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Data for the People: How to Make Our Post-Privacy Economy Work for You
Andreas Weigend · Basic Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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Every time we Google something, Facebook someone, Uber somewhere, or even just turn on a light, we create data that businesses collect and use to make decisions about us. In many ways this has improved our lives, yet, we as individuals do not benefit from this wealth of data as much as we could.... |
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Anticipate: The Art of Leading by Looking Ahead
Rob-Jan de Jong · AMACOM
Format: Hardcover
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Describes the practices that make successful business visionaries, including detecting change early, developing a coherent vision based on emerging trends, and creating scenarios that make game-changing products and strategies. --Publisher's description. |
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Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
Kim Malone Scott · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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"I raced through RADICAL CANDOR--It's thrilling to learn a framework that shows how to be both a better boss and a better colleague. RADICAL CANDOR is packed with illuminating truths, insightful advice, and practical suggestions, all illustrated with engaging (and often funny) stories... |
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Life After Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy
George Gilder · Gateway Editions
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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"Google's algorithms assume the world's future is nothing more than the next moment in a random process. George Gilder shows how deep this assumption goes, what motivates people to make it, and why it's wrong: the future depends on human action." - Peter Thiel, founder of PayPal... |
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Beyond the Label: Women, Leadership, and Success on Our Own Terms
Maureen Chiquet · HarperBusiness
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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The former global CEO of Chanel charts her unlikely path from literature major to global chief executive, guiding readers to move beyond the confines of staid expectations and discover their own true paths, strengths, and leadership values.Driven. Shy. Leader. Wife. Mother. We live in a world... |
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100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings: How to Get By Without Even Trying
Sarah Cooper · Andrews Mcmeel
Pages: 176
Format: Print book
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Funny because it's true. From the creator of the viral sensation "10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings" (5 million views and hundreds of thousands of shares) comes the must-have book you never knew you needed, "100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings. " In it, you will... |
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Credit Repair: Improve and Protect Your Credit
Amy Loftsgordon · NOLO
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback
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Bad credit can prevent you from getting a mortgage, car loan, credit card, apartment, or even a job. It can also mean paying a bundle in rates and fees for any loans or credit you do get.Use this comprehensive how-to manual to rebuild bad credit and protect improved credit. Learn how to: reduce... |
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The Career Playbook: Essential Advice for Today's Aspiring Young Professional
James M. Citrin · Crown Business
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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Are you about to graduate and begin your job search? Or are you a young professional trying to choose the right field or looking for that perfect position that will catapult your career? Figuring out a career and getting a great job has never been more difficult. On top of that, today's... |
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Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World
JOSHUA B FREEMAN · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping, global history of the rise of the factory and its effects on society.We live in a factory-made world: modern life is built on three centuries of advances in factory production, efficiency, and technology. But giant factories have also fueled our fears about the future since... |
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Hog Wild: The Battle for Workers' Rights at the World's Largest Slaughterhouse
Lynn Waltz · University Of Iowa Press
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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When Smithfield Foods opened its pork processing plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina, in 1992, workers in the rural area were thrilled to have jobs at what was billed as "the largest slaughterhouse in the world." However, they soon left in droves because of the fast, unrelenting... |
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