Move Fast and Fix Things
Authors: Frances Frei and Anne Morriss
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Price: £24
Playing on Facebook’s famous maxim ‘move fast and break things’, Frei and Morriss challenge the heedless attitude that we can either make progress or take care of people, but not both.
In Move Fast and Fix Things, the authors draw on their experience advising leaders to build a picture of the corporate world where the best leaders solve problems without compromising the position of their business or employees.
The Pomegranate Principle
Author: Rory E Verrett
Publisher: Wiley
Price: £23.66
At once an examination of the realities of the 21st-century talent pool, classic D&I blunders and a handbook for recruiting diverse talent, The Pomegranate Principle aims to provide readers a clear-headed guide to diversity.
Rory Verrett, the author and executive search and D&I consultant veteran, brings his 20 years of experience to bear in this guide.
Decision Intelligence
Authors: Thorsten Heilig and Ilhan Scheer
Publisher: Wiley
Price: £24.99
Seeking to demystify the often bewildering processes behind AI decision-making, Heilig and Scheer have produced in Decision Intelligence a business-ready guide to automated modelling and forecasting.
Covering everything from agile transformation, organisational culture and psychological safety, the authors also give an overview of why human expertise remains key to any automated decision making.
People and Data
Authors: Thomas C Redman
Publisher: Kogan Page
Price: £29.99
Companies may gather vast amounts of data, but very few of their employees actually ever gain insight from it.
In People and Data, Redman describes ways to eliminate silos and improve the flow of data within organisations to help upskill the entire workforce while improving business performance.
A Symphony of Choices
Author: Gerald J Leonard
Publisher: Wiley
Price: £21.99
Following the story of a symphony orchestra manager’s tumultuous first season, Leonard explores the power of mentorship on shaping younger or inexperienced leaders under extreme pressure.
A Symphony of Choices also includes hands-on methods for management and learning techniques designed to help readers apply the lessons learned.
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