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Everyone Leads
by Paul SchmitzPraise for Everyone Leads "If America is going to continue to thrive in the twenty-first century, we must strengthen our sense of community. In Everyone Leads, Schmitz lays out the challenges for those of us who have a passion to make a difference and, more important, the strategies to spark lasting change from the grassroots up. His unique perspective and experience make this a must-read for community activists. "-Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO, Harlem Children's Zone "This moment in history demands that we stop waiting for others-especially others living in Washington, D. C. -to solve the problems and right the wrongs of our times. Now, more than ever, we must mine the most underutilized resource available to us: We the People. Everyone Leads shows us how. "-Arianna Huffington, president and executive editor, Huffington Post Media Group "Social change has always come from the leadership of the many, not the few. Everyone Leads shows us how we can all step up and contribute to social change. "-Tavis Smiley, author, broadcaster, philanthropist "Every nonprofit can learn from Public Allies' example that the leadership we need to solve problems exists within our communities. Everyone Leads is a guide to inclusion, collaboration, and community building that will inspire readers to see leadership and opportunity in places we don't usually look. "-Sterling Speirn, CEO, W. K. Kellogg Foundation "Schmitz has produced the road map we need for this 'all hands on deck' moment when we need a new spirit of collaborative leadership and action to face the problems of our day. Reading this book, we are not surprised that Michelle Obama learned from Public Allies how to build leaders and build communities. "-Harris Wofford, former United States Senator, and CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service under President Bill Clinton Register at www. josseybass. com/emailfor more information on our publications, authors, and to receive special offers.
Everyone Remembers the Elephant in the Pink Tutu: How to Promote and Publicize Your Business with Impact and Style
by Mary Maloney Cronin Suzanne CaplanFrom the Book Jacket: "If you lined up 100 gray elephants in the desert... ...and discovered that one of them was wearing a pink tutu, which one would you be curious about? Which one would you remember? They're all elephants; one is just packaged in bright colors. Read on and find out how you can become a standout! "An idea well-positioned and well-executed: This is what great PR is all about. And this is what this book is about as well -how to take what may seem like an ordinary event, product, or service, and turn it into an attention-getter. "You will learn how to identify your 'hook' and how to position yourself with the media so that you will get maximum and favorable coverage. The public (your customers and clients) will be impressed, and you can turn a low-cost and fun exercise into sales and profits. "Every company has the potential to accomplish this. , ff You must simply find your own tutu and get out and dance! Everyone Remembers the Elephant in the Pink Tutu How to Promote and Publicize Your Business with Impact and Style ...is for every business owner or manager who believes that his or her company is not interesting enough, or that he or she doesn't have the time, money, or knowledge to mount an effective publicity campaign. All business owners need to get their companies publicized is a little creativity, a little motivation, and an elephant in a pink tutu...a unique identity consistent with why your customers deal with you. Written in an engaging, lively tone, Everyone Remembers the Elephant in the Pink Tutu provides readers with step-by-step information that will motivate them to get started promoting their business-and stick to it without spending a fortune, and often without the help of a tutu expert (publicist). MARY MALONEY CRONIN, after experiencing two rounds of corporate downsizing, donned a pink tutu and started Cronin Communications, Inc., a marketing, communication, and growth consulting firm for small businesses. She frequently speaks on the subject of publicity, marketing, and communication. SUZANNE CAPLAN, prior to starting her consulting business, spent 21 years as the CEO of Pittsburgh Glove Manufacturing, a family-owned business. She is an active speaker and author of Saving Your Small Business, A Piece of the Action, and A Small Business Insider's Guide to Bankers.
Everyone Wants to Work Here: Attract the Best Talent, Energize Your Team, and Be the Leader in Your Market (Empowered Productivity)
by Maura ThomasBe the leader your team wants to followYou want to be the kind of leader that leaves a legacy of positive impact. You want to lead an exceptional team so you can power your organization's success and unleash the hidden potential in every team member – including yourself! So how do you realize these goals?In this expansive guide, expert Maura Thomas explores how to combat insidious problems that are costing your organization millions. You can change the status quo with her step-by-step guidance to energize your team, and provide greater focus, transparency, and accountability in the organization. Leaders and aspiring leaders like you will discover how to not only extinguish—but prevent—the dozens of "fires" that pop up all day. You can transform a stressful culture into an empowering one, or a great culture into one where top talent is lining up to be a part of your team. Imagine having consistently productive and satisfying work days, and contributing even more to the organization—but in a way that's inspiring and motivating instead of overwhelming and depleting.The techniques in this book will not only help you, your team and your organization, they'll boost your ability to contribute in a positive way to families, your community, and the world.
