All Summaries

All Summaries

 
Innovation X Richardson, Adam Jossey-Bass , 2010 Innovation

Innovation X by Adam Richardson offers a new way to view innovation. He believes that the problems that today’s businesses must innovatively solve have grown in scope and complexity. Richardson labels...

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Innovation is Everybody's Business Tucker, Robert B. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2011 Innovation

Innovation is Everybody’s Business by Robert B. Tucker discusses how employees at any level, in any organization or industry can make themselves invaluable by championing innovation. With routine tasks...

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Innovate the Pixar Way Capodagli, Bill | Jackson, Lynn McGraw-Hill , 2010 Innovation

Today, many American companies are highly risk averse and are taking a short-term view of business. Greater focus on innovation is needed to make companies more competitive. In Innovate the Pixar Way,...

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Influencing Up Cohen, Allan R. | Bradford, David L. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Communication, Relationships

Influence has always mattered in the workplace, but as organizations and projects have become more complex, the need to influence others in order to complete a task has increased. In Influencing Up,...

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Infinite Possibility Pine II, B. Joseph | Korn, Kim C. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. , 2011 Economics & Finance, Innovation

As B. Joseph Pine II and Kim C. Korn explain in Infinite Possibility, the predominant offering in today’s economy is experience. Society has progressed from agrarianism, industrialization, and the...

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Increase Your Influence at Work McIntosh, Perry | Luecke, Richard A. AMACOM , 2011 Personal Growth, Relationships

Influence gives people the ability to have an effect on others in the workplace, making it an important skill for success within a company. From entry-level workers to CEOs, people with influence make more effective...

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In Too Deep Reed, Stanley | Fitzgerald, Alison John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2011 Business Biographies, Social Responsibility

On the night of April 20, 2010, BP’s Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) the Deepwater Horizon exploded, killing 11 people and injuring dozens more. For the next 87 days, millions of barrels of oil from the Macondo...

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In the Shadow of the Dragon Nie, Winter | Dowell, William | Lu, Abraham AMACOM , 2012 Global Business

China is becoming an increasingly important player in the global business world. Its population offers a ready workforce, as well as an enormous number of consumers. For multinational companies, understanding how China...

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In Search of the Obvious Trout, Jack John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2008 Business Strategy, Marketing

The word obvious can be used to describe all of the most powerful and successful marketing strategies. Obvious solutions are often hidden in plain sight, and sometimes even ignored in favor of something more clever or...

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In Search of Leadership Harkins, Phil | Swift, Phil McGraw-Hill Companies , 2009 Leadership

In Search of Leadership discusses the stories of many successful leaders while investigating what drives them to lead. Phil Harkins and Phil Swift outline the five different types of leadership and...

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