Technology Leadership

You've used their products. You've heard about their skyrocketing wealth and "don't be evil" business motto. But how much do you really know about Google's founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin? Inside Larry and Sergey's Brain skips past the general Google story and focuses on what really drives these men and where they will take Google in the future.

In 2010 Tony Hsieh was introduced to many as a visionary modern business leader. Under Hsieh's leadership, Zappos became the world's largest online shoe company by championing satisfied customers and a valued workforce. After his company was purchased by Amazon, Hsieh turned his energies and considerable fortune toward a much larger goal: building a new and more socially conscious Silicon Valley in the heart of downtown Las Vegas, all within his five-year plan.

By utilising the latest thinking in health and behavioural economics, social psychology, neuroscience, management and social network analysis, Fully Connected will provide a blueprint for how to use social health to foster well-being and productivity. At every level, each person, department and organisation is struggling to find a way to navigate this challenging era; Fully Connected will be a blueprint for anyone looking to reclaim time, space and identity in our world.

The Civil War was the first "modern war." Because of the rapid changes in American society, Abraham Lincoln became president of a divided United States during a period of technological and social revolution. Among the many modern marvels that gave the North an advantage was the telegraph, which Lincoln used to stay connected to the forces in the field in almost real time. No leader in history had ever possessed such a powerful tool to gain control over a fractious situation. An eager student of technology, Lincoln had to learn to use the power of electronic messages.

In the years surrounding WWI, the basic models of many technologies we use today were invented and introduced en masse. Some organizations anticipated these changes and were able to adapt, but other organizations ignored them at their peril. The iconic British television series Downton Abbey provides a glimpse into this period of societal change. Whether you are a fan of the television series or not, the examples in this audiobook provide practical advice to effectively manage technological and cultural change.

We are living in a world in which cows send texts to farmers when they're in heat, where the most valuable real estate in New York City houses computers, not people, and some of humanity's greatest works are created by crowds, not individuals. We are in the midst of a networking revolution - set to transform the way we access the world's information and the way we connect with one another. Studying biological systems is perhaps the best way to understand such networks, and nature has a lesson for us if we care to listen: Bigger is rarely better in the long run.

Twenty-one years after its incorporation and 16 years after its stock peak, Yahoo sold for 96% less than its value on January 3, 2000, when it had closed at an all-time high of $118.75 per share, resulting in a market capitalization of $120 billion. Wall Street valued Yahoo!, at that time in business less than six years, higher than it did Disney, News Corporation, and Comcast combined. Yahoo!'s story is one of missed strategies, failed opportunities, and poor execution.

Organisations that excel at service buzz. Their people are switched on, and they "make it happen" for customers. It is down to all the little things they get right. They focus on what counts, and in the world of commerce, as well as in public service, there is only one person that counts, and that is the customer.

The high-tech industry has given rise to a pioneering group of entrepreneurs and executives that is not only behind today's most innovative technological advances but also at the forefront of a dynamic new movement in business. Now, in Silicon Gold Rush, their inspirational stories are told and their strategies for success revealed.

Oleg Tinkov is a legend of Russian business and a bright, charismatic leader. He built five successful companies in various industries, and therefore knows how to start a business from scratch. Can you do it the same way and become as successful? You can, with the help of this book.

Esli vyi esche ne znaete, chto edyat na Marse, kak zakuporit leto v butyilkah i zachem nuzhno chitat knigi, to vyi ne imeete predstavleniya o Ree Bredberi. I eto neobhodimo ispravit. Samyiy nefantasticheskiy iz vseh pisateley-fantastov i samyiy tainstvennyiy iz realistov, Rey Bredberi otkryivaet novyie miryi na zadnem dvore i nahodit staryie vospominaniya na chuzhih planetah. V etoy knige - kratkiy obzor tvorchestva velikogo rasskazchika.

