Forecasting & Strategic Planning

From the creator of Valuetainment, the number-one YouTube channel for entrepreneurs, and “one of the most exciting thinkers” in business today, comes a practical and effective guide for thinking more clearly and achieving your most audacious professional goals....

In Reset, Heath explores a framework for getting unstuck and making the changes that matter. The secret is to find “leverage points”: places where a little bit of effort can yield a disproportionate return. Then, we can thoughtfully rearrange our resources to push on those points.

Poker champion turned business consultant Annie Duke teaches you how to get comfortable with uncertainty and make better decisions as a result....

In this perennial best seller, embraced by organizations and industries worldwide, globally preeminent management thinkers W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne challenge everything you thought you knew about the requirements for strategic success....

Legendary venture capitalist John Doerr reveals how the goal-setting system of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) has helped tech giants from Intel to Google achieve explosive growth - and how it can help any organization thrive....

Playing to Win outlines a proven method that has worked for some of today’s most celebrated brands and products. Let this book serve as your new guide to winning, as well....

Developing and implementing a strategy is the central task of a leader. A good strategy is a specific and coherent response to - and approach for - overcoming the obstacles to progress. A good strategy works by harnessing and applying power where it will have the greatest effect....

From the best-selling author of Thinking in Bets comes a toolkit for mastering the skill of quitting to achieve greater success....

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our era of risk—and the players raising the stakes.

Based on extensive research and real-world examples, this book upends accepted wisdom about how to achieve success when launching a startup or creating a new product.

In Fluke, myth-shattering social scientist Brian Klaas takes a deep-dive into the phenomenon of random chance and the chaos it can sow, taking aim at most people’s neat and tidy version of reality.

From one of the world's most highly regarded social scientists, a transformative book on the habits of mind that lead to the best predictions....

Software as a Science is the definitive guide to engineering growth in a recurring revenue business—in the simplest way possible.

7 Powers breaks fresh ground by constructing a comprehensive strategy toolset that is easy for you to learn, communicate, and quickly apply.

Nate Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 election within a hair’s breadth, and became a national sensation as a blogger - all by the time he was 30. He solidified his standing as the nation's foremost political forecaster....

Game theory means rigorous strategic thinking. It’s the art of anticipating your opponent’s next moves, knowing full well that your rival is trying to do the same thing to you....

Michael D. Watkins, an expert on leadership transitions and organizational success, returns to the page with a new how-to guide for the modern leader. Here, he presents the six disciplines that separate the great from the good....

A leading thinker and author’s breakthrough theory for creating dynamic strategies that attack critical challenges and overcome obstacles to success....

The Art of War dates back to the fifth century BC, and is an ancient Chinese military handbook. Attributed to the intelligent military strategist Sun Tzu it is still one of the most influential strategy texts....

The founders of a respected Silicon Valley advisory firm study legendary category-creating companies and reveal a groundbreaking discipline called category design....

Offering both successes and failures from leading companies as a guide, The Innovator's Dilemma gives you a set of rules for capitalizing on the phenomenon of disruptive innovation.

Now nearing its 60th printing in English and translated into 19 languages, Michael E. Porter's Competitive Strategy has transformed the theory, practice, and teaching of business strategy throughout the world.

The risk in leading a business is the same as in piloting an airplane: namely, crashing and burning. But what if you had an operating system to keep your business airborne until you wanted to land it? How much time would that OS save you? How much money?

Scaling People is a practical and empathetic guide to being an effective leader and manager in a high-growth environment....

Why is profitable growth so hard to achieve and sustain? Most executives manage their companies as if the solution to that problem lies in the external environment: find an attractive market, formulate the right strategy, win new customers.

In Digital Impact: The Human Element of AI-Driven Transformation, Steve Lucas, a three-time CEO, discusses how organizations can integrate and automate systems to create incredible outcomes that benefit people. Lucas explains how this becomes possible when businesses solve the ubiquitous problems of digital fragmentation and data complexity, which have become even more pressing with the rise of artificial intelligence.

You've launched your first product. Now the terrifying question hits: "What's next?" The fear of being a "one-hit wonder" keeps many solopreneurs from building a truly sustainable business. They don't have a system for innovation, so they get stuck, endlessly tweaking their first product, too afraid to create the next one. What if your audience could just tell you exactly what to build next? Planning Your Next Product is Day 20 of your 30-day challenge. This book gives you a simple system to end the guesswork of product development forever. You'll learn how to listen to the signals your ...

