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"Artificial intelligence seems to do the impossible, magically bringing machines to life-driving cars, trading stocks, and teaching children. But facing the sea change that AI brings can be paralyzing. How should companies set strategies, governments design policies, and people plan their lives for a world so different from what we know? In the face of such uncertainty, many either cower in fear or predict an impossibly sunny future. But in Prediction...
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Most organizations manage risk using Enterprise Risk Management, which looks at past exposures or actuarial assessments to identify calculable and predictable threats. But the world is changing so quickly, and in such unexpected ways, that executives need to tackle risk head-on as an integral part of their strategic planning process.
Strategic Risk Management is a far more forward-looking approach that emphasizes future potential over past actions-it's...
3) Breakpoint: Why the Web will Implode, Search will be Obsolete, and Everything Else you Need to Know
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What can the human brain and its relationship to the internet tell us about our society, our technologies, and our businesses? A lot, as it turns out. The internet today is a virtual replica of the brain, and the networks that leverage it grow and collapse in ways that are easily predictable if you understand the brain and other biological networks.
We're living in the midst of a networking revolution. All of the major technology innovations of the...
5) The Nine Principles of Agile Planning: Create Nimble and Dynamic Forecasting in Your Organization
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The Nine Principles of Agile Planning teaches CFOs, CAOs, CIOs, and Finance leaders the secret to building nimble and dynamic forecasts within their organizations. The Nine Principles blend real-world processes, people, and cloud tech to get your business forecasting the right way. By adopting the Nine Principles, you can create world-class forecasting that reacts to real-time changes in your business, reduces project risk, and makes you a forecasting...
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The must-read summary of Les McKeown's book: "Predictable Success: Getting Your Organization on the Growth Track - and Keeping It There".
This complete summary of the ideas from Les McKeown's book "Predictable Success" shows that every business goes through regular and periodic stages of growth and decline. This pattern of organisational development has traditionally been termed the "Lifecycle of a Business" and is a well-known phenomenon. In his...
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The must-read summary of Jorge Vasconcellos E. Sa's book: "The Neglected Firm: Every Manager Must Manage Two Firms: The Present One and the Future One".
This complete summary of the ideas from Jorge Vasconcellos E. Sa's book "The Neglected Firm" shows that one of the central challenges of management is the need to strike the optimum balance between what a business currently does and what it will need to do to succeed in the future. In his book, the...
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The must-read summary of Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton's book: "Strategy Maps: Converting Intangible Assets into Tangible Outcomes".
This complete summary of the ideas from Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton's book "Strategy Maps" shows that many businesses share the same problem: they have intangible assets that cannot be measured and counted as market value. In their book, the authors give specific guidelines on how to build an accurate...
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The must-read summary of Peter Navarro's book: "The Well-Timed Strategy: Managing the Business Cycle for Competitive Advantage".
This complete summary of the ideas from Peter Navarro's book "The Well-Timed Strategy" shows how understanding the business cycle and then using it to maximum advantage is an unexploited area of business management expertise. And yet, it makes good sense to use the cycle to gain a competitive advantage over your rivals....
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The must-read summary of Vivek Ranadive and Kevin Maney's book: "The Two-Second Advantage: How We Succeed by Anticipating the Future".
This complete summary of the ideas from Vivek Ranadive and Kevin Maney's book "The Two-Second Advantage" shows that the challenge of the future is to become better at predictive analysis. This summary highlights that if you can combine the right information at the right time and in the right context just far enough...
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In today's fast-paced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books you'll love, Joosr's brief and accessible eBook summaries fit into your life. Find out more at joosr.com. We all make forecasts in our daily lives, whether we're investing in the stock market or simply planning...
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The must-read summary of Thomas Baumgartner, Homayoun Hatami and Jon Vander Ark's book: "Sales Growth: Five Proven Strategies from the World's Sales Leaders".
This complete summary of the ideas from Thomas Baumgartner, Homayoun Hatami and Jon Vander Ark's book "Sales Growth" highlights that today's market place clearly requires companies to be very good at selling. In their book, the authors explain that the leading U.S. and European companies...
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The must-read summary of Ryan Matthews and Watts Wacker's book: "The Deviant's Advantage: How Fringe Ideas Create Mass Markets".
This complete summary of the ideas from Ryan Matthews and Watts Wacker's book "The Deviant's Advantage" shows how today's most commercially successful products began as fringe ideas that became accepted in the mainstream market. Given the speed at which today's markets are moving, it's far more profitable to try and mine...
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This complete summary of the ideas from John Warrillow's book "The Automatic Customer" explains that subscription-based products are becoming increasingly popular, as it means customers are buying from a business automatically each month. Rather than having to put lots of time and money into reselling to the same customer twice, you can sit back knowing that they will re-purchase automatically. If you want to follow in the footsteps of Amazon and...
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This complete summary of the ideas from Hugh Courtney's book "2020 Foresight" helps the reader to distinguish between the information that can be known about a company's future, and what cannot. When planning a company's future, one must be able to account for a certain degree of uncertainty. By doing so, one can make more sensible and cautious decisions, and be more prepared for eventual changes in the market. This summary presents a four-step problem...
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This complete summary of the ideas from Robert B. Tucker's book "Managing the Future" shows how no business can afford to rest on its laurels and on the successes of the past. If there's one hallmark of long-term companies, it's the ability to manage the future as well as the present. In his book, the author demonstrates how great companies do this and presents three strategies used by them which you can adapt and implement. This summary provides...
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The Definitive Guide to Doing Business in Africa… For global and Africa-based companies looking to access new growth markets, Africa offers exciting opportunities to build large, profitable businesses. Its population is young, fast-growing, and increasingly urbanized--while rapid technology adoption makes the continent a fertile arena for innovation. But Africa's business environment remains poorly understood; it's known to many executives in the...
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The must-read summary of Faith Popcorn's book: "The Popcorn Report: The Future of Your Company, Your World, Your Life".
This complete summary of the ideas from Faith Popcorn's book "The Popcorn Report" shows that for anyone in business, the future is a serious issue. Business success requires that you constantly evolve towards meeting the requirements of the future. In this book, the author tries to predict future trends and gives you ideas to help...
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The must-read summary of Theodore Modis' book: "Conquering Uncertainty: Understanding Corporate Cycles and Positioning Your Company to Survive the Changing Environment"
This complete summary of the ideas from Theodore Modis' book "Conquering Uncertainty" shows that anticipating the future of a business and taking suitable action, particularly during times of rapidly changing competitive business conditions, can be challenging. However, business changes...
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The must-read summary of Robyn Waters' book: "The Trendmaster's Guide: Get a Jump on What Your Customer Wants Next".
This complete summary of the ideas from Robyn Waters' book "The Trendmaster's Guide" shows that new trends are not always spotted early by the ultra-hip types who are much cooler than everyone else. At the very best, these trend trackers help keep a business up-to-date with what is going on in the world. In her book, the author explains...
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