Ben: 3397 books
by Ben Fogle, Michael Palin, Jonathan Scott
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014
Publishing to coincide with Bradt's 40th anniversary, The Irresponsible Traveller is a light but edgy collection of travellers' tales. Travel writers and celebrities alike recount their exciting, and often dangerous, adventures which include being chased by a sea lion, accosted by Brazilian kidnappers...
by Graham Alexander, Ben Renshaw
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2008
Super Coaching is for anyone wanting to succeed in a frenetic and unpredictable world. Coaching is an extremely successful new trend: a coach is a cross between a psycho-analyst and personal trainer, someone who is there to motivate and inspire you to work things out for yourself. This book means...
by Ben Settle
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
If you want to quickly and easily multiply your business's sales... no matter what you sell or who you sell to... then this book by acclaimed Copywriter Ben Settle shows you how.The title of the book is: 12 'Mish-Mash' Joint Venture Secrets You Can Profit From In As Little As...
Credit and Blame at Work
How Better Assessment Can Improve Individual, Team and Organizational Success
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Previously published as The Blame Game, this acclaimed guide by a leading workplace expert offers essential advice about how to succeed at work by avoiding the pitfalls of pervasive credit-grabbing and finger-pointing.
Credit and Blame at Work, praised by bestselling management expert Robert...
The Only Constant Is Change
Technology, Political Communication, and Innovation Over Time
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
Over the course of American political history, political elites and organizations have often updated their political communications strategies in order to achieve longstanding political communication goals in more efficient or effective ways. But why do successful innovations occur when they do, and...
by Ben W. Heineman Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2008
Our free-market capitalist system is the world's greatest driver of prosperity, but it has a dark side. Under intense pressure to make the numbers, executives and employees face temptation to cut corners, fudge accounts, or worse. And in today's unforgiving environment, such lapses can be catastrophic....
Don't Trust, Don't Fear, Don't Beg
The Extraordinary Story of the Arctic 30
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
The true story of Greenpeace activists imprisoned in Russia—and the fight to free them: “A gripping story of tremendous courage that reads like a thriller” (Naomi Klein).
“The most important prison motto is hope for the better, but every moment, literally every moment, be prepared for...
Aid on the Edge of Chaos
Rethinking International Cooperation in a Complex World
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
Many agree that the foreign aid system - which today involves virtually every nation on earth - needs drastic change. But there is much conflict as to what should be done. In Aid on the Edge of Chaos, Ben Ramalingam argues that what is most needed is the creative and innovative transformation of how...
The Lean Farm
How to Minimize Waste, Increase Efficiency, and Maximize Value and Profits with Less Work
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2015
A practical, systems-based approach for a more sustainable farming operation
To many people today, using the words “factory” and “farm” in the same sentence is nothing short of sacrilege. In many cases, though, the same sound business practices apply whether you are producing cars or...
The Problem with Education Technology (Hint
It's Not the Technology)
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Education is in crisis—at least, so we hear. And at the center of this crisis is technology. New technologies like computer-based classroom instruction, online K–12 schools, MOOCs (massive open online courses), and automated essay scoring may be our last great hope—or the greatest threat we...
Talent Intelligence
What You Need to Know to Identify and Measure Talent
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2013
The challenge with most companies' talent intelligence is that it is just not that intelligent.
Having good talent intelligence—an accurate understanding of the skills, expertise, and qualities of people—is essential for the people decisions that all businesses make. Yet despite its vital...
Code Halos
How the Digital Lives of People, Things, and Organizations are Changing the Rules of Business
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
Harness "Code Halos" to gain competitive advantage in the digital era
Amazon beating Borders, Netflix beating Blockbuster, Apple beating Kodak, and the rise of companies like Google, LinkedIn, and Pandora are not isolated or random events. Today's outliers in revenue growth and value...
People Analytics
How Social Sensing Technology Will Transform Business and What It Tells Us about the Future of Work
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Discover powerful hidden social "levers" and networks within your company… then, use that knowledge to make slight "tweaks" that dramatically improve both business performance and employee fulfillment! In People Analytics, MIT Media Lab innovator Ben Waber shows how sensors and...
by Ben Bennetts
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2015
In 1977, I published a small 16-page booklet titled “Quickie Table Wines”. It was a simple “do this, do that” set of instructions designed to produce palatable fruit-based table wines within 4 to 5 weeks. The technique had been well researched and proven by experiment and the booklet went...