The Tech Audible: A Playbook for Entering the Tech Field

The Tech Audible: A Playbook for Entering the Tech Field

$28.99

Call the Audible and Lead Your Business into the Future!

Are you ready to transform your business into a tech-driven powerhouse? Whether you’re launching a new tech company or looking to leverage technology to grow your existing business, The Tech Audible delivers clear, actionable strategies to help you succeed.

Chase Minnifield—former NFL player and Forbes 30 Under 30 tech entrepreneur—shares the proven methods that helped him go from professional athlete to successful tech founder. This playbook simplifies the world of technology and equips you with step-by-step guidance to:

  • Quickly transition your business into a thriving tech venture
  • Create technology solutions that unlock new revenue streams
  • Secure funding and build a team that drives innovation
  • Overcome obstacles and scale your business with confidence

Packed with real-world examples and practical insights, The Tech Audible is designed for entrepreneurs at any level, even those new to tech. No matter your starting point, this book will help you start a tech company.

Achieving Productivity: 24 Essential Skills for High-Performing Teams

Achieving Productivity: 24 Essential Skills for High-Performing Teams

$31.99

Achieving Productivity: 24 Essential Skills for High-Performing Teams is a customizable learning and development program designed to help individuals and organizations thrive in today’s fast-changing global economy.

With disengaged workers, unfilled job positions, and many people living paycheck to paycheck, the modern workforce faces significant challenges. Only 23% of workers globally report being engaged at work, while millions of job openings remain unfilled due to a lack of available talent.

The program highlights the importance of adapting to rapid technological changes and emphasizes that success requires more than just technical (hard) or interpersonal (soft) skills. It introduces the concept of Essential Skills, which are critical for connecting and enhancing both hard and soft skills, promoting self-awareness, and helping individuals navigate and succeed in complex environments.

Achieving Productivity offers valuable insights for businesses of all sizes, non-profits, and government agencies, providing a pathway to develop human capital, boost employee engagement, and ensure long-term success amid ongoing disruptions.

Scaling Generative AI: An Operational Readiness Framework for Enterprises

Scaling Generative AI: An Operational Readiness Framework for Enterprises

$41.99

This book contains the operational readiness framework, providing step-by-step guidance to enterprises to prepare themselves for the scaled adoption of generative AI.

Different enterprises have reacted differently to the generative AI hype. The real value of generative AI lies in the scaled adoption. Only 10 percent of the enterprises have been able to scale. A staggering 90 percent of them are lagging. This has caused a “huge gap” between the scaling and lagging firms. Closing this huge gap is a daunting task.

To bridge this gap, enterprises must be operationally ready in the following four areas:

  • Customer
  • Technology
  • Data
  • People

This book contains the operational readiness framework, providing step-by-step guidance to enterprises to prepare themselves for the scaled adoption of generative AI.

Although the framework is primarily for the executives, leaders, managers, consultants, strategists, and transformation drivers at the lagging firms, the scaling firms can use it to assess their current operational readiness levels and mitigate the prevailing gaps. It can also provide useful insights to the entrepreneurs in the generative AI value chain to develop unique solutions. Additionally, it can help technology and management students to align themselves better to embrace new challenges of the corporate world they will soon enter.

The success of this book lies in how effectively the readers apply the framework at their workplace. This book is not just about information…it’s all about transformation!

Humans and AI: The Future of Work

Humans and AI: The Future of Work

$37.99

Unlock the Future of Work: A Blueprint for Transformation

Step boldly into the new era of organizational excellence with this essential guide that navigates the intricacies of transformation powered by artificial intelligence.

Elevate your leadership and strategy with insights into organizational design, process re-engineering, and cultivating an AI-centric mindset. This book offers executives and leaders a refined roadmap to radical redesign using advanced cognitive technologies.

  • Embrace the imperative for change and the vital role of AI and intelligent automation in modern enterprises.
  • Visualize the fully realized hyper automation organization and aspire towards strategic goals that will place you at the forefront of progress.
  • Master vital skills in process re-engineering, redefine essential roles, and attract the talent necessary to thrive in the age of AI.
  • Gain insights into shifting mindsets and demonstrating visionary leadership through AI-driven decision-making.
  • Discover how the organizations of the future can make the world a better place through fully embracing emerging technology and the potential of your people.

Packed with actionable recommendations and enriched by real-world case studies, this guide presents a forward-thinking approach to future-proofing your organization.

Humane Leadership: Lead with Radical Love, Be a Kick-Ass Boss

Humane Leadership: Lead with Radical Love, Be a Kick-Ass Boss

$34.99

What if the secret to being an outstanding leader lies in radical love?

One morning, Marcel Schwantes stepped out of the shower and collapsed in agony, paralyzed from the waist down. When he called his boss to explain his situation, he was accused of insubordination.

This moment marked the culmination of a two-year struggle in what should have been a season of learning and growth in an executive-level HR role with a promising future. Instead, he faced immense stress, disengagement, and a toxic work environment that nearly destroyed his career.

In Humane Leadership: Lead with Radical Love, Be a Kick-Ass Boss, the author offers a revolutionary perspective, advocating for a radical shift toward love and humanity. Drawing on personal experiences, case studies, and compelling research, he reveals how leaders can transform organizations by embracing genuine care for their employees.

Schwantes explains the five principles of effective leadership: patience, kindness, humility, advocacy, and trustworthiness. It offers a practical guide to leading teams with actionable love and care so people, businesses, and organizations flourish.

