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Software teams must use Business Metrics to understand Throughput, Lead Time, Forecasting, Flow, Quality, and Value - all measures that speak directly to business outcomes. By using Business Metrics, your software team will produce software that is more business-relevant with more certainty and less waste.
Equip your team to measure the value and quality of their work and learn how metrics can help your team answer questions like "How fast are we...
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Americans are facing sticker shock at every turn: from the gas pump to the grocery store and every kind of consumer service. But the eye-popping price increases are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the threat to the country's economic recovery. Inflation showers windfalls on the rich while penalizing workers, savers, retirees, small businesses, and most of Main Street economic life.
New York Times bestselling author and former investment manager...
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In this breakthrough book, the author of national bestseller It Takes What It Takes provides life-changing guidance for navigating adversity, revealing how to apply neutral thinking to help us through the most challenging times.
The most trusted mental coach in sports, Trevor Moawad revolutionized competition with his concept of neutral thinking: a performance strategy using a judgment-free approach to coolly assess situations in high-pressure moments....
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In today's fast-paced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books you'll love, Joosr's brief and accessible eBook summaries fit into your life. Find out more at joosr.com. Popular opinion tells us that reasoned rationalized judgment is preferable over instinctive decision-making....
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The must-read summary of Don Maruska's book: "How Great Decisions Get Made: 10 Easy Steps for Reaching Agreement on Even the Toughest Issues".
This complete summary of the ideas from Don Maruska's book "How Great Decisions Get Made" shows that businesses decisions are often surrounded by fear; employees are scared to express an opinion and they feel threatened by change imposed on them. This summary proposes a different way for businesses to approach...
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This complete summary of the ideas from Karl Albrecht's book "The Power of Minds at Work" shows that when intelligent people are assembled in an organisation, they will tend towards collective stupidity. In his book, the author explains that in order to offset this law, organizational intelligence is needed. In practical terms, organisational intelligence is the antidote to collective stupidity and a deliberate effort to multiply and take advantage...
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Most people learn best through experience, which is why new managers often feel ill-equipped to resolve the frustrations, setbacks, conflicts, and concerns of the people on their team. The Management Training Tool Kit includes all the essential tools to help you face even the most advanced leadership challenges and avoid embarrassing blunders. Psychology professor Alan Clardy supplies thirty-five real-life case studies that explore the important lessons...
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There are three truths of leaving a job, relationship, home, religion, or identity:
• Things will not go exactly as planned.
• It will utterly and completely be worth it.
• It will change your life in amazing ways.
This first-of-its-kind book describes how we are beginning to understand the concept of leaving as an essential component of living. Clinical psychologist Jennifer P. Wisdom asserts that leaving is not the same as quitting, and moving...
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The phrase "critical thinking" is not found in the Holy Bible. However, one who is guided by biblical principles is not exempt from applying, or at least considering, the practical worldview critical thinking process that leads to making good decisions. It is understood that although Believers are in this world, "they are not of the world" (John 17:14) but can most certainly glean from diverse sources of wisdom. The Biblical Guide to Critical Thinking...
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In today's fast-paced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books you'll love, Joosr's brief and accessible eBook summaries fit into your life. Find out more at joosr.com. Do you consider yourself to be a rational person who makes decisions based on reason and analysis. In fact,...
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Un guide pratique et accessible pour comprendre le concept de chaîne de valeur
Parce qu'organiser, analyser et optimiser les processus de production au sein de votre entreprise mérite toute votre attention, la chaîne de valeur est ce qu'il vous faut! À l'aide de ce modèle de gestion, proposé par l'économiste Michael Porter, vous distinguerez clairement ce qui crée de la valeur au sein de votre société, quelle qu'elle soit.
Ce livre vous...
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Anticipate and solve problems within your business.
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the Ishikawa diagram, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Recognize the benefits of using the Ishikawa diagram for problem-solving and project management
• Clearly identify the root causes of a problem through brainstorming session and categorizing...
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The must-read summary of Richard Tedlow's book: "Andy Grove: The Life and Times of an American".
This complete summary of the ideas from Richard Tedlow's book "Andy Grove" tells the wonderful rags to riches story of Andy Grove. It describes his early childhood in war-torn Hungary and the humble beginnings of his career, right to his successful central position in Silicon Valley working at Intel. In his book, the author reveals all about the challenges...
1474) Live Your Bucket List
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What's on your bucket list? Do you think about how extraordinary your life would be if you fulfilled those dreams? What have you always wanted to achieve but kept saying, 'I'd love to do that... one day.' It's time to make 'one day' today with Live Your Bucket List. If you're looking to overcome your fears, learn new things, go on that journey of a lifetime or start that business you always said you would, this book is your roadmap. In Live Your Bucket...
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"Working together in top leadership positions in both the private and public sectors for over 30 years, Governor Charlie Baker (Republican) and Steve Kadish (Democrat) developed and honed an approach to getting things done that gets past political and organizational impediments. Distilled into a framework of 4 steps, their practical approach to delivering results is the much-needed implementation guidebook for anyone in public service as well as for...
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"Japan at War in the Pacific recounts the dramatic story of Japan's transformation from a Samurai-led feudal society to a modern military-industrial empire in the space of a few decades--and the many wars it fought along the way. These culminated in an attempt by Japan's military leaders to create an Asia-Pacific empire which at its greatest extent rivaled the British Empire in scope and power. The battle for supremacy in the Pacific brought the Japanese...
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Designing for Growth: A Design Thinking Tool Kit for Managers (D4G) showed how organizations can use design thinking to boost innovation and drive growth. This updated and expanded companion guide is a stand-alone project workbook that provides a step-by-step framework for applying the D4G tool kit and process to a particular project, systematically explaining how to address the four key questions of the design thinking approach.In the field book,...
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"David J. Muchow, an award-winning, thirty-year serial entrepreneur and lawyer, gives you practical legal and business advice covering every aspect of entrepreneurship--and it's fun to read! It includes all the basics of building and growing a business--management, fundraising, marketing, intellectual property, and risk management--plus much more, like how to avoid the hidden mistakes that cause "Startup Suicide" and kill 80 percent of startups in...
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