Workplace Design

Think about the last time you said, "I love that." Maybe it was about a product that exceeded expectations, a service experience that built instant loyalty, or a moment when your work brought out the best in you. That reaction isn't just emotional—it's electric. In the organization, it fuels...

A botched promotion, an awkward reunion, and a fake-dating scheme they never planned to fall for. Kenya Stewart is so close to getting her dream position at an event agency. When a scheduling blunder risks her promotion, she hopes an upcoming pitch will allow her a second chance. Then an...

Culture has become the hottest word in today's organizational lexicon. From boardrooms to locker rooms, everyone's talking about the critical link between culture and extraordinary team performance. Yet, as clear as that link may be, understanding what culture is, and what to do about it, has always been so murky. Until now. In this game-changing audiobook, David Friedman cuts through the fog and provides a simple, clear, and practical roadmap for building a high-performing culture - in any organization.

The myth of innovation is that brilliant ideas leap fully formed from the minds of geniuses. The reality is that most innovations come from a process of rigorous examination through which great ideas are identified and developed before being realized as new offerings and capabilities. This is not a book by designers for designers; this is a book for creative leaders seeking to infuse design thinking into every level of an organization's products or service to drive new alternatives for business and society.

This groundbreaking guide empowers C-suite executives and business leaders to harness the untapped potential of neurodivergent talent, offering practical strategies for creating inclusive workplaces and gaining a strategic competitive edge through neurodiversity. Neurodiversity in the Workplace, Maximizing Success through Inclusive Dynamic Workplace Design™ is a comprehensive leadership resource that provides actionable advice on everything from recruitment, management, talent development, and office design, equipping senior leaders with the tools they need to build innovative, productive...

Going well beyond the recycled, superficial tactics in most leadership books, Thrive by Design introduces you to the triggers of exemplary workplace behavior at a neurological level. Tapping into these triggers leads to increased productivity, well-being, accountability, and retention. As you apply the practical approaches and tools outlined in the book, you will see less absenteeism, corrosive gossip, employee drama, accidents, and quality shortfalls.

INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER “Everyone wants better meetings, but no one seems to know how—until now.” —Reid Hoffman, New York Times bestselling author and cofounder of LinkedIn “Warning: This read may save you countless hours.” —Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author and...

Human Design is the next evolution after Myers-Briggs, the Enneagram, and other innovative profiling systems. Whether your field is psychotherapy, recovery, coaching, or healing arts, and whether your clients are individuals, couples, families, or business teams, Understanding Your Clients through Human Design will empower your work and call you to reconsider how you approach people. Inspire your practice with this groundbreaking and accessible approach and take your work to the next level!

Even the most passionate advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion have been known to treat equity as the middle child - the concept they skip over to get to the warm, fuzzy feelings of inclusion. But Minal Bopaiah shows throughout this book that equity is critical if organizations really want to leverage differences for greater impact.

If you are bringing in your first intern, or growing your program to 1,000 interns, Intern Management is required reading to maximize the experience for both you and your interns. —Gregory V. Jaros, Co-Founder of InternConnect, Co-Founder of Diamond Management & Technology Consultants Are you interested in taking your internship program to a new level? If so, this book is for you. Intern Management shares a set of guiding principles that ensure you host an exceptional internship - every time. Intern Management outlines nine principles for designing an exceptional internship with dignity. ...

As a workplace strategist and business coach, Erica Keswin has spent over 20 years working with top business leaders and executives to build successful organizations that honor relationships. Featuring case studies from top brands such as, Lyft, Starbucks, Mogul, and SoulCycle, to name a few, Bring Your Human to Work distills the key practices of the most human companies into applicable advice that any business leader can use to build a “human workplace”.  

Don't Be an Ask-Hole: How to Stop Misusing Questions and Start Getting Real Answers We all know the type. The friend who asks for advice they never take. The coworker whose "quick question" is actually three questions stapled together. The boss who corners you with a yes-or-no when the truth is "it depends." Maybe — and stay with me here — you've been the type. This book is about the most ordinary thing we do all day, the thing nobody teaches us to do well: asking questions. We tend to assume a question is neutral, a simple request for information. It isn't. A question carries ...

The pandemic taught many businesses a very valuable lesson—those who don't adapt will get left behind. Some businesses managed to not only survive but actually thrive in a remote and hybrid work model. What's their secret? Top culture thought leader Gustavo Razzetti answers this question in this practical, meticulously researched book. The author and consultant provides a roadmap to understand, adapt to, and succeed in a hybrid workplace. 

AI is moving faster than most organizations can structure it. Tools are being introduced. Outputs are multiplying. Leaders are being told to move quickly, adopt widely, and treat AI as a strategy. It is not. AI Adoption Is Not Workforce Strategy is a practical guide to using AI inside real work without confusing the tool for leadership, work design, or decision-making. Artemis Ellis makes the case that AI can support work powerfully by accelerating analysis, synthesizing information, and reducing time spent on repetitive tasks—but it does not define what work matters, who owns a decision,...

After a period of tremendous upheaval, it is necessary for organizations to transform alongside their employees and welcome new ways of working. While it is impossible to predict which changes will be successful, it is crucial for leaders to now ask: what should work look like to achieve productive, healthy, and safe organizations? In Brave New Workplace, Julian Barling argues that we should focus on creating environments in which employees can flourish, rather than relying on the resiliency of workers to withstand difficult working conditions.

Teambuilding isn’t a vibe. It isn’t trust falls. And it definitely isn’t “getting the right people in the room.” Most workplaces don’t have a people problem — they have a design problem. They assemble talented individuals, call it a team, and then act surprised when collaboration collapses under pressure. In Teambuilding Is Not Assembly, Artemis Ellis explains why “team-building” fails and what actually creates real teamwork: interdependence, clear commitments, shared context, and shared outcomes. When those conditions are present, collaboration becomes natural. When ...

An Age gap romance In the glittering, cutthroat world of high fashion, Piper Hawthorne reigns supreme. At nearly fifty, she is the formidable head of one of the largest and most prestigious design houses in the world. Known for her unwavering demand for perfection and razor-sharp instincts, Piper has built an empire from the ground up—but at a cost. Her personal life is a tapestry frayed by ambition and solitude, with a longing for connection buried beneath layers of fabric and deadlines. Enter Jade Sinclair, a gifted young designer from humble beginnings who has just graduated from the ...

Employees who take care of themselves have the capacity and energy to be high-performance employees. In turn, they help leaders create high-performance companies and thriving workplace cultures. This audiobook reveals how to design a company that makes it easy and natural for employees to care for themselves and perform at the highest level.

Most training works in theory. It fails when work gets real. People complete the course. They understand the content. They may even say it was useful. Then the same mistakes happen, the same issues return, and leaders ask: Didn’t we already train this? Training That Actually Works shows how to design learning that holds up when people are under pressure, time is limited, the situation is unclear, and there is no obvious right answer. This is not a book about making training more engaging. It is a practical system for building skills, judgement, and behaviour that transfer into real work. ...

She needed an editor. He offered to be her husband. Neither expected to fall in love… Jenny Morgan learned the hard way that men can’t be trusted. After divorcing a cheater and inheriting her father’s fashion magazine, she’s poured everything into proving she can run it alone. But when her ailing father blindsides her with a plea for a grandchild, she’s left scrambling for a solution. Refusing to rely on a sperm donor, she’s left with one unlikely option—her womanizing best friend. Trevor Drake has wanted a second chance with Jenny for years. So when he overhears her ...