We still have time to change the world. From Greta Thunberg, the world’s leading climate activist, comes the essential handbook for making it happen. You might think it’s an impossible task: secure a safe future for life on Earth, at a scale and speed never seen,...
If our planet is going to survive the climate crisis, we need to act rapidly. Taking cues from progressive cities around the world, including Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Oslo, Shenzhen, and Sydney, this book is a call to action to every city to make...
‘There are stories in all our discarded things: who made them, what they meant to a person before they were thrown away. In the end, it all ends up in the same place – the endless ingenuity of humanity in one filthy, fascinating mass.’ When we...
Over a stellar career, Roger Martin has advised the CEOs of some of the world’s most successful companies. From the beginning, he noted that almost every executive he talked to had a “model”―a framework or way of thinking that guided their strategy and activities. But...
What makes for a fulfilling and meaningful life? A good life? Based on findings from the 80-year-long Harvard Study of Adult Development, this landmark book reveals the simple yet surprising truth: the stronger our relationships, the more likely we are to live happy, satisfying and overall...
Nothing is more inspiring than a big vision that becomes a triumphant new reality. Think of how Apple’s iPod went from a project with a single employee to an enormously successful product launch in eleven months. But such successes are the exception. Consider how London’s...
Leaders of today must possess potent powers for logic, reason, discernment and strategic forecasting. Yet, they must also be empathic and therefore embodied; grounded and therefore intuitive; present and therefore awake. They must be skilled in mindfulness and deep listening, able to inspire authentic engagement...
Innovation Engineering is a practical guide to creating anything new – whether in a large firm, research lab, new venture or an innovative student project. The reality is that even talented teams with logical plans often fail. Innovation Engineering provides the framework, process, leadership style,...
Una nueva historia del Imperio español. Existe una figura ambigua, a medio camino entre lo militar y lo civil, que no se terminó de definir hasta hace poco: el ingeniero. Este libro es una exploración fascinante de su papel central en la forja del Imperio español. También es una celebración...
Los problemas no resueltos de la democracia. Centro y periferia en España, prologado por Arend Lijphart, analiza las estrategias políticas de los partidos nacionalistas en el País Vasco y Cataluña desde la perspectiva del comportamiento de las élites, utilizando datos de análisis de contenido del...
LISTENEVERYHOW – How Negotiations Work, is easy-to-read, adaptable in content and style – as a story book for leisure readers, life skills manual for entrepreneur’s and professionals, a business school handbook and more. This book is written with clarity and easy eloquence of a man...
Constructing Cassandra analyzes the intelligence failures at the CIA that resulted in four key strategic surprises experienced by the US: the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, the Iranian revolution of 1978, the collapse of the USSR in 1991, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks—surprises still play...
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