The Globalization Trap exposes how decades of free trade, outsourcing, and economic dogma hollowed out the American middle class--and why the promised gains of globalization never arrived for millions of workers. Economists once claimed that free trade would raise wages and living standards. Instead, globalization triggered a race to the bottom, ......
Projects do not fail because the plan was wrong. They fail because the people running the plan were not led with clarity, courage, and care. The Hidden Project Drivers shows why charts and status meetings are not enough in a world defined by speed and uncertainty, and it replaces control with leadership rooted in behavioral science and ......
Overcome Disruption with Compassion, Collaboration, and Knowledge
Practices of Resilient Companies: Overcome Disruption with Compassion, Collaboration and Knowledge provides the antidote for what ails companies in today's mayhem. Ongoing disruptions in our lives and leaders who have led their organizations to higher heights within constantly changing ecosystems are described. Ron Robinson provides research and ......
Building People-First Ventures in a Changing World
Most entrepreneurship books promise quick wins and growth hacks. But lasting ventures aren't built on shortcuts, they're built on people. Entrepreneurial Learning at Work reframes entrepreneurship as a living system: dynamic, relational, and grounded in how founders learn, lead, and grow. Drawing on real founder stories, practical frameworks, ......
Ready to transform government from the inside out? It's easy to complain about government bureaucracy and transportation in Los Angeles, but what if you could actually improve them instead? That's exactly what the authors of New Tricks for Old Bureaucracies set out to do in the Office of Extraordinary Innovation at Los Angeles Metro, a ......
In a world defined by burnout, quiet quitting, and relentless change, traditional management is failing. But there is a better way. Building a Coaching Culture: The Ripple Effect Raising Performance and Growth offers a human-centered alternative to leadership that not only boosts productivity but also transforms people. With decades of ......
Strategies for Successful Projects and Investments
Why do so many billion-dollar megaprojects fail, and how can leaders prevent it? Megaproject Development and Decision Making provides the answers. Drawing on decades of global leadership across energy, mining, refining, and infrastructure, Akin Oni reveals that the destiny of megaprojects is shaped not in execution, but long before, during ......
Collaborative Clinical Supervision: Principles and Practices to Foster Development provides new and practicing supervisors with best-practice guidance on how to supervise effectively by orienting supervision to three priorities: Attending to the supervisory relationship, Using experiential learning methods, and Implementing a ......
The Age of Global Change provides an in-depth examination of the major forces reshaping societies in the twenty-first century, by referring to themes of demography, globalization, cultural change, inequality, governance, health, and sustainability. It highlights how rapid population growth, urbanization, migration, and shifts in religious and ......
