Donors, leaders of nonprofits, and public policy makers usually have the best of intentions to serve society and improve social conditions. But often their solutions fall far short of what they want to accomplish and what is truly needed. Moreover, the answers they propose and fund often produce the opposite of what they want over time. We end up with temporary shelters that increase homelessness, drug busts that increase drug-related crime, or food aid that increases starvation.

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. Yet, Rumelt shows that there has been a growing and unfortunate tendency to equate Mom-and-apple-pie values, fluffy packages of buzzwords, motivational slogans, and financial goals with “strategy”.

In the years following her role as the lead author of the international best seller, Limits to Growth - the first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planet - Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001. Thinking in Systems is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem-solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. Edited by the Sustainability Institute's Diana Wright, this essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world....

The challenges of the 21st century - from humanitarian to economic to environmental - demand new ways of thinking and more complex, flexible ways of acting. “Systems thinking” is a highly developed and influential way of looking at the myriad and complicated interactions between humans, institutions, and natural processes. This audiobook will help you understand the basics of systems thinking while providing you with the motivation to apply these tenants to your professional and personal life.

Our mind has a strong tendency to form beliefs to make sense of existence. Human beings cannot help but have beliefs that guide them in their thinking and their actions, but today they live in an increasingly artificial and manipulated world in which beliefs often turn out to be illusions. According to Jason Dyer, "Critical Thinking" is able to conceptualize, apply, analyze, synthesize, and actively and expertly evaluate the information gathered by a precise observation, reasoning, or experience.

Do you want to learn general thinking concepts to draft goals and create change? This audiobook is a guide for minds who thought "truth isn't reality". Simply put, mental models refer to the way people view or interpret the world around them. The right tools that should occupy space in your mind are the mental models. Getting to a level of higher understanding is not that easy as it requires you to comprehend different models and how best to utilize them.

In the military, a field manual provides instructions in simple, clear, step-by-step language to help soldiers complete their mission. In the civilian sector, books offer information on everything from fixing a leaky faucet to developing an effective workout program to cooking a good steak. Leadership Strategy and Tactics explains how to take leadership theory, quickly translate that theory into applicable strategy, and then put leadership into action at a tactical level. This audiobook is the solution that leaders at every level need.

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

Systems thinking provides a framework for defining and solving problems. You will understand that you can more readily control all parts of your life and better adapt to any issues or difficulties that life tosses at you. Ready to get started? Listen to Systems Thinking right now!

Start making savvier decisions and outsmart your competitors with greater confidence and ease with this simple and comprehensive guide to the skills, tactics, techniques, tools, case studies, and lessons behind strategic thinking. Professor Ridgley has crafted these 24 lectures as an accessible way to engage with thinking that will help you think-and act-more strategically in business and in your own life, whether you're the CEO of a Fortune 500 company or you're preparing to embark on a new career path.

The world's greatest problem-solvers, forecasters, and decision-makers all rely on a set of frameworks and shortcuts that help them cut through complexity and separate good ideas from bad ones. They're called mental models, and you can find them in dense textbooks on psychology, physics, economics, and more. Or, you can just listen to Super Thinking, a fun, illustrated guide to every mental model you could possibly need.

Disruptive innovation is a popular and powerful concept in the business world - and one that all businesspeople should become familiar with if they intend to stay at the forefront of their industries. This book offers a detailed discussion of disruptive innovation - what it is, how the term evolved, who created it, and why some people disagree with the theory.

Every pattern that doesn’t serve you exists in one place - your subconscious mind. Your mind determines your experience of reality. Limiting beliefs and reactive energy patterns stored in your subconscious need to be reprogrammed to achieve your true potential. In this book, you’ll learn new, intuitive skills that will help you to literally bring about your own personal transformation. This book is designed to facilitate real, measurable changes in your life - but you must immerse yourself in the exercises and experience each lesson firsthand for this process to work.

We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you combat new competitors and define the best strategy for your company. With insights from leading experts including Michael E. Porter, A. G. Lafley, and Clayton M. Christensen, this book will inspire you to: choose a strategy that meets the demands of your competitive environment; identify the signals of disruption and take steps to avoid it; understand lean methodology and how it is changing business; and more.

Everybody has the periodic "senior minute." Maybe you've gone into the kitchen and can't recollect why, or can't review a well-known name during a discussion. Memory slips can happen at any age, however maturing alone is commonly not a reason for psychological decay. At the point when huge memory misfortune happens among more seasoned individuals, it is commonly not because of maturing however to natural issue, cerebrum damage, or neurological ailment.