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Book Cover for: Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role on Any Team, Marina Nitze

Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role on Any Team

Marina Nitze
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Are you a change agent inside of your organization?!🧐 @KLsecondcity talks to Obama White House staffers @MarinaNitze and @nicksinai about their new book: “Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role on Any Team.” https://t.co/iHXbUbpjWk #innovator

Paperback, 2023

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness, Steve Magness

Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness

Steve Magness
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Did you know?! The US Military has the largest amount of sports psychologist of any organization👀 @KLsecondcity welcomes @stevemagness to talk about his new book "Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness." https://www.secondcityworks.com/podcast-posts/steve-magness

Hardcover, 2022

$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Smile: The Story of a Face, Sarah Ruhl

Smile: The Story of a Face

Sarah Ruhl
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Kelly is delighted to sit down with acclaimed playwright Sarah Ruhl to discuss her new book "Smile: The Story of a Face." https://bit.ly/3xNKa0O https://t.co/DgkZJI9hQH

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Book Cover for: Insead: From Intuition to Institution, J. Barsoux

Insead: From Intuition to Institution

J. Barsoux
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Singapore-based INSEAD professor @sameerhasija joins @KLsecondcity to talk about his new book “The Phoenix Encounter Method: Lead Like Your Business Is On Fire!" https://bit.ly/3acambV https://t.co/HEZla5RfVL

Hardcover, 2000

$149.00$124.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: You Have More Influence Than You Think: How We Underestimate Our Powers of Persuasion, and Why It Matters, Vanessa Bohns

You Have More Influence Than You Think: How We Underestimate Our Powers of Persuasion, and Why It Matters

Vanessa Bohns
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.@KLsecondcity connects with Cornell professor @profbohns to discuss her new book “You Have More Influence Than You Think: How We Underestimate Our Power of Persuasion, and Why It Matters.” https://bit.ly/30yHB6E

Paperback, 2023

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: There's No Manual: Honest and Gory Wisdom about Having a Baby, Beth Newell

There's No Manual: Honest and Gory Wisdom about Having a Baby

Beth Newell
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.@KLsecondcity connects with @bethnew, co-founder and editor of the satirical women's magazine @Reductress. They discuss her new book, “There’s No Manual: Honest and Gory Wisdom About Having A Baby.” https://bit.ly/2VTUNxC https://t.co/v4TTeMcoYs

Paperback, 2020

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Case for Good Jobs: How Great Companies Bring Dignity, Pay, and Meaning to Everyone's Work, Zeynep Ton

The Case for Good Jobs: How Great Companies Bring Dignity, Pay, and Meaning to Everyone's Work

Zeynep Ton
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@KLsecondcity sits down with Zeynep Ton, Professor of the Practice in Operations Management group at MIT Sloan School of Management to discuss her book “The Case for Good Jobs: How Great Companies Bring Dignity, Pay, and Meaning to Everyone’s Work.” https://t.co/bzu30LLqev

Hardcover, 2023

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be, Katy Milkman

How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

Katy Milkman
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.@KLsecondcity talks with Wharton professor @katy_milkman about her new book: “How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be.” https://t.co/yYPCPO7eiY https://t.co/Oq5zC62AhS

Hardcover, 2021

$31.00$15.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Six New Rules of Business: Creating Real Value in a Changing World, Judy Samuelson

The Six New Rules of Business: Creating Real Value in a Changing World

Judy Samuelson
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.@KLsecondcity talks to @JudySamuelson of the @AspenBizSociety about her new book, “The Six Rules of Business: Creating Real Value in a Changing World.” https://bit.ly/2SrQSZM https://t.co/igAgwoVM8G

Hardcover, 2021

$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Tao of Alibaba: Inside the Chinese Digital Giant That Is Changing the World, Brian A. Wong

The Tao of Alibaba: Inside the Chinese Digital Giant That Is Changing the World

Brian A. Wong
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“Money makes you stupid.”💸🤑😆 @KLsecondcity talks to Brian Wong, the first American employee of Alibaba, about his new book “The Tao of Alibaba: Inside the Chinese Digital Giant That is Changing the World.” https://t.co/dmn7s35g6v #jackma #alibaba #money #ecommerce #china https://t.co/CYz3gz6REF

Hardcover, 2022

$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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