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How BIG DATA will transform our lives
– Viktor Mayer-Schonberger
and Kenneth Cukier

“Sometimes the constraints that we live with, and presume are the same for everything, are really only functions of the scale in which we operate.” A revelatory exploration of the hottest trend in technology and the dramatic impact it will have on the economy, science, and society at large. Which paint color is most likely […]

Learn from Failures – James Dyson

“The key to success is failure… Success is made of 99 percent failure.” Sir James Dyson, CBE (born 2 May 1947) is a British inventor, industrial designer and founder of the Dyson company. He is best known as the inventor of the Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation. According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2013, his net […]

The Infinite Asset
– Sam Hill and Chris Lederer

Remember when brand management was as straightforward as promoting a single product or service? Today, brands mingle so much – McDonald’s and Disney partner on promotional giveaways, Subaru markets an L.L. Bean edition of the Outback, Toys R Us and Amazon.com jointly launch an online toy store – a whole system of brands can make […]

Thinking about the Future, Guidelines for Strategic Foresight –
Andy Hines and Peter Bishop

Thinking about the Future distills the expertise of three dozen senior foresight professionals into a set of essential guidelines for carrying out successful strategic foresight. Presented in a highly scannable yet personable style, each guideline includes an explanation and rationale, key steps, a case example, and resources for further study. The 115 guidelines are organized […]

People Skills – Robert Bolton

“People Skills” is a communication-skills handbook that can help you eliminate these and other communication problems. Author Robert Bolton describes the twelve most common communication barriers, showing how these “roadblocks” damage relationships by increasing defensiveness, aggressiveness, and dependency. He explains how to acquire the ability to listen, assert yourself, resolve conflicts, and work out problems […]

MIND MAPPING with Tony Buzan

How to Mind Map Learn to capture information and ideas with the technique that is helping over 250 million people worldwide to be more organised, productive and creative. Mind Mapping is a method of capturing information created by international speaker and bestselling author, Tony Buzan. It is proven to boost your productivity, creativity and memory. This […]

How to Talk to Anyone
– Leil Lowndes

“When you act as though you like someone, you start to really like them.”  What is that magic quality that makes some people instantly loved and respected? Everyone wants to be their friend (or, if single, their lover!). In business, they rise swiftly to the top of the corporate ladder. What is their “Midas touch? […]

The Rise of the Creative Class
– Richard Florida

“Cities have realized that they can attract educated people and they don’t need good schools to do it.” The Creative Class is a posited socioeconomic class identified by American economist and social scientist Richard Florida, a professor and head of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. According to Florida, the Creative Class are a […]

Growing a Business – Paul Hawken

“Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.”  Paul Hawken (born February 8, 1946, California) is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, and author.  Hawken has written seven books. His 1975 The Magic of Find horn popularized the community of Find horn, an ecological spiritual center in Scotland. […]

Built to Last:
Habits of Visionary Companies
– Jim Collins

  Drawing upon a six-year research project at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras took eighteen truly exceptional and long-lasting companies and studied each in direct comparison to one of its top competitors. They examined the companies from their very beginnings to the present day — as […]

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