Corporate World

Economist and award-winning author Sylvia Ann Hewlett blends vivid stories with powerful new data in assessing the impact of the #MeToo movement in corporate America and provides concrete action to help executives and companies create more inclusive and safe work environments for women, people of color, and LGBTQ employees. While the #MeToo movement has exposed the enormous harm done by sexual misconduct in the workplace, the movement’s full promise has not been fulfilled, Sylvia Ann Hewlett argues.

How Pragmatism Destroyed a World is a powerful book about how ideas influence the most tragic events of history. It holds that everyone in the world has the same disease – and we are all dying from it. This is because much of man’s institutional knowledge descended from myths that ignored reality and existence. This so-called knowledge led to pragmatism and existential incompetence and this led to the brainwashing of the human mind. Since pragmatism is incapable of leading to understanding, and most of our leaders are educated in today’s universities, they are, almost as a group, ...

In Life Inc., award-winning writer, documentary filmmaker, and scholar Douglas Rushkoff traces how corporations went from being convenient legal fictions to being the dominant fact of contemporary life. Indeed, as Rushkoff shows, most Americans have so willingly adopted the values of corporations that they’re no longer even aware of it.

The Thunderbird Motel, 1977. J. J. Wedick and Jack Brennan - two fresh-faced, maverick FBI agents - were about to embark on one of their agency's first wire-wearing undercover missions. Their target? Charismatic, globetrotting con man Phil Kitzer, whom some called the world's greatest swindler. From the Thunderbird, the three men took off to Cleveland, to Miami, to Hawaii, to Frankfurt, to the Bahamas - meeting other members of Kitzer's crime syndicate and powerful politicians and businessmen he fooled at each stop.

With unparalleled access, and having interviewed hundreds of people – from Amazon executives to competitors to small businesses who rely on its marketplace to survive – Dana Mattioli exposes how Amazon was driven by a competitive edge to dominate every industry it entered, bulldozed all who stood in its way, reshaped the retail landscape, transformed how Wall Street evaluates companies, and altered the very nature of the global economy.

In "Dark Psychology and Gaslighting Manipulation for the Corporate World," Dr. James Jordan leads you into the shadowy worlds of psychological manipulation and devious strategies that exist within the contemporary business environment. This ground-breaking book reveals the techniques for manipulating emotions that aspirational people use to go up the corporate ladder, get control, and hold onto their authority.

Discover the transformative power of self-awareness and emotional intelligence in the corporate world with Dr. Carlos Garcia’s insightful book, The Unseen Journey. A renowned psychologist and sought-after speaker, Dr. Garcia masterfully combines his experiences as a U.S. Marine, firefighter, and clinical psychologist to guide corporate managers and leaders towards unlocking their full potential.

In the modern world, it is vitally important to comprehend how democracy functions! Decision-making is revolutionised by the strong link between interest groups and money-driven, covert influences. These days, social media, mass media, and populism are important components of this dynamic equation, where the amount of money at stake dictates the degree of influence on politicians and success prospects. With the help of this book, readers will be well-prepared to handle this high-stakes game and possibly emerge as important players in the future. Prepare yourself to explore this fascinating ...

A lady brings her car to the garage. She needs a simple oil change, and an apparently not as simple tire rotation. Interesting and true anecdote. Quite the read.

In this exciting prequel to the critically acclaimed Dane Curse, a pair of black capes are found dead on the floor of Wentorf Hall, mere inches away from the world’s largest diamond. Of course the cops think the pair killed each other over the heist. After all, everyone knows that the Vandenberg Coconut is a one size fits all motivation for murder. Everyone, that is, except for Dane Curse. But when the former villain turned PI takes the case he’ll discover that the truth has more sides than a diamond has facets. And in order to get to it Dane will follow a trail that leads through an ...

Who Says It’s a Man’s World helps women navigate the rocky path from cubicle to executive suite. This ultra-practical guide offers an ideal “Success Profile” along with the measurable action steps needed to excel in each of five reputation-enhancing areas: personal development, social skills, effectiveness, team building, and leadership.

Return to Decize, where conflict between the new foundry and the workers is brewing into rebellion. Join Haywood Vale as he struggles to feed a desperate populace with his garden magic. Now a full Gardener six years after his devastating conflict with the blood mage he might be the only one who can save the city. As a master of Baari's twisting and a dabbler in the devoured god, Bileam, he must make a choice between standing up for the people of Decize or hiding in his gardens. When Haywood makes a desperate attempt to save lives he is swept into a conflict that might topple the city, ...

Huge international companies and corporations are a normal part of our everyday lives today. For most, their unimaginable wealth and power, rivaling even some of the smaller countries of the world, is something we take for granted. And we see them as the living embodiment of the capitalist system, regardless if we take it as a good or a bad omen. However, this wasn’t always the case.

At 8 a.m. on February 3, 1975, Eli Black leapt to his death from the 44th floor of Manhattan's Pan Am building. The immigrant-turned-CEO of United Brands-formerly United Fruit, now Chiquita-Black seemed an embodiment of the American dream. United Brands was transformed under his leadership-from the "octopus," a nickname that captured the corrupt power the company had held over Latin American governments, to "the most socially conscious company in the hemisphere." How did it all go wrong?

There is an emerging consensus that all is not well with today's market-centric economic model. Although it has delivered wealth over the last half century and pulled millions out of poverty, it is recession-prone, leaves too many unemployed, creates ecological scarcities and environmental risks, and widens the gap between the rich and the poor. Around $1 trillion a year in perverse subsidies and barriers to entry for alternative products maintain "business-as-usual" while obscuring their associated environmental and societal costs.

This is a "science fiction" book that is intended for adults 18 and over. It is NOT for the faint of heart. This book will take you to places and events I know you will find interesting. I was inspired to write this book by something I saw in the sky many years ago. Are we alone in the universe? Do cats eat doughnuts?

Visionary Leadership in a Turbulent World: Thriving in the New VUCA Context is the thoughtful analysis of nine expert authors from around the globe who put VUCA under the microscope and take the listener on a journey that looks at VUCA from a number of different leadership perspectives. Through their research and writing these nine authors seek to provide sense-making and insights that are combined with practical tips and frameworks to help leadership embrace this new VUCA context and learn how to thrive within it.

How to Talk to Anyone in the Corporate World: Mastering Effective Communication is a comprehensive guide that provides practical strategies and techniques for effective communication in professional settings.

In this thrilling sequel to 2014’s Red Queen, the student rebels have escaped Earth, but the US and Chinese governments continue to try to copy their discovery of quantum gateways to find them and destroy the threat they represent to security interests. The rebels hold off Earth government attacks and continue to develop the new technology, which will change life for everyone and open a million habitable planets for colonization. Samantha and Justin are the romantic couple at the center of the rebellion, and their fellow rebels include anarchist cyber-geeks from the Grey Tribe and some of...

Spy Games documents "Cola" Fugelere's prolific professional career in the corporate espionage arena. Greed, sex, power, money, danger, and risk permeate Cola's world. Until now, few outside "The Game" have had the ability to understand the money, motivations, operational needs, and the activities of the professional corporate spy. Many have no idea this corporate underworld even exists.