Why do rational people make irrational decisions? Authors Ori and Rom Brafman have collected stories from fields such as science, sports, aviation, and music that highlight the psychological forces at work that can sway our behavior.
In “The Nonverbal Advantage”, Carol Kinsey Goman shows how nonverbal communication can build trust and credibility with customers, colleagues and clients – since 93 percent of the messages you send have nothing to do with what you actually say. Learn what mirroring is, when to use a business or a...
In “No Man’s Land”, author Doug Tatum sheds light on that awkward transition when your business is too big to be small, but too small to be big. By addressing the 4 Ms – Market, Management, Model, and Money – Tatum shows how companies can navigate this perilous territory and...
In the book, Office Mate, authors Stephanie Losee and Helaine Olen explain how it's possible, even preferable, to meet your lifelong romantic partner at the office. Both authors are living testament; they have been married to their respective office mates for nearly two decades. Stephanie Losee joins us...
In his book, The Back Of The Napkin, author Dan Roam asserts that that everyone is born with a talent for visual thinking, but that we — especially in the business world — are never encouraged to develop it. In this video, Roam shows us how anyone with a...
The book "Get Slightly Famous" explains how you can differentiate yourself from your competitors by becoming a mini-celebrity. Author Steven Van Yoder shows how you can make yourself an indispensable resource to potential clients and customers by offering thought leaderships and in doing so attract more business...
Why is everyone smiling? That's the question Author and CEO, Paul Spiegelman, claims is most commonly asked when customers and clients visit his company, Beryl. He believes the reason behind the company's success is its special culture. Spiegelman joins us today to explain what it takes to keep...
In his book “Innovation Nation” author and fomer Harvard Business school professor, John Kao, explains how the United States, once the world’s leading innovator, is losing its standing in the world. Kao suggests steps the country should take to regain its innovative edge.
The book “What Were They Thinking?” argues that most managers fail because they diligently follow common management practices that are sometimes flawed to the core. Author Jeffrey Pfeffer challenges managers to throw out conventional wisdom and to think harder and more strategically about what’s right for their companies.
“Small Giants” challenges the idea that successful businesses have to get as big as possible as fast as possible. Author Bo Burlingham takes us on a tour of Anchor Brewing and shows us how one entrepreneur is making his company great by keeping it small.
DEVIL MAY CARE By Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming PENGUIN Pounds 18.99 ***** It was certainly a good idea to get an eminent and brilliant historical novelist to write in the way of the late Ian Fleming. Sebastian Faulks's pastiche, Devil May Care, introduces the new...
Crash! Bang! Wallop! Twenty20: A History of the Brief Game By Martin Hindley (Know The Score, Pounds 9.99) At a time when everyone around the world - players, administrators, pundits, public and press - is talking about the future of Twenty20 cricket, it seems a trifle odd...
Home News IN BRIEF *David Cameron has provoked a backlash among his Euro-MPs after he promised a "deep clean" of their expenses claims and ordered them to open their books. An internal party memo written by an anonymous Tory MEP revealed the depth of anger on the...
World News IN BRIEF *LOS ANGELES Wildfires have forced thousands of people to flee their homes in California's hills. More than 2,000 firefighters spent the weekend battling 300 fires that have now destroyed more than half a million acres of countryside and at least 69 homes. A...
BAGHDAD AFP — Iraq said on Thursday it has created a special task force to investigate the theft of valuable ancient Judaic manuscripts that later turned up in Israel. The rare books, confiscated during the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein, were rescued from US bombing at the start of...
Personal experiences with food seem to generate a lot of books and blogs lately. One food-lover making a name for himself is Adam Roberts, whose book "The Amateur Gourmet" is a spin-off of his Web site amateurgourmet.com. It's how to shop, chop and table hop -- the...
Business News IN BRIEF *Stobart Group, the owner of the haulier Eddie Stobart, has saved about 1,300 jobs at the chilled goods distributor Innovate Logistics after the company was bought out of administration. Innovate, which was owned by the Icelandic shipping company Eimskip, went into administration on...
"I find comfort in the fact that the longer I'm in politics the less nourishing popularity becomes, that a striving for rank and fame seems to betray a poverty of ambition, and that I am answerable mainly to the steady gaze of my own conscience." Thus spake...
The Return of History and the End of Dreams, by Robert Kagan (Knopf, 128 pp., $19.95) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ROBERT KAGAN has produced a brief and lucid book on world politics in the 21st century, a well-written manifesto clearly aimed at influencing U.S. foreign policy. It features...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/106c99/empowering_dialogu) has announced the addition of the "Empowering Dialogues Within: A Workbook for Helping Professionals and Their Clients" report to their offering. "This important book reaches out to mental health clinicians representing many schools of psychotherapy with detailed case examples. It is...
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