Design Leadership

Learn competitive business strategy from the best. According to strategic planning expert Dr. Chuck Bamford, business strategy is a mixture of instinct and instruction. You already have the instinct - let Bamford provide the instruction you need to hone your business and leadership traits, and lead your organization into a bright future. Bamford’s work stands out from other business leadership audiobooks by providing in-depth processes in a practical format that allows the listener to use the material immediately.

It has never been harder to see what's happening around us, interpret information efficiently, and develop strategies that are executed in a successful way. This is partly down to the speed of change and also down to the mindset about change that is common amongst large and small companies. To them, change is seen as the enemy. This book proposes a role reversal and gives people a brand new methodology as a practical guide in how to use change as a fueling mechanism to generate outstanding business success.

Data is the new oil. Data is essential for companies to predict trends, identify opportunities and be two steps ahead of the competition by providing them with important insights before they happen. But all this data would render useless without something called data visualization, the ability to turn raw information into meaningful insights. Mastering this skill will undoubtedly lead to better and faster business decisions.

While writers, designers, editors, and other creative professionals spend years learning and refining creative craft skills, those skills do nothing to prepare us for the human, organizational, and operational challenges that come with promotions to leadership. And as your responsibility grows, it’s those organizational and leadership skills that will hold you and your team back.

Si eres como la mayoría de los emprendedores, comenzaste tu negocio para ser tu propio jefe, ganar más dinero y vivir la vida en tus propios términos. Pero la realidad es otra, estás atascado en la rutina diaria, apagando incendios, respondiendo a un sinfín de preguntas y buscando continuamente dinero. En El sistema Clockwork Mike Michalowicz te ofrece un camino paso a paso para salir de este dilema a través de un enfoque simple para hacer que tu negocio sea ultra eficiente.

Dieses Hörbuch wird Sie mit der Einführung von Design Thinking in Ihr Unternehmen vertraut machen sowie einige der wichtigsten eingesetzten Methoden erläutern. Es zeigt, was Design Thinking bewirkt und wie es in Unternehmen eingesetzt werden kann. Design Thinker gibt es nicht nur in der Kreativwirtschaft oder im Design. Diese Methode wird von erfolgreichen Unternehmen weltweit eingesetzt, um die Qualität ihrer Prozesse und Dienstleistungen durch Überprüfung der vorhandenen Lösungen zu erhöhen.

Das Hörbuch "Design kalkulieren" soll selbstständigen Designern und DesignerInnen bei der Kalkulation von Angeboten helfen...

自由自在の「創造力」をその手に！アップルの創業者スティーブ・ジョブズや、アマゾンの創業者ジェフ・ベゾスなど、「世界を変えた」イノベーターの思考方法を子細に分析すると、共通する5つのステップが浮かび上がってくる。

新規事業で成功したいなら、まずは組織の「土づくり」から。豊かな発想が自然にやってきて、失敗も“養分”となるような「場」とは?新規事業施策の現場では、アイデア出しの方法論やフレームワークを学んだり、アイデアを磨き上げて事業化したりするプログラムが組まれています。

Are you a dreamer? Do you ever look at your life and wonder how to make it more like you imagined it could be? Have you ever had goals that you had no idea how to achieve or even where to start? This insightful and practical book not only answers some burning questions about how to get what you want from life and create the life of your dreams, this book offers a step-by-step system to follow.

One of the key insights we have gained is the positive impact of global supply chains on sustainability. By implementing responsible sourcing practices and adopting eco-friendly production methods, clothing designers can contribute to a greener future. From organic cotton farming to recycled fabric manufacturing, these supply chains enable us to make conscious choices that protect our environment for generations to come.

Unternehmen richtig aufstellen für die digitale Zukunft. Bislang sprechen wir über Digitalisierung im Kontext von Menschen und Führungsaufgaben, aber nie in Bezug auf Organisationen. Es müssen aber auch die strukturellen Voraussetzungen gegeben sein, wenn ein Unternehmen seine Kultur ändern soll. Das Team um Isabell Welpe hat in einem mehrjährigen Forschungsprojekt Unternehmen im Digitalisierungsprozess begleitet und analysiert. In diesem Buch präsentieren die Autorinnen erstmals die fünf Erfolgsfaktoren für den Switch zur digitalen Organisation. Zusätzlich zu den Big Five geben sie Führungskräften einen Selbstdiagnose-Check sowie einen 10-Punkte-Plan für die Praxis mit auf den Weg.

Why are some organizations more innovative than others? How can we tap in to, empower, and leverage the natural innovation within our organizations that is so vital to our future success? Now more than ever, companies and institutions of all types and sizes are determined to create more innovative organizations. In study after study, leaders say that fostering innovation and the need for transformational change are among their top priorities.

企業にとって経営戦略と並ぶ最重要要素の1つが「企業文化（風土）」。 スマートニュースをはじめ、数々のITベンチャーのグロースにHR面で貢献してきた著者が、強力な企業文化を醸成・浸透させるノウハウを解説

Creating solutions to solve problems can often prove very difficult to accomplish, even for seasoned solution designers. Complex organizational problems have several stakeholders, endless variables, and a myriad of possible solutions. It's hard enough to figure out where to start, and even harder to realize what the perfect, mutually-beneficial solution is.

Wo kommen eigentlich die wirklich guten Ideen her? Erfolgreiche Innovationen sind kein Hexenwerk, sie sind von Menschen gemacht. Und sie sind planbar. Wie das geht, erfahren Sie in diesem Hörbuch, das die Grundelemente des Design Thinking vorstellt und beschreibt, wie man ein Design-Thinking-Projekt plant.

Knowing what to do is hard, copying competitors’ models will not work, and you will quickly enter a race to the bottom as customers pick based on your color schemes. Why not create your model? Why not set the market standards rather than following? SalesDISK© is a structure designed to review and plan your sale. It assesses and sets the priority for the key elements within the sale (develop, identify, service, and knowledge). With the priority set, SalesDISK© explores the tactics to be deployed and helps you allocate resources best suited to achieve them.

Savvy companies today know that their success is predicated on innovation and responsiveness. That starts with social connection inside the organization. It starts by placing psychology and sociology above technology. By making work better, not just faster. By creating and growing connectedness. Doing this with intention. That’s what we call social by design.

In Leader by Design, former long-time CEO of Sportsgirl, Colleen Callander, aims to inspire all women to have a voice, live with purpose, lead in their own lives, change the rules, live with confidence, and embrace their superpowers. She also aims to inspire organizations to embrace a new era of leadership—one that leads with kindness, trust, and authenticity and one that has more women at the helm. Each chapter shares insights and tips, is thought-provoking, and will empower and inspire all women who believe that the best is yet to come.

Sneaker Culture is Exploding! This book will challenge you to think critically about purpose, identity, materialism, and eternity. Sneakerheads own anywhere from 25-75 pairs and buy one to four pairs a month. Sneakers used to just be for sports but now they have become one of the biggest fashion items in the world.