Everyone a Leader
by David ColcleughAre you an engineer or scientist early in your career, or a student in either of these fields, looking to develop your leadership capabilities? Learn from David Colcleugh, former CEO of DuPont Canada, leadership educator, and author of Everyone a Leader. This book outlines innovative learning frameworks for acquiring competence in leadership that were developed at DuPont Canada applied to different concepts throughout the book.Everyone a Leader is specifically tailored to meet the needs of those in engineering and scientific fields. Colcleugh refers to value-added processes and systems familiar to engineers and scientists to illustrate how they can benefit from developing leadership capabilities in addition to their technical skills. These theories come to life in the anecdotes that Colcleugh shares from throughout his career.The models in this book have been tested as a teaching tool at the Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering at the University of Toronto, making the book well-suited to academic courses on leadership. Because it illuminates the value of leadership development for all employees of technologically focused organizations, Everyone a Leader also reveals the transformational results that become possible when every employee is not only a functional expert, but also a leader.
Everyone's Business: What Companies Owe Society
by Amit Ron Abraham A. SingerBusiness is political. What are the ethics of it? Businesses are political actors. They not only fund political campaigns, take stances on social issues, and wave the flags of identity groups – they also affect politics in their everyday hiring and investment decisions. As a highly polarized public demands political alignment from the powerful businesses they deal with, what’s a company to do? Amit Ron and Abraham Singer show that the unavoidably political role of companies in modern life is both the fundamental problem and inescapable fact of business ethics: corporate power makes business ethics necessary, and business ethics must strive to mitigate corporate power. Because of its economic and social influence, Ron and Singer forcefully argue that modern business’s primary social responsibility is to democracy. Businesses must work to avoid wielding their power in ways that undermine key democratic practices like elections, public debate, and social movements. Pragmatic and urgent, Everyone’s Business offers an essential new framework for how we pursue profit—and democracy—in our increasingly divided world.
Everyone's Problem Solving Handbook: Step-by-Step Solutions for Quality Improvement
by Michael R. KellyThe author covers fourteen tools to help you find the information you need and offers step-by-step instructions for constructing each one. He shows you how these tools can be combined with a set of simple problem-solving steps that can act as a powerful change agent to help reduce or eliminate process problems. Five-Step Problem-Solving Process
Everyone's a Critic: Winning Customers in a Review-Driven World
by Bill TancerThe Yelps and TripAdvisors of this world are here to stay. How can a business owner fight back?Eighty percent of consumers now consult online reviews before making a purchase. These days a disgruntled but ignorant customer on Yelp might have more clout than any expert guidebook, magazine article, or newspaper critic. Business owners feel they are at the mercy of these companies' algorithms, with little to no recourse when unjustly bad reviews damage their bottom line.But some savvy businesses have figured out how to fight back. The winners in this new marketplace are finding ways to use reviews--both positive and negative--as their competitive advantage.In Everyone's a Critic, Bill Tancer draws on case studies, field research, and never-beforepublished data to create the definitive guide for the business owner. He offers valuable insight for anyone seeking to make the most of their online consumer reviews, including the little touches that have outsized impact on positive reviews; how to deal with bad reviews; and how to spot reviewers who are trying to take advantage of you. Consider: A Los Angeles barber who found a way to make one-star Yelp reviews part of his branding strategy How a New York City locksmith became the highest rated on Yelp and Angie's List in just six months A Bay Area optician who analyzed his competitors' online reviews to find his market niche How a small South African hotel chain has been able to capture the top 3 rankings for hotels in London on TripAdvisor, beating more than 1,000 others, through obsessive attention to online reviews.Tancer shows how online reviews can be a huge help, not a burden, to business owners and managers--once they learn how to leverage them.