V knige dan obzor strategicheskih i takticheskih priemov vedenija biznesa, kotoryj po svoej suti javljaetsja mirnym analogom voennyh srazhenij. Biznes, kak sredstvo sushhestvovanija, biznes, kak razvlechenie ili igra – jeto uzkoe ponimanie takogo slozhnogo javlenija. Kommercija vo vse vremena presledovala svoej cel'ju naibol'shie pribyli, poputno zatragivaja pomimo jekonomicheskoj politicheskuju, social'nuju i dazhe religioznuju sfery obshhestvennoj zhizni.

Six Thinking Hats can help you think better, with its practical and uniquely positive approach to making decisions and exploring new ideas. It is an approach that thousands of business managers, educators, and government leaders around the world have already adopted with great success. "The main difficulty of thinking is confusion," writes Edward de Bono, long recognized as the foremost international authority on conceptual thinking and on the teaching of thinking as a skill.

Are you familiar with the concept of NLP? If yes, then you probably know how to use it to succeed in life. If not, this book provides all the information on how to get rid of fears and bad habits, cultivate one's strengths, to control other people and even to copy someone else's success. Get ready to listen to the book "NLP.

Eto samaya zhiznennaya i v to zhe vremya smeshnaya audiokniga, kotoruyu vyi kogda-libo slushali! Znamenityiy zakon MYorfi, bolshe izvestnyiy kak zakon podlosti, byil sformulirovan v 1949 godu. I s teh por, pozhaluy, kazhdyiy iz nas ne raz ubezhdalsya v zhiznennosti i pravdivosti etogo pravila: "Esli kakaya-nibud nepriyatnost mozhet proizoyti, ona sluchitsya". No malo kto znaet, chto na samom dele spisok zakonov MYorfi etim pravilom ne ischerpyivaetsya!

Iz jetoj knigi izdatel'stva AB Publishing Vy uznaete, chto uspeh - jeto postojannaja velichina, kotoraja skryta v kazhdom iz nas. Uspeshnost' - kachestvo, kotoroe mozhno razvit' i vospitat'. My daem mnozhestvo poleznyh sovetov na kazhdyj den', kak organizovat' svoju zhizn' takim obrazom, chtoby uspeh prishel k vam sam i ostalsja s vami navsegda.

Bodo Schaefer - a world-renowned financial advisor, grown rich thanks to rules developed by them. Boris Grundl - vice European champion rugby in wheelchairs, a member of the Paralympic Games in Sydney. Together, these dedicated people who have achieved heights in every kind of activity, have developed a unique system that can help to achieve success in any field - "Simple leadership."

Kniga #1 v mire po upravleniyu myishleniem! Muchitelnyiy poisk resheniya problemyi, tvorcheskiy krizis, tschetnyie popyitki vspomnit vazhnuyu informatsiyu...Vam vsYo eto znakomo? A ved takogo ne proizoshlo byi, treniruy vyi svoYo myishlenie! Kak eto delat pravilno, vyi uznaete iz knigi "Upravlenie myishleniem" znamenitogo psihologa, izobretatelya metoda myishleniya "shesti shlyap" Edvarda de Bono! Nashe myishlenie.

Kurs po razvitiyu biznesa #1! Znamenityiy rossiyskiy biznes-trener Nikolay Mrochkovskiy znaet otvet na etot vopros i s udovolstviem delyatsya svoim prakticheskim opyitom so slushatelyami. Bolee 200 metodik i noveyshih strategiy pozvolyat vam ostavit daleko pozadi konkurentov. Vnedryayte, testiruyte, analiziruyte raznyie variantyi. Tochno izvestno odno - posle proslushivaniya etoy knigi vyi stanete zarabatyivat namnogo bolshe! Iz etoy audioknigi vyi uznaete.

War and trade were accomplished by our ancestors in ancient times. Between these human activities there was no significant difference. The warrior engaged in trade, and the merchant was often a warrior. In war, there are unchecked and reckless practices. Ancient scholars have written entire treatises on the subject of war. They were taught how to achieve victory on the battlefield with minimal losses.