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Habilidades de comunicación escrita
by Sonia GonzalezEscribir para ser leído.Para un liderazgo más asertivo y de alto impacto, hay que empoderara los profesionales en la competencia de la comunicación. Empoderar alfuncionario en la asertividad de su comunicación lleva a la empresa a un mayornivel de impacto en la rentabilidad de su negocio. Durante quince años comoconsultora de empresas del sector financiero y de multinacionales, Sonia Gonzálezha desarrollado una metodología muy práctica para lograr la claridad, fluidez yconcreción de la forma de comunicarse de los profesionales.Estelibro, número uno de la serie Comunicación inteligente, ofrececlaves prácticas para eliminar los bloqueadores comunes de la expresión escrita,tales como claves para ordenar las ideas; profundización para una transmisiónde ideas más asertiva y persuasiva; puntuación como clave de oro para alcanzarritmo y armonía de los textos; y casos concretos para apreciar el efecto sorprendente"antes y después" de los textos.
Habilidades de comunicación hablada
by Sonia GonzalezVale más saber poco pero decirlo bien, que sabermucho y no tener idea de comunicarlo.Para un liderazgo más asertivo y de alto impacto, hay queempoderar a los profesionales en la competencia de la comunicación. Empoderaral funcionario en la asertividad de su comunicación lleva a la empresa a unmayor nivel de impacto en la rentabilidad de su negocio. Durante quince añoscomo consultora de empresas del sector financiero y de multinacionales, SoniaGonzález ha desarrollado una metodología muy práctica para lograr la claridad,fluidez y concreción de la forma de comunicarse de los profesionales.Estelibro, número dos de la serie Comunicacióninteligente, ofrece unametodología práctica, de comprobados resultados, que permite corregir las debilidadescomunes de los líderes en sus presentaciones. Con claves sencillas y aplicables,se efectuará un cambio extremo a la comunicación hablada, tanto en el fondo dequé se dice como en la forma de cómo se lo dice.
Habilidades de comunicación y escucha: Empatía + alto nivel + resultados
by Sonia GonzalezHablar para ser escuchado.Para un liderazgo más asertivo y de alto impacto, hay que empoderar a los profesionales en la competencia de la comunicación. Empoderar al funcionario en la asertividad de su comunicación lleva a la empresa a un mayor nivel de impacto en la rentabilidad de su negocio. Durante quince años como consultora de empresas del sector financiero y de multinacionales, Sonia González ha desarrollado una metodología muy práctica para lograr la claridad, fluidez y concreción de la forma de comunicarse de los profesionales.Este libro, número tres de la serie Comunicación inteligente, expone la virtud superior de la gente inteligente, el escuchar. El escuchar es la capacidad de atender en forma dinámica, de desarrollar el "músculo" de guardar silencio o callar los pensamientos, para atender y entender al otro. Es mucho más que apenas oírlo, es poder escuchar no sólo lo que dice, sino lo que no dice pero lo transmite con el metalenguaje de sus actitudes, expresiones y gestos.
Habit Changers: 81 Game-Changing Mantras to Mindfully Realize Your Goals
by M. J. RyanWhat would you like to change in your life? Be more focused at work? Communicate more effectively? Find work-life balance? Make smarter decisions? Be more patient with your team or family? Have greater self-confidence? Less stress? Just . . . be happier? Often, the biggest obstacle to change lies in our most deeply ingrained habits: those automatic thought processes that operate outside our consciousness, and yet have a profound impact on our behavior, shaping everything from how we respond to challenges to how we engage with others. The good news is that we can literally rewire our mental habits for the better. In Habit Changers, executive coach M.J. Ryan shares the secret weapon that has helped her highest performing clients improve their focus, better manage under pressure, enhance their emotional intelligence, become more effective leaders, and more. Inspired by the Buddhist tradition of Lojong, or "slogan practice," habit changers are simple, one-line aphorisms that, when recited, reprogram your brain's automatic responses. Here, Ryan explains how to use the 81 Habit Changers that have demonstrated the most profound and lasting results. They include: § You can't say yes if you can't say no § Don't push buttons that don't need to be § Handshake your fear § Stand where you'd rather not § Remember your highest intention § Outsource your worry § Reach for the better thought Our capacity to change is our greatest gift as human beings. Habit Changers will help you take control of your destiny and more easily achieve the success and happiness you desire.
