How to kill a Unicorn

and build the bold ideas that make it to market, drive growth and transform industries

It's cool. But so what? This is the billion-dollar question that leading companies such as Samsung, Starbucks and American Express ask Fahrenheit 212 to answer for them whenever they develop new technologies. Many companies are good at acquiring new product prototypes but bad at ...

The price of fish

a new approach to wicked economics and better decisions

Now, more than at any other time in our history, the world is faced with a series of vicious and apparently insurmountable difficulties, chief among them unstable financial markets, rapidly diminishing resources and an eco-system that is becoming dangerously volatile. In The Price of Fish ...

The ascent of media

from Gilgamesh to Google via Gutenberg

The only comprehensive, consolidated history of this kind, The Ascent of Media seeks to tell the whole story of media, from it's earliest incarnation in the clay tablets of Gilgamesh, through the Guttenburg press, right up to Google and the unfurling world of digital ...

The upsde of the downturn

ten management strategies to provail in the recession and thrive in the aftermath

Never waste a crisis - the current recession is a turning point into a new economic world, a world full of opportunity for those who understand what's happening, why it's happening, and what it means for them. Some businesses - and some people - will emerge ...

Tough choices

a memoir

By accepting the CEO job at Hewlett-Packard, an iconic company that had lost its way, Carly Fiorina confirmed her status as the most powerful businesswoman in America. But, she also made herself a target for everyone who disliked her bold leadership style and resented her ...

Presence

exploring profound change in people, organizations and society

Radical and hopeful - Presence synthesises cutting-edge thinking, firsthand knowledge and ancient wisdom Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future gives the reader an intimate look at the development of a new theory about change and learning. A book built around a series of ...

What´s this India Business?

offshoring, outsourcing and the global service revolution

In "What's this India Business?" Paul Davies reveals the secrets you need to take full advantage of the competitive edge that India can give your company. A major global services revolution is happening, and India is at the forefront. As India becomes the fourth ...

Snapshots from Hell

The Making of an MBA

Thin on top

why corporate governance matters and how to measure and improve board performance

Mind your manners

managing business cultures in the new global Europe

Now in a fully expanded and updated third edition, Mind Your Manners contains fifteen chapters to include all the countries#from the Baltics to the Balkans#applying for membership to the European Union, the world#s biggest global market. This new edition covers thirty-three different ...

The end of tolerance?

Shackleton's way

leadership lessons from the great antarctic explorer

Coaching for performance

Growing people, performance and purpose

The 80/20 revolution

Why the creative individual- not the corporation or capital- is king. How you create and capture wealth and wellbeing

The real Warren Buffett

managing capital, leading people

Much more than a successful stock picker, O'Loughlin traces Buffett's career transitions from stockbroker to 'cigar butt investor' to a brilliant capital manager and corporate leader. Packed with practical and powerful lessons overlooked by others who have studied this enigmatic personality, The Real ...

How companies lie

why Enron is just the tipe of the iceberg