Around the world, a new generation is looking beyond greater profits, for meaningful purpose. But, unlike business, few social interventions have achieved significant impact at scale. Inspired by the modern innovation practices popularized by bestseller The Lean Startup that have fueled technology breakthroughs touching every aspect of our lives, Lean Impact turns our attention … [More]
You Are a Mogul
Traditionally, the word “mogul” has been attributed to men. But Tiffany Pham has redefined it — now, when someone Googles the word, the top search result is the company she founded: Mogul. The platform enables millions of women, across 196 countries, to connect, share information and access knowledge. So how did a young woman — who arrived in the United States without … [More]
Stretched Too Thin
Working mothers constantly battle the pull to do all things well. From managing work and home responsibilities to being impacted by a lack of self-care and time for deep friendships, the struggle is real. At the end of each day, many working moms are exhausted and stretched too thin. In her latest practical and inspiring book, Jessica Turner shows the working mom how to: work … [More]
Know Your Value
How can women ask for — and actually get — the money, the job and the recognition they deserve? Prompted by her own experience as cohost of “Morning Joe,” Mika Brzezinski asked a wide range of successful women to share the critical lessons they learned while moving up in their fields. Power players such as Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Harvard’s Victoria … [More]
Hyperfocus
A practical guide to managing one’s attention — the most powerful resource a person has to get stuff done, become more creative and live a meaningful life. Our attention has never been as overwhelmed as it is today. Many of us recognize that our brains struggle to multitask. Despite this, we feel compelled to do so anyway, while we fill each moment of our lives to the brim with … [More]
Future-Ready Leadership
Groscurth provides executive leadership teams with the information, tools and advice they need to lead their organizations into the “future of work,” characterized by transformative, smart and connected technologies already underway, including artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and automation. This book fully unpacks what 4IR and the rise of new industries will … [More]
Entrepreneurial Negotiation
The great majority of startups fail, and most entrepreneurs who have succeeded have had to bounce back from serious mistakes. Entrepreneurs fumble key interactions because they don’t know how to handle the negotiation challenges that almost always arise. They mistakenly believe that deals are about money when they are much more complicated than that. This book presents … [More]
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2019
In today’s challenging job market, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute? is needed more than ever. Recent grads facing a tough economic landscape, workers laid off mid-career and people searching for an inspiring work-life change all look to career guru Richard N. Bolles for support, encouragement, and advice on which job-hunt strategies work — and which … [More]
The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains
There’s a lot of information on cryptocurrency and blockchains out there. But, for the uninitiated, most of this information can be indecipherable. The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains aims to provide an accessible guide to this new currency and the revolutionary technology that powers it. Readers will gain an understanding of a broad spectrum of Bitcoin topics. The Basics of … [More]
Clockwork
Most entrepreneurs started their business so they could be their own boss, only to find that, in reality, they are bogged down in the daily grind. Now, Mike Michalowicz, the author of Profit First and other small-business bestsellers, offers a straightforward step-by-step path out of this dilemma. In Clockwork, he draws on more than six years of research and real-life examples … [More]
Cracked it!
Solving complex problems and selling their solutions is critical for personal and organizational success. However, it doesn’t come naturally and most of us haven’t been taught how to do it well. Research shows a host of pitfalls trips us up when we try: We’re quick to believe we understand a situation and jump to a flawed solution. We seek to confirm our hypotheses and ignore … [More]
Custodians of the Internet
In this revealing and nuanced exploration, award-winning sociologist and cultural observer Tarleton Gillespie provides an overview of current social media practices and explains the underlying rationales for how, when and why these policies are enforced. In doing so, Gillespie highlights that content moderation receives too little public scrutiny even as it shapes social norms … [More]
Switchers
Don’t settle . . . SUCCEED in the right career! This book is aimed at those stuck in an unsatisfying job, the wrong profession or an industry that just isn’t a fit. Switchers offers suggestions on how to get unstuck and land a new career that one is genuinely passionate about. Written by celebrated career coach and psychologist Dr. Dawn Graham, the book provides proven … [More]
Applied Empathy
Having built his career working with iconic brands and institutions such as General Electric, Google, Nike, Warby Parker, and also The United Nations and the Obama Administration, Michael Ventura offers entrepreneurs and executives a radical new business book and way forward. Empathy is not about being nice. It’s not about pity or sympathy either. It’s about understanding — … [More]
Never Lost Again
Never Lost Again chronicles the evolution of mapping technology — the “overnight success twenty years in the making.” Bill Kilday, the marketing director for Keyhole and Google Maps, was there from the earliest days, and offers a personal look behind the scenes at the tech and the minds developing it. But this book isn’t only a look back at the past; it is also a glimpse of … [More]
Off the Clock
Laura Vanderkam, the acclaimed author of What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, isn’t like other time-management gurus. She’s interested in the emotional and psychological side of the 168 hours everyone has each week. Her core message is that people have more time than they think they do, and they can feel less stressed while getting more done. With the right … [More]
Legacy in the Making
Most of us are familiar with the traditional way of looking at legacy: something preserved in the past. This book, however, celebrates an active, dynamic form of “modern legacy,” seen through the eyes of a select group of extraordinary men and women who are pursuing their enduring ambitions in the age of now. More than caretakers of the past, these modern legacy builders are … [More]
Gracious and Strong
From the first female executive vice president of Walmart Inc., Gracious and Strong reveals what it means to rise above the most uncertain leadership challenges and make essential hard-right decisions. We’ve all faced an unexpected left turn, the types of challenges that can be completely life-changing and put one in survival mode, causing one to question the core of who one … [More]