Habitat for Humanity International
by Gary W. Loveman Andrew SlavittHabitat for Humanity, a not-for-profit, volunteer-based home builder, is coping with years of rapid growth and success. They now face a series of options to continue their successful course and must make corresponding organizational adjustments. Teaching objectives involve applying lessons learned in the Service Management course to this unique organization: specifically, can they think of themselves as a customer-focused organization and maintain their mission and culture, what are their best options for strategic growth, and how do they mobilize human resources and a headquarters organization at a grassroots nonprofit?
Habitat for Humanity International: Brand Valuation
by John A. Quelch Nathalie LaidlerHabitat for Humanity underwent a brand valuation study and found that its brand was worth $1.8 billion, equivalent to Starbucks. Senior management reviews the issues facing the organization; students are afforded insights into what drives brand value for a major nonprofit and what is critical for building and protecting brand value.
Habits of Leadership
by Art MarkmanIn his internationally acclaimed book, Smart Thinking, which examines the gap between innate intelligence and acquired mental skills, Art Markman presented a three-part formula to show readers how to develop "smart habits", how to acquire high quality knowledge, and how to use that knowledge when it's needed. Now, Markman takes his scientifically-based formula one step further to demonstrate the correlation between personality and habits, and the impact of personality and habits on leadership potential and innovation success. Habits of Leadership explores the "Big 5" personality characteristics -- Extroversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Openness, and Emotional Stability -- as well as other key variables such as person's ability to acquire and use knowledge or the level of one's tolerance to risk. Using a unique personality profiler, readers are able to determine their strengths and weaknesses and then apply this understanding to develop smart habits. Great leaders have key traits that influence their success. People who are Extroverts can serve as effective advocates for ideas. Those who are low in Agreeableness are willing to tell people things that they do not want to hear, and so facilitate open and honest lines of communication. People high in Conscientiousness get things done. They ensure that a project once started is completed.. Those who are high in Openness and are able to acquire and use knowledge through reasoning, intuition, or perception tend to be good change-makers. Their breadth of knowledge allows them to communicate ideas from a wide variety of sources to innovate and solve problems. And leaders possessed of emotional stability have the clear-mindedness and confidence to navigate through any storm. Individuals who demonstrate these traits and who have developed habits that serve them well, are extraordinary. Yet the potential for greatness is within everyone. Habits of Leadership will show anyone how to develop and use these exceptional gifts.
Habits of the Heartland: Small-Town Life in Modern America
by Lyn C. Macgregor"So, how do Americans in a small town make community today? This book argues that there is more than one answer, and that despite the continued importance of small-town stuff traditionally associated with face-to-face communities, it makes no sense to think that contemporary technological, economic, and cultural shifts have had no impact on the ways Americans practice community life. Instead, I found that different Viroquans took different approaches to making community that reflected different confluences of moral logics--their senses of obligation to themselves, to their families, to Viroqua, and to the world beyond it, and about the importance of exercising personal agency. The biggest surprise was that these ideas about obligation and agency, and specifically about the degree to which it was necessary or good to try to bring one's life into precise conformance with a set of larger goals, turned out to have replaced more traditional markers of social belonging like occupation and ethnicity, in separating Viroquans into social groups. "--from Habits of the Heartland Although most Americans no longer live in small towns, images of small-town life, and particularly of the mutual support and neighborliness to be found in such places, remain powerful in our culture. In Habits of the Heartland, Lyn C. Macgregor investigates how the residents of Viroqua, Wisconsin, population 4,355, create a small-town community together. Macgregor lived in Viroqua for nearly two years. During that time she gathered data in public places, attended meetings, volunteered for civic organizations, talked to residents in their workplaces and homes, and worked as a bartender at the local American Legion post. Viroqua has all the outward hallmarks of the idealized American town; the kind of place where local merchants still occupy the shops on Main Street and everyone knows everyone else. On closer examination, one finds that the town contains three largely separate social groups: Alternatives, Main Streeters, and Regulars. These categories are not based on race or ethnic origins. Rather, social distinctions in Viroqua are based ultimately on residents' ideas about what a community is and why it matters. These ideas both reflect and shape their choices as consumers, whether at the grocery store, as parents of school-age children, or in the voting booth. Living with--and listening to--the town's residents taught Macgregor that while traditional ideas about "community," especially as it was connected with living in a small town, still provided an important organizing logic for peoples' lives, there were a variety of ways to understand and create community.
