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Bad Choices: How Algorithms Can Help You Think Smarter and Live Happier

Ali Almossawi · Viking
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

The wildly popular author of Bad Arguments returns with a funny, smart introduction to algorithms - those perennially misunderstood, increasingly important problem-solving rules that can save you time and lead to better choices, every day. Why is Facebook so good at predicting what you like?...
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The Tao of Innovation: Nine Questions Every Innovator Must Answer

Teng-Kee Tan · Imperial College Press
Format: Hardcover

The Tao of Innovation is the first book to blend Eastern philosophy with tried-and-true innovation strategies. It presents a holistic, intuitive and practical approach to developing game-changing innovation. Having over 30 years of real-world global corporate, entrepreneurial, and consulting...
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Mighty Midsized Companies: How Leaders Overcome 7 Silent Growth Killers

Robert Sher · Bibliomotion
Format: Hardcover

Midsized companies are often overlooked by Wall Street and mainstream media outlets, though they are an integral part of national economics. Thus it’s important for national economic success to have a thriving midsized company sector. But that is not easy to do, largely because the factors...
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Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Angela Duckworth · Scribner
Pages: 333
Format: Print book

In this instant New York Times bestseller, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed - be it parents, students, educators, athletes, or business people - that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence...
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Why Are There Snowblowers in Miami?: Transform Your Business Using the Five Principles of Engagement

Steven D. Goldstein · Greenleaf Book Group Press
Pages: 200
Format: Print book

As a senior executive for a major department store chain, Steve Goldstein was shocked to find snowblowers for sale at the company's Miami store. When Goldstein asked a salesman on the floor how long this had been going on, he replied, ''I've been here for thirty years, and we've...
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The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order

Paul Vigna · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 357
Format: Book

Bitcoin became a buzzword overnight. A cyber-enigma with an enthusiastic following, it pops up in headlines and fuels endless media debate. You can apparently use it to buy anything from coffee to cars, yet few people seem to truly understand what it is. This raises the question: Why should...
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The Discomfort Zone: How Leaders Turn Difficult Conversations Into Breakthroughs

Marcia Reynolds · Berrett-Koehler Publishers; 1 edition
Format: Book

You want people to stretch their limits but your conversations meant to help them often fall flat or backfire creating more resistance than growth Top leadership coach Marcia Reynolds offers a model for using the Discomfort Zonemdashthe moment when the mind is most open to learningmdashto...
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The Go-Giver Leader: A Little Story About What Matters Most in Business

Bob Burg · Portfolio Penguin
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

PLEASE NOTE: This book was previously published under the title It's Not About You.From the acclaimed, bestselling authors of The Go-Giver, a new parable about the power of giving leadership.The family-owned business of Allen & Augustine has manufactured high-quality chairs for decades....
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AgeProof: Living Longer Without Running Out of Money or Breaking a Hip

Jean Chatzky · Grand Central Pub
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Two of the world's leading experts explain the vital link between health and wealth that could add years to your life and dollars to your retirement savings. All the money in the world doesn't mean a thing if we can't get out of bed. And the healthiest body in the world won't stay that...
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Writing Well for Business Success: A Complete Guide to Style, Grammar, and Usage at Work

Sandra E. Lamb · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

A light-hearted but very useful guide to the ins and outs of business writing. So much of success in business depends on writing well. From resumes to reports, proposals to presentations, Writing Well for Business Success will help you communicate your ideas clearly, quickly and effectively....
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The Hollywood MBA: A Crash Course in Management from a Life in the Film Business

Tom Reilly · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

What would you do if alligators were loose in your office? Or if your place of business changed 80 times during a four month period? What if two of your key employees were infant twins? Or you were asked to manage 130 people who were hired yesterday?Tom Reilly has faced these obstacles...
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Dirty Little Secrets of Family Business: Ensuring Success from One Generation to the Next

Henry Hutcheson · Greenleaf Book Group Llc
Pages: 232
Format: Print book

If approximately 70 percent of all businesses are family businesses, and two out of three don't survive to the next generation, what can you do to make sure your business will survive and thrive? Dirty Little Secrets of Family Business comes clean with much-needed info on nitty-gritty...
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The Future Workplace Experience: 10 Rules For Mastering Disruption in Recruiting and Engaging Employees

Jeanne Meister · Mcgraw-Hill Education
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES. THE GIG ECONOMY. BREADWINNER MOMS. DATA-DRIVEN RECRUITING. PERSONALIZED LEARNING. In a business landscape rocked by constant change and turmoil, companies like Airbnb, Cisco, GE Digital, Google, IBM, and Microsoft are reinventing the future of work. What is it that...
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Hamburgers in Paradise: The Stories behind the Food We Eat

Louise O Fresco · Princeton Univ Pr
Pages: 656
Format: eBook

For the first time in human history, there is food in abundance throughout the world. More people than ever before are now freed of the struggle for daily survival, yet few of us are aware of how food lands on our plates. Behind every meal you eat, there is a story. Hamburgers in Paradise...
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How May I Help You?: An Immigrant's Journey from MBA to Minimum Wage

Deepak Singh · University of California Press
Pages: 305
Format: Hardcover

In this moving and insightful work, Deepak Singh chronicles his downward mobility as an immigrant to a small town in Virginia. Armed with an MBA from India, Singh can get only a minimum-wage job in an electronics store. Every day he confronts unfamiliar American mores, from strange idioms...
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