Kevin Duncan Bücher

Ideen zu haben war schon immer der treibende Faktor im Geschäftsleben. Oft reicht eine einzige gute Idee, um einen grossen Schritt nach vorne zu kommen. Aber wie sorge ich dafür, dass mir nicht die Ideen ausgehen? "Das Buch der Ideen" kann hier helfen. In diesem kleinen, aber umfassenden Buch werden die 50 nützlichsten Techniken vorgestellt und erklärt, die auch von Unternehmensberatern, Wissenschaftlern, MBA-Absolventen und Managern auf der ganzen Welt verwendet werden, um das Denken anzuregen und Ideen zu generieren. Ganz gleich, ob es um die Ideensuche im privaten oder beruflichen Bereich geht; dieser Ratgeber wird schnell zu Ihrem persönlichen Begleiter. Das Buch gliedert sich in 5 Bereiche: Vorbereitung, Ideen im Alleingang, Ideenfindung im Team, Ideen beurteilen, Ideen in die Praxis umsetzen. Alle Techniken sind ausführlich erklärt und mit konkreten Tipps für die Anwendung im täglichen Leben angereichert

Viele Menschen empfinden es als schwierig, ihre Ideen in Worten auszudrücken oder gar Problemlösungen nur in geschriebener Form anzugehen. Visuelle Darstellungen sind da eine wertvolle Hilfe. In diesem schlanken, aber umfassenden Buch werden die 50 nützlichsten Diagramme vorgestellt und erklärt, die auch von Unternehmensberatern, Wissenschaftlern, MBA-Absolventen und Managern auf der ganzen Welt verwendet werden, um das Denken anzuregen und Probleme aller Art zu lösen. Sehr oft helfen schon einfache Darstellungen wie Dreiecke und Pyramiden, Gitter und Koordinaten, Kreise und Raster, um Konzepte, Ablaufschemas und Strategien für jedermann verständlich und sichtbar zu machen.

Essential skills for launching a business are at the forefront of this comprehensive guide. It offers practical insights into key topics crucial for entrepreneurs, making it a valuable resource for anyone looking to start their own venture. The dynamic collection ensures that readers are equipped with the necessary tools and knowledge to navigate the challenges of entrepreneurship effectively.

So What? gets straight to the point so you can cut through the noise and nonsense of work. Much of what we learn in our formative years is unlearnt in later life. As grown-ups we are often unable to answer the simplest of questions in a clear, direct way, and frequently have no idea why we are doing something. This can lead to crippling inefficiency in business, and goes some way to explaining why so many people spend so much time doing things that have no bearing on the true purpose.by behaving in a genuinely inquisitive way, you can get right to the heart of the matter and save yourself hours, days, and even months of anguish. The questions So what?, Why?, How?, and When? can be hugely effective when applied in the right context, and this book shows you how to use them.Once all the right questions have been posed, there is a final sure-fire method for testing whether something is relevant and helpful. By completing the sentence "Something must be wrong if...", it is simple to work out if you are wasting your time. For example, "Something must be wrong if I don't want to go to work in the morning."So What? shows you how to become truly inquisitive again. So let the questions roll. Pay attention to what the answers are. Learn from them, and you will immediately improve your prospects of finally getting somewhere in life.

Published to celebrate the 5th anniversary of this best selling book, the new edition features 11 new diagrams. A unique and practical guide to solving business problems by using diagrams and visual thinking techniques.

Bestselling business author Kevin Duncan has read over 500 business books, and much of that wisdom is celebrated in this 5th anniversary edition. He covers seven of the most common strategic areas.

Bestselling author Kevin Duncan has been on a life mission to improve business language and understanding. In his latest book, he weeds out the worst offenders, and the contexts in which they most frequently occur, to provide readers with a path to clear communication.

Plenty of people are intelligent and have the right qualifications. But in business, to be successful, you also have to be smart and creative. This book contains 60 pieces of distilled wisdom to help you think smartly and creatively, and to enable you to stand out from the others. By the author of the bestselling 'The Diagrams Book' (12 languages licensed), each piece of advice can be read in one minute or the entire book in one hour. Divided into six main sections (Growth, Communication, Innovation, Creativity, Relationships and Thinking, this powerful little book draws from a range of disciplines and perspectives to enable readers to transform the way they approach work and life. LID Publishing's popular Concise Advice Lab notebooks are designed to be quick and comprehensive brainstorming tools and skill-building resources for busy professionals. The small trim size makes it easy to take along in a briefcase or purse. Interior pages are matte finish, so ink won't smear, and there's plenty of space to jot notes. A ribbon makes it easy to mark your place, and the elastic outer band keeps the notebook closed.

Part of the Greatest Hits series, Marketing Greatest Hits by Kevin Duncan is an essential resource which utilizes a effective dual approach to mastering the best ideas of modern marketing: the first ten chapters give in-depth examination of critical topics, followed by quick summaries of the most talked about and thought-provoking work from the best business books published, including The Long Tail, Meatball Sundae, Buzz, Affluenza and Blink. The book will help you stay up-to-date on how to navigate the ever-changing landscape of marketing and distills an enormous amount of information on the best ideas and insight into memorable digests which will enable you to finally cross off “must reads” from your business reading list.

A unique and practical guide to generating ideas by using diagrams and visual thinking techniques.