Habitussondierung als reflexiv-rekursive Bildungstheorie: Eine interdisziplinäre Abhandlung über Lern- und Bildungsprozesse von Tradern
by Nils SchreweDie Frage, auf welche Art und Weise sich an der Börse Geld verdienen lässt, gilt bisweilen vor allem als ein viel diskutiertes Thema innerhalb der ökonomischen Disziplin. Dies führt allerdings bisweilen dazu, dass viele Aspekte menschlicher Handlungsvollzüge entlang der Subjektfigur des Homo Oeconomicus ausgeblendet werden. Innerhalb dieser Studie wird daher in Folge einer wissenschaftstheoretischen Erörterung finanz- und erziehungswissenschaftlicher Paradigmata dafür plädiert, das Thema Finanzspekulation aus einer bildungsbiografischen Perspektive zu beleuchten. Auf der Grundlage von 10 biografischen Interviews mit eigenverantwortlich handelnden Tradern liegt somit erstens erstmals eine wissenssoziologische Studie zu der Frage, welchen habituellen Lern- und Bildungsprozessen Menschen beim Trading unterliegen, vor. Zweitens wird innerhalb derselben ein phasenhafter Verlauf biographischer Bildungsprozesse im Kontext eines Engagements an der Börse erstellt und drittens anhand eines Wechselverhältnisses von Theorie und Empirie eine reflexiv-rekursive Bildungstheorie der Habitussondierung entworfen.
Habla menos, actúa más: 7 pasos para conquistar tus metas
by Brian TracyEl experto en éxito y autor bestseller de The New York Times, Brian Tracy, comparte un método probado de siete pasos que te ayudarán a conseguir, en pocos meses, más de lo que la mayoría de las personas logra en toda su vida.Si te pones como meta lograr dos cosas todos los días -sin excepción-, no tendrás límites para lo que quieras alcanzar. Con la ayuda de Brian, serás capaz de descubrir la clave para ganar, tener felicidad, crear una buena reputación y triunfar. El experto en éxito, Brian Tracy, comparte un método probado de siete pasos:1. Elimina los hábitos negativos.2. Toma el control de tu vida.3. Atrévete a ir hacia adelante.4. Decide qué es lo que realmente quieres.5. Supera la procrastinación.6. Conviértete en un aprendiz de por vida.7. Nunca te rindas.Habla menos, actúa más es la clave para conquistar tus objetivos y liberar tu potencial ilimitado para tu vida y tu negocio.
