Business Problem Solving

Though technology has evolved at hyper-speed over the past 100 years, management styles have mostly stayed the same. The higher-ups make the decisions, and the employees grind it out, often without knowing the endgame. In 1983, Jack Stack created a new game: the great game of business. Get in the Game further explains the rules of this game: To win, you must get everyone, at all levels of the business, as informed, involved, and engaged as the owner.

Your organization’s culture: It’s either an asset or a liability. At this very moment, it’s either lifting your business performance or “eating your strategy for breakfast”. How do you ensure it’s the former, not the latter? Listen to find out more...To make a bad culture good, or a good culture great, you’ve got to deliberately transmit strong and steady signals. This guide shows you how.

Today, companies are expected to be flexible and both rapidly responsive and resilient to change, which basically asks them to be agile. Lack of an overarching theory about how to expand the "Agile Manifesto" has led to many fragmented attempts to apply Agile company-wide. Enjoy insights in the book shared by Jez Humble, Diana Larsen, James Shore, Johanna Rothman, and Bjarte Bogsnes.

“A page-turner that reads like a mystery”​ (Mark Bertolini, former chairman and CEO, Aetna) that delivers key insights to the questions: who really are our customers, why do we lose them, how do we regain them? Customers can be a mystery. Despite the availability of more data than ever...

Do you find yourself aching to break away from the mundane routine of the status quo? Do you often come up with innovative ideas, but soon find yourself dismissing them? Doug shares with you many of the success principles and applications that he developed and tested at the unique Eureka! Ranch, extraordinary techniques that can virtually transform your business.

People who are trying to solve tough economic, social, or environmental problems often find themselves frustratingly stuck. They cannot solve their problems in their current context; the larger system within which they are operating is too unstable or unfair or unsustainable. They cannot transform this system on their own or by working only with their friends or colleagues; the system is too complex to be grasped or shifted by any one person or organization or sector.

Debra Traverso tells you how to prepare for the surprises most likely to throw small businesses off course. She helps you anticipate both predictable hurdles and devastating ordeals, so that no crisis will catch you off guard. No need to waste emotions, time, and money when a crisis hits: you can get a good night's sleep!

This book is a well-rounded introduction to the principles of critical thinking. The book provides tips and steps that are easy to follow, yet very effective in solving problems of all kinds. This guide is helpful to people of all walks of life. The techniques it provides are useful - cutting across careers, businesses, political and even the social arena. After listening to this book, you will be amazed at the amount of resources you can save just by making critical thinking part of your everyday life.

High-level executives, it turns out, are often the least able to diagnose—much less solve—an organization's systemic problems. Hans Norden draws on a wealth of experience in in-house change management to help both established and up-and-coming C-suite leaders analyze the problems and create authentic, sustainable solutions. In The Root Cause, listeners will learn how executing change initiatives requires a different form of leadership than routine operations. Norden shows leaders a way to solve the seemingly unsolvable problems—and prevent more from arising in the future.

A business anthropologist reveals how cultural intelligence is the essential tool for understanding human behavior. Why do people do what we do? To answer this question, many of us turn to psychology. But it’s not enough to understand how we think. We also have to recognize the influence of...

Creativity, new ideas, innovation - in any age they are keys to success. Yet, as Stanford Professor Robert Sutton explains, the standard rules of business behaviour and management are precisely the opposite of what it takes to build an innovative company. We are told to hire people who will fit in; to train them extensively; and to work to instil a corporate culture in every employee. In fact, in order to foster creativity, we should hire misfits, goad them to fight and pay them to defy convention and undermine the prevailing culture.

While it may not occur to us on a daily basis, there is a widespread cultural tendency toward quick decisions and quick action. Though the root cause is by no means malicious, we have begun to reward speed over quality, and the negative effects suffered in both our personal and professional lives are potentially catastrophic. Best-selling author and Chief Envisioner Dan Pontefract offers the solution to this predicament with what he coins "Open Thinking".

In Inflection Points: How to Work and Live with Purpose, renowned executive coach and speaker Matt Spielman delivers an energizing and hands-on existential navigational tool that walks you through how to identify what really matters in life and how to achieve it.

Un guide pratique et accessible pour apprendre à utiliser le diagramme d'Ishikawa ! Le diagramme conçu par le professeur Kaoru Ishikawa est un outil précieux de gestion de la qualité qui distingue les causes et les effets d'un problème survenu dans une entreprise. Prenant la forme d'un poisson à arêtes, cette représentation graphique donne une meilleure visualisation de la hiérarchie des causes pour vous aider à identifier plus clairement les sources de la difficulté.

In daily life, decision-making plays a crucial role that significantly impacts our personal and professional experiences. The ability to navigate choices effectively can determine outcomes in various situations, from mundane tasks to critical moments. Understanding when to think quickly and when to engage in deeper reflection is essential for making informed decisions. This balance allows individuals to respond appropriately to the demands of their environment, ensuring that both immediate needs and long-term goals are met.

Charles de Gaulle écrit qu'il s'envola "vers l'orient compliqué avec des idées simples". Bruno Marion quant à lui aborde le monde complexe avec des idées pratiques. Le monde imprévisible avec le sens de l'opportunité. Certes le monde est de plus en plus chaotique et s'ingénie souvent à désorienter nos projets et déjouer nos prévisions. En nous donnant de façon claire et simple des conseils applicables pour éviter les risques, discerner les opportunités et garder sa sérénité, Bruno Marion nous munie d'une boussole est pose d'utiles repères dans paysages aussi perturbés que perturbant du présent et de l'avenir.

Detonate explains how organizations built up bad habits, identifies which ones masquerade as "best practices", and suggests alternatives that can contribute to winning in the marketplace. With a focus on optimism and empowerment, it focuses on an approach and mindset which are critical to successfully compete in an era characterized by profound technological advances and uncertainty.

Everybody hates meetings. And why shouldn't they? Most meetings are poorly led, counterproductive, and time-wasting. Based on decades of practice and research, best-selling authors Weisbord and Janoff have come to the conclusion that most people lead meetings incorrectly. They, instead, propose 10 contrarian principles that actually get things done.

We all make bad decisions. It's part of being human. The resulting mistakes can be valuable, the story goes, because we learn from them. But do we? Historian Zachary Shore says no, not always, and he has a long list of examples to prove his point.

Every day in corporate life, misunderstandings abound — and sometimes the miscues are intentional. Whether an innocent mistake or an underhanded attack, The Elegant Pivot shares one simple approach to keep you insulated from making things worse: assume positive intent. In The Elegant Pivot, Lynn Carnes tells of her journey from deep resistance to embracing this vulnerable, yet effective way of approaching even the most difficult situations. Along the way, she reveals several key principles that open the gateway to curiosity, build courage and offer strength in the face of uncertainty.