Everyone's a Genius: Unleashing Creativity for the Sake of the World
by Alan BriggsBelieve it or not, everyone's a genius at something. We just need to uncover and release it for the sake of the world.Every member of your church comes with a unique set of God-given skills and talents. As a church leader, you have the weighty task of uncovering and validating them. Your challenge is to help your members identify and unleash their gifts to bring glory to God. But in our selfie-focused society, this task can feel overwhelming.God doesn't see two groups: his gifted children and the rest of us. He didn't give the Great Commission only to the extremely talented—musicians, writers, artists, pastors, and church staff. He gave it to all of us. To each of us. So, how do we help our members find their "sweet spots" of service in the kingdom?In Everyone's a Genius, author, pastor, and leadership consultant Alan Briggs, shares his belief that bringing out the abilities of often overlooked Christians—those whose unique skill sets are not as easily identifiable—remains a key component that will determine the church's impact in this and coming generations. This is an inspiring look at how we can more effectively motivate Christians to leverage their personal abilities for Christ.The truth is, reading this book is risky! It can change how you see every person you're leading. It can make you see your community differently. It can help you find gifts within your church family that will surprise you. It can also unlock something within you that you never knew mattered to God. It can expand your vision of the world, deepen your appreciation for "the least of these," and refocus the mission of your church.Perhaps God will use this book to take you on a journey toward a more appropriate theology of creativity. Yes, it’s a risk, but a risk we simply must take to impact the world for Jesus.Are you in?
Everything But Money: The Hidden Barriers Between You and Financial Freedom
by Jessica MoorhouseNATIONAL BESTSELLERMoney therapy that goes beyond the budget and gets to the root of your relationship with money from accredited financial counsellor and host of the popular More Money Podcast, Jessica MoorhouseWhy is money the #1 stress in my life? How do I keep getting into debt after working so hard to get out? Will I ever have enough money to make me feel secure?If this sounds like you, it’s time to think about your money story. For the past decade, Jessica Moorhouse, an Accredited Financial Counsellor Canada® and money expert, has had intimate conversations with strangers from around the world who trust her to listen without judgment and offer solutions to their financial problems. It is Moorhouse’s experience (as well as a fact supported by research) that a lot of stuff prevents you from thinking about money clearly and getting out of your own way. This book includes all the insecurities, fixations and inherited ideas about money that you carry around—and provides a guide on how to get past them. No number of top-ten tips or golden rules will help you with your money struggles unless you confront what is causing them in the first place—be it trauma, human behaviour or an unjust social system. It’s only when you acknowledge and understand the real source of your money issues that you can start making a plan to finally overcome them.Some of the topics explored in the book include:Realizing how past trauma shapes your negative relationship with moneyUnlearning some of the “truths” about money that are hurting youRecognizing patterns and red flags to stop the cycle of poor financial decision-makingUnderstanding the institutions and systems that are holding you back financially and learning the difference between good and bad financial adviceLearning how to trust yourself and others when it comes to money managementCreating a new path for achieving financial freedomEverything but Money is a practical, inspirational book that teaches readers to uncover their money story and empowers them to create a new, healthier and happier relationship with money.
Everything Conceivable: How the Science of Assisted Reproduction Is Changing Our World
by Liza MundyAward-winning journalist Liza Mundy captures the human narratives, as well as the science, behind the controversial, multibillion-dollar fertility industry, and examines how this huge social experiment is transforming our most basic relationships and even our destiny as a species. Skyrocketing infertility rates and dizzying technological advances are revolutionizing American families and changing the way we think about parenthood, childbirth, and life itself. Using in-depth reporting and riveting anecdotal material from doctors, families, surrogates, sperm and egg donors, infertile men and women, single and gay and lesbian parents, and children conceived through technology, Mundy explores the impact of assisted reproduction on individuals as well as the ethical issues raised and the potentially vast social consequences. The unforgettable personal stories inEverything Conceivablerun the gamut from joyous to tragic; all of them raise questions we dare not ignore.
