Strategic Planning

Why You Win or Lose: The Psychology of Speculation by Fred C. Kelly is a timeless exploration of human behavior in financial markets, delving into the psychological forces that drive investors and speculators. Published in the early 20th century, this classic book emphasizes that success in speculation is not solely about financial knowledge but largely about understanding human emotions, crowd psychology, and decision-making processes.

Business leaders are continually told they need to embrace digital disruption wholeheartedly to thrive in the 21st century. Legacy companies, we hear, are all doomed to fail unless they double down on the latest digital innovations, and disruptors are ordained to take over the world. Digital innovation is the answer to everything. False! Nothing in life or business is ever that simple.

Malicious cyber actors recognize our dependence on technology and constantly attempt to exploit this reliance for financial or strategic gain. Too often, they succeed. Their success is enabled by an environment of insecurity, in which our enterprises are too difficult to defend, and our technology products are too vulnerable to protect.

The right pricing strategy can change the entire trajectory of a business, a market, and even society at large. To help you create your best pricing strategy efficiently and confidently, two leaders from BCG are introducing fresh perspectives on pricing that take you far beyond the realm of mind-numbing numbers.

We are living in a strange world—Salmon calls it “the New Not Normal.” The Phoenix Economy explores the ramifications of the pandemic years, many of which are surprisingly positive. In doing so, Salmon makes sense of one of the most disorienting and devastating events of our lifetimes. He examines the critical aspects of our lives that have been transformed in three parts: Time and Space, Mind and Body, and Business and Pleasure.

Pivoting as a Way of Life: Stop Chasing Unicorns and Product-Market Fit by Joseph Hanna is a game-changing guide for entrepreneurs, product managers, and innovators who want to thrive in today's fast-paced business environment. This book challenges the conventional wisdom of product-market fit as a static, one-time milestone. It introduces a dynamic new framework—the Pivoting Life Operating Model (PLOM)—emphasizing continuous innovation and adaptability.

Blockchain technology has taken over the world, well...partially. This audiobook shares various viewpoints by taking a look at the particular tools you can utilize, such as blockchain and charting tools, to mine and purchase bitcoin, and make money with it, at the correct time! This guide will show you what you can learn about blockchain technology.

The realm of Heaven contains for businesses, business leaders, and business owners a deep well of revelation regarding their activity on earth in the business of their trade. This book contains more revelation regarding the Heaven Down business paradigm and helps the reader understand more foundational building blocks for engaging Heaven’s release of how you conduct your business from Heaven Down. This book contains specific teaching for a business’s beginning and the interesting twist regarding retroactive capabilities of these beginning steps. Continue the journey of the Heaven Down ...

Freedom By Design is the guide every service-based business owner needs but rarely finds, especially once growth starts feeling more like a grind than a reward. If your company has surpassed the $1M mark but left you with more stress, shrinking margins, and a team that leans too heavily on your shoulders, this book reveals why—and what to do about it.

We tend to view prolonged economic downturns, such as the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Long Depression of the late 19th century, in terms of the crisis and pain they cause. But history teaches us that these great crises also represent opportunities to remake our economy and society and to generate whole new eras of economic growth and prosperity.

Drawing on a wide array of people and places, Uncharted traces long-term projects that shrewdly evolved over generations to meet the unpredictable challenges of every new age. Heffernan also looks at radical exercises and experiments that redefined standard practices by embracing different perspectives and testing fresh approaches. Preparing to confront a variable future provides the antidote to passivity and prediction.

Welcome to your journey with 'Mastering Simmental Cattle Ranching'. This comprehensive guide aims to transform your ranching experience, providing you with a deep and broad understanding of Simmental cattle and the ranching business. Our eBook introduces the Simmental breed in a way that's never been done before. We delve into the crucial aspects of assessing breeding potential, vital tools, and strategic planning. This guide doesn't stop at the basics but takes you further down the ranching rabbit hole, unveiling key aspects of nutrition foundations, breeding techniques, and effective ...

Jennings and Haughton traveled the globe and penetrated the world's fastest companies to witness the methods used by quick, dominant leaders in business ranging from retail sales to fast food, from financial services to communications. If you want to think faster, all the information you need is here. You'll find lessons from the speediest international companies on how to become faster than anyone else in today's ever-changing business world.

Leadership is evolving. Have you future-proofed your career? AI isn’t coming—it's already here, reshaping leadership, decision-making, and success. The leaders who embrace AI-first strategies will thrive. The ones who don’t? They’ll be left behind. In The Leadership Playbook, Revisited, award-winning executive strategist Keryn Gold, PhD, MBA, delivers an actionable, high-impact, no-nonsense guide for executives and professionals ready to lead smarter, faster, and more effectively in the AI era. You’ll learn: How AI is transforming leadership—and what great AI-first leaders do differently.

We are in the midst of an unprecedented degree of technology-driven change at the same time that society faces challenges more complex than our organizations and we as individuals have been prepared to handle. Autonomous Transformation: Creating a More Human Future in the Era of Artificial Intelligence is for leaders who want to create a better future within this context of change and supplies a balance of historical and theoretical context with practical frameworks for beginning to create a more human future today.

Building Brands: What Really Matters demystifies the concept of branding, making the complex concepts within the marketing discipline simple to understand. The book covers branding in a way business people can easily relate to. Ed Burghard offers real-life examples of how he has successfully applied branding concepts to his work at Procter & Gamble over his three decade marketing career. The templates for developing a brand strategy are easy to understand and implement. While some branding experts seem to want to create a mystique around the branding of products and organizations, this book...

What explains the massive worldwide success of video games such as Fortnite, Minecraft, and Pokemon Go? Game companies and their popularity are poorly understood and often ignored from the standpoint of traditional business strategy. What lessons can we draw from its major successes and failures about the future of entertainment?

*Commissioned Creativity* Unleash the art of the bespoke and transform your passion for portraiture into a thriving business with "Commissioned Creativity." Deep dive into 18 chapters that serve as an essential guide for every artist aspiring to navigate the lucrative world of custom art commissions. This comprehensive eBook peels back the curtain to reveal an art form where personalization meets profitability. **Chapter 1** Understand the insatiable demand for personalized art, discover the reasons behind clients' willingness to pay a premium for custom pieces, and explore the various ...

The mind is an amazing tool that we can use effectively if we know how to. With it working to a greater extent of its abilities, we can achieve success in whatever we choose to do. Unfortunately, for many of us, we only use a small fraction of what is available, so imagine how much more you could achieve if you could increase and expand your understanding of your mind.

Crises Happen... Will You Be Ready? Crises affect people on many different levels, including psychological well-being. The 2004/2009 tsunamis, hurricanes Rita and Katrina, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are among events continuing to affect millions of lives daily. Potential events like Avian and Swine Flu pandemics, global warming/climate change and threats of spreading unrest in the Middle East are concerns weighing heavily on all. Planning and coordination are important components of responses to crises, disasters, and critical incidents. Resilience, recovery from crises, community ...