Confronting the Bull Shark: Identifying and Preparing for Catastrophic Organizational Events

Confronting the Bull Shark: Identifying and Preparing for Catastrophic Organizational Events

$31.99

Every organization will experience a crisis. Some will be mild; others will be severe. All will experience the unexpected. Few will experience the TOTALLY UNEXPECTED NEGATIVE EVENTS–the BULL SHARK events. These events can only be dreamed of – in a nightmare. They arise out of some deep part of an organization that believes it has things under control, much as Bull Sharks arise out of completely unexpected freshwater river to thrash and kill its prey.

Too many organizations never plan for any kind of crisis. They don’t identify their vulnerabilities, typically obvious ones. A Bull Shark event is different, it’s insidious. It lies deep beneath the surface, defying imagination and totally unexpected, causing chaos and havoc, threatening the life of the organization that it attacks.

However, even a Bull Shark event can be imagined. But it takes a commitment to freeing people’s imaginations and then planning for these totally unlikely events. This handbook offers the insights that will help organizations go beyond the obvious to the events that make no sense when they happen and disrupt organizations to the core, the Bull Shark events. It does this with examples of Bull Shark events, techniques to unearth your potential Bull Sharks, and techniques to deal with them when they arise. Read this book so you will know how to handle even the worst crises.

Machine Learning Fundamentals: Concepts, Models, and Applications

Machine Learning Fundamentals: Concepts, Models, and Applications

$37.99

Machine Learning Fundamentals provides a comprehensive overview of data science, emphasizing machine learning (ML). This book covers ML fundamentals, processes, and applications, that are used as industry standards. Both supervised and unsupervised learning ML models are discussed.

Topics include data collection and feature engineering techniques as well as regression, classification, neural networks (deep learning), and clustering. Motivated by the success of ML in various fields, this book is designed for a wide audience coming from various disciplines such as engineering, IT, or business and is suitable for those getting started with ML for the first time.

This text can also serve as the main or supplementary text in any introductory data science course from any discipline, offering real-world applications and tools in all areas.

Disconnected: Exploring the Decline of Social Networks

Disconnected: Exploring the Decline of Social Networks

$41.99

Disconnected: Exploring the Decline of Social Networks examines the future of social networks, highlighting their transformation from community builders to sources of misinformation and frustration. Using interdisciplinary insights, it uncovers the complex interplay of technological, social, and cultural factors behind this shift. It discusses the impact on individuals, businesses, and society, proposing pathways to a healthier digital environment.

The book delves into the fascinating journey of social networks, tracing their evolution from tools that fostered community building to platforms that can sometimes spread misinformation. It explores how privacy issues are crucial in shaping user experiences and trust. Disconnected also examines the phenomenon of algorithmic polarization, where algorithms create echo chambers and contribute to the spread of disinformation.

The author explores the social and cultural factors that influence social networks. Additionally, he includes case studies that highlight the real-world impacts of social networks on individuals, businesses, and society as a whole.

Readers will discover practical solutions that offer pathways to creating a healthier digital environment, enable recognition of misinformation and privacy issues more effectively as well as gain strategic insights that will help navigate and influence the future of social networks.

High Impact at Low Decibels: How Anxiety-Filled Introverts (and Others) Can Thrive in the Workplace

High Impact at Low Decibels: How Anxiety-Filled Introverts (and Others) Can Thrive in the Workplace

$28.99

A practical ‘how to’ book showing the world’s anxiety-filled introverts (and anxiety-filled extroverts too) how they can not only survive but also thrive in the workplace, as told by one of their own.

The workplace often seems geared towards extroverts and people with high self-confidence, and it can lead to the rest of us putting artificial limits on ourselves. In this book, you will receive a first-hand description of how to succeed in the workplace, as told by a self-described anxiety-filled introvert who successfully navigated that world, moving from technical roles to management to executive leadership.

This book will enable you to:

  • Better understand the internal struggles that many of us experience and that can make life more difficult for us at work, from social anxiety to imposter syndrome to fear of public speaking and more,
  • Implement real-world, practical techniques to mitigate these internal struggles and prevent them from becoming career derailers, while also turning them into an advantage,
  • Create your own personal toolkit of methods for coping with stress and anxiety at work and protect your mental health.

This book goes beyond theory. It’s not a collection of platitudes and clichéd motivational sayings–it’s relatable, practical, and told with humor. If you’re one of the world’s many anxiety-filled introverts (or extroverts) and are looking for help thriving in the workplace, High Impact at Low Decibels is for you.

Recovery at Work: Using Twelve Step Principles for Professional Success

Recovery at Work: Using Twelve Step Principles for Professional Success

$34.99

The tools I learned in recovery from addiction can help anyone find peace and develop resilience at work.

The principles behind Twelve Step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous are simple but profoundly useful for restoring balance and building confidence. Recovery at Work provides practical examples for applying tools to overcome the stress and burnout of daily work life and to build a better career. Twelve Step principles have helped millions of people in recovery, and they can work for anyone.

Dozens of real, personal stories illustrate ways to handle work challenges and conflicts with honesty, humility, hope, compassion, and courage. Examples show how to find your footing—as though you’re walking along a narrow ridge—without overreacting or numbing out.

