Business Problem Solving

Renowned disruption thinker and bestselling author Terence Mauri delivers a compelling set of mindset shifts for today's unique leadership challenges. In the book, you'll find the future-ready insights and tools you need to lead for today and prepare your organization for tomorrow. The author explains why so many of us continually overestimate the risks of bold decisions while underestimating the downsides of standing still for too long in an increasingly complex and volatile world.

Are you a good boss - or a great one? Get more of the management ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People (Vol. 2). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you master the innumerable challenges of being a manager.

Do you have a problem that you can’t see your way around, no matter how hard you try? You may be looking for the answer outside when the obstacles lie within. We’re all biased. You may have read the above and already your mind is raising its defenses. No...not me. I haven’t got a biased bone in my body. The fact is: You do. So does everyone around you. Cognitive Biases in a Nutshell will help you to identify and correct the cognitive biases you fall prey to in your everyday life.

Unlock the power of strategic thinking and transform how you approach life’s challenges. Think Like a Strategist is your personal guide to smarter decision-making, offering practical insights from the worlds of strategy, gaming, and military tactics. Learn to think ahead, understand others’ motivations, manage risks, and adapt with confidence.

Si quiere mejorar sus habilidades de pensamiento crítico y resolución de problemas y convertirse en un maestro de la toma de decisiones, siga leyendo. Las habilidades de pensamiento crítico son esenciales en la nueva economía del conocimiento. Los empleos requieren cada vez más de habilidades intelectuales flexibles y la capacidad de analizar información y combinar diversas fuentes de conocimiento para resolver problemas. Pero la verdad es que, a pesar de que la demanda de pensamiento crítico está en aumento, las personas siguen tomando decisiones costosas a diario.

Master the Art of Smart Choices with Decision Making: An AI’s Guide to 100 Strategies for Choosing Wisely When Human Instinct Fails. This audiobook breaks down complex thinking tools into simple, actionable strategies, helping you make better decisions in every part of life.

Dr. Adizes’s premise, developed in this book, is that the ideal leader, manager, or executive - ideal in the sense that he can fulfill by himself all the roles necessary for the long- and short-term effectiveness and efficiency of an organization - does not and cannot exist. And that is the problem with contemporary management literature: It presents what the executive should do (because that is what the organization needs), even though no one can do it.

Em 99 capítulos curtos e repletos de exemplos do cotidiano, Rolf Dobelli explica de onde vem nossa tendência a agir de forma irracional e revela os erros de julgamento mais comuns que cometemos.

Budding entrepreneurs face a challenging road. The path is not made any easier by all the cliches they hear about how to make a start-up succeed - from platitudes and conventional wisdom to downright contradictions. This witty and wise guide to the dilemmas of entrepreneurship debunks widespread misconceptions about how the world of start-ups works and offers hard-earned advice for every step of the journey.

Existe un increble método para convertir un negocio pequeño en una compañía multimillonaria lder de la industria: el mismo que utilizan los campesinos para tener las calabazas más grandes y ganar los concursos de Halloween, el Gran Plan.

How much information is too much? Do we need to know how many calories are in the giant vat of popcorn that we bought at the movie theater? Do we want to know if we are genetically predisposed to a certain disease? Can we do anything useful with next week's weather forecast for Paris if we are not in Paris? In Too Much Information, Cass Sunstein examines the effects of information on our lives. Policymakers emphasize "the right to know", but Sunstein takes a different perspective, arguing that the focus should be on human well-being and what information contributes to it.

Being an apex problem solver is choosing to tackle those complex problems in your every day life and career. In The Apex Problem Solver: Understanding Critical and Creative Thinking to Enhance Complex Problem Solving, you will learn the difference between critical thinking and creative thinking and how both styles of thinking are essential aspects when it comes to any complex problem.

In a world overflowing with information yet starved for clarity, the greatest advantage belongs to those who can think beyond linear logic. True decisions are made not only with analysis, but with the deeper intelligence that forms in the quiet space before thought — intuition. The Intuitive Logic in Business reveals how these two faculties, often seen as opposites, actually form a single, powerful cognitive movement.

In this thought-provoking exploration, Matthew May defines elegance as the elusive combination of unusual simplicity and surprising power, and pinpoints the four key elements that characterize it: seduction, subtraction, symmetry, and sustainability. In a story-driven narrative that sheds light on the need for elegance in design, engineering, physics, art, urban planning, sports, and work, May offers a surprising array of stories that illustrate why what's "not there" often matters more than what is.

Agility isn't a formula, a framework, nor a set of roles and rituals to follow. It's a timeless way of being that matures with practice and skill. Becoming agile involves knowing the difference between being quick or hurrying, moving with ease or difficulty, being in or out of balance, graceful or awkward, adaptable or rigid, resourceful or resentful. With Joy of Agility, Joshua Kerievsky, CEO of Industrial Logic, one of the oldest and most-respected agile consultancies in the world, shows you how to harness agility in work and life to solve problems and succeed sooner.

In "How to Solve Any Problem: Guide to Problem-Solving Techniques," Steven Hauch invites you on an enlightening journey to master the art of problem-solving. This concise guide offers a treasure trove of practical strategies and insights, tailored to empower listeners of all ages in facing challenges with confidence and creativity. Whether it's everyday hurdles or complex puzzles, you'll learn to navigate through them with ease and efficiency. Perfect for quick learning, this book is a must-have tool for enhancing decision-making skills and fostering a resourceful mindset.

Dieses Buch lüftet den Schleier der Manipulation, sodass Sie einen klaren Blick auf die heute geltenden Werte und Regeln werfen können. Sie erkennen die Machtinstrumente Ihrer Umgebung und können eine bewusste Entscheidung für die passenden Strategien treffen. In diesem Standardwerk hat sie den Begriff geprägt und vermittelt Methoden zur Durchsetzung von Zielen und zur Abwehr von Übergriffen unter Beachtung von Ethik und Verantwortung.

The HBR Guide to Collaborative Teams provides practical tips and advice to help you collaborate more effectively. Whether you're leading your own direct reports or building a talented group from disparate parts of your organization, you'll discover how to align others' goals and skills so you can solve problems as a team and deliver great results.

Make Time es un manifiesto encantador, una guía amigable que nos ayudará a encontrar la con¬centración y la energía en nuestro día a día. Se trata de dedicar tiempo a lo realmente importante fomentando nuevos hábitos y replanteando los valores adquiridos fruto de la actividad frenética y de la distracción.

The New Restaurant Manager is for new managers who want to avoid the mistakes that most beginning managers make. This refreshing how-to guide is written in a practical, down-to-earth style, like having coffee with your mentor.