Download or read book Be Smarter Playing and Creating Strategies written by Félix González and published by Félix Enrique González Solano. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We continue with the "Be Smarter" series of books. On this occasion we address one of the most important skills of thought, the so-called strategic thinking. There are many examples where strategic thinking is fundamental. Imagine that you are armed robbery, what would you do? Of course, keeping calm is paramount, but the next steps you take will mean not getting hurt. It is strategic thinking that can successfully get you out of that situation. And this is just an example. It is not easy to get the skill of strategic thinking, so the current book will help you, through fun games, to train your brain. Just like anything else, you must be consistent, read a daily chapter, practice consistently and promise you will notice the difference. Your brain will thank you.

Download or read book Be Smarter written by E. Grothendieck and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We continue with the "Be Smarter" series of books. On this occasion we address one of the most important skills of thought, the so-called strategic thinking. There are many examples where strategic thinking is fundamental. Imagine that you are armed robbery, what would you do? Of course, keeping calm is paramount, but the next steps you take will mean not getting hurt. It is strategic thinking that can successfully get you out of that situation. And this is just an example. It is not easy to get the skill of strategic thinking, so the current book will help you, through fun games, to train your brain. Just like anything else, you must be consistent, read a daily chapter, practice consistently and promise you will notice the difference. Your brain will thank you.

Download or read book Strategic IQ written by John Wells and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's world, only the smartest survive. The competitive landscape is littered with graves of well-known firms whose revenues, profits and stock prices rose for decades until they suddenly imploded. In fast-changing business environments, firms must adapt their strategies and innovate to remain at the top. But many successful firms fail to do so. Instead, they succumb to inertia, hesitate, or stick blindly to their old strategies, until it is too late. The ability to adapt to change is a measure of intelligence; so why do firms demonstrate such low Strategic IQ? What causes inertia and why is it so deadly? How can leaders help their firms to act more intelligently? This book identifies the key sources of inertia - strategic, structural and huma - and provides practical advice on how they can be overcome to create smarter corporations. It is both a wake-up call for successful firms and a lifeline for firms struggling to succeed. To successful firms - beware! You may already be dead! To struggling firms - have hope! It is possible to pass powerful competitors by raising your strategic, structural and human IQ. Praise for Strategic IQ "Hard-hitting and stimulating, Wells' thesis carries a robust message that should make business leaders the world over sit up and think." —Archie Norman, Chairman of ITV, UK "Wells makes a compelling case for dramatic change." —Ron Sargent, CEO of Staples, USA

Download or read book Playing to Win written by Alan G. Lafley and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how companies must pinpoint business strategies to a few critically important choices, identifying common blunders while outlining simple exercises and questions that can guide day-to-day and long-term decisions.

Download or read book Your Strategy Needs a Strategy written by Martin Reeves and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You think you have a winning strategy. But do you? Executives are bombarded with bestselling ideas and best practices for achieving competitive advantage, but many of these ideas and practices contradict each other. Should you aim to be big or fast? Should you create a blue ocean, be adaptive, play to win—or forget about a sustainable competitive advantage altogether? In a business environment that is changing faster and becoming more uncertain and complex almost by the day, it’s never been more important—or more difficult—to choose the right approach to strategy. In this book, The Boston Consulting Group’s Martin Reeves, Knut Haanæs, and Janmejaya Sinha offer a proven method to determine the strategy approach that is best for your company. They start by helping you assess your business environment—how unpredictable it is, how much power you have to change it, and how harsh it is—a critical component of getting strategy right. They show how existing strategy approaches sort into five categories—Be Big, Be Fast, Be First, Be the Orchestrator, or simply Be Viable—depending on the extent of predictability, malleability, and harshness. In-depth explanations of each of these approaches will provide critical insight to help you match your approach to strategy to your environment, determine when and how to execute each one, and avoid a potentially fatal mismatch. Addressing your most pressing strategic challenges, you’ll be able to answer questions such as: • What replaces planning when the annual cycle is obsolete? • When can we—and when should we—shape the game to our advantage? • How do we simultaneously implement different strategic approaches for different business units? • How do we manage the inherent contradictions in formulating and executing different strategies across multiple businesses and geographies? Until now, no book brings it all together and offers a practical tool for understanding which strategic approach to apply. Get started today.

Download or read book Big Data Analytics Strategies for the Smart Grid written by Carol L. Stimmel and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive data analytics program is the only way utilities will be able to meet the challenges of modern grids with operational efficiency, while reconciling the demands of greenhouse gas legislation, and establishing a meaningful return on investment from smart grid deployments. This book addresses the requirements for applying big data technologies and approaches, including Big Data cybersecurity, to the critical infrastructure that makes up the electrical utility grid.