Habla para que te escuchen: Descubre estrategias probadas para una comunicación eficaz en cualquier situación
by Cordell Henry¡Mejore sus habilidades sociales para una comunicación eficaz con sus compañeros y en los negocios hoy mismo! ¿Se siente incómodo en situaciones sociales en las que la primera impresión es vital? ¿Le falta confianza y carisma en sus comunicaciones diarias, lo que le hace parecer distante y poco atractivo? Si es así, es posible que le falten algunas habilidades sociales cruciales que son esenciales para su supervivencia y éxito en este mundo. Cuando se trata de habilidades sociales, no hay nada mejor que contar con un conjunto de estrategias que han demostrado que le preparan para el éxito. De hecho, de esta manera, podrá aprender y descubrir una gran cantidad de aspectos interesantes sobre otras personas que no tendría la oportunidad de conocer si fuera demasiado tímido para acercarse a ellos en primer lugar. En este libro aprenderá: Las razones más comunes por las que la gente sufre de ansiedad social Cómo determinar su motivación para volverse más sociable Por qué es tan importante tener habilidades sociales El avance en las relaciones Cómo hablar con cualquier persona Consejos probados para atraer, sostener y pasar por una entrevista o eonversación con facilidad Las 5 claves secretas para una gran comunicación y relación Por qué somos animales sociales y qué significa eso Nueve estrategias para ser un mejor jugador social Tácticas de comunicación imprescindibles para lograr mayores conexiones Cómo hacer un seguimiento de las conversaciones ***BONUS*** Cómo dominar el arte de la presentación El papel de la tecnología y cómo ha afectado negativamente a nuestras habilidades de comunicación Estrategias para convertirse en un comunicador eficaz Cómo trabajar las relaciones de forma eficaz Descubra cómo usted es la clave de su propio éxito Y mucho más..
Hablan los chinos. Historias reales para entender a la futura potencia del mundo: Historias Reales Para Entender A La Futura Potencia Del Mundo
by Ana FuentesUna obra coral resultado de una magnífica labor periodística que desentraña los misterios de un país desconocido aún hoy para Occidente. Un disidente torturado por la policía, un joven millonario nacionalista, un emigrante que cruza el país en busca de trabajo, un viejo maestro de kung-fu que ha dejado de entrenar por la contaminación, una campesina que se prostituye para pagar la educación de su hijo... ¿Quiénes son los chinos? La periodista Ana Fuentes, que ha sido corresponsal de la Cadena SER en Pekín, recoge en Hablan los chinos el testimonio en primera persona de ciudadanos que han decidido romper su silencio y hablar de la realidad de su país -su relación con la familia, con el poder, con el resto del mundo-. Historias reales de individuos de distinto nivel cultural y poder adquisitivo que impactan por lo insólito, que emocionan y que ponen fin a muchos clichés. Una obra coral resultado de una magnífica labor periodística que desentraña los misterios de un país desconocido aún hoy para Occidente. China ha crecido vertiginosamente en los últimos años hasta convertirse en la segunda economía mundial. En 2008 fue sede de los Juegos Olímpicos, su puesta de largo ante la comunidad internacional entre censura, represión de los activistas y unos niveles de corrupción desorbitados. Una China tan nueva como milenaria que trata de superar los traumas del colonialismo extranjero, las hambrunas del Gran salto hacia delante y las atrocidades de la Revolución Cultural. «Ganarme su confianza no fue fácil: algunos nunca habían dirigido la palabra antes a un extranjero. Tras meses intensos de charlas, paseos y alguna persecución policial acabaron hablándome abiertamente de sus metas y de sus frustraciones. Éste es el resultado». Ana Fuentes
Hablar de todo y no saber de nada: Las tertulias y la nueva política
by Joan LópezEl papel de la tertulia española en el mundo mediático y político: ¿fuente de información o intoxicación mediática? Las tertulias fueron en el pasado un género minoritario creado con la voluntad de ofrecer información complementaria acerca de los temas de actualidad. Sin embargo, el feroz mundo mediático del siglo XXI ha obligado a las tertulias a cambiar de formato hasta convertirlas en un espectáculo que se emite en horas de máxima audiencia. Al conquistar la parrilla televisiva, las tertulias han derivado en puro entretenimiento dónde la opinión y la confrontación ideológica parecen ser los ingredientes del éxito. ¿Quién determina la línea editorial de los programas?¿La tertulia es fuente de información o es intoxicación mediática?¿Existe el tertuliano libre?¿Cómo se llega a ser tertuliano?¿Cómo se preparan las tertulias?¿Qué pasa en las cadenas de televisión pública? En este fascinante ensayo, Joan López analiza el papel de la tertulia en nuestro país mediante una serie de capítulos divulgativos y polémicos que ponen en entredicho su contribución efectiva al debate público ya que parecen regirse más por el sesgo ideológico que marcan sus respectivas cadenas que por una voluntad honesta de análisis de la actualidad política y social.
