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The Time Tax

How the Government Wastes Our Time—and How to Fix It

by Annie Lowrey ...

A powerful investigation into American bureaucracy, how it wastes our time and drives inequality, and how we can make paperwork work for usNobody likes doing paperwork, and Americans do a lot of it. Filing your taxes and getting a driver’s license is bad enough. Negotiating with your doctor and insurer or getting out of a rental contract is worse. And accessing disaster assistance, unemployment, ... Read more

$14.99 USD

A powerful investigation into American bureaucracy, how it wastes our time and drives inequality, and how we can make paperwork work for usNobody likes doing paperwork, and Americans do a lot of it. Filing your taxes and getting a driver’s license is bad enough. Negotiating with your doctor and insurer or getting out of a rental contract is worse. And accessing disaster assistance, unemployment,
... Read more
The AI-Centered Enterprise

Reshaping Organizations with Context Aware AI

by Ram Bala, Natarajan Balasubramanian, Amit Joshi ...

The explosion of generative AI has sparked a wave of case studies showing how quickly and profoundly it is transforming businesses. Yet most of these use cases still apply the technology to enhancing existing systems. This book makes the case for why business leaders must revisit the fundamentals of generative AI and look beyond short-term, tactical gains. Tools like ChatGPT mark just the ... Read more

$31.49 USD

The explosion of generative AI has sparked a wave of case studies showing how quickly and profoundly it is transforming businesses. Yet most of these use cases still apply the technology to enhancing existing systems. This book makes the case for why business leaders must revisit the fundamentals of generative AI and look beyond short-term, tactical gains. Tools like ChatGPT mark just the
... Read more
Risk Analytics: From Concept To Deployment

by Edward Hon Khay Ng ...

Series Book 1 - World Scientific Series On Financial Data Analytics
This book is written to empower risk professionals to turn analytics and models into deployable solutions with minimal IT intervention. Corporations, especially financial institutions, must show evidence of having quantified credit, market and operational risks. They have databases but automating the process to translate data into risk parameters remains a desire.Modelling is done using software ... Read more

$37.25 USD

This book is written to empower risk professionals to turn analytics and models into deployable solutions with minimal IT intervention. Corporations, especially financial institutions, must show evidence of having quantified credit, market and operational risks. They have databases but automating the process to translate data into risk parameters remains a desire.Modelling is done using software
... Read more
Making Work Visible

Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow

by Dominica DeGrandis ...

Today's workers are drowning: nonstop requests for time, days filled to the brim with meetings, and endless nights spent heroically fixing the latest problems. This churn and burn is creating a workforce constantly on the edge of burnout.In this updated edition, IT time management expert Dominica DeGrandis reveals the real crime of the century―time theft, one of the most costly factors impacting ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Today's workers are drowning: nonstop requests for time, days filled to the brim with meetings, and endless nights spent heroically fixing the latest problems. This churn and burn is creating a workforce constantly on the edge of burnout.In this updated edition, IT time management expert Dominica DeGrandis reveals the real crime of the century―time theft, one of the most costly factors impacting
... Read more
Decision Management Systems

A Practical Guide to Using Business Rules and Predictive Analytics

by James Taylor ...

Series series IBM Press
"A very rich book sprinkled with real-life examples as well as battle-tested advice.”—Pierre Haren, VP ILOG, IBM "James does a thorough job of explaining Decision Management Systems as enablersof a formidable business transformation.”—Deepak Advani, Vice President, Business Analytics Products and SPSS, IBM Build Systems That Work Actively to Help You Maximize Growth and Profits Most companies ... Read more

$23.93 USD

"A very rich book sprinkled with real-life examples as well as battle-tested advice.”—Pierre Haren, VP ILOG, IBM "James does a thorough job of explaining Decision Management Systems as enablersof a formidable business transformation.”—Deepak Advani, Vice President, Business Analytics Products and SPSS, IBM Build Systems That Work Actively to Help You Maximize Growth and Profits Most companies
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Post-Capitalist Society

by Peter F. Drucker ...

