Harvard Business Review Press: 568 books
by Howard Gardner
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
We live in a time of relentless change. The only thing that?s certain is that new challenges and opportunities will emerge that are virtually unimaginable today. How can we know which skills will be required to succeed?
In Five Minds for the Future, bestselling author Howard Gardner shows how...
Open Business Models
How To Thrive In The New Innovation Landscape
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2006
In his landmark book Open Innovation, Henry Chesbrough demonstrated that because useful knowledge is no longer concentrated in a few large organizations, business leaders must adopt a new, open” model of innovation. Using this model, companies look outside their boundaries for ideas and intellectual...
Changing Minds
The Art and Science of Changing Our Own and Other Peoples Minds
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
Think about the last time you tried to change someone’s mind about something important: a voter’s political beliefs; a customer’s favorite brand; a spouse’s decorating taste. Chances are you weren’t successful in shifting that person’s beliefs in any way. In his book, Changing Minds, Harvard...
Built for Growth
How Builder Personality Shapes Your Business, Your Team, and Your Ability to Win
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
A Wall Street Journal Bestseller
Are You a Driver, an Explorer, a Crusader, or a Captain?
Many factors shape the success or failure of a new business, whether it’s a stand-alone startup or a venture inside a larger corporation. But the most important and least understood of these factors...
The Keystone Advantage
What the New Dynamics of Business Ecosystems Mean for Strategy, Innovation, and Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2004
Leveraging the power of business networks for success. Whether it sells computers, clothing, or cars, your firm's fate is increasingly linked to that of many other firms, all of which must collaborate effectively in order for each to thrive. This phenomenon has changed the basis of competition from...
Your Next Move
The Leader's Guide to Navigating Major Career Transitions
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
"Whether you're going for that promotion, looking to jump ship, or change careers entirely, Michael Watkins' Your Next Move is a book you'll want to read." So starts the positive review of Your Next Move on the influential 800 CEO Read website. It's true that all leaders--no matter how seasoned--need...
The Other Side of Innovation
Solving the Execution Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
In their first book, Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators, the authors provided a better model for executing disruptive innovation. They laid out a three-part plan for launching high-risk/high-reward innovation efforts: (1) borrow assets from the existing firms, (2) unlearn and unload certain processes...
Reinforcements
How to Get People to Help You
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
People have a natural instinct to help other human beings; you just need to know how to channel this urge into what it is you specifically need them to do.
Addresses a core need that remains a mystery to most of us: how to get the help we need.
Each chapter ends with a summary and a list of do's...
The Power of Unreasonable People
How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2008
Renowned playwright George Bernard Shaw once said "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." By this definition, some of today's entrepreneurs are decidedly...
Power Cues
The Subtle Science of Leading Groups, Persuading Others, and Maximizing Your Personal Impact
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Take control of your communications-before someone else does
What if someone told you that your behavior was controlled by a powerful, invisible force? Most of us would be skeptical of such a claim-but it’s largely true. Our brains are constantly transmitting and receiving signals of which...
Keeping Up with the Quants
Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
Why Everyone Needs Analytical Skills
Welcome to the age of data. No matter your interests (sports, movies, politics), your industry (finance, marketing, technology, manufacturing), or the type of organization you work for (big company, nonprofit, small start-up)-your world is awash with data.
As...
Strategy for Sustainability
A Business Manifesto
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2009
The definitive work on business strategy for sustainability by the most authoritative voice in the conversation.
More than ever before, consumers, employees, and investors share a common purpose and a passion for companies that do well by doing good. So any strategy without sustainability at...
Data Driven
Profiting from Your Most Important Business Asset
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2008
Your company's data has the potential to add enormous value to every facet of the organization -- from marketing and new product development to strategy to financial management. Yet if your company is like most, it's not using its data to create strategic advantage. Data sits around unused -- or incorrect...
Alignment
Using the Balanced Scorecard to Create Corporate Synergies
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2006
Most organizations consist of multiple business and support units, each populated by highly trained, experienced executives. But often the efforts of individual units are not coordinated, resulting in conflicts, lost opportunities, and diminished performance.
Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton...