Management Theory

A young, untested team of problem solvers challenged with saving their company moves from board room to classroom in search of answers - and finds them through lively, open discourse with their innovative professor. This gripping, fast-paced business novel does for project management what Eliyahu M. Goldratt's other novels have done for production and marketing.

You've tried positive thinking. You've white-knuckled your way through panic attacks. You've told yourself to "just relax" a thousand times. But what if your anxiety, shutdown, and stress responses aren't personal failures—they're intelligent biological strategies you can actually work with? Polyvagal Theory for Stress, Anxiety, and Trauma reveals the hidden language of your nervous system and gives you the roadmap to genuine, lasting regulation. Richard Banks translates cutting-edge neuroscience into simple, practical tools that work with your body, not against it.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Start With Why and Leaders Eat Last, a bold framework for leadership in today’s ever-changing world. How do we win a game that has no end? Finite games, like football or chess, have known players, fixed rules and a clear endpoint. The winners...

Life is full of uncertainty. You don't know what lies ahead. But you can learn to control the controllable by using logic and reason. With the help of this book, you'll discover new ways to think about - and solve - problems more efficiently than ever before. Discover how strategic games model real-life behavior.

If you struggle with panic attacks, it can feel as if the world is closing in on you. Your heart races, your hands or feet may go numb, and you might even have trouble speaking. Even if you know it's all in your head, you can't shake the feeling that something terrible is about to happen. That's why you need quick, in-the-moment strategies to help you feel better fast.

Since the original publication of Nudge more than a decade ago, the title has entered the vocabulary of businesspeople, policy makers, engaged citizens, and consumers everywhere. The book has given rise to more than 200 "nudge units" in governments around the world and countless groups of behavioral scientists in every part of the economy. It has taught us how to use thoughtful "choice architecture" - a concept the authors invented - to help us make better decisions for ourselves, our families, and our society.

In the years following her role as the lead author of the international best seller, Limits to Growth - the first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planet - Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001. Thinking in Systems is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem-solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. Edited by the Sustainability Institute's Diana Wright, this essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world....

Give Your Brain an AI-Level Upgrade This 5-in-1 cognitive arsenal is designed to transform you from a reactive thinker into a masterful strategist, decision-maker, and unshakeable problem-solver. It distills the proven, powerful reasoning strategies of data scientists, world-class strategists, and philosophers into 500 total bite-sized methods. The goal is to lock them into your memory for life, giving you a complete, AI-level operating system for success.

The difference between growing your business and going out of business is your ability to think strategically. The problem is, most leaders are stuck in the operational weeds, struggling to find the time to make better strategic decisions. This challenge is only heightened by the rise of AI. While you know AI is the future, current demands leave you with no time to explore its benefits. Meanwhile, your competition is gaining an edge by integrating AI. The time to act is now.

The strength of any organization is determined by the quality of its managers. Want to be invaluable to your company? Just boost your management skills. When you discover what the most successful managers know, you'll unlock the secrets to turning even ordinary employees into extraordinary performers. Filled with proven techniques, this guide tells you how to bring out the best in your people - and hit new heights in your own career.

The Polyvagal Theory Workbook for Trauma offers evidence-based activities to help you heal the effects of trauma, rewire your nervous system, and return to a state of balance and calm. You'll begin by getting to know your nervous system, including an exploration of polyvagal theory and the vagus nerve. You'll also learn soothing, body-based practices to help you rewire your nervous response, including rhythmic movements (EMDR and tapping), conscious breathing, mindful movement, and more.

This audiobook is your complete guide to modern Agile product and project management—designed for leaders, practitioners, and students who want to master how products are conceived, built, and scaled in the era of AI. Drawing on real-world case studies from startups to Silicon Valley tech giants, it explains not only what Agile is, but how it drives business value, accelerates delivery, and enables innovation powered by generative AI and intelligent agents.

Artificial intelligence does the seemingly impossible - driving cars, trading stocks, and teaching children. But facing the sea change that AI will bring can be paralyzing. How should companies set strategies, governments design policies, and people plan their lives for a world so different from what we know? In Prediction Machines, three eminent economists recast the rise of AI as a drop in the cost of prediction. With this single, masterful stroke, they lift the curtain on the AI-is-magic hype and show how basic tools from economics provide clarity about the AI revolution and a basis for action by CEOs, managers, policy makers, investors, and entrepreneurs.

Drawing from her experience at Google and Meta, Dr. Marily Nika delivers the definitive guide for product managers building AI and GenAI powered products. Packed with smart strategies, actionable tools, and real-world examples, this book breaks down the complex world of AI agents and generative AI products into a playbook for driving innovation to help product leaders bridge the gap between niche AI and GenAI technologies and user pain points.

The essential book on management from the man who invented the discipline Now completely revised and updated for the first...

The Nervous System Reset Collection combines two complete 28-day programs to help you reset, regulate, and restore your nervous system from the inside out. At the heart of this collection is the 28-Day Vagus Nerve Reset, your step-by-step guide to activating your body’s hidden superpower: the vagus nerve.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Poker champion turned business consultant Annie Duke teaches you how to get comfortable with uncertainty and make better decisions as a result in “the ultimate guide to thinking about risk” (Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit). “A big favorite among...

The Black Swan is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are Fooled by Randomness, Antifragile...

AI Essentials is a concise, executive-level audiobook designed to remove hype and replace it with clarity. Written for modern leaders, this book explains artificial intelligence in plain language—covering how AI systems function, where they create real business value, and where the risks truly lie. Listeners will learn how to evaluate AI initiatives, ask better questions in technical discussions, and make informed decisions without needing a technical background. This audiobook is not about trends, tools, or speculation.

If meditation apps and self-help tips haven’t helped—and you still feel anxious or shut down—this workbook is your next step. Based on Polyvagal Theory, Somatic Practices, and Evidence-Based Tools, Nervous System Regulation Workbook is a hands-on manual for your body’s stress response. Imagine steady energy, calmer reactions, and feeling at home in your body. That’s biology you can train.