Business guru Peter Drucker provides an incisive analysis of the major world transformation taking place, from the Age of Capitalism to the Knowledge Society, and examines the radical affects it will have on society, politics, and business now and in the coming years. This searching and incisive analysis of the major world transformation now taking place shows how it will affect society,economics, ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Business guru Peter Drucker provides an incisive analysis of the major world transformation taking place, from the Age of Capitalism to the Knowledge Society, and examines the radical affects it will have on society, politics, and business now and in the coming years. This searching and incisive analysis of the major world transformation now taking place shows how it will affect society,economics,
... Read more
Mastering Robotics Research

From Enthusiast To Expert

by Rob Botwright ...

Unlock Your Potential in Robotics Research with Our Book Bundle! Are you passionate about robotics? Do you dream of becoming an expert in this exciting field? Look no further! Introducing the "Mastering Robotics Research" book bundle—a comprehensive collection of knowledge that will take you from an enthusiastic beginner to a seasoned expert. Book 1: Introduction to Robotics Research: A Beginner ... Read more

$7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Unlock Your Potential in Robotics Research with Our Book Bundle! Are you passionate about robotics? Do you dream of becoming an expert in this exciting field? Look no further! Introducing the "Mastering Robotics Research" book bundle—a comprehensive collection of knowledge that will take you from an enthusiastic beginner to a seasoned expert. Book 1: Introduction to Robotics Research: A Beginner
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Benefits Management

How to Increase the Business Value of Your IT Projects

by John Ward, Elizabeth Daniel ...

The second edition of Benefits Management has been updated with current examples, further insights from experience and recent research. It shows how the enduring challenges achieving business value from information systems and technology projects can be addressed successfully. The approach, which is synthesized from best practices, sound theories and proven techniques from a range of management ... Read more

$58.00 USD

The second edition of Benefits Management has been updated with current examples, further insights from experience and recent research. It shows how the enduring challenges achieving business value from information systems and technology projects can be addressed successfully. The approach, which is synthesized from best practices, sound theories and proven techniques from a range of management
... Read more
Everybody Lies

Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are

by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz ...

An Economist Best Book of the YearA PBS NewsHour Book of the YearAn Entrepeneur Top Business BookAn Amazon Best Book of the Year in Business and LeadershipNew York Times BestsellerForeword by Steven Pinker, author of The Better Angels of our NatureBlending the informed analysis of The Signal and the Noi... ... Read more

Was $10.99 USD Now $1.99 USD

An Economist Best Book of the YearA PBS NewsHour Book of the YearAn Entrepeneur Top Business BookAn Amazon Best Book of the Year in Business and LeadershipNew York Times BestsellerForeword by Steven Pinker, author of The Better Angels of our NatureBlending the informed analysis of The Signal and the Noi...
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Build

An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

by Tony Fadell ...

**New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USAToday Bestseller for May 2022**Tony Fadell led the teams that created the iPod, iPhone and Nest Learning Thermostat and learned enough in 30+ years in Silicon Valley about leadership, design, startups, Apple, Google, decision-making, mentorship, devastating failure and unbelievable success to fill an encyclopedia.So that’s what this book is. An advice ... Read more

$22.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

**New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USAToday Bestseller for May 2022**Tony Fadell led the teams that created the iPod, iPhone and Nest Learning Thermostat and learned enough in 30+ years in Silicon Valley about leadership, design, startups, Apple, Google, decision-making, mentorship, devastating failure and unbelievable success to fill an encyclopedia.So that’s what this book is. An advice
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An Elegant Puzzle

Systems of Engineering Management

by Will Larson ...

A human-centric guide to solving complex problems in engineering management, from sizing teams to handling technical debt.There’s a saying that people don’t leave companies, they leave managers. Management is a key part of any organization, yet the discipline is often self-taught and unstructured. Getting to the good solutions for complex management challenges can make the difference between ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A human-centric guide to solving complex problems in engineering management, from sizing teams to handling technical debt.There’s a saying that people don’t leave companies, they leave managers. Management is a key part of any organization, yet the discipline is often self-taught and unstructured. Getting to the good solutions for complex management challenges can make the difference between
... Read more
The Quick Guide to Cloud Computing and Cyber Security

by Marcia R.T. Pistorious ...