Hablemos de plata
by Javiera QuirogaToma el control de tus finanzas personales de la mano de los consejos de Javiera Quiroga, periodista especializada en economía y creadora del IG @economina_cl ¿Cómo invertir tu plata, en bienes raíces o en fondos mutuos? ¿Cuándo debo comenzar a ahorrar para la vejez? ¿Cómo funciona un depósito a plazo? ¿Por qué debe importante el precio del dólar? ¿Qué es el Ipsa? ¿Qué es el mercado de capitales? ¿Cómo maximizar las ganancias sin arriesgarlo todo? Las respuestas a estas preguntas están en estas páginas, en las que se explican de manera simple, pero efectiva, los conceptos más importantes que debemos entender para invertir nuestro dinero, especialmente en tiempos de crisis.
Hacer dinero online: La guía definitiva para invertir tiempo y dinero
by Blake ColemanSi ya tienes un sitio web pero no está a la altura de tus expectativas, el marketing de asociados también puede ofrecerte toda una nueva gama de líneas de ingreso y ganancias para que tu negocio crezca y logres el tipo de libertad financiera que tanto has estado anhelando. Descarga esta guía, sigue los pasos y crea toda una gama de nuevas líneas de ingresos mediante el marketing de asociados. Tienen muchas posibilidades de hacer dinero online. Tómate el tiempo suficiente antes de obtener ganancias como explica el eBook. Sigue las instrucciones de manera correcta y el éxito será parte de ti. Básicamente, el eBook tiene muchas respuestas a preguntas sobre formas de hacer dinero online. Estás por descubrir una estrategia probada sobre cómo convertirte en una máquina de hacer dinero, incrementar tus ingresos sin conseguir otro empleo. Este libro se enfoca en las tácticas y técnicas que los millonarios usan para crear ingresos residuales, asegurar su futuro financiero ¡y prosperar en épocas de dificultades económicas! Consigue este libro hoy mismo.
Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role on Any Team
by Nick Sinai Marina NitzeIn this "deeply empowering and practical book"(Cecilia Muñoz), two technology and innovation leaders reveal dozens of tactics that enabled them to accomplish seemingly impossible reforms in organizations of all types and sizes. Whether you just started your first entry-level job, run the entire company, or just feel trapped by your condo association bylaws, it&’s time to it&’s time to learn how to get big things done and make a lasting impact with Hack Your Bureaucracy. From local government to the White House, Harvard to the world of venture capital, Marina Nitze and Nick Sinai have taken on some of the world&’s most challenging bureaucracies—and won. Now, they bring their years of experience to you, teaching you strategies anyone can use to improve your organization through their own stories and those of fellow bureaucracy hackers, including: Find Your Paperclip: use small steps to achieve big change Set Your North Star: keep your end goal in sight Cultivate the Karass: assemble an adept team and network Don&’t Waste a Crisis: turn every opportunity into a chance for change And more! Change doesn&’t happen just because the person in charge declares it should, even if that person is the CEO of your company or the President of the United States. Regardless of your industry, role, or team, Hack Your Bureaucracy shows how to get started, take initiative on your own, and transform your ideas into impact.