Ray Kroc Built an Empire with Burgers. Fred DeLuca Did It with Sandwiches. Now It’s Your Turn to Experience Franchise Success. Franchising turns a working business into a system others can follow. It’s how founders grow beyond one location, build powerful brands, and create long-term income from what already works. But most business owners never take that step—not because they’re not ready, but because no one ever showed them how. The IW$ Guide to Franchising Success changes that by giving you the full blueprint to expand with clarity, confidence, and complete control. Whether ...

Transform Your Business from a Demanding Job into a Wealth-Generating Asset You started your business to create freedom, but somewhere along the way, you became its prisoner. Despite impressive revenue and years of hard work, you're working more hours than ever, feeling financially stressed, and watching your business consume your life instead of serving it. Break Free from the Hustler's Trap Most business owners are caught in what author calls the "hustler's trap"—believing that working harder, longer, and more intensively will eventually create the freedom they seek. This book reveals ...

Updates to the 3rd edition This improved and updated edition adds three substantive updates. First, a new Chapter 6 presents additional case studies that illustrate complete end-to-end workflows—from data collection to final story—so readers can see the principles applied in real settings. Second, the bias chapter has been reorganised and extended with recent research on confirmation, selection. Third, short “AI Tip” call-outs show when and how current language-model tools can speed up tasks such as draft phrasing or exploratory chartingAdopted by universities and business schools ...

Stop explaining yourself. Stop managing other people’s comfort. Stop tolerating what should never have been allowed. Never Tolerate Disrespect isn’t a self-help book. It’s a field manual for anyone who’s done being polite about being disrespected. With ruthless clarity and cold precision, this book strips away the sentimental noise around boundary-setting and replaces it with a strategy—one that doesn’t require yelling, overexplaining, or approval. Built on psychological realism and social pattern recognition, each chapter delivers blunt, unsentimental guidance for how to freeze...

In the early 1960s, Pratt & Whitney, with a clear head start, had an almost dominant market position in the commercial aircraft engines market while GE lagged behind by a fair margin. However, a GE engineer, Gerhard Neumann, was tired of losing to Pratt, and chose to shake things up and change the status quo effectively. Neumann, along with a team of GE engineers, created the GE1, a revolutionary aircraft engine demonstrator, by mating a huge diameter fan to a relatively much smaller, efficient engine core, which resulted in significant fuel efficiency gains, a key determinant of engine ...

Designed to Thrive: A Pathway to Building Resilient Systems is a compelling guide for leaders, entrepreneurs, and change-makers looking to future-proof their organizations in an era defined by complexity and disruption. Blending decades of hands-on experience in public sector governance, manufacturing, and consulting, Dr. Alison Foster explores the essential principles of systems and systems thinking, and their practical applications in the real world.

Decisions shape organizations. Decisiveness defines leaders. In today’s volatile, fast-paced world, hesitation isn’t just costly—it’s fatal. Organizations are drowning in data but starving for insights, paralyzed by complexity, and slowed by misaligned strategies. The leaders who thrive aren’t just fast or bold—they’re decisively aligned. The Decisive Company by Steve Elliott redefines decision-making for the modern enterprise.

Para conseguirlo, sólo necesitas un plan de 20 minutos de fitness social durante 30 días y cumplir un requisito: ser generoso y agradecido. Juntos han convertido las relaciones sociales en un arte y desarrollado una batería de ejercicios para que el oyente, con una herramienta tan sencilla y cotidiana como su smartphone, construya una red de contactos sólida, saludable, fluida, emocionante y que funcione como una cadena de muestras desinteresadas de empatía, cariño y sincera vocación de servicio. El resultado?

The One-Hour Strategy follows Martin, the new sales team lead at Waters & Flows, which attracted him because of their unique way of doing strategy. We shadow Martin as he onboards with his new colleagues, who walk him through each aspect of their One-Hour Strategy, answering his questions and addressing his reservations.

¿Por qué muchos emprendimientos no superan los 1000 días? Después de cuatro décadas dedicado a la creación de pymes, el empresario Néstor Salvador ha identificado los errores habituales que llevan a que más de la mitad de ellas se derrumben sin piedad. Frente a quienes plantean el emprendimiento como una aventura, el autor ha desarrollado manuales prácticos para que poner en marcha un nuevo proyecto o eestructurar una pyme deje de ser un deporte de riesgo.

As the CEO, board member, and executive of an architecture, engineering, and construction company, you are under pressure to lead your company in the age of AI disruption. Not knowing AI’s impact on your business and how you should respond is challenging.

