At a time when business bestsellers such as Six Sigma are touting scientific management, The Visionary's Handbook desires to be different. Authors Watts Wacker, Jim Taylor, and Howard Means forgo the nuts-and-bolts approach for a philosophical look at management, examining nine broad trends, or "paradoxes," they say are shaping business today. At the heart of these paradoxes lies change--change…
Krisin energi harus disadari sebagai sebuah keniscayaan yang berlaku secara paradoksal. Ia hadir dengan membuka borok atau problem utama penyediaan energi di tanah air. Namun di satu sisi krisis energi ini juga meneguhkan optimisme untuk mencari jalan keluarnya dengan berpegang pada berkah alam di tanah air.
Why Prediction Markets Are Good for Business From selecting the lead actress in a Broadway musical, to predicting a crucial delay in the delivery of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner months before the CEO knew about it, to accurately forecasting US presidential elections—prediction markets have realized some amazing successes by aggregating the wisdom of crowds. Until now, the potential for thi…
Put down your Magic 8 Ball and pick up Think Like a Futurist. In its prescient pages you'll discover how to short circuit the habits that blind us to future trends, how to break through the walls of resistance to change, and how to find the tools you'll need to face the future with confidence." —Daniel H. Pink Author, Drive and A Whole New Mind "At last! A book that brings a practical an…
The turbulent stock market, worker migration, an overhaul of the traditional methods of strategic planning–todayÂ’s global business environment has undergone dramatic changes and there are more changes on the way. How can organizations stay on top during this perilous new phase of global transformation? In this groundbreaking book, Mary O’Hara-Devereaux–an internationally renowned…
From "unexpected" earnings results to missed market opportunities to product launch disasters, we've come to accept uncertainty as an unavoidable fact of business life. But Kenneth G. McGee argues that even the worst business surprises rarely happen without warning-and that a few vital pieces of information can make all the difference in whether an event spells disaster, or opportunity. In H…