Everything Counts
by Gary Ryan BlairEverything Counts! is an execution strategy for inspiring excellence and driving exceptional results.Too many people and organizations are mired in a mediocrity of their own making. They focus their attention and efforts on getting the big things right, but they ignore the little things that often make a big difference. As a result, reputations are damaged, brands diluted, and loyalty is lost by blatant disregard for the small stuff which negatively impacts the customer experience. For years, we've been taught not to sweat the small stuff, but in the real world of business, Everything Counts.Everything Counts is a call to greater awareness and with awareness comes a responsibility to raise the performance bar. It offers a powerful operating philosophy that will steer your organization to reach higher levels of growth, productivity, and performance. From the smallest customer contact to the most minute details of product quality, the little things add up to a pretty big deal. Serving as the definitive guide on organizational and personal mastery, this book gives you a foundation for unparalleled customer service, superior quality, and consistent performance.A proven system for organizing, aligning, and improving all your efforts in sales, service, and performance improvementShows how concentrating on the small things leads to growth, productivity, personal success, and business greatnessHelps you motivate your people and teams to achieve better results on both the personal and organizational levelEverything Counts reminds us that seemingly small things can make tremendous differences. The purpose of this book is to help you internally define and take ownership of the most fundamental principle behind achieving results beyond you expectations-a single idea with an actionable focus-Everything Counts!
Everything DiSC Manual
by Mark Scullard Jesus Salcedo Amanda HowardThe Definitive Guide to Everything DiSC HR and talent management professionals look to Everything DiSC to develop individuals in the areas of leadership, management training, sales training, and team building. The Everything DiSC Manual is the professional's comprehensive guide to the research that supports the Everything DiSC suite of assessments. With this complete reference tool, professionals can access the research and theory behind Everything DiSC. In addition to providing an in-depth overview of the DiSC model and the various applications associated with DiSC, the Everything DiSC Manual provides coverage on the following key topics: Research supporting the validity and reliability of the DiSC styles An overview of DiSC as it intersects with current psychological theory Case studies modeling the proper interpretation of the tool DiSC as it applies to gender, ethnicity, and education This manual is an essential reference tool for anyone facilitating Everything DiSC products.
Everything I Ever Needed to Know about Economics I Learned from Online Dating
by Paul OyerConquering the dating market-from an economist's point of viewAfter more than twenty years, economist Paul Oyer found himself back on the dating scene-but what a difference a few years made. Dating was now dominated by sites like Match.com, eHarmony, and OkCupid. But Oyer had a secret weapon: economics.It turns out that dating sites are no different than the markets Oyer had spent a lifetime studying. Monster.com, eBay, and other sites where individuals come together to find a match gave Oyer startling insight into the modern dating scene. The arcane language of economics-search, signaling, adverse selection, cheap talk, statistical discrimination, thick markets, and network externalities-provides a useful guide to finding a mate. Using the ideas that are central to how markets and economics and dating work, Oyer shows how you can apply these ideas to take advantage of the economics in everyday life, all around you, all the time.For all online daters-and for anyone else swimming in the vast sea of the information economy-this book uses Oyer's own experiences, and those of millions of others, to help you navigate the key economic concepts that drive the modern age.
Everything I Know About Business I Learned from the Grateful Dead: The Ten Most Innovative Lessons from a Long, Strange Trip
by Barry Barnes John Perry BarlowThe Grateful Dead is one of the most popular bands of all time and they have enjoyed incredible relevance to this day. But let's admit it, they were not exactly poster boys for corporate America. In EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT BUSINESS I LEARNED FROM THE GRATEFUL DEAD, Deadhead and business scholar Barry Barnes proves that the Dead's influence on the business world will turn out to be a significant part of their legacy. Without intending to, the band pioneered ideas and practices that were subsequently embraced by American corporations. And in this book Barnes shares the ten most innovative business lessons from the Dead's illustrious career, including:-Creating and delivering superior customer value-Incorporating and establishing a board of directors early on-Founding a merchandising division-Giving away your product for free to increase demand Above all, Barnes explains how the Dead were masters of what he calls "strategic improvisation" -- the ability to adapt to changing times and circumstances -- and that their success lay precisely in their commitment to constant change and relentless variation. For an extraordinary thirty years, the Dead improvised a business plan and realized their vision -- all while making huge profits. EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT BUSINESS I LEARNED FROM THE GRATEFUL DEAD will show you how they did it -- and what your business can learn from their long, strange trip.
