Critical Business

Our brains are not wired for optimal, coolheaded, and slow decisions. They are wired for fast, survival-oriented, and emotion-based reactions. It’s time to understand your primal mental tendencies and make more deliberate, coolheaded choices. Stop deciding on autopilot. You can do better. Neuroscience and Decision-Making breaks down the chemical and physiological events in the brain that lead to sometimes unwanted choices. The solution is not personality-related; it’s awareness-related.

What does it really mean to be a CIO? You sure won't be writing any software any more. You won't be stringing network cables or updating firewall parameters. What does a CIO really do? I've got some bad news for you: CIOs manage.

In How to Find Your Voice, Your Value, & Your Va-Va Voom, Sarah J Pitts provides real advice and strategies to help you discover and leverage your natural strengths. She'll show you the critical mistakes introverted personal trainers make that stop them from unlocking their unique selling proposition and offering unrivaled value.

The growing pains of a start-up's initial year in business require a keen awareness of uncertainties and a willingness to adapt in order to survive. Today's new founders greatly benefit from taking a behind-the-scenes look at successful companies such as Etsy, HotelTonight, Fiverr, and more in regards to how they overcame the challenges of their first year. Startups in Action is your curated source for critical insights and inspiration from those who have been there before.

In The Leader's Checklist, 10th Anniversary Edition: 16 Mission-Critical Principles, world-renowned leadership expert and Wharton professor Michael Useem shows you how to lead through any challenge.

Have you created an idea for a consumer packaged goods (CPG) concept you believe could be a winner at your favorite national retailer, through Amazon.com or on your own website but don't know where to start? If so, STOP OR GO! and its 25 CRITICAL FACTORS will guide you through a universally applicable curriculum to support researching, analyzing and executing a CPG Viability Study. Each critical factor is enhanced by Doug Pick's real world experiences as the founder and CEO of the HEAROS ear plug enterprise.

As a business owner, are you working countless hours for minimal profit while sacrificing health, family, and quality free time? These Blue Collar Success Laws will show you how to take control of your business and massively improve your quality of life.

Si quiere mejorar sus habilidades de pensamiento crítico y resolución de problemas y convertirse en un maestro de la toma de decisiones, siga leyendo. Las habilidades de pensamiento crítico son esenciales en la nueva economía del conocimiento. Los empleos requieren cada vez más de habilidades intelectuales flexibles y la capacidad de analizar información y combinar diversas fuentes de conocimiento para resolver problemas. Pero la verdad es que, a pesar de que la demanda de pensamiento crítico está en aumento, las personas siguen tomando decisiones costosas a diario.

Do you want to live in insanely awesome life? Are you looking to achieve massive success? Do you feel stuck in life and not exactly sure how to proceed? The majority of people achieve a certain level of success in their life but never really live up to their true potential. In this book Sunil Saxena describes the mental framework needed to live in insanely awesome life. This intellectual and action oriented book brilliantly explains how you can develop the proper mental framework and start living the "massive action lifestyle".

Thinking outside the box means applying existing knowledge in new, unexpected ways to come up with new ideas and solutions. This is an essential skill in today’s fast-changing world. But saying “think outside the box” isn’t enough - you have to be aware of the box before you can think outside it. The scientific name for this imaginary box is “mental model”. Mental models are useful because they help you learn. They help you make sense of new information and attach it to your existing knowledge. But, at the same time, they can limit your thinking.

Decision-making is a critical part of management, and bad choices can damage careers and the bottom line. This book offers the tools and advice managers need to avoid common biases and arrive at and implement decisions that are both sound and ethical.

Teachers are a workforce under pressure and many are leaving the profession due to stress and anxiety. This practical, strategy-led book is suitable for trainees, teachers, and school leaders, and can be used to promote both individual reflection or a wider staff discussion around the themes of resilience and well-being.

Unlike what the general literature around finding meaning and happiness suggests, the only right way to happiness is not through taking a positive approach to life and making simple habitual changes. Come and take 'The Other Way' through brutal realism, critical thinking, re-questioning of basic values we have unknowingly internalized, and acknowledging what is broken in our society. This book is guaranteed to offer you a fresh, mature view of life and give you a sense of purpose to work and better our world.

In an era where misinformation is rampant and critical thinking is more crucial than ever, this book emerges as an essential tool for individuals seeking to navigate the complexities of the modern world with a scientifically-informed perspective. It is tailored to resonate with a broad audience, including students, professionals, educators, and anyone with a thirst for knowledge and understanding.

Während der Cola-Kriege in den 1980er-Jahren wetteiferten Coca-Cola und Pepsi darum, Amerikas beliebteste Limonade zu werden. Doch Coca-Cola nutzte diese Fähigkeit nicht zum richtigen Zeitpunkt und dieser Fehler hätte beinahe eines der ältesten und wertvollsten Unternehmen Amerikas in den Ruin getrieben.

El marco de pensamiento crítico desarrollado por dos de los científicos de pensamiento crítico más experimentados de todos los tiempos—y cómo puedes tú usar ese marco de pensamiento crítico.

Are Your Critical Leadership Errors Undermining Your Team and Organization? After working with more than 300 teams as a Principal Consultant for The Table Group, Mike McHargue recognized an emerging pattern.

Have you ever wondered how geniuses came to be? That is if they even exist? This book is going to demystify this thing called "geniuses". By the time you are done reading you will discover that you have been sitting on the genius in you all along. We are all born geniuses, but most of us don't know how to awaken the genius in us. It is all in the mind, take a step from just thinking to critical thinking and you will see what you are capable of doing.

Being an apex problem solver is choosing to tackle those complex problems in your every day life and career. In The Apex Problem Solver: Understanding Critical and Creative Thinking to Enhance Complex Problem Solving, you will learn the difference between critical thinking and creative thinking and how both styles of thinking are essential aspects when it comes to any complex problem.

Get to the Point is a beginner’s guide on how to write essays, use critical thinking, and break down complex topics with the use of logical analysis. Essays are a profound way to build your body of work and solidify your philosophy. Learn the art and science of essay writing in this book, including how to create a compelling subject for your essays, how to break down complex topics, effective research strategies, a quick way to build a rough draft, a simple framework for editing, the art of proofreading, how to overcome imposter syndrome and publish your work, and more.