Business Systems

Every manager knows a business is a system, yet very few have studied systems thinking or system dynamics. This is a critical oversight, one that Simple_Complexity remedies. Simple_Complexity reveals the fundamental system archetype at work in your enterprise and prescribes new and exciting ways to reinvigorate your management thinking.

Competition is moving beyond industry to ecosystem. Are you ready? In the shift from pipeline to platform, value is no longer created by your company's product or process alone - it's created through interactions. And the strategy you used to become an industry leader won't help you compete in an evolving and complex ecosystem. If you listen to nothing else on platforms and ecosystems, listen to these 10 articles by experts in the field.

In The Ecosystem Economy, two McKinsey & Company senior partners offer an incisive and eye-opening look at the emerging ecosystem economy and what it means for companies used to familiar sector siloes. In the book, you'll explore how the most successful companies in the new economy aren't the ones that have applied old-school best practices but, instead, have adopted entirely new mindsets and approaches for a fundamentally transforming market.

What is smart hustle? Working smart is more important than working hard but working hard is still important. Working hard, smart, and consistently will secure your future. If you have an intelligent work ethic then you will be successful in any field that you enter, and eventually, reach the 0.01 percent of the players in that game. By being a consistent intelligent hard worker, then you can enter any field as a complete beginner and emerge as a master—within only a few years.

Mohan Subramaniam explains how firms can leverage both their traditional strengths and the modern-day power of data and digital ecosystems to forge a new competitive strategy.

Systematisch zum Erfolg: Wie Ihnen mit der richtigen Strategie ganz einfach atemberaubende Erfolge in jedem Bereich Ihres Lebens gelingen - Inkl. zahlreiche konkrete Projekte und Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen. Packen Sie immer wieder mit Elan und Motivation Neues an, aber der durchschlagende Erfolg will sich nie so recht einstellen? Wollen Sie in jedem Lebensbereich ganz an der Spitze stehen und sich nicht länger mit Mittelmaß zufriedengeben?

An homage to society's innovators and maintainers, Wicked Problems offers a refreshing vision for listeners of all backgrounds to build a better future and demonstrates how engineering is a cultural choice-one that requires us to restlessly find ways to transform society, but perhaps more critically, to care for the creations that already exist.

“Read this if you want to understand how to shape our technological future and reinvigorate democracy along the way.”—Reed Hastings, cofounder and CEO of Netflix ""A triumph: an analysis of the critical challenges facing our digital society that is as accessible as it is sophisticated.""...

Contrary to the myth that you have to be a born salesman, selling is a step-by-step system that anyone can learn. In this book, renowned sales trainer Eric Lofholm distills the secrets of sales success into a simple three-step formula that has been used by more than 10,000 students over the past 14 years to get more leads, book more appointments, and make more sales.

A guide to navigating the messiness of software development process change, dealing with all the legacy organizational elements, and focusing on increasing business agility.

The Prepared Marketing System by David Baer, Kendell Cook, and AJ Saunders invites you to rethink everything you know about marketing. This book goes beyond traditional tactics, revealing the hidden power of every customer interaction. What if the secret to exponential growth was right in front of you, in the mundane details of your business? In this eye-opening guide, you'll discover how to transform routine customer interactions into powerful marketing moments that drive revenue and loyalty.

I can tell you that there are a plethora of strategy books out there. However, you’ll find many of them arcane, academic, and even confusing. Most were written a long time ago and use out-of-date examples from well before the tech age. Many are no longer relevant. For the past five years, I’ve been obsessed by the idea of creating a strategy operating system, and I’ve spent the past 12 months figuring out how to design one.

What if there was a book that takes away the stress and worry of guessing how your customers or clients will act? In What Is the Modern Economic System, the author teaches you how to spot cycles within the economy and use it to your advantage. The book will help you understand how to use the economic market to grow any business. In What Is the Modern Economic System: How Can You Use It to Grow Your Business, basic economic principles are taught to increase the knowledge of all entrepreneurs.

You are a vessel in the sea of life. Whether you like it or not, whether you float or sink, stand still or move forward, you are always anchored or searching for an anchor. And it’s better to know your anchor points than to be anchored without knowing. If you think you are floating freely, think again. Do you know your anchor points?

This audiobook teaches how to use behavioral conditioning techniques to extinguish unwanted behaviors such as bullying or harassment in the workplace. This program will discuss the science of behavioral conditioning so you can better understand the harassment dynamic and why retaliation occurs so that you can understand what has to happen to make it stop.

Hanasaki es una palabra compuesta que significa «flor que florece». La cultura japonesa es rica, diversa y contiene muchas enseñanzas útiles. ¿Por qué los japoneses viven tanto y se enferman tan poco? ¿Por qué se mantienen ágiles y en forma hasta los últimos años de su vida? ¿Por qué ni siquiera se plantean la jubilación? A partir de sus vivencias en Japón y su conocimiento de la cultura japonesa, el autor ha creado un sistema pensado para ayudarte a tener una vida más larga, más feliz y a convertirte en mejor persona.

Once you get rid of those ineffective working habits, excuses for holding back, and annoying voices in your head, you’ll be free to achieve your biggest goals and projects in life fearlessly - faster than you ever thought possible. Today can be the day that everything changes for you. This audiobook is designed to get you results in your business and life by giving you the systems, tools, and mindset you need to bring your biggest ideas and most important projects to life in 21 days or less.

When Hank Paulson, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs, was appointed in 2006 to become the nation's next Secretary of the Treasury, he knew that his move from Wall Street to Washington would be daunting and challenging.

Most books that teach you how to build and grow a business are organized around the functional areas of business, such as people, finance, operations, and marketing. Those things are important and necessary - no question - but what is missing is an overarching methodology that systematically reels in every aspect of building and growing a successful company and creates a repeatable process to execute on the activities that will lead to big growth in your company.

A practical handbook for accelerating innovation, both internally and externally, through engagement with innovation ecosystems.