As the world becomes more densely populated, the connections between us are expanding in ever more intricate ways. How does this affect us in business and in life? And how can we make the most …

In this lighthearted, serious look at America’s economic ills, Robert E. Wright not only identifies the problems of our current economic conundrum but also proposes new, intriguing solutions. Avoiding the partisanship that is so prevalent …

As the effects of the global recession linger, consumers everywhere are changing their purchasing patterns, paying greater attention to what and why they are buying, and from whom. While many feel rampant spending is hard-wired …

Building on the ideas found in the groundbreaking book Coolhunting, consumer trend expert Peter Gloor’s Coolfarming moves beyond simply hunting for the latest hot ideas that are already happening and shows you how to get …

Today’s customers are overwhelmed, overworked, and over-stressed, and it seems that everyone–from CEOs to soccer moms–is short on time and overwhelmed with information. As a result, despite the availability of 24/7 commerce …

There’s a hard fact we all have to face: Buyers have evolved. They almost never consider a single vendor when making a buying decision. Instead, they call you — and your competitors — …

For the past twenty years, the growth formula for business has been to increase revenues by expanding product offerings and streamlining supply. But with the recent financial collapse, the world economy has changed forever. Now, …

The Power of Appreciative Inquiry describes the internationally embraced approach to organizational change that dramatically improves performance by engaging people to study, discuss, and build upon what’s working — strengths — rather than trying to …

Bestselling author Clyde Prestowitz reveals the astonishing extent of the erosion of the fundamental pillars of American economic might—beginning well before the 2008 financial crisis—and the great challenge we face for the future in competing …

Presence: Exploring Profound Change in People, Organizations and Society gives the reader an intimate look at the development of a new theory about change and learning. In wide-ranging conversations held over a year and a …

How did a nineteen-year-old Harvard student create a company that has transformed the Internet and how did he grow it to its current enormous size? Kirkpatrick shows how Zuckerberg steadfastly refused to compromise his vision, …

In this ground-breaking book, Otto Scharmer invites us to see the world in new ways. Fundamental problems, as Einstein once noted, cannot be solved at the same level of thought that created them. What we …

Cities, culture, art, government, and religion are founded on the creation and exchange of food surpluses, complex societies built by shipping corn and wheat and rice up rivers and into the stewpots of history’s generations. …

With increasing affluence, more and more Americans are in a position to choose whatever lifestyle most appeals to them. The result is that the national landscape has become an intricate mosaic of varying styles, self-expressions, …

In this dynamic work, thought leaders Jon R. Katzenbach, coauthor of the business classic The Wisdom of Teams, and Zia Khan offer an all-new examination of the modern workplace, and how leaders and managers must …

A new world crisis is already looming. By 2014, our generation’s legacy to the twenty-first century will be decided. Will it be a century of climatic disaster and war? The roots of the present crisis …

Something is profoundly wrong with the way  we think about how we should live today. In Ill Fares the Land, Tony Judt, one of our leading historians and  thinkers, reveals how we have …

Pandora’s Seed takes us on a powerful and provocative globe-trotting tour of human history, back to a seminal event roughly ten thousand years ago, when our species made a radical shift in its way of …

When it comes to solving complex problems, most leaders turn to internal or external “experts,” borrowing” best practices” and implementing top-down strategies that typically inspire few and accomplish little. It’s time to …

Market fundamentalism collapsed in 2008, but the crash has brought into play capitalism’s unerring instinct for self-preservation. As a result, the next version of the capitalism system is now evolving: Capitalism 4.0. …

Social media has democratized influence, forever changing the way businesses communicate with customers and the way customers affect the decisions of their peers. With platforms like Twitter, YouTube, and …

To understand what’s really happening in the world around us, to comprehend the mysterious, counterintuitive science of the small, we must take a quantum theory view of nature. Like no …

“Is Google making us stupid?” When Nicholas Carr posed that question, in a celebrated Atlantic cover story, he tapped into a well of anxiety about how the Internet is changing us. He also …

While digital life races ahead, the rest of our life, from law to business, struggles to keep up. Business strategists, lawyers, judges, regulators, and consumers have all been left behind, scratching …

In Cognitive Surplus, internet guru Clay Shirky forecasts the thrilling changes we will all enjoy as new digital technology puts our untapped resources of talent and goodwill to use at last. Since Americans …