Welcome to "Bitcoin: The Future of Money and Decentralized. Finance Demystified." This e-book takes readers on a deep exploration of the revolutionary world of digital currencies and decentralized finance (DeFi), with a focus on Bitcoin, the most well- known and significant of all of them. A financial revolution that began with the invention of Bitcoin in 2009 is still having an impact on every aspect of the world economy. Bitcoin has posed...

"Two distinguished scholars offer eight steps to help organizations discover and embrace an authentic higher purpose--something that will dramatically improve every aspect of any enterprise, including the bottom line. What does a lofty notion like purpose have to do with business basics like the bottom line? Robert E. Quinn and Anjan J. Thakor say pretty much everything. Leaders and managers are taught that employees are self-interested and work resistant,...

Some negotiations are easy. Others are more difficult. And then there are situations that seem hopeless. Conflict is escalating, people are getting aggressive, and no one is willing to back down. And to top it off, you have little power, money, or other resources to work with. Harvard professor (and negotiation advisor to organizations around the world) Deepak Malhotra shows how to defuse even the most potentially explosive situations and to find...

Your stomach's churning; you're hyperventilating -- you're in a badly deteriorating conversation at work. Such exchanges, which run the gamut from firing subordinates to parrying verbal attacks from colleagues, are so loaded with anger, confusion, and fear that most people handle them poorly: they avoid them, clamp down, or give in. But dodging issues, appeasing difficult people, and mishandling tough encounters all carry a high price for managers...

Welcome to "Altcoins and ICOs: Demystifying Altcoins and ICOs - Strategies for Identifying and Investing in Promising Cryptocurrencies." The world of cryptocurrencies has recently experienced a remarkable rise in popularity, changing how we view traditional finance and investment. Altcoins and initial coin offerings (ICOs) are at the vanguard of this digital transformation, providing exciting opportunities for both experienced investors and beginners...

In recent years, videoconferencing technology has improved significantly as equipment prices have dropped. Smart Videoconferencing demonstrates how to integrate this technology into business communications. The authors address the most basic concerns of users: how to handle the equipment, how to reduce distractions, how to avoid mistakes, and how to look and sound your best on camera and get the most out of virtual meetings.

Our world is at a crossroads; we must choose between two alternatives. The first is capitalism as we know it today-an amoral culture of short-term self-interest, profit maximization, emphasis on shareholder value, isolationist thinking, and profligate disregard of long-term consequences. Based on narrow assumptions about human nature and motivation, this system is unsustainable, a monster set to consume itself. The second alternative is "spiritual...

FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER No matter what kind of organization you work for, whether it's your own small business or a global Fortune 100 company, your number-one goal is success. Predictable Success takes you step-by-step through a startlingly simple, intuitive, and universal process that shows you how to bring sustained, lasting, predictable success to your organization. Find out where your organization is today and take the uncertainty...

Read hilarious stories with serious lessons that Michael Lopp extracts from his varied and sometimes bizarre experiences as a manager at Apple, Pinterest, Palantir, Netscape, Symantec, Slack, and Borland. Many of the stories first appeared in primitive form in Loppℓ́ℓs perennially popular blog, Rands in Repose. The Third Edition of Managing Humans contains a whole new season of episodes from the ongoing saga of Lopp's adventures in Silicon Valley,...

Helping workers and managers stay on top of their game in an increasingly changing work environment; this essential resource provides simple; remarkably effective time management techniques to help readers get two extra productive hours out of every day. -- Provided by publisher.