This is a Quick Guide to Cloud Computing and Cyber Security - For Beginners.Cloud computing has appeared in many small forms and now it is emerging as a huge solution to the problem of the fast changing and increasingly cyber world in which we live and work.Table of ContentsWhat is Cloud Computing?Types of Cloud ComputingCloud Computing ExamplesCyber SecurityCyber Security DangersPhysical ... Read more

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This is a Quick Guide to Cloud Computing and Cyber Security - For Beginners.Cloud computing has appeared in many small forms and now it is emerging as a huge solution to the problem of the fast changing and increasingly cyber world in which we live and work.Table of ContentsWhat is Cloud Computing?Types of Cloud ComputingCloud Computing ExamplesCyber SecurityCyber Security DangersPhysical
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The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter

From Big Macs to "Zombie Banks," the Indicators Smart Investors Watch to Beat the Market

by Simon Constable, Robert E. Wright ...

Series Book 2 - Wall Street Journal Guides
A wonderfully irreverent and endlessly entertaining guide—with more than 80,000 copies sold worldwide in multiple languages—about the indicators most investors aren't following, but should be!In order to make the best possible investment decisions, savvy investors know that they must pay close attention to economic indicators. But while most are looking at conventional barometers like unemployment ... Read more

Was $8.99 USD Now $7.99 USD

A wonderfully irreverent and endlessly entertaining guide—with more than 80,000 copies sold worldwide in multiple languages—about the indicators most investors aren't following, but should be!In order to make the best possible investment decisions, savvy investors know that they must pay close attention to economic indicators. But while most are looking at conventional barometers like unemployment
... Read more
How to AI

Cut Through the Hype. Master the Basics. Transform Your Work.

by Christopher Mims ...

**A frank, hands-on guide to using AI at work, unpacking for the curious and skeptical alike the “24 Laws” of AI and revealing strategies that businesses of every size can use to free up time, innovate, and add to the bottom line—from a Wall Street Journal tech columnist“The antidote to AI panic. Read it. You’ll breathe easier.”—Scott Galloway, NYU Stern School of Business professor and co-host of ... Read more

$13.99 USD

**A frank, hands-on guide to using AI at work, unpacking for the curious and skeptical alike the “24 Laws” of AI and revealing strategies that businesses of every size can use to free up time, innovate, and add to the bottom line—from a Wall Street Journal tech columnist“The antidote to AI panic. Read it. You’ll breathe easier.”—Scott Galloway, NYU Stern School of Business professor and co-host of
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Leadership BS

Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time

by Jeffrey Pfeffer ...

Finalist for the 2015 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the YearBest business book of the week from Inc.comThe author of Power, Stanford business school professor, and a leading management thinker offers a hard-hitting dissection of the leadership industry and ways to make workplaces and careers work better.The leadership enterprise is enormous, with billions of dollars, thousands of ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Finalist for the 2015 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the YearBest business book of the week from Inc.comThe author of Power, Stanford business school professor, and a leading management thinker offers a hard-hitting dissection of the leadership industry and ways to make workplaces and careers work better.The leadership enterprise is enormous, with billions of dollars, thousands of
... Read more
Accelerate

The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

by Nicole Forsgren, PhD, Jez Humble, Gene Kim, bestselling author of The ...

