Business Innovation

Are you navigating the challenges of building an inclusive workplace? Do you struggle with gaining leadership buy-in, addressing cultural resistance, or leveraging diverse talents to drive innovation? You’re not alone but closer to the solution than you think. Modern Workplace Diversity is your essential guide to overcoming the hurdles of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Packed with actionable insights, this book offers practical tools to help you create an environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to contribute their best.

In today’s fast-paced market, businesses must innovate to stay competitive, but many struggle to find opportunities for growth. Behzad Mahdavi’s book, Mastering Commercial Innovation, addresses this challenge through the engaging story of Kevin, a consultant dedicated to boosting the profitability of struggling companies worldwide. Kevin works with clients from various industries to improve their innovation culture and financial performance, offering insights into commercial innovation in an accessible way.

Kaizen, skills, integration: three words that 20 years ago didn't mean anything, today they mean a lot. Our economy and society rotate around these concepts. Which role do they play in our life? Furthermore, we all know that the globalization is making our system changing so fast that we literally have to run! And who wins the marathon at the end? The business with the best players. The most motivated, the most skilled-matching team.

A lean strategy is about gaining a competitive edge by offering better quality products at competitive prices and making a sustainable profit by eliminating waste through engaging employees in discovering deeper ways to think about their own jobs and smarter ways of working together. In its current form, lean has been radically effective, but its true powers have yet to be harnessed. The Lean Strategy harnesses that power and delivers a new way of creating value from lean.

To keep your brand innovative, you need to feed your creative spirit, and the office is not the place to do that. So get out, disrupt and reimagine the status quo, get into a café, and dream.

Starting a business can be daunting, but with the right guidance, it can also be an exciting and rewarding experience. In "From Idea to Launch," readers will learn everything they need to know to start and grow a successful business. The book will cover a wide range of topics, including: Finding the right idea: How to identify a need in the market, come up with a unique idea, and validate it with potential customers. Creating a business plan: How to develop a solid business plan that outlines the company's vision, mission, goals, and strategies for success. Financing your business: How to ...

Before a successful business can come to life, it must first be an idea. It can be difficult generating ideas that are fresh, unique, and profitable on a consistent basis. Imagine being able to come up with new, inspiring business ideas that are quick to become profitable. Imagine becoming an infinite well of ideas for new projects, new or existing ventures, and ways to solve challenges. This program is designed to help you unlock your idea generation skills.

Translate the passion for your cause into sustainable success. The Nonprofit Playbook is the ONE book that you need to make your nonprofit a sustainable success. From effective fundraising to hiring the best people to building a vibrant board, this practical step by step guide will help you create a customized roadmap for enhancing and protecting your mission. Whether you are new to nonprofit service, a seasoned leader or a board member, The Nonprofit Playbook is for you. Author Elizabeth V. Maring shares the winning strategies she has learned from working with nonprofits for over 35-years ...

In Secrets of Silicon Valley, entrepreneur and media commentator Deborah Perry Piscione takes us inside this vibrant ecosystem where meritocracy rules the day. She explores Silicon Valley's exceptionally risk-tolerant culture, and why it thrives despite the many laws that make California one of the worst states in the union for business.

Miserable at Work? Why? You Don't Have to Be describes breakthrough thinking for having fun at work to deliver true innovation. We explore how to ideate and bring out the best in everyone! We focus on three major concepts. The first is bringing awareness to how we think our brains work and then discovering where we may have had misconceptions. The second is letting go of the powerful need to be right at the start of trying to achieve something new.

The Invisible Advantage details how any organization can create a culture of innovation - an environment that promotes free thinking, an entrepreneurial spirit, and sustainable value creation at all levels and across all functions. It's a complete tool kit that anyone can use to uncover the unique, hidden drivers of innovation and then introduce fresh, intuitive approaches tailored to their organization's specific environment.

In The Smartest Places on Earth, van Agtmael and Bakker present a truly hopeful and inspiring investigation into the emerging sources of a new era of competitiveness for America and Europe that are coming from unlikely places - those cities and areas once known as "rustbelts" that have, from an economic perspective, been written off.

Two high-powered consultants give executives the frameworks they need to solve one of today's most pressing challenges: how to achieve maximum revenue growth while adding as little complexity as possible to your business. Growth in the Age of Complexity is a high-level guide that offers six main strategies for growth and profits.

Step into a world where the only limits are those of your own vision. "Imaginative Minds Unleashed" is a groundbreaking eBook that takes you on an extraordinary journey through the labyrinth of human creativity, unravelling the mysteries and mechanics behind one of our most magical faculties Imagination. Explore the canvas of humanity's unique thought process in Chapter 1, where you'll discover not just what imagination is, but how it has evolved to shape history and anchor our psychological roots. Each chapter thereafter delves deeper into the different realms where imagination reigns ...

**Unlock the Green Potential Transform Your Business with "Green Profits"** In the modern marketplace, sustainability is no longer a buzzword—it's a strategic imperative. Presenting "Green Profits," a groundbreaking eBook that serves as your comprehensive guide to not just surviving, but thriving in today's eco-conscious business landscape. Begin your journey by understanding the sustainable business landscape, uncovering the evolution, current trends, and the measuring stakes of environmental impact. Discover why going green is not just ethical, but profitable, as we delve into the ...

Throughout this book, Francisco Gonzalez introduces us to innovators who are succeeding in today’s economy despite the increasing challenges to achieving the American Dream. Join Francisco’s journey across America to discover the people and places that taught him the major characteristics most entrepreneurs share. Whether or not you ever want to start your own business, the stories in this volume will help you learn how to build an entrepreneurial mindset, conquer the obstacles that stand in your way, and be emboldened to craft and pursue your American Dream.

Today when the competition, technology, and the economy are evolving faster than ever before, organizations and the people like us who work in them need a proven approach to help us adapt - and succeed. The key, according to Paul B. Brown, is to think like an entrepreneur, no matter what your position or industry. What works for the most successful entrepreneurs will work for us, Brown argues, whether we want to stay employed working for someone else or are thinking of going off on our own.

Create products and services your consumers can't pass up - without the high cost of development.

Practical. Challenging. Well-researched and unflinchingly candid, this book—based on a decade-long study—provides leaders at all levels an actionable framework for building cultures that support higher levels of engagement and innovation. Choose Love, Not Fear challenges listeners to overcome a history of fear-based processes that unnecessarily render us less capable, restrict what we see, and narrow what we believe is possible. This book shows how the best leaders build teams where love and positive emotion are the foundation of making the rhetoric of engagement a reality.

In this practical guide for entrepreneurs, we help you move from running in circles to grabbing hold of your dreams by focusing on your goals and utilizing your skills and passion. We put each topic into a section broken down into an individual subject, real-life examples, and questions that make you think. Learning is a process; this is your guide to move you in the right direction for starting the business. Many books are theory-driven but need to be more practical. Our focus is to have a hands-on approach to presenting topics and give you exercises to look within yourself for the answers...