Critical Management

Give Your Brain an AI-Level Upgrade This 5-in-1 cognitive arsenal is designed to transform you from a reactive thinker into a masterful strategist, decision-maker, and unshakeable problem-solver. It distills the proven, powerful reasoning strategies of data scientists, world-class strategists, and philosophers into 500 total bite-sized methods. The goal is to lock them into your memory for life, giving you a complete, AI-level operating system for success.

A young, untested team of problem solvers challenged with saving their company moves from board room to classroom in search of answers - and finds them through lively, open discourse with their innovative professor. This gripping, fast-paced business novel does for project management what Eliyahu M. Goldratt's other novels have done for production and marketing.

From the bestselling author of Thinking, Fast and Slow, the co-author of Nudge, and the author of You Are About to Make a Terrible Mistake! comes Noise, a revolutionary exploration of why people make bad judgments, and how to control both noise and cognitive bias.​ Imagine that two...

This beginner-friendly guide offers a clear, practical overview of the essential concepts covered on the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) exam. Tailored for those new to project management, this book focuses on building core understanding of terms, processes, and frameworks that form the foundation of professional project work. Covering key areas such as scope, time, cost, quality, risk, and stakeholder management, the guide introduces both predictive and adaptive (Agile) approaches. Real-world examples and explanations help readers grasp project lifecycles, communication ...

Fooled by Randomness is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are The Black Swan, Antifragile...

The New York Times bestselling authors of Switch and Made to Stick explore why certain brief experiences can jolt us and elevate us and change us—and how we can learn to create such extraordinary moments in our life and work. While human lives are endlessly variable, our most memorable...

In the high-stakes world of pre-hospital care, paramedics are the first line of defense against life-threatening emergencies. Among the most critical—and often overlooked—challenges is managing acid-base imbalances. These disruptions can rapidly lead to organ failure and death if not recognized and treated promptly. This book bridges the gap between complex physiology and real-world application. Inside, you’ll find: Clear explanations of acid-base principles Practical tools for field interpretation Real EMS scenarios and evidence-based strategies Guidance on using diagnostic tools ...

Brought to you by Penguin. Daniel Kahneman's pioneering work that tackles questions of intuition and rationality, read by Patrick Egan. In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman takes us on a ground-breaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think and make choices...

An MBA is not enough. While there are a number of business schools that recognize the importance of critical thinking, few, if any, offer a specific course in critical thinking. Faculty members are experts in their respective fields: accounting, finance, management, marketing, sales, etc. But critical thinking, although interdisciplinary, is not specifically a business skill. Yet, successful business people do use critical thinking. In this book, Bob Schoenberg, a recognized teacher and consultant on critical thinking skills, outlines key tools and attitudes to help think more effectively ...

Hope is not a Strategy Ten easy to follow rules for how to think critically, make smart decisions and escape small business failure. Are you in business, or thinking about starting your own small business? Based on real world experience of starting and growing our own small businesses as well as being called in to fix other owners business, this small book contains a set of rules developed over a number of years that we have used as a guide on how to approach the process of critical thinking necessary to success as a small business. We are not going to answer your questions. What we want is...

The crash course on life nobody gave you — until now. You did everything right. Followed the rules. Worked hard. And still, something isn't adding up. Cost of Life: Modern World-Fare is the book about life that doesn't flinch. No inspirational garbage. No wellness theater. Just brutally honest, research-backed truth about the systems quietly working against you — and the critical lessons that help you navigate them. This isn't the life skills manual they should have handed you in school. It's the one you need right now. Across 27 chapters, you'll learn what they don't teach you in ...

The Concise Reads Management Series gives us some of the important tools in the management tool belt including problem solving, communicating, and building a team. The guides are concise on purpose and should take you no more than an hour or so to read but the principles within them take weeks and months to master. These are essential principles to find success as a manager or leader and therefore it is important that you absorb them and turn them into habits. Problem Solving Introduction: If you are or aspire to become a business executive then you cannot escape being confronted with ...

Master Crisis Management: Transform Your Tech Startup's Challenges into Triumphs! As a startup founder or part of a PR team, you know that the tech world is fraught with potential crises that can threaten your company's reputation and success. Whether it's a data breach, product failure, or social media backlash, the stakes are high, and the pressure is immense. You need a reliable guide to navigate these turbulent waters and emerge stronger than ever. Equip your startup with proven crisis management techniques to navigate public relations challenges in the tech world with the PR Playbook: ...

Rethink the Way You Think In hindsight, every great idea seems obvious. But how can you be the person who comes up with those ideas? In this revised and expanded edition of his groundbreaking Thinkertoys, creativity expert Michael Michalko reveals life-changing tools that will help you think...

All projects, large and small, are subject to various risks. But the failure to manage inherent risk with diligence and know-how can lead to devastating consequences for an organization. In this comprehensive hands-on guide, a renowned expert in the field provides everything organizations need to conduct project risk management the right way.

Every successful organization needs high-performance teams to compete and succeed. Yet, technical people are often resistant to traditional "touchy-feely" teambuilding. To improve communication, performance, and morale among NASA's technical teams, former NASA Astrophysicist Dr. Charlie Pellerin developed the teambuilding process described in "How NASA Builds Teams"—an approach that is proven, quantitative, and requires only a fraction of the time and resources of traditional training methods.

Gregg Sturdevant knows what it’s like to lead under pressure. As a Major General in the United States Marines Corps, he deployed 10 times over the course of his career, including multiple combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. With each tour, Sturdevant honed his leadership skills, allowing him to build a formidable repertoire of success strategies that served his troops and country exceedingly well. When he transitioned to civilian management roles, Gregg implemented the same leadership strategies that worked so well for him in the military with equally effective results.

Conquer the CCRN Pediatric Exam is a focused, high-yield guide designed to help pediatric nurses strengthen their understanding of critical care principles and identify areas needing further review. This concise resource provides a streamlined overview of essential topics such as respiratory distress, sepsis, fluid balance, pharmacologic interventions, sedation protocols, and neurological assessment—delivered with clarity and clinical relevance. Each chapter targets a specific content area commonly seen in pediatric critical care units, emphasizing the knowledge base needed for confident,...

TIR offers an opportunity for the members of a CISM team to deal with any accumulated emotional baggage that their involvement in crisis-intervention has created. Training in TIR adds another tool to the toolkit of crisis-intervention techniques and enables peer-support to ad-dress an extended range of crisis-reactions, even those that might justify a clinical diagnosis. If virtually all the emotional reactions of a colleague in crisis could be accommodated and addressed through CISM and TIR, then the difference to the individual, the CISM team and the community would be immense. I look ...

This powerful volume brings together five full-length manuscripts in one, each featuring 100 proven techniques or tools.