With more than four thousand marketing messages assailing consumers daily, creating an original, appealing, and memorable message is more important than ever. Marketer extraordinaire Jay Conrad Levinson shows readers how to craft just...

The Great Culture [Dis]Connect is a tool for entrepreneurs, executives, managers, and anyone concerned with the work environment and company culture they are a part of. Filled with both positive and negative examples of company cultur...

Growth is a clear goal for ambitious entrepreneurs and leaders. It's often a short hand for business - and wider economic - success. But it's not without its pitfalls and challenges, and planning for, and managing, a growing business ...

From a renowned pioneer of the anti-globalization movement, a primer on working towards a localized worldFrom disappearing livelihoods to financial instability, from climate chaos to an epidemic of depression, we face crises on a numb...

A nuclear chain reaction is one of the most powerful forces known to mankind. Its energy feeds other reactions, creating endless possibilities for self-sustaining growth. Imagine harnessing this kind of energy in business-what if you ...

Empower is a call-to-action for humanity to work together and co-create the future, demonstrating that collaboration and sharing, community building and value creation, are not only the right thing to do, but best practices for busin...

Vincent and his wife were stuck in dead end newspaper photography jobs, in debt, stressed, with a baby on the way while making $15 an hour. After winning the highest award in his field, Vincent was offered a 3 percent raise. He knew a...

Every person you meet is either a warning or an example. Which are you?Jairek Robbins, decorated performance coach and lifestyle entrepreneur, guides you through his proven, step-by-step process for filling the gap between where you a...

The Internet of Things (IoT) may be the most disruptive set of technologies in a generation, and the most disruptive tech company in the world -- Amazon -- is building the IoT strategies that will influence every organization and sect...

*100% and more of all the proceeds will be distributed to local churches to empower their business leaders and other nonprofit organizations.*Your business can be even more than you can imagine.Supernatural Business is a book of mirac...

"This is a powerful book--Tiny is mighty. Sharon Rowe's simple shift in thinking is a profound idea, precisely what we need to hear." -Seth Godin, Author LinchpinToo many of us feel trapped by work that keeps us from living our purpos...

Want to build repeatable revenue for your business? Leversshows you step by step how to identify and move the levers that unlock growth and create predictability across every aspect of your business. Built on decades of experien...

It takes tenacity to succeed in government sales or to sell your products or services to "Uncle Sam". Establishing a small business in the federal marketplace can be frustrating. This book will provide guidance on how your c...

Transforming a company's digital product development capabilities is a monumental task that can leave even the most seasoned leaders feeling completely overwhelmed. Traditional approaches to training often fail to have their desired i...

We all know the bad news. Our economies are stagnant. Wages are flat and income inequality keeps rising. The Middle East is burning and extremism is spreading. Frightened voters are embracing populist outsiders and angry nationalists....

"Enlightening… In thoughtful vignettes, Thackara examines numerous grassroots initiatives around the world [and] proposes 'an economy based on social energy,' that uses a very small percentage of the resources presently used…...

Challenging such established ideas as the inevitability of the business cycle and the taboo on deficit spending, the group of economists associated with the Kennedy Council of Economic Advisers attempted in the 1960s to convert their ...

Dolly Parton once said, "Find out who you are and do it on purpose." Many people today are coasting on autopilot, with no passionate connection to the routine work they do day in and day out. The good news is that it doesn'...

Twelve years after Michael Pollan first opened our eyes to the modern problems of the industrial food complex, organic farmer and successful businessman Robert Turner explores what has changed in our food culture and how the current '...

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 cross industry innovation: strategies & tools
What can a hospital learn from a hotel?
 How can a car manufacturer use tools from the games industry? 
Where can a chemical company apply principles from a fe...

You are one of seven billion people on Earth. Whatever you or I do personally—eat tofu in a Hummer or hamburgers in a Prius—the planet doesn't notice. In our confrontation with climate change, species preservation, and a planet go...

No matter how much repeat business you get from loyal customers, the lifeblood of your business is a constant flow of new accounts. Whether you're a sales rep, sales manager, or a professional services executive, if you are expected t...

The control-freak, the narcissist, the slacker, the cynic... Difficult people are the worst part of a manager’s job.Whether it comes from direct reports or people above, outbursts, irrational demands, griping, and other disruptions ...

Muhammad Yunus, the practical visionary who pioneered microcredit and, with his Grameen Bank, won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, has developed a new dimension for capitalism which he calls "social business." The social business...