The Green Chain looks at the past, present and future of forestry through interviews with environmentalists, loggers, scientists and others. Raw log exports, environmental devastation, making a living . . . all are discussed in this...
Business and economics
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Author:Leiren-Young, MarkSummary: - Author:Song, Mike, Halsey, Vicki, Burress, Tim, Blanchard, KenSummary:
Are meetings taking over your life? You’re not alone. Meet Iris, a sales director so overwhelmed by meetings that she feels like a hamster on a wheel—in fact, she’s turned into one. Just in time, she meets a coach, a leading meeting...
- Author:Dewar, ElaineSummary:
Until recently, McClelland and Stewart had been known as 'The Canadian Publisher,' the country's longest-lived and best independent press. Its dynamic leader Jack McClelland worked with successive provincial and federal governments to...
- Author:Chandler, Steve, Black, DuaneSummary:
The number one reason cited in exit interviews for an employee quitting is “my manager.” Most managers and executives not only aren't aware of this obvious problem, but probably wouldn't know what to do about it if they did. Today's...
- Author:Wright, CraigSummary:
"An unusually engaging book on the forces that fuel originality across fields." -Adam Grant Looking at the 14 key traits of genius, from curiosity to creative maladjustment to obsession, Professor Craig Wright, creator of Yale...
- Author:Rist, GilbertSummary:
This book provides a complete and powerful overview of what the idea of development has meant. Rist traces it from its origins in the Western view of history, through the early stages of the world system, the rise of U.S. hegemony, the...
- Author:Robbins, TonySummary:
Tony Robbins returns with the final book in his financial freedom trilogy by unveiling the power of alternative investments. Robbins, and renowned investor Christopher Zook, take you on a journey to interview a dozen of the world's most...
- Author:Boynton, Andrew C., Fischer, BillSummary:
Radically altering the notion of where great ideas come from, Boynton and Fischer present an eclectic group of past and present business leaders who succeeded by looking for new and innovative ideas all around them and then putting...
- Author:Miller, Frederick A., Katz, Judith H., West, DougSummary:
Constant, continuing, and cataclysmic change is causing a major crisis within business organizations today. Faced with constantly advancing technology, unpredictable market shifts, intense global competition, and an increasingly...
- Author:Ross, AlecSummary:
Leading innovation expert Alec Ross explains what's next for the world, mapping out the advances and stumbling blocks that will emerge in the next ten years-for businesses, governments, and the global community-and how we can...
- Author:Sinek, SimonSummary:
Do you know how to play the game you're in? In finite games, like football or chess, the players are known, the rules are fixed, and the endpoint is clear. The winners and losers are easily identified.In infinite games, like...
- Author:Furr, NathanSummary:
Have you ever come up with an idea for a new product or service but didn't take any action because you thought it would be too risky? Or at work, have you had what you thought could be a big idea for your company-perhaps changing the...
- Author:Christensen, Clayton M., Raynor, Michael E.Summary:
Clayton M. Christensen is a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. Michael E. Raynor is a director at Deloitte Research. Together, they outline an innovative plan that urges businesses to create disruption...
- Author:Snyder, LynsiSummary:
When Lynsi Snyder's grandparents founded In-N-Out Burger in 1948, they built it with a passion for quality and service that Lynsi embraced at a young age. After starting as a store associate at age seventeen, she then worked in...
- Author:Bawa, Karima, Tawfik, MyraSummary:
Intellectual property strategies to power your bottom line In the innovation economy, intellectual property is among the most valuable assets a business can have. IP strategy isn't just incidental to success, it's a key driver...
- Author:Marden, Emily, Godfrey, R. Nelson, Manion, RachaelSummary:
Advances in agricultural genomics could help address pressing global issues such as world hunger. However, overlapping and inconsistent intellectual property and biosafety regimes – collectively referred to as the “Intellectual Property...
- Author:Searls, Doc.Summary:
Searls foretells a looming shift in which consumer intent will drive sales. As customers gain the ability to customize and package services to fit their needs, only those organizations ready for this fundamental change will thrive.
- Author:Kahnweiler, JenniferSummary:
In our extroverted business culture, introverts can feel excluded, overlooked or misunderstood. But being an introvert doesn’t mean you can’t be a great leader. Citing examples of highly successful leaders like Bill Gates and Warren...
- Author:Joyner, MarkSummary:
With consumers bombarded by thousands of marketing messages a day, a salesperson has exactly 3 seconds to capture the mind of his prospect. Today consumers are forced to make quick evaluations as a matter of survival. Within 3 seconds...
- Author:Magee, DavidSummary:
While other American businesses are crumbling under low-cost foreign competition, John Deere Company thrives by maintaining such ideas as building the best product, being open for change and innovation, listening rather than leading and...
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