Packed with dozens of engaging stories, case examples and humorous contemporary cartoons, Cultural Intelligence is the perfect antidote for overcoming cross-cultural differences, improving workplace
Stringer and Cassiday have written and adapted ready-to-use activities for settings where the exploration of cross-cultural communication would be beneficial
Online shopping continues to grow at an astounding rate: in 2012, more than $1 trillion was spent in online retailers alone. The nature of shopping is drastically changing, but with so little informat
In The Kama Sutra Diaries, one 'disillusioned child of the Western sexual revolution' discovers what this old land has to teach us about modern-day love and lust. It's a romp behind the scenes and bet
More than half a century ago, Vance Packard shocked readers by revealing how advertisers sought to influence consumers, often without their knowledge.What was true in 1957 remains true today with one
"The 80/20 principle is the cornerstone of results-based living. Read this book and use it."?Timothy Ferriss, New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek Acclaimed entrepreneur and auth
Insights can change the world, but we also need insights into the everyday things that frustrate and confuse us, so we can more effectively solve problems, make decisions and get things done. Yet unti
Arguing that "rank-based hierarchies" are counterproductive, the author uses real world examples to demonstrate this principle, including a chemical engineering company, a chamber orchestra, and a sof
Praise for the 50 Classics series:"Butler-Bowdon writes with infectious enthusiasm. A true scholar."—USA Today"Tremendous. It educates and edifies, affirms and inspires.&
The Trouble with Markets is now fully updated and expanded to include a major new chapter on The Trouble with the Euro based on the winning entry in the Wolfson Economics Prize . On Thursday th
You don't need a big title or a business degree in order to lead with impact. What you need is practical wisdom: the insight, judgment, and strength of character that all great leaders have, but that
'A little whitewashed house with a blue door and blue shutters on an unspoilt island in a picturesque village next to the beach with a tavern round the corner...' This was the dream of the Mole family
Nobody asked questions, nobody demanded money and everybody kept their mouths shut.In the upper reaches of the Loire lies an isolated plateau and the secluded village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. Their w
What if everything you know about raw talent, hard work, and great performance is wrong? Few, if any, of the people around you are truly great at what they do. But why aren't they? Why don't they mana
The EU needs fundamental reform: it has not delivered the prosperity and growth it promised and the EUs share of world GDP is set to fall sharply. Cut down to size, renationalized, and democratically
In 2009, New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James took a leap that many people dream about: she sold her house, took a sabbatical from her job as a Shakespeare professor, and moved her family to
What hope will there be for us when computers can drive cars better than humans, do intricate legal work, identify faces, scurry helpfully around offices and factories, even perform some surgeries, al
It was the tour that changed the way we travel. In the summer of 1863 seven people left London on a train that would take them on a thrilling adventure across the Alps. They were the Junior United Alp
Once Timbuktu was the seat of African civilisation and the world's richest city, romanticised by the great 16th Century traveller Leo Africanus , now THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. Half a millennium later, gu