Hackathons: From Idea to Successful Implementation
by Andreas Kohne Volker WehmeierThis book provides a detailed and comprehensive overview of all phases of a hackathon and thus helps to reduce complexity, to use opportunities, to avert pitfalls and to avoid problems. In addition, it also explains from a participant’s perspective how to succeed in a hackathon. Lastly, the book is rounded off by extensive checklists, which support you in your own hackathons. The book is structured as follows: At first the basics and the history of hackathons are described in chapter 1. Afterwards the three phases of a hackathon are described in detail. This is started in chapter 2 with the description of the individual measures which are to be accomplished before the actual event. Here not only technical or organizational aspects are described, but also the important legal aspects are discussed. Subsequently, it is shown what is necessary to carry out a hackathon successfully. For this purpose the actual execution with all its steps is described in chapter 3. Next, chapter 4 looks at the follow-ups, which are often neglected or even completely forgotten. Chapter 5 describes from a participant’s point of view the reasons for participating in a hackathon and which aspects guarantee a successful participation. In the following chapter 6 the criticism of the format of the hackathons and their execution is also examined in detail. Eventually, the most important points are summarized in chapter 7, before chapter 8 gives a view into the future of hackathons. Subsequently chapter 9 collects statements and opinions of representatives from industry, science and administration on the topic of hackathons. The book is rounded off in chapter 10 with detailed checklists, which can be directly used for the successful planning, operation and follow-up of hackathons. The book is written for everyone with an interest in how hackathons work, how to create them, and how to successfully participate. It especially targets people in industry or young students who want to run or participate in a hackathon.
Hackathons: Von der Idee zur erfolgreichen Umsetzung
by Andreas Kohne Volker WehmeierErfahren Sie in diesem Buch mehr über das Phänomen HackathonsEs gibt Events, die ermöglichen es ihren Akteuren, interdisziplinär in einen kreativen Dialog zu treten. Dieses Buch widmet sich den sogenannten Hackathons – einem Veranstaltungsformat, das sich seit Jahren großer Beliebtheit erfreut. Die Erfolgsgeschichte begann wie so oft in Amerika, mittlerweile wird das disruptive Brainstorming jedoch weltweit erfolgreich durchgeführt, umin kürzester Zeit Technologien, Geschäftsmodelle und Produkte zu entwickeln.neues Personal zu rekrutieren.interdisziplinäre Teams effizient zusammenzubringen.Das Ergebnis kann u. a. eine kollaborative Software- und Hardwareentwicklung sein. Dieses Buch von Andreas Kohne und Volker Wehmeier widmet sich nicht nur der Frage, was ein Hackathon ist, sondern erklärt Ihnen zudem, wie Sie einen Hackathon organisieren und worauf Sie bei der Durchführung eines solchen Events achten sollten.Programmieren, Recruiting und InnovationenDie Entwicklung neuer Ideen, Konzepte und Lösungen sowie das Testen verschiedener Projekte stehen stets im Fokus der Teilnehmer unterschiedlicher Branchen. Gleichzeitig bieten sie Start-ups die perfekte Gelegenheit, um ihr Geschäftsmodell von Experten bewerten zu lassen. Sie können sich vorstellen, wie wichtig daher die Planung eines solchen Events für alle Beteiligten ist. In diesem Buch über Hackathons erhalten Sie einen ebenso praxisnahen wie kompakten Überblick über folgende Bereiche:PlanungDurchführungNachbereitungMehrwertUm Ihnen den Einstieg in die Thematik zu erleichtern, finden Sie am Ende des Werkes neben prägnanten Checklisten auch Ablaufübersichten. Das Buch fokussiert sich nicht nur auf die Veranstalter eines Hackathons. Es berücksichtigt ebenfalls die Teilnehmersicht sowie die Stimmen aus der Wirtschaft und Verwaltung. Dadurch erhalten Sie umfassenden Input von beiden Seiten.
Hacked: The Secrets Behind Cyber Attacks
by Dr Jessica BarkerWhen it comes to cyber attacks, everyone's a potential victim. But you don't have to be helpless against these threats. Hacked offers the knowledge and strategies you need to protect yourself and your business. In this book, cybersecurity expert Jessica Barker uncovers how hackers are weaponizing cutting-edge tactics and technologies to target individuals and organizations, before showing how you can safeguard yourself against any potential attacks and how to react if you do become a target.Featuring expert commentary from world-leading cybersecurity experts and ethical hackers, this book uncovers the fascinating stories of the most insidious and notorious cyber attacks, including how the Mirai malware almost took down the internet and how a supply chain attack infiltrated the US government and other global institutions.From social engineering and data theft to ransomware and Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks, there are numerous strategies that hackers use to target our finances and data. Uncover their secrets and learn how to safeguard your data with Hacked.
