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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good/Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. "Readthis book to learn how to create a company as powerful as Apple."-Guy Kawasaki,former chief evangelist of Apple InEscape Velocity Geoffrey A. Moore, author of the marketing masterwork Crossingthe Chasm, teaches twenty-first century enterprises how to overcome thepull of the past and reorient their organizations to meet a new era ofcompetition. The world's leading high-tech business strategist, Moore connectsthe dots between bold strategies and effective execution, with an action planthat elucidates the link between senior executives and every other branch of acompany. For readers of Larry Bossidy's Execution,Clay Christensen's Innovator's Solution, and Gary Vaynerchuck'sCrush It!, and for anyone aiming for the pinnacle of business success, EscapeVelocity is an irreplaceable roadmap to the top.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good/Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. In The Dilbert Principle and current bestseller Dogbert's Top Secret Manage ment Handbook, Scott Adams skewers the absurdities of today's corporate wor ld. Now he takes the next step, turning his keen analytical focus on how hu man greed, stupidity and horniness will shape the future. With this book, Adams follows in the footsteps of other great futurists, i. e., sitting at home making stuff up that can't be proven wrong for many yea rs. Featuring the same mix of essays and cartoons that made The Dilbert Pri nciple so uniquely entertaining, The Dilbert Future offers predictions on b usiness, technology, society and government. Nobody is spared this time. So me predictions: Children: They are our future, so we're pretty much hosed. Tip: Grab what y ou can while they're still too little to stop us. Human Potential: We'll finally learn to use the 90 percent of the brain we don't use today, and find out that there wasn't anything in that part. Longevity: We'll all live to 140. The Olympics will expand to include new e vents such as Complaining and Slow Driving. Computers: Technology and homeliness will combine to form a powerful type of birth control.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. "What is a Management Consultant?" the prized MBA candidate asked. "The best of us--and that could be you--know without ever needing to ask. W e're a Breed Apart," the consultant observed, arrogance and irony in perfec t balance. "Okay, so that could be me, but what does that mean?" the MBA persisted. "Of course there's money involved," the consultant offered. "Great deals of money. World travel, first-class living. A chance to influe nce every corporation on the planet. Virtually no limits to whatever secret s and appetites you feel you need to indulge." "Yes, but what is it that we do?" the recruit tried one last time, his doub ts rapidly evaporating. "You'll see. In this gripping and colorful account of the American dream gone astray, Le wis Pinault takes us to the shiny heights scaled, and the darkest depths su nk to, by those ill-defined creatures known as "Management Consultants." At once a riveting narrative, an alarming cautionary tale, and a treasury o f useful advice, Consulting Demons is a rare insider's view of the lucrativ e arena of global management consulting. In this stunning exposé of some of the most prestigious and respected names in the business, Pinault takes hi s readers by the hand and leads them into a world where a client's interest s are skillfully subordinated to those of the consultants, where money rule s the day, and where principles and morals are but unwelcome baggage. For aspiring consultants, this is an unvarnished look at the life of a consultant, with essential, darkly revealing guidelines on how to get ahead and an enlightening perspective on the brutal infighting that can engulf even the mos.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good/Very Good. "Life for a revolutionary is all about kicking but: 'You have an interestin g product, but.' 'I can see where there needs to be a better way, but.' 'I'd like to help you, but.'" Guy Kawasaki, former chief evangelist of Apple Computer Inc., and renegade business strategist is back with a "but-kicking" manifesto, Rules for Revol utionaries. Kawasaki inspires world-changing innovation--this time using hi s battle-tested lessons to help revolutionaries become visionaries. With hi s trademark irreverence and go-for-broke attitude, Kawasaki lays out the so lutions to the challenges that companies must meet to change the world. Rules for Revolutionaries is divided into three sections: Create Like a God. This section explains how to create revolutionary produc ts and services. Kawasaki turns the conventional wisdom--which suggests tha t breakthrough insights appear when you're in the heightened and altered st ate of sitting in a beanbag chair squirting colleagues with water pistols-- on its head. He shows how the key to creating a revolution is analyzing how to approach the problem at hand. Command Like a King. In order for a revolution to be successful, someone ha s to take charge and make tough, insightful, and strategic decisions. From breaking down the barriers that prevent product adoption to avoiding "death magnets" (the stupid mistakes just about everyone makes), these are the st rategies revolutionaries cannot go without. Work Like a Slave. Successful revolutions require hard work--lots of hard work. To go from revolutionary to visionary, you'll need to eat like a bird--relentlessly absorbing knowledge about your indus.