This book presents a new management model that has evolved in Silicon Valley.℗ℓThe future will favor companies that can migrate to a management model, better suited for the times.℗ℓThe abilities to remain entrepreneurial and innovate constantly will be essential for all companies in an innovation economy. However, most firms still use industrial-age management models that are not suited to attracting and energizing entrepreneurial talent.℗ℓThis...

John Perkins' controversial and bestselling exposé, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, revealed for the first time the secret world of economic hit men (EHMs). But Perkins' Confessions contained only a small piece of this sinister puzzle. The full story is far bigger, deeper, and darker than Perkins' personal account revealed. Here other EHMs, journalists, and investigators join Perkins to tell their own stories, providing the first probing and...

Los líderes corporativos tienen muchas dificultades a la hora de perpetuar el crecimiento de sus organizaciones. La competencia global no para de crecer, el acceso al capital riesgo se restringe cada vez más y los sistemas que se establecen en las empresas para incentivar a los empleados y directivos parecen actuar en contra del crecimiento a largo plazo. Las grandes empresas no cejan en su empeño de crecer, pero se centran en lo que podríamos...

"Meetings are a waste of time," is a sentiment many of us share, which is tragic, because meetings bring us together as human beings. To achieve the kind of meaning or breakthrough results most of us really year for when we gather, the key quality needed

Deploy Empathy will help you learn the skill of talking to your customers-learning to truly listen to them-so that you can pull out their hidden needs, desires, and processes. Empathy is a skill that anyone can learn. Armed with the tactics you'll learn in this book and the toolbox of scripts and phrases, you'll be able to sell more of your existing product, build the right features that will delight your customers, and stop churn in its tracks. By...

La investigación económica es el proceso por el cual descubrimos, evaluamos, confirmamos, rechazamos y ampliamos el stock de conocimientos existentes en el campo de la economía. Para llevar adelante con éxito este propósito, el investigador necesita estar dotado de una metodología, de las directrices generales de cómo realizar la investigación, y también de los métodos y procedimientos de investigación; es decir, de las guías específicas...

Why do we have regrets-and what can we do about it? We all want to live a life without regrets. Whenever we do something we wish we hadn't-or don't do something we wish we had-we vow it won't happen again. But why do we have regrets in the first place? Because we become prisoners of habit and circumstance, we take people in our lives for granted and fail to be true to ourselves. We stop growing and learning, become self-absorbed and judgmental, and...

In this accessible, prescriptive, and widely applicable manual, Google's first engineering director and current Innovation Agitator Emeritus provides critical advice for rethinking how we launch a new idea, product, or business, insights to help successfully beat the law of market failure: that most new products will fail, even if competently executed. Millions of people around the world are working to introduce new ideas. Some will turn out to be...

Companies struggle dramatically in building new businesses from innovation. 85-90 percent of corporate startups die after the "Minimum Viable Product" stage. Why is this so? What is the solution? How can companies improve? This book provides the answers. It is written by Frank Mattes, who has decades of experience in corporate innovation. It has been, co-written with more than 20 practitioners and 2 business schools as a practical guide for practitioners,...

Are you sick and tired of making plans only to fail? Despite your best efforts, do you find it hard to keep up new habits? Explore the "Habit Fusion" Guide to learn how to successfully incorporate powerful habits into your everyday routine. In this illuminating manual, we dissect the craft of habit weaving. Learn how to easily incorporate habits into your daily life rather of fighting against your nature or routine. This book's simple instructions,...