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The only way to secure competitive advantage is to ensure that creative thinking is driving your organization. It will enable workplace satisfaction, boost performance, and encourage new ideas throughout teams. To tackle our uncertain environment - and to win in the world of future business - we all need to get serious about creativity and the potential it can unleash. The authors of Belonging have now written A Year of Creativity, which will make creativity accessible to everyone.

In Only Humans Need Apply, Thomas Hayes Davenport and Julia Kirby reframe the conversation about automation, arguing that the future of increased productivity and business success isn't either human or machine. It's both. The key is augmentation, utilizing technology to help humans work better, smarter, and faster. Instead of viewing these machines as competitive interlopers, we can see them as partners and collaborators in creative problem solving as we move into the next era.

Unlock the secrets of success with Paul Jamison, celebrated host of the Green Industry Podcast, in "How to Build a Thriving Lawn Care Business." This guide distills years of industry expertise into actionable strategies that will transform your operation and skyrocket your profits.

Do you wish you knew how to manage your team better, and get them to commit to your bold vision? The truth is...the majority of managers are simply not very good at goal-setting. (Because they were never taught how to do it properly.) Most corporate goals are never completed on time, and even your highly-educated employees are (usually) not working on essential tasks during the workday. This can be damaging to your career, and can destroy your productivity.

Profitable Hotels and Motels audiobook equips you with the knowledge and strategies to not only boost profits in your small or mid-sized tourism accommodation business, but also achieve greater freedom and flexibility in your lifestyle. Packed with street-smart, actionable tips, the book covers the essential aspects of running a successful tourism business

Green to Gold is an essential guide for forward-thinking business leaders who see the Green Wave coming and want to profit from it. This audio explores what every executive must know to manage the environmental challenges facing society and business. Based on the authors' years of experience and hundreds of interviews with corporate leaders around the world, Green to Gold, shows how companies generate lasting value.

The lesson seems so basic. Yet time after time, good companies stumble and lose their stride - just when they were poised for rapid growth. Why? Because their leaders treated hiring as a tedious chore. They posted an ad hoc ad. Took the first person with the right skills. Hired for immediate needs, rather than future flourishing. In Hire Smart from the Start, Dave Carvajal distills lessons gained from 20 years in the trenches, building out and staffing two enormously successful Internet startups and helping firms like Tumblr, and Shutterstock land the talent they need to reach their greatest potential.

Unleash the power of artificial intelligence and embark on a transformative journey to financial freedom with "Smart Money: Leveraging AI for Financial Freedom." In this groundbreaking guide, discover the key strategies and insights that will redefine your approach to wealth creation in the digital age.

Through her global consulting projects, keynote speeches, and work with thousands of leaders, Karen has seen first-hand how a pervasive lack of clarity strangles business performance and erodes employee engagement. Ambiguity is the corporate default state, a condition so prevalent that “tolerance for ambiguity” has become a clichéd job requirement. It doesn’t have to be this way.

Hi, I’m Brian Fried and I’m an inventor just like you. Do you have this great idea for an invention in your head? Are you ready to learn how to make money with that invention? This book is about taking action so you can take that great idea out of your head and make smart decisions to help you make money. Here’s how it works: We’re going to walk through the steps of getting started with your big idea. We’ll also explore how to turn your idea into a real prototype. We’ll discover resources to protect your ideas and, of course, help plan your future.

Get ready to question everything you've been told about charity and to find out how you can truly succeed at making the world a better place.

Secrets is a tour de force that combines self-help, how-to, autobiography, and short stories to dig into such topics as entrepreneurship vs. employment, money management vs. money DIY, marketing and the soft sell, vacations and health, the payback for decency, and the virtues of Generous Free Enterprise vs. traditional free enterprise. The author bashes conventional wisdom and introduces new, more dynamic and effective ways to think and act.

Are you an aspiring author? Look before You Leap: The Smart Author's Guide to Avoiding the Money Pit and Achieving Financial Success in Publishing is based on heartwarming and heartbreaking stories from over 100 interviews and surveys with published authors across traditional, self, and hybrid publishing. The author's own experience as an author advocate and four-time, award-winning and best-selling author provides an engaging, often hilarious, backdrop for this guide on book publishing.

Embarking on the entrepreneurial journey as a Black American is both a courageous endeavor and a unique experience. In this chapter, we will delve into the landscape of entrepreneurship, acknowledging the challenges and opportunities that come with being a Black entrepreneur. Understanding the context in which you navigate your business is essential for developing strategies to successfully deal with the stress and hurdles that may arise.

Having a hard time setting and meeting goals for a positive change in life? Maybe it's time to learn habit stacking. Habit stacking teaches you to build on habits and routines that already exist in your daily life. You won't struggle or stress over making significant changes and meeting extreme goals; instead, you'll steadily develop the skills and habits that promote a positive life experience without even thinking about it.

Picture this: you're at your desk early in the morning, coffee in hand, ready to tackle the day's challenges. But instead of diving into your work, you're wrestling with a sluggish computer system that crashes frequently. Or imagine you're launching a new product, but your website can’t handle the traffic spike and goes down. Perhaps you’re trying to understand your customers' behaviour, but the data from different sources just won't sync up.

Whether you are a seasoned business owner or just starting out on your entrepreneurial journey, the quest to increase sales and grow your business is a common goal shared by all. In today's competitive marketplace, success requires more than just a great product or service—it demands strategic thinking, effective marketing, and a deep understanding of your customers' needs and preferences.

Starting a business is a journey. From the moment you come up with an idea for the next great product or service to the ribbon cutting and grand opening, you will travel a long, sometimes winding, road toward success. And like any other trip you take in life, this one costs money. While many startups begin with cash already in the bank (lucky them!), most aspiring entrepreneurs have to somehow come up with the cash to build their dreams, whether they choose to borrow, bootstrap, crowdfund, or go with venture capital.

Noah Fisher has worked for months to make Sky High the most prestigious charter airline in California. He's long overdue for a break - something involving ski slopes, cold beers, and hot ski bunny babes. The itinerary doesn’t include being hijacked by Bailey Sinclair, gorgeous widow of one of Sky High's wealthiest (ex-) clients. But here they are, and being crammed in a cockpit with the scared, stubborn, unbelievably sexy former model could get Noah in serious trouble….

So you have an idea. Now what? Taking a concept from the mind to the marketplace is a daunting task, especially when you don’t feel academically, financially, or emotionally prepared to do so. But here’s a little secret: No one is prepared. Ever. Smart Startup: The Fine Art of Being the Dumbest One in the Room addresses the realities of moving from idea to industry - what it takes to get started, what to expect along the way, and, in the end, why success isn’t dependent on making millions.