Concise Advice: The Smart Thinking Book
Concise Advice: The Smart Thinking Book
60 Bursts of Business Brilliance
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ISBN: 9789386105202
Bind: Paperback
Year: 2017
Pages: 144
Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Inch
Publisher: LID Publishing
Published in India by: Viva Books
Exclusive Distributors: Viva Books
Sales Territory: India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Reviews:
“When you want to take your mind for a sprint, pack TheSmart Thinking Book as your protein bar.”
—Richard Hytner, Deputy Chairman, Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide, and author of Consiglieri
“A fast, no bullshit shot in the arm for all of us who forget how simple business can be. Punchy + Bouncy = Refreshing!”
—Chris Barez-Brown, Founder of Upping Your Elvis, and author of Shine and Free!
“So many business books comprise a few good ideas and a lot of padding. Kevin’s book is full of a lot of good ideas and NO padding. Which would you prefer!”
—Euan Semple, ex-BBC, and author of Organizations Don’t Tweet, People Do
“World class trainer.”
—Diana Rhodes, Head of Strategy & Planning, Royal Mail MarketReach
Description:
This book contains 60 pieces of distilled wisdom. Read each piece of advice in one minute, or the whole book in an hour.
The sticky note format allows you to use the ideas for personal motivation, or to stimulate teams in meetings. Growth, communication, innovation, creativity, relationships and thinking are all covered.
Inspire yourself and your business with some Smart Thinking.
Target Audience:
This book will be useful for students and academicians of management, corporate professionals and motivational trainers.
Contents:
Introduction
Part 1: Growth • Planning: All Plans are Fiction • Models: All Models Are Wrong • Targets: Hit The Target, Miss The Point • Purpose: Don’t Confuse Direction With Destination • Efficiency: Don’t Confuse Movement With Progress • Adaptability: When The Facts Change, Change Your Mind • Preparation: Panic Early • Priority: Axe Administrivia • Effectiveness: Outcome Not Output • Decisiveness: Anti List
Part 2: Communication • Topicality: Point-Less? • Attitude: ROI: Respect = Opinion + Inquiry • Clarity: Do We Really Need To Do This? • Language: Ban The Bull • Interaction: Waffler Or Wafflee? • Honesty: Trickle Of Doubt or Flood of Naked Truth? • Storytelling: The Power of Sequence • Comprehension: Don’t Assume People Won’t Understand • Conversation: First Question, Big Pause • Listening: STFU
Part 3: Innovation • Approach: Be Relentlessly Curious • Opportunity: Close or Far Away? • Novelty: Break With The Past • Progress: Progress Not Perfection • Alternatives: Plan Bv. Plan A • Practice: Act Yourself Into A New Way of Thinking • Proof: Prototyping As Shorthand • Urgency: Speed Doesn’t Kill • Process: RTFM • Realism: Fool’s Gold White Space
Part 4: Creativity • Environment: Build A Greenhouse • Ambiguity: Fuzzy Front End • Originality: Destroy to Create • Quality: Kill More Good Ideas • Language: Turn ORs Into ANDs • Speed: The Slow Hunch • Concentration: Novelty Overload • Progress: Quitting Can Be Winning • Commitment: Ham & Eggs. Chicken = Involved. Pig = Committed • Motivation: Create A ‘Done’ Wall
Part 5: Relationships • Attitude: Take The Issues Seriously, But Not Yourself • Motivation: What’s In It For Me? • Humility: Manage Modestly • Causality: Do X, Anticipate Y • Teamwork: How Broad Is Your Church? • Consistency: 20 Mile March • Scale: Small Things = Big Difference • Personability: Have You Got A Minute? • Presence: No Show = No Say • Priority: Everything Louder Than Everything Else
Part 6: Thinking • Thought: Thinking Is Free, So Do It More Often • Action: Think, Do • Restraint: Do Nothing • Tasks: Quant or Qual? • Control: Tame Your Technology • Priority: Say No (Politely) • Philosophy: Business ≠ Busyness • Effectiveness: Efficiency is a Sophisticated Form of Laziness • Ambition: Pretend You Already Have What You Want • Curiosity: Look Everything Up, Write Everything Down
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About The Author
About the Author:
Kevin Duncan is a business adviser and marketing expert. His books have been translated into over a dozen languages. The Diagrams Book and The Ideas Book are ideal companions to this one.
