Thinkers Books

What makes a person just? And how can we define a just city? Answers to these types of questions are what Socrates, the gadfly of Athens,...

Everyone has experienced the need for personal growth at some point. Plenty of things prompt this, such as a major life transition, a new...

“You’re so talented!” is a common exclamation of praise in our culture. But is it really accurate? Bounce looks at the science of...

Imagine you had access to an ultimate, cutting-edge ideas generator. How would it revolutionize your business, cause or research? And...

Imagine you lived in British Colonial America. Back then, you could be taxed and wouldn't be able to do anything about it. The...

“He’s a natural-born leader.” Sentences like this exemplify everything that’s wrong with our modern understanding of leadership. Despite...

Have you ever wondered how some autocratic world leaders manage to stay in power despite human rights abuses and violations of...

Have you ever wondered why some big companies are there one minute and gone the next? Or why brands you saw all over the place not too...

There’s a reason self-improvement books often take their cues from science. If you want to improve yourself, you first have to understand...

Some people seem to have an almost eerie ability to get things done and reach their goals in life. What is their secret? Are they super...

The world is changing more rapidly than ever. This means two things for leadership. First, it means that leaders are needed more than...

Too many people today feel dis-empowered at work. This is true not just for entry-level positions but also all the way up to upper...

Why do we struggle to behave in ways that benefit us? Why is it so hard to become who we want to be? The answer is triggers. So says...

We all have bad days and act like assholes every now and then; we are all temporary assholes occasionally. Certified assholes, on the...

The Six Sigma Breakthrough Strategy is one of the most compelling and successful management strategies of the last quarter century. Using...

With standards rapidly rising in virtually every discipline, the understanding of where great performance comes from is more important...

Appropriately enough, magic reigns supreme in the little business fable co-authors Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles deliver in Raving...

How is your business performing? Are you satisfied with results? Perhaps you feel your success is being hampered by hundreds of issues,...

Every year we make New Year’s resolutions, but by February we’ve usually abandoned any efforts toward change – either because they seem...

The best way to grow a business – particularly one in the $2 - $50 million annual revenue range is to have a "Visionary" link up with an...

On your walk to work today, how many adverts did you see? Probably hundreds; in newspapers, on billboards, mixed in with the podcast you...

Throughout history and well into modern times, Jewish people have had a reputation for business acumen. This commercial savvy has often...

Do you ever feel like you aren’t getting the most out of your sales team? Or that there must be something you can do to increase the...