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. A riddle: Five frogs are sitting on a log. Four decide to jump off. How many are left? Answer: Five Why? Because there's a difference between deciding and doing. Written by Mark L. Feldman and Michael F. Spratt of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Five Frogs on a Log offers readers an entertaining and no-nonsense field g uide to the mergers and acquisitions jungle, packed with insight and instru ction for executing corporate change and capturing shareholder value. Wheth er you're buying another company or acquiring a new vision of the future, t his book proffers an unconventional perspective and a practical, readily ac cessible set of solutions to the single greatest challenge facing today's m anagers: executing rapid transitions ion mergers, acquisitions and gut wren ching change. Designed for corporate managers and CEOs caught up in the whirlwind of chan ge, every chapter provides accessible ideas and wisdom for navigating the m ost demanding business transitions. The authors offer a unique hands-on per spective based on their work with top Fortune 500 firms. As they state: "Increasingly, the companies that win are those that learn faster, act quicker and adapt sooner. They will compress time by making and executing early, informed decisions about economic value creation, ruthless prioritization and focused resource allocation. They will use these decisions to take early firm stands on management deployment, organization structure and culture. Their actions will increasingly be linked t.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good/Very Good. "The chasm is where high-tech fortunes are lost. the tornado is where the y are made."-- Steve Jobs, Founder & CEO, Next Computer, Inc. Now, in this fascinating sequel, Moore shows how to capitalize on the profi t-rich niches and hyper-growth markets beyond the chasm. Continuing to char t the impact of the Technology Adoption Life Cycle, he explores its effects not just on marketing but on overall business planning, especially strateg ic partnerships, competitive advantage, positioning and organizational lead ership. Moore's most startling lesson is: "As markets move from stage to stage in t he Life Cycle, the winning strategy does not just change -- it actually rev erses the prior strategy. The very skills that you've just perfected become your biggest liabilities; and if you can't put them aside to acquire new o nes, then you're in for tough times." As challenging as this lesson is to apply, Moore leads the way. Using actua l examples of cutting-edge firms, he applies the Life Cycle model to all as pects of managing a market-focused business strategy, including how to mana ge people effectively through each phase of the cycle. There are significan t management implications: Chasm-crossers who love the customer intimacy of niches may rebel against the depersonalizing power of the tornado; tornado managers who relish the gales of hyper-growth may resist the inevitable re turn to the niche, in the guise of mass customization, once the rush to the new paradigm subsides. All industries relying on technology -- not just computer hardware, software and telecommunications, but entertainment, publishing, broadcasting, banking, insur.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. THE NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER "Kai-Fu Lee believes China will be the next tech-innovation superpower and in AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order, he expla ins why. Taiwan-born Lee is perfectly positioned for the task."--New York M agazine In this thought-provoking book, Lee argues powerfully that because of the u nprecedented developments in AI, dramatic changes will be happening much so oner than many of us expected. Indeed, as the US-Sino AI competition begins to heat up, Lee urges the US and China to both accept and to embrace the g reat responsibilities that come with significant technological power. Most experts already say that AI will have a devastating impact on blue-collar jobs. But Lee predicts that Chinese and American AI will have a strong impact on white-collar jobs as well. Is universal basic income the solution? In Lee's opinion, probably not. But he provides a clear description of which jobs will be affected and how soon, which jobs can be enhanced with AI, and most importantly, how we can provide solutions to some of the most profound changes in the future of human history.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.The spine remains undamaged. When the head of Columbia Pictures, David Begelman, got caught forging Clif f Robertson's name on a $10,000 check, it seemed, at first, like a simple c ase of embezzlement. It wasn't. The incident was the tip of the iceberg, th e first hint of a scandal that shook Hollywood and rattled Wall Street. Soo n powerful studio executives were engulfed in controversy; careers derailed ; reputations died; and a ruthless, take-no-prisoners corporate power strug gle for the world-famous Hollywood dream factory began. First published in 1982, this now classic story of greed and lies in Tinseltown appears here with a stunning final chapter on Begelman's post-Columbia career as he continued to dazzle and defraud . . . until his last hours in a Hollywood hotel room, where his story dramatically and poignantly would end.

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