Winner of the Shingo Publication AwardAccelerate your organization to win in the marketplace.How can we apply technology to drive business value? For years, we've been told that the performance of software delivery teams doesn't matter―that it can't provide a competitive advantage to our companies. Through four years of groundbreaking research to include data collected from the State of DevOps ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Winner of the Shingo Publication AwardAccelerate your organization to win in the marketplace.How can we apply technology to drive business value? For years, we've been told that the performance of software delivery teams doesn't matter―that it can't provide a competitive advantage to our companies. Through four years of groundbreaking research to include data collected from the State of DevOps
... Read more
打造第二大腦：多一個數位大腦，資訊超載時代的高效能知識管理術

BUILDING A SECOND BRAIN：A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential

Translated by 陳文和 ...

by 提亞戈．佛特, Tiago Forte ...

矽谷強推的知識管理課終於成書！教你最夯的「第二大腦」建構法資訊超載時代，每天訊息收不完，大腦不夠用？「第二大腦」幫你秒速思考、輕鬆歸納、高效輸出！★他曾因大病腦傷，卻自創更強「第二大腦」——數位知識管理一哥的高生產力秘訣大公開！★《搞定》作者大衛．艾倫強推：「一本寫得很棒、深具說服力又有用的手冊。」子彈筆記發明者瑞德．卡洛、超速學習》作者史考特．楊，劍橋學霸醫師YouTuber阿里．阿布達爾一致好評！●你花很多時間讀書、上課、學這學那，需要的時候卻腦袋當機，想不起來？●桌機、手機、閱讀器，你都用，文章、圖片、影音，你都看，但總是記了這個、漏了那個？●正在執行的專案，有太多資料要整理、太多資訊要分類，你找不到頭緒也抓不到重點？→別擔心，建立你備用的「第二大... ... Read more

$7.59 USD

矽谷強推的知識管理課終於成書！教你最夯的「第二大腦」建構法資訊超載時代，每天訊息收不完，大腦不夠用？「第二大腦」幫你秒速思考、輕鬆歸納、高效輸出！★他曾因大病腦傷，卻自創更強「第二大腦」——數位知識管理一哥的高生產力秘訣大公開！★《搞定》作者大衛．艾倫強推：「一本寫得很棒、深具說服力又有用的手冊。」子彈筆記發明者瑞德．卡洛、超速學習》作者史考特．楊，劍橋學霸醫師YouTuber阿里．阿布達爾一致好評！●你花很多時間讀書、上課、學這學那，需要的時候卻腦袋當機，想不起來？●桌機、手機、閱讀器，你都用，文章、圖片、影音，你都看，但總是記了這個、漏了那個？●正在執行的專案，有太多資料要整理、太多資訊要分類，你找不到頭緒也抓不到重點？→別擔心，建立你備用的「第二大...
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The DevOps Handbook

How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, & Security in Technology Organizations

by Gene Kim, bestselling author of The, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis, Nicole Forsgren ...

This award-winning and bestselling business handbook for digital transformation is now fully updated and expanded with the latest research and new case studies!“[The DevOps Handbook] remains a must-read for any organization seeking to scale up its IT capability and expand DevOps practices across multiple departments or lines of business.” —Mike Perrow, TechBeaconFor years, The DevOps Handbook has ... Read more

$18.99 USD

This award-winning and bestselling business handbook for digital transformation is now fully updated and expanded with the latest research and new case studies!“[The DevOps Handbook] remains a must-read for any organization seeking to scale up its IT capability and expand DevOps practices across multiple departments or lines of business.” —Mike Perrow, TechBeaconFor years, The DevOps Handbook has
... Read more
Dying for a Paycheck

How Modern Management Harms Employee Health and Company Performance—and What We Can Do About It

by Jeffrey Pfeffer ...

In one survey, 61 percent of employees said that workplace stress had made them sick and 7 percent said they had actually been hospitalized. Job stress costs US employers more than $300 billion annually and may cause 120,000 excess deaths each year. In China, 1 million people a year may be dying from overwork. People are literally dying for a paycheck. And it needs to stop.In this timely, ... Read more

$9.99 USD

In one survey, 61 percent of employees said that workplace stress had made them sick and 7 percent said they had actually been hospitalized. Job stress costs US employers more than $300 billion annually and may cause 120,000 excess deaths each year. In China, 1 million people a year may be dying from overwork. People are literally dying for a paycheck. And it needs to stop.In this timely,
... Read more
Managing Humans

More Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

by Michael Lopp ...

