Collective Wisdom

In this endlessly fascinating book, New Yorker columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea that has profound implications: large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant. Groups are better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the future.

In this endlessly fascinating book, New Yorker columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea that has profound implications: large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant. Groups are better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the future.

This poetic guide from Indigenous scholar Yuria Celidwen is a first-of-its-kind book, offering a beautiful gathering of the wisdom, traditions, and practices that bridge Indigenous and Western sciences, knowledges, and ways to address our collective aspiration for health, wellness, justice, and equity for collective, sustainable flourishing.

How can women become effective leaders in large organizations without sacrificing who they are, as women and as mothers? This audiobook answers the question: They should live out the 10 characteristics of today's winning leaders. These characteristics - compassion, honesty, and authenticity, for example - were once seen as feminine weaknesses in the command-and-control corporate world. But today, in an inclusive and connected world, they define the leader who strengthens organizations rather than undermines them.

Tap into the wisdom of experts to learn what every engineering manager should know. With ninety-seven short and extremely useful tips for engineering managers, you'll discover new approaches to old problems, pick up road-tested best practices, and hone your management skills through sound advice.

Nutritional Wisdom: A Senior's Handbook to Today's Top Diets Are you curious about the latest diets but unsure which one is right for you? Nutritional Wisdom is your go-to guide for understanding and navigating today’s most talked-about diets, tailored specifically for readers over 50 who want to enhance their health, vitality, and longevity. This engaging and insightful book cuts through the noise of diet fads, offering a clear and balanced exploration of popular eating plans like keto, paleo, vegan, Mediterranean, low-carb, intermittent fasting, and more. Each chapter dives deep into ...

Potent and timely lessons on healing and connection—both individually and collectively—through the wisdom and magic of honeybees, written by beloved equity educators, authors, and beekeepers Michelle Cassandra Johnson and Amy Burtaine.

Today’s 21st-century leaders face tremendous pressure in an increasingly complex and fast-changing world, where traditional leadership models have become obsolete. To transform and transcend these challenges a new type of leadership is essential. The solution? Systems Inspired Leadership (SIL): a powerful alternative for innovative leaders. Instead of an outmoded and ineffective top-down, leader-knows-all style that results in stress, pressure, and anxiety, SIL offers a fresh proven approach for achieving optimal results for your organization.

On Productivity is the collective wisdom of thought leader Ari Meisel. Arguably the most efficient man alive, Ari has been obsessed with productivity for decades. On Productivity is the culmination of his pursuit for focus, freedom, and flexibility - the goal of any entrepreneur, business owner, or C-Suite executive looking to scale. Until now, Ari's proprietary methodologies on optimal efficiency have only been delivered through online courses, large venue speaking engagements, and an elite, private coaching program.

Take advantage of today's sky-high demand for data engineers. With this in-depth book, current and aspiring engineers will learn powerful real-world best practices for managing data big and small. Contributors from notable companies including Twitter, Google, Stitch Fix, Microsoft, Capital One, and LinkedIn share their experiences and lessons learned for overcoming a variety of specific and often nagging challenges. Edited by Tobias Macey, this book presents ninety-seven concise and useful tips for cleaning, prepping, wrangling, storing, processing, and ingesting data.

Are you ready to embark on a life-changing journey of spiritual growth and personal transformation? Discover the profound wisdom of Archeia Amethyst, the divine feminine presence behind the violet flame of transmutation. In this illuminating guide, you'll learn: How to harness the purifying energy of the violet flame to release old patterns and elevate your vibration Practical techniques for forgiveness, self-love, and emotional healing The secrets of spiritual alchemy to turn life's challenges into opportunities for growth Ways to connect with Archeia Amethyst for guidance and support on ...

Constant whisperings from your soul are steadily guiding you on your life's journey - but what if you cannot hear them? For the first time, professional Soul Coaches have gathered from all over the globe to help you decipher these loving messages. This feast of collective wisdom will help you discover your true life direction - a life filled with deep meaning and great joy!

Human reasoning is remarkably shallow - in fact our thinking and justifications just scratch the surface of the true complexity of the issues we deal with. The ability to think may still be the greatest wonder in the world (and beyond), but the way that individuals think is less than ideal. In The Knowledge Illusion, Sloman and Fernbach show that our intelligence resides not in individual brains but in the collective mind.

For our ancestors, collective intelligence was a normal part of life. We see it today as the mysterious force that enables flocks of birds, swarms of bees, and schools of fish to function together in perfect synchrony, communicating and cooperating at some undetectable level. At its most subtle, it’s an instantaneous knowing, shared by members of a group, of the wisest course of action that will benefit all.

My First Ten Days in Heaven is a delightful look at being dead. Michael Greyson, a good man, a likable man was in the hospital again. He expected to go home, but one afternoon, with his family present, he went to sleep and didn't wake up. At least, he didn't wake up alive. Soon after opening his eyes to discover his new room, a young man named Pete arrived to give him the bad news. Mike listened with growing concern about being in heaven. He had dumped religion in his 40s. God didn't exist. Being in heaven was a mistake. And if Heaven existed.

For the first 40 years of his life, tech entrepreneur Alex Thomas focused on two things: business and family. When his marriage began to fall apart, his search for love and wisdom began. Part memoir, part down-to-earth exploration of spirituality in an accelerating world full of loud voices, Man in Motion takes us on an unflinchingly candid journey as Alex wrestles with that age-old question: Hey wait, slow down - what the heck is goin’ on here?

Golf is tough enough without outside forces coming into play, especially those with superpowers they sometimes abuse. Currently, 23 golf gods control your game. They can support you and they can hurt you; they can even fight over you. It all depends on how you appreciate them and appease them. This book, provided by the golf gods themselves, was designed to help you understand the effect they have on everyone’s game, and how to get them on your side.

It was supposed to be an exciting golf tournament, not a life or death struggle. This is a golf story that takes place in the 1990s, when change was slower, before metal woods, before Tiger Woods soared, before some of the greats exited the game and before some of the more powerful antipsychotic drugs were invented. Young pro Kevin Turner travels to St. Andrews, Scotland to play in the oldest major golf championship. Although his caddie Foot is not with him, he has vowed to make the cut, and even contend.

Inspired by a podcast conversation between Deanna Green and Heather Sanderson, this short book explores the role of yoga as a physical, philosophical, psychological, and spiritual practice for the Self and for being in community with others. Deanna shares how her journey with yoga started and how it has become an integral part of her work not only in teaching and owning a yoga studio, but in her personal healing, and healing within the collective. She shares insights of how yoga helps her uncover and claim her authentic Self, move through many different kinds of challenges and the ...