Which would you rather have: a smaller, watertight bucket of loyal customers or a larger leaky bucket of both loyal and not-so-loyal customers? In Customer Portfolio Management, Fred Selnes and Michael Johnson argue that for most companies and organizations the larger leaky bucket is more valuable.

The Agentic AI Revolution will change how you think about work, creativity, and business success in the AI age. AI is no longer just about basic tools or automating small tasks. The rise of Agentic AI—intelligent agents that can learn, adapt, and operate across systems—is transforming how smart businesses and professionals work. The question is: how can you use this revolution to your advantage?

What this book offers you is not a boiler-plate, “10-step plan for success”. It offers you something better. Tools you can use in your unique situation as an entrepreneurial leader. Tools that will help you grow as your organization grows.

What if you could automate your most time-consuming business tasks, scale your income, and lead your industry—all by harnessing the power of intelligent AI agents? AI Agent Mastery shows you exactly how. In this clear and actionable audiobook, AI strategist Jordan M. Chandler walks you through the exciting world of Agentic AI—autonomous digital agents that work alongside you to drive productivity, profitability, and innovation.

Are you ready to turn AI automation into a true engine for growth in your business? In Automate with Zapier Agents, AI strategist and automation expert Jordan M. Chandler walks you step-by-step through the world of AI-powered workflows—showing you how to connect your apps, eliminate repetitive tasks, and save hours of your valuable time every single week. Whether you are an entrepreneur, freelancer, or business leader, this audiobook will help you harness the power of Zapier Agents to create smart, seamless systems that boost productivity, reduce errors, and drive real results.

In a world where healthcare systems are on the brink of a seismic shift, The Visionary Edge is not just a book—it's a leadership playbook for tomorrow. Written by nationally recognized healthcare strategist Sumit Sharma, this groundbreaking work equips forward-thinking leaders with the models, mindsets, and foresight to lead boldly into the future. Blending compelling storytelling with enterprise-level strategy, Sharma takes listeners inside the healthcare systems of 2045, where AI partners with clinicians, decentralized care redefines delivery, and visionary leadership determines success.

Survival to Success describes the unique challenges of entrepreneurial leadership and offers a succinct guide for successfully leading small, high-growth enterprises. Drawing on original research, in-depth interviews, and first-hand experience, the authors offer tried and true guideposts to lessen the anxiety of being an entrepreneurial leader and increase the chances of success for the entrepreneurial organization.

In a world flooded with information but starved for clarity, how do top performers make smart decisions when the facts don’t add up? Clarity in Chaos is your fast, no-fluff guide to thinking clearly and acting decisively under uncertainty. Inspired by the mental models of Thinking, Fast and Slow, the bold clarity of The Decision Book, and the practical punch of The One-Minute Manager, this powerful short listen gives you the tools to move forward—fast.

I Wish I Knew This Years Ago by small business entrepreneur Nick Warren teaches you what the wealthy know that the little guys don’t that has the potential to slice and dice your tax liabilities. This step-by-step process has the extreme benefit of passive income creation that is most owner’s day dreams and can become your dream come true, granting you and your family unshakeable confidence in the future.

This book is for HR leaders, talent acquisition professionals, marketing and communications experts, and C-suite executives who know that talent is their greatest competitive advantage—but struggle to turn that into a brand that actually attracts and retains top performers. If you want to turn your employer brand into a strategic business asset, this book is for you. If you need a clear roadmap to cut through the noise and create real impact, this book is for you. If you’re ready to ditch short-term campaigns and build a brand that works long-term, this book is for you.

Lead with Confidence into the Age of Private AI—Securely, Strategically, and Ethically. In a world where data is power, Private AI is no longer optional—it’s your next competitive advantage. But how do you adopt AI at scale without sacrificing privacy, compliance, or trust? Building Your Private AI is your executive guide to secure, scalable, and ethical AI deployment.

Piensa con anticipación. Elimina el ruido. Toma decisiones más inteligentes. Si alguna vez te ha costado mantener el enfoque o has reaccionado en lugar de planear, este libro es tu guía para afilar tu mente estratégica. Este libro es una guía rápida y práctica para ayudarte a desarrollar disciplina, eliminar distracciones y tomar decisiones intencionales en un mundo lleno de ruido. Inspirado en el contraste entre dos animales con estilos de pensamiento opuestos, ofrece herramientas para equilibrar una visión clara con una acción decidida—y avanzar con confianza hacia tus metas.