Business and economics

  • The cult of we : Wework, Adam Neumann, and the great startup delusion

    Creator

    Brown, Eliot

    Abstract

    Wall Street Journal Bestseller - "The riveting, definitive account of WeWork, one of the wildest business stories of our time."-Matt Levine, Money Stuff columnist, Bloomberg Opinion The inside story of WeWork, its audacious founder, and what its epic unraveling says about a financial system drunk on the elixir of Silicon Valley innovation-from the Wall Street Journal correspondents (recently featured in the WeWork Hulu documentary) whose scoop-filled reporting hastened the company's downfall. Longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Random House Audio

    Not specified
  • Play nice but win : a CEO's journey from founder to leader

    Creator

    Dell, Michael

    Abstract

    Wall Street Journal Bestseller. From Michael Dell, renowned founder and chief executive of one of America's largest technology companies, the inside story of the battles that defined him as a leader In 1984, soon-to-be college dropout Michael Dell hid signs of his fledgling PC business in the bathroom of his University of Texas dorm room. Almost 30 years later, at the pinnacle of his success as founder and leader of Dell Technologies, he found himself embroiled in a battle for his company's survival. What he'd do next could ensure its legacy-or destroy it completely.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Penguin Audio

    Not specified
  • The daily laws : 366 meditations on power, seduction, mastery, strategy, and human nature

    Creator

    Greene, Robert

    Abstract

    A New York Times Bestseller. From the world's foremost expert on power and strategy comes a daily devotional designed to help you seize your destiny. Robert Greene, the #1 New York Times bestselling author, has been the consigliere to millions for more than two decades. Now, with entries that are drawn from his five books, plus never-before-published works, The Daily Laws offers a page of refined and concise wisdom for each day of the year, in an easy-to-digest lesson that will only take a few minutes to absorb.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Penguin Audio

    Not specified
  • The next supper : the end of restaurants as we knew them, and what comes after

    Creator

    Mintz, Corey

    Abstract

    A searing expose of the restaurant industry, and a path to a better, safer, happier meal. In 2019, the restaurant business was booming. Americans spent more than half of their annual food budgets dining out. In a generation, chefs had gone from behind-the-scenes laborers to TV stars. The arrival of Seamless, DoorDash, and other meal delivery apps was overtaking home cooking. Beneath all that growth lurked serious problems. Many of the best restaurants in the world employed unpaid cooks. Meal delivery apps were putting many restaurants out of business.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Ashland

    Public Affairs

    Not specified
  • Timeless career tips for the modern millennial : (you can't Google anything this good)

    Creator

    Lane, Cara

    Abstract

    According to millennials, advice is abusive. After all, if you didn't go looking for the answer, then you probably didn't ask the question! So with much respect, this brave gen-Xer-with incredible ideas and answers-would like to ask you a question: Would you like some timeless career tips? What if people skills and communication are not traits that you can put into your search bar? As millennials, you are the first generation to have access to the sum of the world's knowledge at your fingertips, but is anyone inciting you to want more than just knowledge?

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Ashland

    Made for Success

    Not specified
  • My best mistake : epic fails and silver linings

    Creator

    O'Reilly, Terry

    Abstract

    The host of CBC Radio's Under the Influence, Terry O'Reilly, uncovers the surprising power of screwing up The Incredible Hulk was originally supposed to be grey, but a printing glitch led to the superhero's iconic green colour. NHL hall-of-famer Serge Savard's hockey career nearly ended prematurely, not because of an injury, but because of an oversight. And the invention of a beloved treat, the Popsicle, began with a simple mistake.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Not specified
  • The everyday hero manifesto : activate your positivity, maximize your productivity, serve the world

    Creator

    Sharma, Robin

    Abstract

    For over twenty-five years, leadership legend and personal-mastery path-blazer Robin Sharma has mentored billionaires, business titans, professional-sports superstars and entertainment royalty via a revolutionary methodology that led them to accomplish rare-air results. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Sharma makes his transformational system available to anyone who is ready for undefeatable positivity, monumental productivity, deep spiritual freedom and a life of helping others.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Not specified
  • Vanderbilt : the rise and fall of an American dynasty

    Creator

    Cooper, Anderson

    Abstract

    New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to chronicle the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty-his mother's family, the Vanderbilts.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Not specified
  • Mind over money : the psychology of cash and how to use it better

    Creator

    Hammond, Claudia

    Abstract

    On a summer evening in 1994, the two members of the band KLF burned £1 million in £50 notes in a barn on the Isle of Jura. They filmed themselves tossing the bills into the fire, and made the story public. The reaction amazed them: this act of nihilism caused a public outpouring of rage. They received death threats. And yet, if the band members had squandered their wealth away on designer clothes and sports cars, would anyone have cared? We constantly make assumptions about money. We confuse it with morality.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    House of Anansi Press Inc

    Not specified
  • Let the elephants run : unlock your creativity and change everything

    Creator

    Usher, David

    Abstract

    At David Usher’s company, CloudID Creativity Labs, there is a sign on the wall that reads: “Dream big, let the elephants run!” The words are a reminder for us to hold a place in our minds for creativity, where big ideas can form and our imagination can run free. Based on his wildly popular speaking engagements, Let the Elephants Run shows us how to reignite creativity whether in the head office, the home office or the artist’s studio. Usher believes creativity is in our DNA; it's in everyone, not just the creative class.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    House of Anansi Press Inc

    Not specified