Don Juan de Tassis, Count of Villamediana, was the quintessential Spanish nobleman of the Renaissance—brilliant, daring, charismatic, and deeply immoral, as Gregorio Marañón once put it. A knight among knights, poet among poets, and gambler among gamblers, his legend spread from Flanders to Rome and...
How the turmoil of recent years gives leaders an unprecedented opportunity to redesign global strategies and systems and to remobilize toward a smarter, more resilient, and equitable future. How can leaders faced with tremendous global upheaval create more resilient and trustworthy systems? In The Great Remobilization, Olaf...
In this fascinating book, Javier Fernández Aguado gives voice to the satrap Stalin. In an exhaustive interview, he questions the most paradigmatic communist revolutionary of the 20th century and the second largest serial killer in history. With fine intellectual rigor, not devoid of irony in...
Do you like vacations? Join Lila and her fairy godmother as they discover the new destination her father has prepared for her. Lila begins her vacation with her father, where many adventures await her, always accompanied by her best friend, a big polar bear. This time,...
A hazy vision of a red, hand-held artefact appeared before us in the early stages of putting this issue together. Whether or not this was a natural impulse for survival in the antiquated realm we inhabit as magazine makers in the attention economy, the object...
During periods of environmental and societal upheaval, design has the potential to be a formidable catalyst towards a sustainable future. However, to unleash its full power, significant shifts in both theory and practice are imperative. This book adopts a unique approach, blending anthropological perspectives with...
A new social project for a new political era In the past two decades, conflict has resurfaced in politics. Phenomena such as the 2008 crisis, the pandemic, climate change, and the new Cold War have dismantled the naive belief in the definitive triumph of liberal democracy...
How should companies and social organizations participate in public debate? What role do they play in established democracies? How can they engage citizens in major economic transformations? Public advocacy has become a new superpower for organizations. This business practice, well established in the Anglo-Saxon world and...
Seven Dynamics for Authentic Management In a constantly evolving business world, where competition is fierce, market dynamics change at lightning speed, and consumer expectations have never been higher, organizations face the challenge of continuously reinventing themselves. The temptation to prioritize short-term profits can be great, but it...
This book highlights research on the behavioral biases affecting judgmental accuracy in judgmental forecasting and showcases the state-of-the-art in judgment-based predictive analytics. In recent years, technological advancements have made it possible to use predictive analytics to exploit highly complex (big) data resources. Consequently, modern forecasting...
100 Ideas to Boost Your Career and People Management Do you want to improve your professional career or the management of people in your organization? In this book, you will find 100 valuable ideas to gain clarity, activate yourself, and make progress. Disruptions create uncertainty, but there are...
Financial accounting is the economic language spoken in the business world. Executives, consultants, and business managers need to understand the fundamentals of this language to be able to comprehend it. With this book: You will familiarize yourself with the fundamentals and principles of financial accounting. You will...
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