Evolution Business

New York Times bestseller Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize One of the Washington Post's 10 Best Books of the Year “It’s no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books I’ve ever read.” —David P. Barash, The Wall Street Journal "It has my vote...

In an age where technologies such as AI threaten to supplant human intelligence, an award-winning scientist offers a radical new view of our innate human technology and what we're truly capable of. There are rare moments in time when we make choices that irreversibly change the world, and our...

Rework shows you a better, faster, easier way to succeed in business. Most business books give you the same old advice: Write a business plan, study the competition, seek investors, yadda yadda. If you're looking for a book like that, put this one back on the shelf. Read it and you'll know...

For centuries, the Insurance industry has been there for people at the worst moments of their lives, and kept the risk of those moments from stopping us from pursuing our dreams. Today, customer expectations are changing at an ever-increasing pace, driven further by the rapid digitization the world embraced in the pandemic. But that isn’t the only thing driving change in the industry, with a new generation of insurers emerging to serve customers differently and rethink the art of the possible in Insurance.

In Working with Dinosaurs, Marcus East, a leader in the digital technology industry for over two decades, shows other top executives how to disrupt outdated systems and mindsets and embrace new tech worlds like cloud computing and AI, so they can become next generation leaders of digital and tech transformation.

In The CISO Evolution: Business Knowledge for Cybersecurity Executives, information security experts Matthew K. Sharp and Kyriakos "Rock" Lambros deliver an insightful and practical resource to help cybersecurity professionals develop the skills they need to effectively communicate with senior management and boards. They assert business aligned cybersecurity is crucial and demonstrate how business acumen is being put into action to deliver meaningful business outcomes.

“Mr. Ridley’s best and most important work to date…there is something profoundly democratic and egalitarian—even anti-elitist—in this bottom-up approach: Everyone can have a role in bringing about change.” —Wall Street Journal The New York Times bestselling author of The...

Half of all Americans have money in the stock market, yet economists can't agree on whether investors and markets are rational and efficient, as modern financial theory assumes, or irrational and inefficient, as behavioral economists believe - and as financial bubbles, crashes, and crises suggest. This is one of the biggest debates in economics, and the value or futility of investment management and financial regulation hang on the outcome. In this groundbreaking book, Andrew W. Lo cuts through this debate with a new framework.

The #1 New York Times bestselling biography of how Steve Jobs became the most visionary CEO in history. Becoming Steve Jobs breaks down the conventional, one-dimensional view of Steve Jobs that he was half-genius, half-jerk from youth, an irascible and selfish leader who slighted friends...

What really killed Blockbuster? Most people say Netflix. They’re wrong. At its peak, Blockbuster Video was the undisputed king of home entertainment—over 9,000 stores, 80,000 employees, and more than a billion rentals every year. It wasn’t just a company; it was an American ritual. Friday night meant one thing: Make it a Blockbuster Night. But within a decade, the empire collapsed. In The Last Late Fee: The Rise and Fall of Blockbuster Video, author Lorenzo Di Tonti dismantles the easy narrative that streaming alone destroyed Blockbuster. Instead, he exposes a deeper story—of ...

The Disneyland Story: The Unofficial Guide to the Evolution of Walt Disney's Dream is the story of how Walt Disney's greatest creation was conceived, nurtured, and how it grew into a source of joy and inspiration for generations of visitors. Despite his successors' battles with the whims of history and their own doubts and egos, Walt's vision maintained momentum, thrived, and taught future generations how to do it Walt Disney's way.

Gene Kim and John Willis present this nine-part series that includes an oral history of the DevOps movement, as well as discussion around pivotal figures and philosophies that DevOps draws upon, from Goldratt to Deming; from Lean to Safety Culture to Learning Organizations.The audiobook is a great way for listeners to take an even deeper dive into topics relevant to DevOps and leading technology organizations.

Building on his national bestseller The Rational Optimist, Matt Ridley chronicles the history of innovation, and how we need to change our thinking on the subject. Innovation is the main event of the modern age, the reason we experience both dramatic improvements in our living standards and...

Anyone that has been a service manager knows the job is incredibly stressful. I discovered that I could manage my stress level and generate amazing net profit by always keeping a finger on the pulse of the drive-through. You can turn your service lane into a profitable, minimally stressful environment you can be proud of, and "Gold Standard Service Advisors" are the key to it all.

Drawing on the wisdom of ancestors, learned firsthand from years spent with the planet's remaining hunter-gatherers, this book shows us a path to enduring health grounded in the principles of evolutionary biology. The Wildfit Way offers a refreshing take on achieving health that breaks away from...

One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on-in exhilarating style-one of our key questions: Where do good ideas come from?...

In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical--and accessible--plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) refers to the integration of social and environmental concerns into business operations and interactions with stakeholders. It encompasses a wide range of activities, including fair labor practices, environmental sustainability initiatives, community engagement, and ethical governance. Essentially, CSR represents a company's commitment to conducting business in a manner that is ethical, sustainable, and beneficial to society as a whole. In today’s business landscape, CSR has become an essential component of corporate strategy. The growing awareness of...

What if the Internet goes dark? We think of the Internet as wireless, weightless, ever-present—but its true foundation lies in the ocean’s depths, where nearly 900,000 miles of fiber-optic cables quietly pulse with all the world’s information. In The Web Beneath the Waves, the acclaimed...

Are you searching for a book that looks beyond the inspirational? Learn how to gain new insights for aligning personal evolution with professional development. Inspirational books may provide effective motivation but often “preach to the choir”. In our multicultural and scientific age, and with the rise and dominance of multinational corporations, more innovative and inclusive approaches are essential to address the enormity of the issues faced by humanity. To answer this need, Business & Spirituality “preaches to the workplace”, employing an omni-denominational voice.