Everything I Needed to Know About Business ... I Learned from a Canadian
by Leonard Brody David Raffa"If you want to read about...fascinating can-do business builders by two razor-sharp doers themselves, this is the book. If you want to disprove the ugly myth that 'Canada' and 'entrepreneurial' do not compute in a single sentence, this is also the book. Open it up and get acquainted with a bevy of compelling characters who reveal how they've don it and get their tips on how you can do it, too."--Edward Greenspon, Editor-in-Chief, The Globe and Mail"I am neither a businessman an entrepreneur, but this book gave me practical ideas on how to better cope in an industry that, like so many others, is changing at the speed of light. Brody and Raffa chronicle some amazing and inspirational Canadian success stories and in doing so offer valuable lessons on how to harness teamwork, creativity and - above all - passion into any workplace."--Scott White, Editor-in-Chief, The Canadian Press LEARN THE FINE ART OF MANAGEMENT FROM LEADERS ADN ENTREPRENEURS AROUND THE WORLD......ALL OF WHOM HAPPEN TO BE CANADIAN.Lessons on teamwork from Homer Simpson? World-renowned architect, Moshe Safdie, on organizational design? Joe Boxer, guerilla marketer? How can vision turn a single Toronto motel into the global luxury Four Seasons chain? Isadore Sharp shares his insights. How can anybody sell a multimillion-dollar pharmaceutical company in just one week? Leslie Dan Tells you how he did it.Everything I Needed to Know About Business...I Learned From a Canadian offers first-hand insights, experience, and best practices from twenty-four business and culture leaders, all of whom have achieved excellence in a particular area of business,at home and on the world stage. Some are household names, others are barely known outside their own industry, but they all share the secrets of their amazing success. New to this Second Edition are four brand new chapters on luminaries such as Stewart Butterfield, the mind behind Flickr; and Graydon Carter, Editor-in-Chief of Vanity Fair. With additional mini-profiles of four entrepreneurial up-and comers, this new edition offers more advice and inspiration than ever.Each chapter features "5 Things You Need to Know" - the essential lessons from the leaders and entrepreneurs who have been there and done it all. You'll learn the best of business wisdom, get practical advice on company building, and discover how to prosper in one of the most challenging market environments in history. This book offers management lessons that are as entertaining as they are instructive, all built around the deep thoughts and insights of leaders who are the best in business.The authors are graciously donating all of their profits from the sale of this book in Canada to young Canadian entrepreneurs who are trying to make our world a better place.
Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food Front
by Joel SalatinDrawing upon 40 years' experience as an ecological farmer and marketer, Joel Salatin explains with humor and passion why Americans do not have the freedom to choose the food they purchase and eat. From child labor regulations to food inspection, bureaucrats provide themselves sole discretion over what food is available in the local marketplace. Their system favors industrial, global corporate food systems and discourages community-based food commerce, resulting in homogenized selection, mediocre quality, and exposure to non-organic farming practices. Salatin's expert insight explains why local food is expensive and difficult to find and will illuminate for the reader a deeper understanding of the industrial food complex.
Everything Is Broken Up and Dances: The Crushing Of The Middle Class
by Antony Shugaar Edoardo Nesi Guido Maria BreraThis extended autobiographical essay explains in clear, engaging terms how the role of economics and finance in the Western world has shifted in the twenty-first century, from cultivating wellbeing in society to eroding the wealth of the middle class.Just a handful of years into the new millennium, globalization has had a profound impact on economies and societies throughout Europe and America. In this accessible yet literary work, Edoardo Nesi and Guido Maria Brera illustrate its effects in Italy through the changes that occurred in their own lives: while the former was forced to sell the textile company his grandfather founded before World War II, the latter became one of the key figures in European asset management.Between Bill Clinton's remarks at the Lincoln Memorial on December 31, 1999 that closed the American Century, and Donald Trump's inauguration speech, economics and finance stopped functioning as instruments constructing a healthy society and became weapons to destroy the middle class. As demagogues seduce citizens of nations across the globe, Everything Is Broken Up and Dances tells the critical story of how we corrupted what we might in retrospect call "the best of all possible worlds"--a world without banking crises, unemployment, terrorism, and populism, in which it was impossible to think that a state might default on its debt.
