a Rainmaker teaches anyone how to make
it rain. With short, to-the-point chapte...
Little Red Book of Selling from 2017-06-03T09:46:36
People will only do business with others once they know them, like them,
and trust them. They will buy the salesperson first, way before they even
consider what it is that they’re selling...
Naked Economics from 2017-06-03T09:40:33
Economics can be intimidating to the person who is not well-versed in
business and mathematics. This book caters to the “layman” by breaking down
the meaning of the terminology used in th...
Purple Cow from 2017-06-02T21:51:30
So what is a purple cow? A purple cow is anything that stands out from the
crowd. As the author, Seth Godin puts it, “...picture driving down a
country road, with hundreds of cows, scatte...
Zag: Strategy of High-Performance Brands from 2017-06-02T21:28:19
Zag delivers an interesting and unique approach of the authors’ view on
branding and marketing. Marty Neumeier has created what should be
considered required reading by anyone in business...
Why We Buy from 2017-06-02T21:19:36
Why We Buy is filled with decades of research into customer behaviors. By
watching customers as they move through stores, Underhill has been able to
come up with good advice backed by sci...
The Tipping Point from 2017-06-02T21:09:34
The Tipping Point is described by the author as “That magic moment when an
idea, trend or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like
wildfire.” The book gives the reader ...
Blue Ocean Strategy from 2017-06-02T20:43:47
This book challenges readers to rethink traditional incremental innovation
approaches. Typically, head-to-head competition is the norm for increasing
market share, but this book teaches r...
The Great Game of Business from 2017-06-02T15:38:21
The laws of business this book teaches are basic, common-sense rules that
most readers will have heard either from a boss or maybe even a parent! The
laws apply not only to business manag...
The Experience Economy from 2017-06-02T15:15:11
By customizing each part of the customer experience, a product or service
increases in value. Using key points from theater and stage, the book
teaches readers how to make each step in th...
The Essential Drucker from 2017-06-02T15:07:23
Most of the traditional management theories practiced today can somehow be
tied to Peter Drucker. Many readers will be familiar with his work, and
this book is filled with some of the ver...
The 4-Hour Work Week from 2017-06-02T14:52:30
The book is all about how to change the way readers look at how they live
and work and why they should challenge old assumptions. The author writes
from a unique vantage point. He created...
Selling the Invisible from 2017-06-02T14:33:06
Service companies often struggle with marketing efforts because their
“product” is not a physical thing. Services are abstract and their
effectiveness and value are hard to measure from a...
Secrets of Closing the Sale from 2017-06-02T14:27:50
Knowing how to sell is like possessing one of the rarest commodities on
Earth. Most of us just don’t realize how persuasive we must be on a daily
basis. Secrets of Closing the Sale explai...
The Lean Startup from 2017-06-02T09:44:22
New business ventures are both exciting and risky. New ventures are risky
as the main idea may or may not work, yet the chances of success are much
greater if there is a recipe for testin...