Book Excerpts
Especially when buying books in bulk, it can help to read the first few pages—or chapters—before making a final decision. We share excerpts from upcoming and newly released business books and other nonfiction genres to help guide your next purchasing decision.
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Sense and Respond: How Successful Organizations Listen to Customers and Create New Products Continuously
Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden explain that a "new level of volatility and uncertainty is one of the side effects of the digital revolution" and tell us businesses must become "sensing organizations," and "need new ways to respond."
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The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
The 50th Anniversary of Peter Drucker's seminal book is being released today.
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Win At Losing: How Our Biggest Setbacks Can Lead To Our Greatest Gains
Sam Weinman explains why many who emerge from the depths of a failed business tend to be better off from the experience.
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Swiped: How to Protect Yourself in a World Full of Scammers, Phishers, and Identity Thieves
In Chapter 7 of his new book on protecting yourself from identity theft, Adam Levin describes Ann Cavoukian’s seven principles of privacy by design
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Draw to Win: A Crash Course on How to Lead, Sell, and Innovate with Your Visual Mind
Dan Roam explains why our oldest technologies is still one of our best.
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Work Without Stress: Building a Resilient Mindset for Lasting Success
An excerpt from Derek Roger and Nick Petrie's Work Without Stress helps us understand the dangers of “toxic achieving.”
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Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice
In his new book, Clayton Christensen—one of the giants of business thought and business books—offers a new theory of innovation.
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Elite Minds: How Winners Think Differently to Create a Competitive Edge and Maximize Success
In his new book, sport psychologist and leadership consultant Dr. Stan Beecham helps us reprogram our brains to reach our full potential.
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The Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence
Dacher Keltner has written a "revolutionary and timely reconsideration of everything we know about power."
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The Purpose Effect: Building Meaning in Yourself, Your Role and Your Organization
Dan Pontefract explains why he uses the term team member instead of employee.
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