Hacker Culture A to Z: A Fun Guide to the People, Ideas, and Gadgets That Made the Tech World
by Kim CrawleyHacker culture can be esoteric, but this entertaining reference is here to help. Written by longtime cybersecurity researcher and writer Kim Crawley, this fun reference introduces you to key people and companies, fundamental ideas, and milestone films, games, and magazines in the annals of hacking. From airgapping to phreaking to zombie malware, grasping the terminology is crucial to understanding hacker culture and history.If you're just getting started on your hacker journey, you'll find plenty here to guide your learning and help you understand the references and cultural allusions you come across. More experienced hackers will find historical depth, wry humor, and surprising facts about familiar cultural touchstones.Understand the relationship between hacker culture and cybersecurityGet to know the ideas behind the hacker ethos, like "knowledge should be free" Explore topics and publications central to hacker culture, including 2600 MagazineAppreciate the history of cybersecurityLearn about key figures in the history of hacker cultureUnderstand the difference between hackers and cybercriminals
Hacker Culture and the New Rules of Innovation
by Tim RaynerFifteen years ago, a company was considered innovative if the CEO and board mandated a steady flow of new product ideas through the company’s innovation pipeline. Innovation was a carefully planned process, driven from above and tied to key strategic goals. Nowadays, innovation means entrepreneurship, self-organizing teams, fast ideas and cheap, customer experiments. Innovation is driven by hacking, and the world’s most innovative companies proudly display their hacker credentials. Hacker culture grew up on the margins of the computer industry. It entered the business world in the twenty-first century through agile software development, design thinking and lean startup method, the pillars of the contemporary startup industry. Startup incubators today are filled with hacker entrepreneurs, running fast, cheap experiments to push against the limits of the unknown. As corporations, not-for-profits and government departments pick up on these practices, seeking to replicate the creative energy of the startup industry, hacker culture is changing how we think about leadership, work and innovation. This book is for business leaders, entrepreneurs and academics interested in how digital culture is reformatting our economies and societies. Shifting between a big picture view on how hacker culture is changing the digital economy and a detailed discussion of how to create and lead in-house teams of hacker entrepreneurs, it offers an essential introduction to the new rules of innovation and a practical guide to building the organizations of the future.
Hacker's Guide to Project Management
by Andrew JohnstonManaging a software development project is a complex process. There are lots of deliverables to produce, standards and procedures to observe, plans and budgets to meet, and different people to manage. Project management doesn't just start and end with designing and building the system. Once you've specified, designed and built (or bought) the system it still needs to be properly tested, documented and settled into the live environment. This can seem like a maze to the inexperienced project manager, or even to the experienced project manager unused to a particular environment.A Hacker's Guide to Project Management acts as a guide through this maze. It's aimed specifically at those managing a project or leading a team for the first time, but it will also help more experienced managers who are either new to software development, or dealing with a new part of the software life-cycle. This book:describes the process of software development, how projects can fail and how to avoid those failuresoutlines the key skills of a good project manager, and provides practical advice on how to gain and deploy those skillstakes the reader step-by-step through the main stages of the project, explaining what must be done, and what must be avoided at each stagesuggests what to do if things start to go wrong!The book will also be useful to designers and architects, describing important design techniques, and discussing the important discipline of Software Architecture.This new edition:has been fully revised and updated to reflect current best practices in software developmentincludes a range of different life-cycle models and new design techniquesnow uses the Unified Modelling Language throughout
Hacking Design
by Avinash RajagopalWhat if you could press a button and have a machine build you any product you wanted? What if we all had the means to modify our physical environment, to tweak and subvert objects produced for us by designers and manufacturers? A new generation of hardware hackers is making steady progress toward making these hypotheses reality, building vibrant communities in the process. And designers are experimenting with open-source creation and customization, trying to come to terms with the hackers' visions of the future. Hacking Design examines the conflicts and commonalities between hackers and professional designers, and uncovers shared ground on which the two creative communities can work together.DesignFile is the new line of e-books on topics and trends in design published by the Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. There will be six to twelve titles published annually, each ranging in length from 7,500 to 20,000 words. Building a consortium with institutional partners and design practitioners, Cooper-Hewitt's series will bridge the academic, museum, design, and publishing worlds. Inaugural members of the e-book consortium are Parsons The New School for Design and the School of Visual Arts.
