The Crown Publishing Group: 2539 books
As the Future Catches You
How Genomics and Other Forces Are Changing Your Life, Work, Health, and Wealth
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2001
You will never look at the world in the same way after reading As the Future Catches You. Juan Enriquez puts you face to face with a series of unprecedented political, ethical, economic, and financial issues, dramatically demonstrating the cascading impact of the genetic, digital, and knowledge revolutions...
The New Rules of Work
The Modern Playbook for Navigating Your Career
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
The world of work has changed.
People in previous generations tended to pick one professional path and stick to it. Switching companies every few years wasn’t the norm, and changing careers was even rarer.
Today’s career trajectories aren’t so scripted and linear. Technology has...
In Pursuit of Elegance
Why the Best Ideas Have Something Missing
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
What made the Sopranos finale one of the most-talked-about events in television history?
Why is sudoku so addictive and the iPhone so darn irresistible?
What do Jackson Pollock and Lance Armstrong have in common with theoretical physicists and Buddhist monks?
Elegance.
In...
The Art of the Long View
Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2012
What increasingly affects all of us, whether professional planners or individuals preparing for a better future, is not the tangibles of life—bottom-line numbers, for instance—but the intangibles: our hopes and fears, our beliefs and dreams. Only stories—scenarios—and our ability to visualize...
Ecological Intelligence
How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2009
The bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence and Primal Leadership now brings us Ecological Intelligence—revealing the hidden environmental consequences of what we make and buy, and how with that knowledge we can drive the essential changes we all must make to save our planet and ourselves.
We...
The Two-Second Advantage
How We Succeed by Anticipating the Future--Just Enough
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
What made Wayne Gretzky the greatest hockey player of all time wasn’t his speed on the ice or the uncanny accuracy of his shots, but rather his ability to predict where the puck was going to be an instant before it arrived. In other words, it was Gretzky’s brain that made him exceptional. Over...
What the Numbers Say
A Field Guide to Mastering Our Numerical World
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
A decade ago, computer scientist Douglas Hofstadter coined the term innumeracy, which aptly described the widespread ailment of poor quantitative thinking in American society. So, in What the Numbers Say, Derrick Niederman and David Boyum present clear and comprehensible methods to help us process...
Slack
Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2001
To most companies, efficiency means profits and growth. But what if your “efficient” company—the one with the reduced headcount and the “stretch” goals—is actually slowing down and losing money? What if your employees are burning out doing the work of two or more people, leaving them no...
The Wealth of Knowledge
Intellectual Capital and the Twenty-first Century Organization
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
In Thomas A. Stewart’s bestselling first book, Intellectual Capital, he redefined the priorities of businesses around the world, demonstrating that the most important assets companies own today are often not tangible goods, equipment, financial capital, or market share, but the intangibles: patents,...
Innovation
The Five Disciplines for Creating What Customers Want
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2006
Nothing is more important to business success than innovation . . . And here’s what you can do about it on Monday morning with the definitive how-to book from the world’s leading authority on innovation
When it comes to innovation, Curt Carlson and Bill Wilmot of SRI International know...
The Anatomy of Buzz Revisited
Real-life lessons in Word-of-Mouth Marketing
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2009
A new edition of the definitive handbook on word-of-mouth marketing, completely revised and updated for today’s online world
With two-thirds new material and scores of current examples from today’s most successful companies, The Anatomy of Buzz Revisited takes readers inside the world of...
The Secret Handshake
Mastering the Politics of the Business Inner Circle
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
In The Secret Handshake, top corporate consultant and USC management professor Kathleen Reardon explores and reveals the hidden rules on the ins and outs of corporate politics that you won’t find outlined in any employee handbook.
Based on hundreds of candid interviews with executives at Fortune...
Find Your Extraordinary
Dream Bigger, Live Happier, and Achieve Success on Your Own Terms
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
In this Wall Street Journal bestseller, Jessica Herrin, serial entrepreneur and founder and CEO of the Stella & Dot Family Brands, shows how the classic traits of successful entrepreneurs are ones each one of us can develop--and use not only to create a company, but also to create an extraordinary...
by Brian Sher
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
How You Can Strike It Rich in Life and Business
Finally, the secrets of the truly wealthy are revealed! Now you can uncover what the world's richest people know that you don't—and learn to apply simple, practical, yet innovative methods that will enrich and enhance your life and bottom line.
In...