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Book Cover for: How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking, Sönke Ahrens

How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking

Sönke Ahrens
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If you’re interested in an even more structured approach to processing information, [this] short book is worth reading. It’s especially useful for writers and academics and details a system from 1960s Germany called the “slip-box." (“Every intellectual venture starts with a note.")

Paperback, 2022

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women's Dead-End Work, Linda Babcock

The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women's Dead-End Work

Linda Babcock
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"Women aren't the problem. Organizational practices are." Read our briefing of 'The No Club' by @Linda_C_Babcock, @BrendaPeyser, @lise_vesterlund and @LRWeingart. https://www.charterworks.com/no-club-book/

Hardcover, 2022

$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Deeply Responsible Business: A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership, Geoffrey Jones

Deeply Responsible Business: A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership

Geoffrey Jones
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In "Deeply Responsible Business" by Geoffrey Jones, Jones sets out to define what deeply responsible business practices and extract lessons from deeply responsible business people throuhgout history. Read Charter's book briefing for more: https://t.co/DYGzUCkVjl

Hardcover, 2023

$37.95$18.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Beyond Disruption: Innovate and Achieve Growth Without Displacing Industries, Companies, or Jobs, W. Chan Kim

Beyond Disruption: Innovate and Achieve Growth Without Displacing Industries, Companies, or Jobs

W. Chan Kim
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The latest book from the authors of 'Blue Ocean Strategy' is 'Beyond Disruption.' In it, Kim and Mauborgne "champion what they call 'nondisruptive creation,' businesses built outside of the boundaries of existing companies." https://t.co/85vX1cxqdS

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change, April Rinne

Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change

April Rinne
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“Employers must see talent not just for what they can do, but who they are. You’ve got to make it clear that, in this role, your wellbeing matters as much as your performance" -@aprilrinne, author of FLUX: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change https://t.co/wOEHStxVe1

Hardcover, 2021

$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Legacy of Discrimination: The Essential Constitutionality of Affirmative Action, Lee C. Bollinger

A Legacy of Discrimination: The Essential Constitutionality of Affirmative Action

Lee C. Bollinger
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Lee Bollinger's "A Legacy of Discrimination," is "essentially a case for diversity in all of our institutions," writes Charter columnist @mitrakalita. Read her interview with Bollinger about his new book on the legacy of affirmative action in higher ed. https://t.co/hVnTuQCnMM

Hardcover, 2023

$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike, Phil Knight

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

Phil Knight
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A review of Michael Dell's "Play Nice But Win," a founder's memoir that aspires to the same level of drama as Phil Knight's "Shoe Dog" https://t.co/xJtzT2Rh0a

Paperback, 2019

$13.99$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters, Jeremy Utley

Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters

Jeremy Utley
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"Their book is a useful reminder that new ideas are just as important in times of uncertainty and economic downturn, when our instincts are often to freeze, cut back, and protect." -@delaney on 'Ideaflow" by @stanforddschool's @jeremyutley https://t.co/Z1srYG3P19

Hardcover, 2022

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most, Cassie Holmes

Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most

Cassie Holmes
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"Happier Hour is a research-based roadmap for how to organize your time more intentionally in order to be happier," writes Kevin Delaney on Happier Hour, by @uclaanderson's Cassie Holmes. https://t.co/08yNq4nBlX

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: True North, Emerging Leader Edition: Leading Authentically in Today's Workplace, Bill George

True North, Emerging Leader Edition: Leading Authentically in Today's Workplace

Bill George
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In this week's book briefing, we cover 'True North - Emerging Leader Edition,' a new book from @HarvardHBS professor @Bill_George and co-author Zach Clayton. Read our full briefing for key takeaways and quotes: https://t.co/ZpoXgXP8Su

Hardcover, 2022

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book