Series series Business and Management (R0)
In this fourth edition of the bestselling business book Managing Humans, author MichaelLopp continues to draw leadership advice from some of the most important softwarecompanies of our modern age. Educational stories from companies such as Apple, Slack, andPinterest detail the experiences of bright software engineers in an ever-changing industry.This revised edition of Managing Humans expands on ... Read more

$25.64 USD

In this fourth edition of the bestselling business book Managing Humans, author MichaelLopp continues to draw leadership advice from some of the most important softwarecompanies of our modern age. Educational stories from companies such as Apple, Slack, andPinterest detail the experiences of bright software engineers in an ever-changing industry.This revised edition of Managing Humans expands on
... Read more
Reengineering the Corporation

Manifesto for Business Revolution, A

by Michael Hammer, James Champy ...

The most successful business book of the last decade, Reengineering the Corporation is the pioneering work on the most important topic in business today: achieving dramatic performance improvements. This book leads readers through the radical redesign of a company's processes, organization, and culture to achieve a quantum leap in performance.Michael Hammer and James Champy have updated and ... Read more

Was $11.99 USD Now $9.99 USD

The most successful business book of the last decade, Reengineering the Corporation is the pioneering work on the most important topic in business today: achieving dramatic performance improvements. This book leads readers through the radical redesign of a company's processes, organization, and culture to achieve a quantum leap in performance.Michael Hammer and James Champy have updated and
... Read more
Ask Your Developer

How to Harness the Power of Software Developers and Win in the 21st Century

by Jeff Lawson ...

Jeff Lawson, developer turnedCEO of Twilio (one of BloombergBusinessweek's Top 50 Companies to Watch in 2021),creates*a new* playbook for unleashing the full potential of software developers in any organization, showing how to help managementutilize this coveted and valuable workforce to enablegrowth, solve a wide range of business problems, and drive digital tran... ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Jeff Lawson, developer turnedCEO of Twilio (one of BloombergBusinessweek's Top 50 Companies to Watch in 2021),creates*a new* playbook for unleashing the full potential of software developers in any organization, showing how to help managementutilize this coveted and valuable workforce to enablegrowth, solve a wide range of business problems, and drive digital tran...
... Read more
Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?

The Net's Impact on Our Minds and Future

by John Brockman ...

Series Book 7 - Edge Question Series
How is the internet changing the way you think? That is one of the dominant questions of our time, one which affects almost every aspect of our life and future. And it's exactly what John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, posed to more than 150 of the world's most influential minds. Brilliant, farsighted, and fascinating, Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think? is an essential guide to the Net ... Read more

$13.99 USD

How is the internet changing the way you think? That is one of the dominant questions of our time, one which affects almost every aspect of our life and future. And it's exactly what John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, posed to more than 150 of the world's most influential minds. Brilliant, farsighted, and fascinating, Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think? is an essential guide to the Net
... Read more
Straight Talk for Startups

100 Insider Rules for Beating the Odds--From Mastering the Fundamentals to Selecting Investors, Fundraising, Managing Boards, and Achieving Liquidity

by Randy Komisar, Jantoon Reigersman ...

"Straight Talk for Startups memorializes age-old best practices and empowers both experienced and new investment professionals to beat the odds."—David Krane, CEO, Google Ventures"Straight Talk for Startups is filled with real, raw, and fact-based ‘rules of the road’ that you need to know when diving into our ultra-competitive startup world. A must read and a re-read!"—Tony Fadell, Coinventor of ... Read more

$9.99 USD

"Straight Talk for Startups memorializes age-old best practices and empowers both experienced and new investment professionals to beat the odds."—David Krane, CEO, Google Ventures"Straight Talk for Startups is filled with real, raw, and fact-based ‘rules of the road’ that you need to know when diving into our ultra-competitive startup world. A must read and a re-read!"—Tony Fadell, Coinventor of
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