This book is for anyone seeking to create a thriving, motivated team and become a truly kick-ass boss in today’s chaotic world.

Building an Autonomous Environment: For Yourself and Your Organization

Building an Autonomous Environment: For Yourself and Your Organization

$34.99

Autonomy is complex. It is independent and dependent. 21st century work requires an autonomous mindset to thrive. Individuals and organizations wishing to thrive will create an environment to enable their autonomy for best decision making. This autonomy includes characteristics of agency, seeing options, and taking control of decisions, all requiring an environment to support them. Valuing and practicing autonomy is essential to thriving in the 21st century.

The only competitive force in the 21st century that is not matchable by competitors is the members of the organization and their commitment to the vision and mindset of the organization. Organizations need environments that support workers’ autonomy and commitment to the organization. This book helps individuals and their organizations build environments that will ensure autonomous mindsets and decisions.

The Making of a C.R.I.S.I.S. Leader

The Making of a C.R.I.S.I.S. Leader

$31.99

“The Making of a C.R.I.S.I.S. Leader provides a clear and practical guide for leading through uncertainty and disruption. With a focus on crisis management, Prof Bawany offers strategies for leaders to navigate and transform their organizations in the face of major challenges, regardless of the circumstances. Prof Bawany emphasizes resilience, adaptability, and proactive planning, making this book essential for leaders at all levels. Through real-world examples and actionable insights, this book will equip readers with the skills to turn crises into opportunities for growth and transformation. This is a must-read for anyone leading in today’s unpredictable environment.” –Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is the Thinkers50 #1 Executive Coach and New York Times bestselling author of The Earned Life, Triggers, and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There

“The Making of a C.R.I.S.I.S. Leader is a timely, well-researched, and comprehensive examination of leadership when it matters the most. Written with the sense of urgency that the context demands, Dr. Bawany offers a memorable model, practical advice, and relevant case studies to guide leaders at all levels. This book should not just be read; it should be used to guide you when serious problems such as crises require immediate action.” –Jim Kouzes, Co-author of the bestselling The Leadership Challenge and a Fellow of the Doerr Institute for New Leaders, Rice University

Are You Ready for Future Crises?

The right leadership is critical for organizations to navigate successfully toward resolving insurmountable challenges in any crisis event. The book aims to help leaders at all levels unlearn and relearn effective crisis leadership.

Among the ideas, the book covers include:

  1. Lessons from past decades on how leaders respond successfully to crises.
  2. The best practice “C.R.I.S.I.S.” Leadership Model which outlines the critical skills and competencies that leaders demonstrate effectively during times of crisis.
  3. How organizations can be better prepared for future crises by navigating successfully the challenges posed by mega-disruptive forces that may impact their supply chains and business sustainability plans.

Supply Chain Resilience: Survival Strategies for Turbulent Times

Supply Chain Resilience: Survival Strategies for Turbulent Times

$28.99

This book navigates us through thick and thin and gives us a holistic description of what is supply chain resilience, which are the factors that affect it, and which are the most effective resilience strategies that we need to implement in our supply chains in order to survive during turbulent times.

In a world where pandemics, natural disasters, climate change, and wars are only some of the disruptions that supply chains are facing, resiliency has become the alpha and the omega of supply chain management.

This book navigates us through thick and thin and gives us a holistic description of what is supply chain resilience, which are the factors that affect it, and which are the most effective resilience strategies that we need to implement in our supply chains in order to survive during turbulent times.

The book is divided into three distinct parts. In the first one discusses the term supply chain resilience–its importance, its components, and the most important supply chain resilience metrics. The author presents real life examples of well-known companies which were successful in enhancing the resilience of their supply chains. The second part presents all the factors that can influence the resilience of a supply chain and concludes with discussions of seventeen supply chain resilience strategies which can be used by almost any company, in any industry, in any part of the world.

This holistic approach on supply chain resilience makes this book unique. At the end of each chapter, professors will find a dedicated part which will assist them in managing their in-class interaction with students. This book can be used as an academic compendium or as a guide for supply chain professionals who want to cement the resilience of their supply chains and successfully navigate through crisis.

The Economics of Networks and Digital Platforms

The Economics of Networks and Digital Platforms

$31.99

Step into the future of business with this essential guide to the digital economy, where network effects and data-driven strategies are rewriting the rules of success for industry leaders.

This textbook comprehensively explores network economics, focusing on digital platforms and ecosystems. It delves into the fundamental principles of network effects, where the value of a service increases as more people use it, and examines various pricing models essential in network-based businesses. Governance is another critical aspect, emphasizing the importance of establishing trust and reliable management practices within digital platforms. By the end of this book, you’ll feel confident in your understanding of these complex topics.

The book highlights the pivotal role of data in the network economy and keeps you abreast of the latest trends in the network and platform economy. It showcases how these trends, such as the increasing influence of data and network effects, are shaping the future and significantly influencing the present landscape. Key examples include industry giants like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Uber, and Airbnb, which are at the forefront of leveraging network effects and data to dominate their respective markets. This book lets you feel informed and ready to navigate these trends.

Designed for students and professionals alike, this textbook combines theoretical foundations with practical insights, making it a valuable resource for understanding the dynamic world of digital platforms. Whether you’re studying economics, business, or technology, this book provides the knowledge and tools needed to navigate and succeed in the evolving digital economy.