Every day, we face the same questions: How do I make the right decision? How can I work more efficiently? And, on a more personal level, what do I want?
This updated edition of the international bestseller distills into a single volume the fifty best decision-making models used in MBA courses, and elsewhere, that will help you tackle these important questions. In minutes you can become conversant with:
The Long Tail - The Maslow Pyramids - SWOT Analysis - The Rubber Band Model - The Prisoner's Dilemma - Cognitive Dissonance - The Eisenhower Matrix - Conflict Resolution - Flow - The Personal Potential Trap - and many more.
Stylish and compact, this little book is a powerful asset. Whether you need to plan a presentation, assess someone's business idea, or get to know yourself better, this unique guide--bursting with useful visual tools--will help you simplify any problem and make the best decision.
- Want to stop procrastinating? Ask yourself four easy questions to help you reframe your mindset.
- Overwhelmed by competing priorities? Use kanban to visualize your tasks, structure them, and complete them in stages.
- Unsure how to assess a project's success? Start by considering the hallowed trio of fun, money, and impact.
Every day we begin new projects and try to find pleasure in our work, all while chipping away at our long-term goals. To Do is a powerful asset for productivity that's perfect for creative thinkers. This book brings together forty-one of the best models that can help build confidence and help propel you toward the life you want to live.
In minutes, you can learn:
The Pomodoro Technique - Compartmentalization - Rapid Prototyping - Inbox Management - The Delphi Method - Deep Work - Radical Transparency - Sandwich Feedback - The 5/25 Rule - Kotter's 8-Step Model of Change - The Transactional Model
What makes a great team?
How do we reach consensus and have better meetings?
And what should we do when a group isn't working?
The Collaboration Book shows us how to work as a cohesive unit, breaking down the basics of leadership and teamwork with more than thirty methods from business and psychology. With lessons on problem solving, achieving your goals, and creating trust, collaborators of all sorts will learn the best techniques to build successful teams that work for everyone.
In minutes, you can become conversant in:
The Two Pizza Rule - New Pay - The Ladder of Inference - The Reciprocity Ring - Tools of Cooperation - Servant Leadership - Consensus versus Consent - North Star Metrics - The Trust Triangle - The XY Theory - Flat Hierarchies - Nunchi
- Want better conversations? Ask open-ended questions that have no right or wrong answers--make your partner feel brilliant.
- Want better meetings? Ban smartphones, use a timer, and make everyone stand up.
- Want better business deals? Focus on the thing, rather than the person; on similarities, rather than differences; and on good outcomes, rather than perfect ones.
Whether you want to present ideas more clearly, improve your small talk, or master the art of introspection, The Communication Book delivers, fusing theoretical knowledge and practical advice in a small but mighty package. With sections on work, the self, relationships and language, this book is indispensable for anyone who wants to improve what they say, and how they say it.
Are you clever? Can you self-motivate? Are you creative? How do you handle money? Can you lead others well?
With their trademark style and wit, best-selling authors Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler present sixty-four tests spanning intelligence and personality type; creativity and leadership skills; fitness and lifestyle; and knowledge and belief. From what you see in a Rorschach test to comparing your workout against a Navy SEAL's, from EQ to IQ and Myers-Briggs in between, The Test Book offers a panoply of ways to assess yourself and decide what you need to succeed. As Krogerus and Tschäppeler highlight, you can only know whether you have the right skills, the right job, or the right partner when you know where you stand right now.
Small enough to fit in your pocket but packed with insight and good humor, The Test Book delivers a quick, fun way to evaluate your life and happiness.
From business cycles to budding trends, models make sense of a world that never stops spinning. The Change Book delivers 52 simple and effective models--each with a visual component--about how change happens.
Drawing on myth-busting theories and breakthrough discoveries from thinkers of all stripes, Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler, authors of the international bestseller The Decision Book, apply their characteristic wit and knack for the succinct to show what fuels the internet, why empires rise and fall, and why change hurts--but ultimately helps us grow.
Whether you're starting a new job, lobbying for a cause, or wondering how Jesus would invest, The Change Book is your clever guide through transformations in business, culture, technology, relationships, and more.