The upside

In the 1980s conventional wisdom was that you could have high quality or low cost, but not both - until Japanese makers of cars and electronics showed otherwise. Now, high quality and low cost are required just to enter the marketplace. Today, we face a similar ...

Innovation

the five disciplines for creating what customers want

The how-to of innovation--the process for rapidly creating new products and services--is presented by the source that created Tide, the computer mouse, high-definition television, and is now pioneering robotic surgery.

As the future catches you

how genomics & other forces are changing your life, work, health & wealth

If you think the world has changed dramatically in the last five years, you haven’t seen anything yet. You will never look at the world in the same way after reading As the Future Catches You. Juan Enriquez puts you face to face with ...

The likeability factor

how to boost your l-factor and achieve your life's dreams

The author of the international bestseller "Love Is the Killer App" reveals why likeability is the key to success and happiness and how readers can develop a high L Factor and maintain it through their entire lives.

"Sack your boss!"

quit your job and turn your passion into your profession!-

FOR ANYONE WANTING TO SET UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS Have you ever dreamed of turning the tables and sacking your boss? Now you can join the growing band of people who are setting up their own businesses and who choose to rely on their own ...

Confidence

how winning streaks and losing streaks begin and end

Rosabeth Moss Kanter will convince you that the goal of winning is not losing two times in a row. In her view, success and failure are not events, they are self-fulfilling tendencies. "Confidence is the sweet spot between arrogance and despair--consisting of positive expectations for ...

Confronting reality

doing what matters to get things right

Confronting Reality will change the way you think about and run your business. It is the first book that shows how to connect the big picture of the new era of business with the nitty-gritty of what to do about it.Through a completely new ...

Execution

the discipline of getting things done

The myth of excellence

why great companies never try to be the best at everything

Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds

A complete repackaging of the classic work about grand-scale madness, major schemes, and bamboozlement--and the universal human susceptibility to all three. This informative, funny collection encompasses a broad range of manias and deceptions, from witch burnings to the Great Crusades to the prophecies of Nostradamus.