Career Design

How did Ford Motors use Lean development to pull off one of the most impressive corporate turnarounds in history? Largely by avoiding the mistakes that so many companies make when in a death spiral. They looked beyond manufacturing efficiency to change the very fundamentals of how they developed vehicles. In Designing the Future, Lean product development expert James Morgan and world-renowned Lean guru Jeffrey K. Liker reveal why so many companies have achieved only moderate success with Lean in operations, with a limited impact on their overall business.

Are you a dreamer? Do you ever look at your life and wonder how to make it more like you imagined it could be? Have you ever had goals that you had no idea how to achieve or even where to start? This insightful and practical book not only answers some burning questions about how to get what you want from life and create the life of your dreams, this book offers a step-by-step system to follow.

Technology rules us as much as laws do. It shapes the legal, social, and ethical environments in which we act. Every time we cross a street, drive a car, or go to the doctor, we submit to the silent power of technology. Yet, much of the time, the influence of technology on our lives goes unchallenged by citizens and our elected representatives. Our embrace of novel technological pathways, Sheila Jasanoff shows, leads to a complex interplay among technology, ethics, and human rights.

This super-practical guide to personal success is packed with no-nonsense tips that will get anyone where they want to be in business and in life.

Designed to Win, written by Po Chung - the co-founder of DHL - reveals the industry secrets they used to build a worldwide network that now operates in more than 200 countries and territories! Warning: Listening to this book and following the advice within can result in designing an industry that doesn’t yet exist!

If you have ever wondered what goes into an awesome resume, look no further. You will find the complex and often conflicting advice on crafting the best possible resume broken down in just seven easy steps. Giving you an unparalleled deconstruction of modern resume building, no promotion, job transition, or career change will pose a challenge once you are done. After allying all the information in this guide, the only thing left will be the interview!

Everyday struggles grow heavier: navigating endless specification options, ensuring fire safety compliance without overdoing it, or harmonising structures and services while staying true to your design vision. And then there’s the unrelenting pressure to innovate while keeping projects on budget and clients happy. This book is your shortcut to clarity and confidence in a complex world.

You will learn how design and innovation are being impacted by new and emerging technologies, societal demands, cultural shifts, and broader world issues. The Future of Design is practical, concise, and includes guidelines for building and supporting creative teams, advice and strategies for evaluating product concepts, and interviews with product designers, inventors, and innovators from around the world.

Take your design career to the next level by mastering User Experience Design. This book has been almost 25 years in the making and covers all the important things you need to know in order to excel as a User Experience Designer. Whether you’re looking to get started in design, change disciplines within design, or invest in your career growth, the material covered will help you get there. The focus is on the practical aspects of design and on learning the tools and approaches that you will actually use in your day-to-day life as a UX Designer. Some of the topics covered include: Why ...

Why do some writers and creators become known for a term, a phrase, or even an entire category, while others (talented as they might be) fade away? Because the most memorable writers and creators become known for a niche they own. And, more importantly, they invented new language to help them show the world how and why they are different.

The co-founders of the hugely successful Who What Wear empire share their best career advice for smart, stylish, self-starting women of all professional levels. In The Career Code, the third audiobook in the smash-hit Who What Wear series, fashion and digital entrepreneurs Katherine Power and Hillary Kerr bring you the Everygirl's guide for creating your own professional success, on every level, flawlessly.

In this audiobook, award-winning international accessibility thought-leader Jonathan Hassell shows you how to transform your organisation to consistently and cost-efficiently create websites, mobile apps and other digital products that are usable for all of your customers. Inclusive Design for Organisations gives you a clear, strategic business-aligned framework how to embed accessibility policies and processes consistently throughout your organisation, and how to measure the return on your investment.

Being an Introvert is not something that needs to be cured, but it is a Superpower that can catapult your income to $100K and beyond. Introverts have 7 Superpowers that extroverts don’t have, that can transform you into a Sales Superstar if you use them to your advantage. Because of an Introvert’s natural tendency to be alone and not be in the spotlight, they often shy away from sales. However, sales are where they can take their Superpowers and Shine. The author, Michelle Kulp, is an introvert who went from a 9-5 job in the legal field to making 6 figures in outside sales and then ...

The old cliché is that smart companies underpromise and overdeliver. But in today's crowded market, underpromising is a ticket to oblivion. Rick Barrera shows how to make sure that every point of contact between your company and its customers is well executed and fulfills an over-the-top brand promise to drive word of mouth and rapid growth.

Despite how much is written about strategy, and money spent on it, reports of chronic failures persist. Two causes dominate. Strategy is still not fully defined, and strategy practice is still largely based on a planned view of the world. Change and innovation, however, are not wholly planned but emerge from the myriad interactions of the players involved—some by design, many not. This science of complex adaptive systems must be the bedrock on which strategy is built.

Do you want companies fighting to have you as part of their team? Sarah Andreas shares discoveries from working with clients and her personal experience, offering tools, suggestions, and answers to questions in an easy to understand format packed with stories and examples to help develop your career advancement strategy.

Do you want to make money online in a way that’s simple and beginner friendly? So many online businesses fail because they’re too difficult to make money with! Think about it, in order to make money online you need many different skills. The problem is most people don’t have these skills or upfront capital to start and succeed with an online business. This is why a print-on-demand business is the perfect business to start. There are a couple of different ways you can start a print-on-demand business.

RAISE Your Value is the ultimate guide to elevating Architecture and Engineering firms out of the trap of commoditization. Learn how to Uncover Hidden Value, Design a Winning Advantage, and Charge More. As your firm pursues business, your staff must navigate difficult conversations around fees and pricing every day. Pressures from existing and potential new clients to lower fees often force your team to give away profits and avoid asking for change orders to get the work and “be competitive.”

The secrets to true fulfillment can seem so far out of reach, buried under a mountain of anxieties and obligations which threatens to swallow us up. But there is a way to sort through this maze of confusion and pain, to rediscover the joy of living!

Too many people in their forties and fifties (Gen X) are trapped in work that bores them, drains them of energy, stresses them out, threatens their relationships or simply feels meaningless. This rebellious generation has been tamed by the corporate master and trained into submission. Lucia Knight challenges you to step back, look at what you wanted, where you are now and what you want to create next. It is possible to take control of your own career and work story. BUT Without a clear understanding of how to do this effectively you risk everything.