With practice, you’ll get better at discerning what you can and can’t control at work. You’ll learn to accept what you can’t control and become more skillful at changing what you can control.

Understanding and Using AI: A Resource for Nonprofit Leaders

Understanding and Using AI: A Resource for Nonprofit Leaders

$34.99

Embrace the future with confidence and harness the transformative power of artificial intelligence to supercharge your nonprofit’s efficiency and impact.

Guided by our motto “Don’t be afraid, be prepared,” this book demystifies AI, making it accessible and practical for everyday use in your organization. It provides straightforward strategies and real-world examples to show how AI can streamline operations, enhance your mission’s impact, and revolutionize problem-solving.

This guide is your key to navigating the evolving landscape of nonprofit management, arming you with the tools and knowledge needed to thrive in an era of innovation. Prepare to lead your organization toward a successful, impactful future.

Reboot: A Business Novel About Money, Finance, and Life

Reboot: A Business Novel About Money, Finance, and Life

$34.99

A novel about personal finance—and life.

Reboot tells the story of Lisa, who is recently divorced and confronted with many of the potentially intimidating financial decisions we all must make.

She learns about:

  • credit cards,
  • car loans,
  • home buying,
  • Social Security,
  • retirement living,
  • and more

as she takes control of her finances and her life from a place of curiosity and self-respect. One reviewer wrote: “Drama blends with practical money smarts. Join this captivating journey to financial stability.”

Successful Self-Leadership: An Inside-Out Approach in Seven Steps

Successful Self-Leadership: An Inside-Out Approach in Seven Steps

$37.99

Great leaders all share a common secret: they prioritize personal development.

Successful Self-Leadership: An Inside-Out Approach in Seven Steps is not your typical leadership guide. Its seven diagnostic tools for each practice make it unique, providing practical and immediately applicable resources. This book incorporates the latest research to help you unlock your potential and prepare for the journey of self-leadership, ensuring you are well-equipped to apply the knowledge in your daily life.

Dr. Tim Baker shares his unique Self-Leadership Development Framework, which consists of seven personal leadership practices, including The Inner and Outer Game, which separates the good from the great leaders.

At its core, the book focuses on the concept of self-awareness, first taught by Socrates and foundational to genuine leadership. It introduces seven unique practices essential for today’s leaders, equipping you with the tools to tap into your inner potential.

The book emphasizes that deep self-awareness, the journey of genuinely understanding oneself, is not a one-time destination but a continuous, engaging process that leaders should commit to. This understanding is crucial to personal and leadership success, and the book will guide you in staying engaged and committed to this process.

Successful Self-Leadership: An Inside-Out Approach in Seven Steps promises

  • greater self-awareness
  • more confidence
  • superior focus and
  • dynamic interpersonal skills.

Begin your path to greatness today—because the best investment you can make is in yourself. Your journey starts now!

Cracking the Data Code: Pragmatics for Better Management and Governance

Cracking the Data Code: Pragmatics for Better Management and Governance

$31.99

Why do we continue to struggle with data? With all the powerful tools we have in processing power, data tools, and computer programming, we still search for some elusive truth to pervasive problems. AI hallucinates, ‘good data’ that we started with is suddenly unintelligible, systems that should talk to each other seamlessly continually experience errors and need correction.

What we fail to incorporate into our data world is the fact that data is language and has entwined in that language its own code that does not get captured in databases, APIs, LLMs and the systems we use day in and day out. So, how can we crack this data code?

By stepping back, we can incorporate the tools that already exist in applied linguistics used to crack the human language code into our approaches in how we tackle the data code challenge. Just because we call it data doesn’t mean that it doesn’t suffer from bias or the need for context. But by recognizing these linguistic challenges, and infusing that inside the data, we can create data code that can be cracked, data that tells us its biases, context, and purpose, and for who that data is actually useful to, and for whom it is not.

If you are interested in data, and why understanding language and jargon can help you crack the data code, this book is for you. If you’ve had a data challenge and have struggled to find a way to understand it, the practical foundational principles inside can help you frame your problem in a different way. And in doing so, help you crack the data code.

4-Gen Leadership: Thriving in a Multi-Generational Workplace

4-Gen Leadership: Thriving in a Multi-Generational Workplace

$34.99

4-Gen Leadership: Thriving in a Multi-Generational Workplace is a practical guide for those aspiring to be multi-generational leaders in today’s evolving business landscape. 4-gen leadership is the philosophy and actions leaders can take to help all generations (baby boomers, Gen X, millennials, and Gen Z) be accepted, honored, and united into one effective, harmonious team. The authors have created a resource that leaders across every industry at all levels of leadership will find useful. This book helps established and emerging leaders understand the generations in their workforce and how to bridge the new generation gaps in their organizations.

Each chapter contains reflective questions to help the readers apply the book’s concepts to their work environment; a section titled Voices from the Generations, which shares insightful views from one of the many successful leaders interviewed for the project; a Real-World Connection segment, which is a scenario in which the readers see how a hypothetical problem might be solved by using a multi-gen leadership lens; and finally, an activity worksheet that points readers toward the next steps they can take to strengthen their multi-gen leadership skills and the culture.