Everything Is Figureoutable: The #1 New York Times Bestseller
by Marie Forleo"This book will change lives."-- Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, LoveFrom the host of the award-winning MarieTV and The Marie Forleo Podcast, an indispensable handbook for becoming the creative force of your own life.While most self-help books offer quick fixes, Everything is Figureoutable will retrain your brain to think more creatively and positively in the face of setbacks. In the words of Cheryl Strayed, it's "a must-read for anyone who wants to face their fears, fulfill their dreams, and find a better way forward."If you're having trouble solving a problem or reaching a dream, the problem isn't you. It's that you haven't yet installed the one belief that changes everything.Marie's mom once told her, "Nothing in life is that complicated. You can do whatever you set your mind to if you roll up your sleeves. Everything is figureoutable." Whether you want to leave a dead end job, break an addiction, learn to dance, heal a relationship, or grow a business, Everything is Figureoutable will show you how.You'll learn: * The habit that makes it 42% more likely you'll achieve your goals. * How to overcome a lack of time and money. * How to deal with criticism and imposter syndrome.It's more than just a fun phrase to say. It's a philosophy of relentless optimism. A mindset. A mantra. A conviction. Most important, it's about to make you unstoppable.
Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder
by David WeinbergerBusiness visionary and bestselling author David Weinberger shows how the digital revolution is radically changing the way we make sense of our livesHuman beings are information omnivores: we are constantly collecting, labeling, and organizing data. But today, the shift from the physical to the digital is mixing, burning, and ripping our lives apart. In the past, everything had its one place—the physical world demanded it—but now everything has its places: multiple categories, multiple shelves. Simply put, everything is suddenly miscellaneous.In Everything Is Miscellaneous, David Weinberger charts the new principles of digital order that are remaking business, education, politics, science, and culture. In his rollicking tour of the rise of the miscellaneous, he examines why the Dewey decimal system is stretched to the breaking point, how Rand McNally decides what information not to include in a physical map (and why Google Earth is winning that battle), how Staples stores emulate online shopping to increase sales, why your children's teachers will stop having them memorize facts, and how the shift to digital music stands as the model for the future in virtually every industry. Finally, he shows how by "going miscellaneous," anyone can reap rewards from the deluge of information in modern work and life.From A to Z, Everything Is Miscellaneous will completely reshape the way you think—and what you know—about the world.
Everything Is Negotiable: The 5 Tactics to Get What You Want in Life, Love, and Work
by Meg Myers MorganSurprising ways we limit ourselves and our happiness, and how to challenge the internalized wisdom and circular thinking that holds us backAs women, many of us are stuck in feedback loops about how to be successful and happy: striving to "have it all" at work and at home, letting ourselves be pressured into giving every part of our lives 100% until we're completely burnt-out, imagining only a strictly linear life path (college, job, marriage, kids), and accepting limitations without question. Yet the truth is, this book argues, most of the conventional wisdom about driving our life choices is total baloney. In Everything Is Negotiable, Meg Myers Morgan deconstructs preconceived notions about adulthood, parenthood, and career paths that have us limiting ourselves. Instead of following that linear plan, for example, she urges readers to take action now for what we want--limitations be damned. With wit and verve, Morgan also tells us to forget trying to "have it all," as the cliche phrase goes--it'll never happen. And, Morgan argues, don't bother trying to give 100%--we simply can't give anything 100% attention, ever! Instead, this book teaches us to navigate life's necessary trade-offs free of the baggage of our own expectations. Chock full of strategies for where and when to give our limited energy, what to demand from our careers, and how to make better choices, Everything Is Negotiable is for women ready to seize the lives they really want.
Everything Is Obvious: *Once You Know the Answer
by Duncan J. WattsWhy is the Mona Lisa the most famous painting in the world? Why did Facebook succeed when other social networking sites failed? Did the surge in Iraq really lead to less violence? How much can CEO’s impact the performance of their companies? And does higher pay incentivize people to work hard?If you think the answers to these questions are a matter of common sense, think again. As sociologist and network science pioneer Duncan Watts explains in this provocative book, the explanations that we give for the outcomes that we observe in life—explanation that seem obvious once we know the answer—are less useful than they seem.Drawing on the latest scientific research, along with a wealth of historical and contemporary examples, Watts shows how common sense reasoning and history conspire to mislead us into believing that we understand more about the world of human behavior than we do; and in turn, why attempts to predict, manage, or manipulate social and economic systems so often go awry.It seems obvious, for example, that people respond to incentives; yet policy makers and managers alike frequently fail to anticipate how people will respond to the incentives they create. Social trends often seem to have been driven by certain influential people; yet marketers have been unable to identify these “influencers” in advance. And although successful products or companies always seem in retrospect to have succeeded because of their unique qualities, predicting the qualities of the next hit product or hot company is notoriously difficult even for experienced professionals.Only by understanding how and when common sense fails, Watts argues, can we improve how we plan for the future, as well as understand the present—an argument that has important implications in politics, business, and marketing, as well as in science and everyday life.