Hacking Growth: How Today's Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success
by Morgan Brown Sean EllisThe definitive playbook by the pioneers of Growth Hacking, one of the hottest business methodologies in Silicon Valley and beyond.It seems hard to believe today, but there was a time when Airbnb was the best-kept secret of travel hackers and couch surfers, Pinterest was a niche web site frequented only by bakers and crafters, LinkedIn was an exclusive network for C-suite executives and top-level recruiters, Facebook was MySpace’s sorry step-brother, and Uber was a scrappy upstart that didn’t stand a chance against the Goliath that was New York City Yellow Cabs. So how did these companies grow from these humble beginnings into the powerhouses they are today? Contrary to popular belief, they didn’t explode to massive worldwide popularity simply by building a great product then crossing their fingers and hoping it would catch on. There was a studied, carefully implemented methodology behind these companies’ extraordinary rise. That methodology is called Growth Hacking, and it’s practitioners include not just today’s hottest start-ups, but also companies like IBM, Walmart, and Microsoft as well as the millions of entrepreneurs, marketers, managers and executives who make up the community of GrowthHackers.com.Think of the Growth Hacking methodology as doing for market-share growth what Lean Start-Up did for product development, and Scrum did for productivity. It involves cross-functional teams and rapid-tempo testing and iteration that focuses customers: attaining them, retaining them, engaging them, and motivating them to come back and buy more. An accessible and practical toolkit that teams and companies in all industries can use to increase their customer base and market share, this book walks readers through the process of creating and executing their own custom-made growth hacking strategy. It is a must read for any marketer, entrepreneur, innovator or manger looking to replace wasteful big bets and "spaghetti-on-the-wall" approaches with more consistent, replicable, cost-effective, and data-driven results.
Hacking Happiness: How to Intentionally Adapt and Shape the Future You Want
by Penny Locaso'Penny Locaso pulls no punches to deliver hard-hitting insights for living a more fulfilling life.' Nir Eyal, best-selling author of Hooked and Indistractable 'The world is waking up: we have to change and do things differently. Penny's fearless approach to life, combined with the stories and insights of others she shares, is exactly what we need now. The time to reinvent yourself is here.' Dorie Clark, author of Reinventing You and executive education faculty, Duke University Fuqua School of Business You strive for success. Great! But is it making you happy? There is no such thing as a perfect plan to achieve more, manage change and find true happiness. Hacking Happiness challenges you to throw out the rulebook and leap into what we fear most???—???the unknown???… Author Penny Locaso reveals how to bring happiness back to your life and build a solid foundation on which to innovate and thrive in disruption. Through activities and powerful learning and assessment tools, this essential guidebook will help you find growth, success and ultimately happiness in an uncertain future. Learn how to: redefine success and infuse more of it into your daily life develop a mindset that is open to change and instability increase your focus while living in a world filled with distractions find the courage and confidence to face fear and shape change intensify human connection, self-accountability, and reflection. Hacking Happiness is an opportunity to look at the world through a new lens and see that it's by surfing on the edges of our comfort zone that we???—???professionals, leaders, everyone???—???can intentionally adapt to create a successful and fulfilling future.