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The tumultuous changes of the past decade, including China's economic rise and the financial meltdown, were just the beginning. The next cataclysmic wave is surging relentlessly ahead, demanding leaders who can steer their companies through complexity and change. Leadership 2030 uncovers six megatrends that will dramatically impact organizations' markets, cultures, systems, and processes.

It has never been more important for business leaders to look to the future. Yet, when we are living through some of the most uncertain times we have ever faced, it can feel daunting to know where to start.

Broke is a startling wake-up call for America and an honest accounting of what our future holds if we don't take charge and change our country for the better. If the business of America is business, then it's up to our business leaders to solve the mess we're in. Broke offers practical, nonpolitical, and nonpartisan solutions that every business leader can implement today for a better tomorrow.

Information is power. It drives commerce, protects nations, and forms the backbone of systems that range from health care to high finance. Yet despite the avalanche of data available in today's information age, neither institutions nor individuals get the information they truly need to make well-informed decisions. Faulty information and sub-optimal decision-making create an imbalance of power that is exaggerated as governments and corporations amass enormous databases on each of us.

Silicon Valley is imperializing the planet. With nearly bottomless supplies of cash and ambition, a small group of companies have been gradually seizing symbolic and practical civic leadership in America and worldwide. But Silicon Valley does not answer to the electorate; nor have they been voted into office. And the perils of their influence are only now making themselves known.

Inventors are makers, artists, musicians, and creators, and every one of us has that creative ability within. Like a play or concert, an invention is a fundamentally collaborative effort and a journey of shared experiences. Are you a maker, creator, inventor, or artist? Are you curious about technology and want to make the world a better place? Explore the possibilities of tomorrow through the twenty-year journey of Dr. Cori Lathan, Founder and CEO of AnthroTronix, and embark on your own adventure to invent the future.

Roy Sharples draws on decades of experience at the vanguard of business innovation and a deep affinity for applying an artistic instinct to explore these questions, offering novel solutions. Building on a broad survey of the misfits who defined the modern world, from Dada to Elon Musk and Bauhaus to Acid House, he explores what makes the creative mind tick. He also examines the conditions that nourish creativity in organizations of all sizes, from artists to corporations to civilizations.

The environmental crisis is advancing at an unprecedented pace and scale. It will outpace us if we don’t turn our attention to an even deeper concern regarding the future of humanity: We need to work together to create change. Our current approach to collaboration is outmoded. To transform our world, we must transform the way we lead. We collectively share the power and responsibility for a more just, inclusive, and sustainable future. Leaders who hope to shape that future must develop the ability to embrace relationships as our most impactful, influential tool.

Marketing is in critical condition. Hurled into the 21st century amid a storm of digital disruption, it has since focused on solely surviving in a hostile climate. But mere survival is no longer a mark of fitness. Audiences demand excellence, and marketing excellence requires agility. Using a detailed historical lens, Death of a Marketer charts a course toward marketing's Agile future.

Are you tired of the rat race? Would you like to be able to live a life with more time to do the things that you love? Would you like to have more time for friends and family? Do you feel like your life is passing you by and you have nothing to show for the time you've invested but a pile of pay stubs? Inside this one-of-a-kind, fully comprehensive five-hour program, author Brad Reis shows you how to set up your very first online business that will create an endless stream of passive income and allow you to start living the life you've dreamed of.

The world stands at a massive pivot point. A paradigm shift not only the way we work and live, but in the core philosophy of culture itself. Today multiple trends and megatrends are converging, bringing about a scale of change not seen in centuries. In this title Chris Marshall, futurist and behavioral scientist as well as head of investment strategy at Dragon Investment Managers, lays out a framework of change, as well as pointing out how we can get better at seeing this change occurring. How innovation plays out and why in the coming era curiosity may well be a superpower.

Physical stores have been around for a very long time, and visiting a store was how people shopped. But things are different now. To succeed in the future, all business operations and strategies must focus on in-store experience for business development. Even though it seems like everyone's shopping online nowadays, brick-and-mortar retailers still play a major role for many consumers. They can create memorable, unique, and engaging customer experiences.

Inside this book, you will find three hundred shortcuts for your career, your love life, and everything else that matters. People tend to overstate the truth behind advertisements and quick fixes. At the same time, they understate the power of small constant efforts and their compounding effect, which Albert Einstein described as the eighth wonder of the world. The compounding impact allows minor positive changes and small investments to grow exponentially into massive positive changes and fortunes with the aid of consistency and time.

Every amazing destiny is initiated and maintained by enduring and overcoming processes of emotional and mental growth. Many of us have blindly chosen to partner with a false understanding of how real strength should be demonstrated, because we've given the college of hard knocks permission to educate us. This book is power-packed with true stories to bring women into a place of inner reflection. Join Simone on this journey and movement of strong women who are driven to radiate the blessing of true restoration and happiness within their families, workplaces, and communities.

¿Sabías que el 40% de las empresas españolas no encuentra profesionales con la formación y las capacidades necesarias? Dado que el futuro de una empresa y el de una carrera profesional dependen de desarrollar el talento y las habilidades, la educación para ejecutivos y directivos es fundamental. Sin embargo, una gran parte de los programas de alta dirección no están bien diseñados ni se aplican correctamente.

Are you ready to take control of your future and live the life you’ve always dreamed of? Informative and entertaining, this step-by-step guide gives you the tools and courage to make it happen, even when it seems impossible. Embracing Change: Your Go-To Guide to Your Desired Future will help you conquer that which holds so many of us back – our fear and resistance to change.

Being an entrepreneur is like being the pilot of your own life, and everyone likes to be commander and chief of their lives. Easier said than done. This audiobook was written with that premise in mind. I have ruled my own ship for years with absolute drive and passion and the will to never give up even when faced with failure, despair, and devastation, yet resilience to bounce back to an even better version of myself and to not let failure defeat me yet drive me to greater heights, and that is what it takes to ride the wild waves of entrepreneurship, so let’s get started.

The future is big right now - for perhaps the first time, our society is more focused on what is going to happen in the future than what is happening right now. In Trees on Mars: Our Obsession with the Future, cultural critic and indie entrepreneur Hal Niedzviecki asks how and when we started believing we could and should "create the future." What is it like to live in a society utterly focused on what is going to happen next?

Ever noticed how leadership theories can disintegrate in the face of real-world challenges? That’s frustrating, whether you’re a busy executive or a developing leader. On the other hand, purely reactive problem-solving is like bailing water from a ship without ever patching the leaks. With no reflection, no structure, no guiding vision, your temporary fixes won’t last, and soon you’re bailing water again.

If it were your job to bring a company to the bargaining table so it could merge, sell, or divest, you had better have the stamina and guts as well as an intricate knowledge of how the human mind operates. Negotiating these kinds of deals is not for the faint of heart. But for over 50 years, one merchandising giant after another - Marshalls, TJ Maxx, Home Depot, Nine West, Kohl's, Macy's, Sears, CVS, The Limited, Dollar Tree, Eddie Bauer, Interparfums, Jeffrey Stores, and Jos A. Bank, to name a few - have relied on Gilbert Harrison to help them forge just these kinds of deals.