Discover powerful new ideas from premier thinkers inside and out of the industry and be inspired and challenged to apply them in your own professional development programs.
| Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions |
Influencer: The Power to Change Anything |
 John Kotter, Harvard Business School, Co-author, Our Iceberg is Melting
Exponential change is happening across the globe, throughout the learning world, and inside virtually all industries. But John Kotter, Harvard Business School professor and bestselling author of Our Iceberg is Melting, proves that if you get the challenge of change right, the opportunities are unreal.
John Kotter is widely regarded as the world's foremost authority on leadership and change and speaks with one and only one goal: to motivate action that gets better results. Join Kotter, named #1 "leadership guru" in America by Business Week, and learn how to get your organization's attention for needed change, create a vision, and turn change into tremendous opportunity. |
 Joseph Grenny, Co-author, Influencer: The Power to Change Anything
Whether the goal is to change minds or change the world, everyone wants to be influential. Joseph Grenny, New York Times bestselling author of Crucial Conversations and Influencer, draws from the skills of hundreds of successful change agents to articulate a model of what it takes to exert influence.
Grenny shares techniques for changing behaviors techniques that nearly anyone can apply to nearly any problem and breakthrough strategies of contemporary masters of influence. Join Grenny and learn from five decades of the best social science research, and gain the power to change anything. |
| Freakonomics |
The 4-Hour Workweek |
 Stephen Dubner, Co-author, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Freakonomics co-author Stephen Dubner argues that economics holds key answers to human behavior questions that are much more reliable than surveys or assessments. Dubner examines the hidden side of human behavior: the inner workings of a crack gang; the myths of campaign finance; the telltale marks of a cheating schoolteacher.
Freakonomics, first published in April 2005, instantly became an international best-seller, with more than 1.5 million copies sold in the U.S. alone. Dubner now writes "the most readable economics blog in the universe" www.freakonomics.com. Join him as he challenges conventional ideas about human behavior you'll leave better prepared to ask the right questions, and you'll better understand why learners do what they do.
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 Timothy Ferriss, Author, The 4-Hour Workweek
Forty percent of American workers describe their office environment as most like a real-life Survivor program; 40% have checked their e-mail in the middle of the night; and 70% of working fathers and working mothers report they don´t have enough time for their children. Sound familiar?
Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, traveling the world, or just living more and working less, you can have it all really. Timothy Ferriss, popular guest lecturer at Princeton and author of the bestselling The 4-Hour Workweek, offers real-world examples and techniques to escape information overload, outsource your life, and help escape the nine-to-five grind.
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| The Business Tao of Homer: Lessons in Creativity and Innovation From The Simpsons |
 Joel Cohen, Writer/Producer, The Simpsons
TIME called The Simpsons "the greatest TV show of the 20th century." After 18 seasons, the greatest challenge for the show's award-winning writing team is staying fresh, innovative, and as funny as ever. Join Simpsons writer Joel Cohen as he provides insight into managing a high-pressure creative process, and explores techniques organizations can use to be more innovative.
Using anecdotes from his seven years with the show, Cohen will inspire you to find a fresh approach to your work whatever your role might be. From overcoming creative logjams, to team dynamics, to knowledge management, he offers insights that are entertaining as well as practical.
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