Business & Commerce

Inspired by venture capitalists' unique mindset, this is a transformative playbook for delivering extraordinary results in modern organizations, from a Stanford professor and a technology executive.

Sets out the revelatory new idea of 'rugged flexibility' - a mindset by which one can not only negotiate a changing world and workplace, but thrive within disorder. The result is to become a master of change and to flourish in the flux of life.

* Subtitle: 'Why the Many are Smarter than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economics, Society and Nations'.

Now, in THE SCRUM FIELDBOOK, Sutherland returns with a hands-on guide to using the scrum method at the coal-face of any business. He reveals how its focus on rapid innovation, no-bullshit meetings and quick-fire decision-making has immediate relevance for every organisation on Earth. And he offers a step-by-step method for using scrum in your projects – starting today. The result is a game-changing handbook that will make your team more productive.

Columnist for The Times and bestselling author of Bounce: The Myth of Talent and the Power of Practice Matthew Syed argues that the key to success is a positive attitude to failure.

From the author of You Are Awesome: Find Your Confidence and Dare to be Brilliant at (Almost) Anything Essential reading for an astounding summer of sport; If you've ever wondered what makes a champion, Bounce has the answer.

Based on proven practical methodologies, this highly practical book will show you how to develop, nurture and guide the talents and skills of other people .

Everyone wants to succeed in life. But what causes some of us to be more successful than others? Is it really down to skill and strategy - or something altogether more unpredictable? This book intends to change the way you think about business and the world.