Churchill skillfully converted crisis into victory, making the boldest of visions seem attainable; even though he sometimes failed audaciously, he embraced his errors and used them to become stronger. Axelrod looks at this much-studied...
Decision making
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Author:Kelsey, ElinSummary:Text and illustrations explore how animals big and small show a capacity for innovation, and encourages readers to seek inspiration from the world around them.
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Author:Partnoy, FrankSummary:Frank Partnoy demonstrates that decisions of all kinds benefit from being made at the last possible moment. The art of knowing how long you can afford to delay before committing is at the heart of many a great decision-whether in a...
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Author:Marquet, L. DavidSummary:Imagine a workplace where everyone is totally engaged and contributing their full intellectual capacity, where people are healthier and happier because they have more control over their work. That's what David Marquet achieved as...
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Author:Moscrop, DavidSummary:Brexit. Trump. Ford Nation. In this timely book, David Moscrop asks why we make irrational political decisions and whether our stone-age brains can process democracy in the information age.In an era overshadowed by income inequality,...
- Author:Kahneman, DanielSummary:
The guru to the gurus at last shares his knowledge with the rest of us. Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman's seminal studies in behavioral psychology, behavioral economics, and happiness studies have influenced numerous other authors,...
- Author:Meadows, Donella H.Summary:
In the years following her role as the lead author of the international bestseller, Limits to Growth--the first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planet--Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental...
- Author:Finkelstein, SydneySummary:
The authors illustrate why even good leaders can make terrible decisions--and more importantly, how this situation can be avoided.
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Author:Flanders, CaitSummary:In her late twenties, Cait Flanders found herself stuck in the consumerism cycle that grips so many of us: earn more, buy more, want more, rinse, repeat. Even after she worked her way out of nearly $30,000 of consumer debt, her old...
- Author:Mazzetti, MarkSummary:
Presents a revelatory account of the transformation of the CIA and America's special forces into competing covert paramilitary agencies responsible for the defeat of Osama bin Laden and other strategic war efforts, offering insight into...
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Author:Wirestone, MaxSummary:Meet Dahlia Moss. Unemployed, broke, and on her last bowl of ramen, she's not living her best life. But that's all about to change. Before Dahlia can make her life any messier on her own, she's offered a job that will lead her to a...
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Author:Lewis, MichaelSummary:Bestselling author Michael Lewis examines how a Nobel Prize-winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality. Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original...
- Author:Mauboussin, Michael J.Summary:
Mauboussin offers invaluable guidance on recognizing how these two forces influence our achievements and how to interpret these circumstances for optimal future results.
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Author:Swayne, CharleySummary:Use poker strategy to become a better decision maker
In high–stakes poker, you need patience and aggression — qualities that translate to the world of business. In The Shark and the Fish, Charley Swayne...
- Author:Haig, MattSummary:
Between life and death there is a library. When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down,...
- Author:Ward, JacobSummary:
Journalist Jacob Ward presents an eye-opening narrative journey into the rapidly changing world of artificial intelligence, revealing the dangerous ways AI is exploiting the unconscious habits of our minds and the real threat it poses...
- Author:Fisher, Kenneth L.Summary:
Debunks commonly held investing myths and misconceptions, explaining why each belief or strategy is wrong and how damaging it can be to financial health.
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Author:Wangersky, RussellSummary:Russell Wangersky's characters, caught in a variety of human circumstances, make some outstandingly bad decisions in this first short fiction collection by a prominent Canadian journalist.
This first short fiction collection by a...
- Author:Jones, ChrisSummary:
In a world increasingly ruled by numbers and algorithms, award-winning journalist Chris Jones makes a compelling case for a more personal approach to analytical thinking?. The Eye Test is a necessary course correction, a call for a more...
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Author:Levenson, AlecSummary:More than ever, data drives decisions in organizations—and we have more data, and more ways to analyze it, than ever. Yet strategic initiatives continue to fail as often as they did when computers ran on punch cards. Economist and...
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