Business & Economics, Decision-Making & Problem Solving
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Hard Open
The Cost of Mistakes by Jeff Lewis
Do you have an idea for a business, but don’t know how to get started? Have you started a business, but have sort of lost your way? Has your business run into financial trouble? Are your business finances bleeding into your personal life? Hard Open ...
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Take Charge of the Future
Using the Power of Scenarios to Drive Strategy and Performance by Arden Brummell
Strategic planner and consultant Arden Brummell shares his wealth of experience about the scenarios-to-strategy planning process, weaving in his personal career journey with practical examples and insights. The process of creating scenarios and ...
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The Hands that Feed Us
Inside the World of International Agricultural Research - A Memoir by Gordon MacNeil
“Not many people can say they wouldn’t change anything in a career—but I can.” – Gordon MacNeil Gordon MacNeil has had an extensive fifty-year career in one of the largest foreign aid enterprises of the world, focusing on finance in international ...
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Vision Meets Execution
Mastering the Concept that will Drive your Business Success by Darryl Kenna
When Mark, a struggling small-business owner, hesitantly decides to meet an old friend of his father’s for a day of fishing and “business advice,” he doesn’t expect much. As far as he knows, his father has no real experience in business after all, ...
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On Consensus
A Framework for Adaptive Action by Jean Pierre Chabot
On Consensus: A Framework for Adaptive Action is a tool in the toolbox of anyone looking to improve decision-making processes in general and to build consensus in particular. The book provides not only a step-by-step approach to building consensus ...
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How Might We Champion Design Thinking in Your Organization?
A PRAKTIKEL Guide by Dan Buchner
Are you passionate about the potential of Design Thinking? The creative, collaborative and human centered approach you know your organization needs. Do you struggle to get others to see the potential you see? If so you are a Design Thinking Champion ...
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Misfit Thinking
Using Design Thinking to Energize Innovation and Creativity by R. Gordon Bennett
Is your organization stuck in a rut and unable to see past the same old ineffective approaches? Misfit Thinking demonstrates how teams can become more innovative in order to actually solve problems, creatively. It is a thorough exploration of and ...
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BrainFishing
A Practice Guide to Questioning Skills by Gary T. Furlong and Jim Harrison
BrainFishing is the “missing link”, the hands-on, practical guide for professionals looking to forge better agreements and build stronger relationships in difficult and challenging situations. It is the one, slim book that will complete your ...
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Now & Then
A System for Business Success by Leonard C. Sloat
Any problem can be eliminated within a week using this insightful and down-to-earth problem-solving methodology. Using what you learn in this book, you will be able to increase the Value-Add time for any and all processes that matter to your ...
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The Illusion of Work
Don't Fall For It by Pat Maguire
Have you noticed a gap between the illusion of work being done in your office, and the actual output of those workers? Then it’s time to re-evaluate your methodologies. Streamline your work processes and become more results-oriented with The ...