Career Design

Written and read by the man whose resumé boasts "Inventor of the World Wide Web," Weaving the Web is the not-to-be-missed story of how the Internet came to be and where its creator thinks it's going.

In this book, you'll learn how to put the thinking-based framework popularized by the Stanford d.school into practice so you can take on challenges in your organization and reach insightful solutions.

At a time when employee engagement has never been lower, the Good Is the New Cool Guide to Personal Purpose helps employees bring their full selves to work by helping them discover and use their personal Purpose to fuel their careers. This can lead to higher levels of physical, emotional, and mental health, as well as huge benefits to organizations in the form of higher levels of engagement, innovation, recruitment, and retention.

Visual Impact is the ultimate crash course for marketers, small business owners, and content creators who want to create high-performing visuals—without being a designer. Forget complex design theory or expensive tools. This practical, beginner-friendly guide walks you through everything you need to know to craft attention-grabbing, scroll-stopping, and conversion-driving visuals for social media, ads, websites, and beyond.

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 ...

Inclusion, Inc.: How to Design Intersectional Equity into the Workplace moves beyond having tough conversations to deliver an innovative and proven approach to organizational diversity. Eschewing the "mindset-first" approach taken by many diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, author and GEN founder Sara Sanford focuses on countering the systemic barriers that abet inequity by adjusting "cultural levers" to facilitate organization-wide change. The book offers sustainable and cost-effective solutions that yield real, measurable returns.

IDEO, the widely admired, award-winning design and development firm that brought the world the Apple mouse, Polaroid's I-Zone instant camera, the Palm V, and hundreds of other cutting-edge products and services, reveals its secrets for fostering a culture and process of continuous innovation.

Are you ready to unlock the full potential of your career and achieve professional success through the wisdom of Vastu? Do you want to discover how Vastu can create stability and growth in your business and job? Are you curious about practical Vastu strategies to enhance your work environment and attract prosperity? Dive into the transformative wisdom of Master Your CAREER With Vastu and uncover the secrets to career success and fulfilment. This comprehensive guide equips you with practical knowledge and actionable strategies to navigate the intricate nuances of Vastu Shastra, empowering ...

Discover what you can do now, in your teen years, to get ahead of the game and get on the fast-track to create your ideal future! With so many options out there, choosing your career path can be overwhelming. That's why Career Planning for Teens: How to Get Ahead, Plan for Your Dream Job, and Create a Bright Future is here! It's your ultimate guide to discovering your ultimate career path and making it a reality. Inside Career Planning for Teens, you'll: uncover what your passions and learn how to apply your unique abilities in the working world; understand how technology, the gig economy, ...

Designing Success offers a fresh perspective on achieving true fulfillment and balance in a world where burnout has become the norm. This book is your blueprint for creating an environment that fosters growth and empowers you to succeed on your terms. Catherine’s journey began at fifteen when she cofounded an early social network, which evolved into a thriving portfolio of dating apps serving millions. Despite fierce competition and rapid technological shifts, her team’s intentional approach to growth and strategy led to two sales: $100 million in 2011 and $500 million in 2020.

In October 2003, Patti Digh's stepfather was diagnosed with lung cancer. He died 37 days later. The timeframe made an impression on her. What emerged was a commitment to ask herself every morning: What would I be doing today if I had only 37 days left to live? The answers changed her life and led to this new kind of book. Part meditation, part how-to guide, part memoir, Life is a Verb is all heart. Digh identifies six core practices to jump-start a meaningful life.

It’s Not Too Late to Win What do you do when your dreams have been delayed or derailed as you get older? How do you silence the voice of regret and deal with the pain of failure as you grow older? What if you have not achieved greatness in the first half of your life, is there still reason to hope? This Late Bloomer’s Edition of the Design to Win Road Map faces these pertinent questions head on! In this book, personal transformation coach, C. Ruth Taylor shares incredible true stories of late bloomers to inspire and resuscitate your dreams. You will also discover: A unique blueprint for...

With more than 50,000 copies sold in Denmark, this book has been on the bestseller list since its publication in 2017. Barack Obama used a secret competitive advantage to win two elections. Companies such as Google, Amazon and Novo Nordisk use the same insight to stir up innovation, increase compliance, improve the work environment and sell more products. And successful management groups in the C20 index have started using it as their preferred strategy. But what kind of insight are we talking about here? The answer is - behavioural design.

Applying the Business Model Canvas: A Practical Guide for Small Businesses is a book that was written for the entrepreneur trying to come up with a workable new business model. It teaches entrepreneurs using the Socratic Method of asking and answering questions to complete each of the 13 building blocks of the Business Model Canvas and the Value Proposition Model. Through this process, the listener will be able to turn abstract ideas into a practical business model in no time.

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.

This audiobook is a culmination of nearly 50 years of art sales and marketing experience. It is jam-packed with useful information, ideas, and advice that any artist can use to become more successful, particularly by selling their work to interior-design professionals.

Volume I of the How to Become an e-Learning Freelancer series, “Launching Your Freelance e-Learning Career,” is an easy-to-use, practical guide to getting your freelance e-Learning career off the ground. It covers the basics of starting as a freelancer, from making the decision to go solo all the way through setting up your business’s tax structure. Consider this book your guide to establishing the fundamentals of your freelance e-Learning life, and then move on to Volumes II and III to take your career even further!

To reach today’s customers and influence their purchases, marketers and market researchers need to understand and harness the power of applied behavior psychology and behavior economics to break through these nonconscious filters and drive purchase behaviors - a process called behavior design. In Marketing to Mindstates, Will Leach, founder of TriggerPoint Design, a leading behavior research and design consultancy, demystifies this nonconscious filter and explains how to bypass it, introducing listeners to temporary moments of influence called mindstates.

If you've ever sought a job or hired someone, applied to college or guided your child into a good kindergarten, asked someone out on a date or been asked out, you've participated in a kind of market. Most of the study of economics deals with commodity markets, where the price of a good connects sellers and buyers. But what about other kinds of "goods," like a spot in the Yale freshman class or a position at Google?

In The Multi-Hyphen Life award-winning British author-podcaster Emma Gannon explains that it doesn't matter if you're a part-time PA with a blog, or an accountant who runs an online store in the evenings—whatever your ratio, whatever your mixture, we can all channel our own entrepreneurial spirit to live more fulfilled and financially healthy lives.