Everything Is Possible: Life and Business Lessons from a Self-Made Billionaire and the Founder of Slim-Fast
by S. Daniel AbrahamIn Everything Is Possible, Dan Abraham, the legendary founder of Slim-Fast, recounts the story of his personal and business life, starting from his childhood and army years and his purchase of Thompson Medical for $5,000 when he was in his early twenties, and culminating in the sale of Slim-Fast for $2.3 billion in 2000. At the heart of Everything Is Possible are 16 life lessons that Abraham has picked up in sixty years of a hard-working business career. Among them:There is no such thing as a mistake (see pages 198–202)Why I always insured that my suppliers made a profit (see pages 208–9)The philosophy of continuous improvement (see pages 202–5)If you have a theory and the facts dispute it, drop your theory (pages 205–8)The realization that we all have both good and bad luck in our lives, but many of us don't prepare for either (pages 216–9)I never saw a man pick a fight with a stronger man (pages 191–5)But this memoir, a brilliant guide for anyone starting and growing a business, is about far more than business. Abraham tells the heartwarming story of growing up in a modest home in Long Beach, New York, and the lessons he learned from his mother, father, and one high school teacher that have guided him ever since. And there is more, much more: a discussion of his beliefs about the pleasure of giving; what he has learned from Judaism about ethics and the Golden Rule; and what he learned from his experiences with the FDA about the importance of compromise and about the necessity to fight hard when you believe you're right.At a time, when newspapers are filled with reports of business fraud and deceptions, and when so many people believe that to have spectacular success in business you have to be ruthless and dishonest, this is an account of a business life that has been lived honorably, passionately, and successfully, and with fun. Everything Is Possible is a book to be savored and shared with young and old alike.
Everything Under the Sun
by David Suzuki Ian HaningtonIn this compilation of David Suzuki's latest thoughts and writings, the renowned scientist, author, and broadcaster explores the myriad environmental challenges the world faces and their interconnected causes. In doing so, Suzuki shows that understanding the causes-and recognizing that everything in nature, including us, is interconnected-is crucial to restoring hope for a better future. The solutions are there, he argues; we just need the will to act together to bring about change.Everything Under the Sun delves into such provocative topics as the difference between human hunters and other predators, the lessons we must learn from the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the subsequent meltdown of the nuclear reactors, and our dependence on the sun for all of our food and energy-indeed for our very lives. Suzuki also considers the many positive steps people are making today. And he doesn't shy away from controversial opinion, especially when it comes to taking on those who stand in the way of resolving serious issues like climate change.Underpinning it all is the recognition that we are blessed to live on a planet that gives us everything we require to live, under a sun that gives us the energy we need to produce food and transport and modern conveniences. But we must protect what we have if we want to survive and prosper.
Everything You (Don't) Want to Know About Raising Capital
by Jeffry A. Timmons Dale A. SanderMany built-in problems and risks await the entrepreneur who is searching for capital. Being aware of the realities can help - realities like that raising money costs a lot. The process also drains managers' time and energy, which can make the business suffer. Delegating the capital search by hiring advisers to do the negotiating can also backfire if you don't choose the right adviser - one that will tailor the search to your needs.
Everything You Know About Business is Wrong: How to unstick your thinking and upgrade your rules of thumb
by Alastair DryburghTo be brilliant in business you have to dare to be different. It means going against the grain, taking risks and never giving up despite the challenges hurled at you. EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT BUSINESS IS WRONG is the bible for the unconventional business brain who won't accept anything but excellence. Based on the ideas in the author's pithy column 'Don't You Believe It' for Management Today, Alastair Dryburgh takes modern business myths and blows them apart. Did you know that: Cost cutting is a bad way to boost profits? That you shouldn't always give 110%? Incentives don't encourage people to do useful things? So much of what we learn about business is plain wrong. It's time to challenge your assumptions and learn about the things that will help you be successful.