Download or read book Your Smart Retail Market Strategy Book written by Ho Eng Wah and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objectives of this book are: To share what are the excitements and challenges facing in the retailing industry. To create different strategies by using the right retail format strategy to meet the specific target market segment. How retailers able to create a competitive advantage edge over competitors in order to achieve sustainable growth in revenue and profit in the longer term for the organization. Successful SMART Retailing = How to define your SPECIFIC target market segment to MEET your customers needs and wants in order to create a competitive ADVANTAGE edge to achieve sustainable financial performance RESULTS by utilizing the current TECHNOLOGICAL advancement and implementing of ENTREPRENEURSHIP mindset.

Download or read book Mindset written by Carol S. Dweck and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2007-12-26 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the renowned psychologist who introduced the world to “growth mindset” comes this updated edition of the million-copy bestseller—featuring transformative insights into redefining success, building lifelong resilience, and supercharging self-improvement. “Through clever research studies and engaging writing, Dweck illuminates how our beliefs about our capabilities exert tremendous influence on how we learn and which paths we take in life.”—Bill Gates, GatesNotes “It’s not always the people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest.” After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset—those who believe that abilities are fixed—are less likely to flourish than those with a growth mindset—those who believe that abilities can be developed. Mindset reveals how great parents, teachers, managers, and athletes can put this idea to use to foster outstanding accomplishment. In this edition, Dweck offers new insights into her now famous and broadly embraced concept. She introduces a phenomenon she calls false growth mindset and guides people toward adopting a deeper, truer growth mindset. She also expands the mindset concept beyond the individual, applying it to the cultures of groups and organizations. With the right mindset, you can motivate those you lead, teach, and love—to transform their lives and your own.

Download or read book Smart Energy Strategies written by and published by vdf Hochschulverlag AG. This book was released on 2008 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enormous challenge of creating a longterm sustainable energy system calls for the participation of engineers, natural and social scientists. They can contribute both through their research and by helping to craft strategies that steer the future development of the system. A sustainable energy system cannot be developed by technical fixes alone; action is required on a broad front, including institutional and regulatory changes. There is an abundance of scientific evidence on which to base decisions on how to proceed. Still, research has a crucial role to play as well.Smart Energy Strategies highlights smart solutions: advances in technical and social-science energy research, particularly advances related to new information technology (e.g. control and communication); and experience with targeted applications of information technology in the supply and consumption of energy. The conference has focused on smart strategies taking into account current technical and institutional systems, with their inertia and shortcomings; future energy-related challenges: energy security; the growing energy needs of the disadvantaged; and unintended consequences of energy systems, particularly climate change but also uncontrolled money flows; smart technical, institutional, and regulatory mechanisms for meeting these challenges.

Download or read book Smart Simple Investment Strategy written by Victor de la Fuente and published by Víctor de la Fuente. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Smart Simple Investment Strategy" is a comprehensive guide that demystifies the world of investing, providing readers with valuable insights and practical advice on how to grow their wealth, generate passive income, and attain financial independence. The book focuses on two popular investment avenues: the stock market and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. The author, a seasoned investor and financial expert, understands the challenges faced by beginners and aims to simplify the investment process. The book starts by introducing the fundamental concepts of investing, breaking down complex terminology, and providing a solid foundation for readers with limited knowledge. The stock market section covers key topics such as understanding different investment vehicles (stocks, bonds, ETFs), analyzing financial statements, evaluating company performance, and developing a successful investment strategy. Readers will learn how to identify profitable opportunities, diversify their portfolios, manage risk effectively, and make informed decisions based on both technical and fundamental analysis. In the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency segment, the book explores the rise of digital currencies as an investment option. It explains the basics of blockchain technology, how cryptocurrencies work, and the factors influencing their value. Readers will gain insights into the potential risks and rewards associated with investing in Bitcoin and other popular cryptocurrencies. The author also provides guidance on choosing reputable exchanges, securing digital assets, and navigating the volatile nature of this emerging market. Moreover, the book emphasizes the importance of creating passive income streams to achieve financial independence. It offers various strategies, such as dividend investing, real estate investment trusts (REITs), and building an online business. Readers will learn how to leverage their investments to generate consistent cash flow, reduce reliance on traditional employment, and create long-term financial security. Throughout the book, the author provides practical tips, case studies, and real-world examples to illustrate investment concepts and strategies. Additionally, the book emphasizes the significance of disciplined and patient investing, encouraging readers to adopt a long-term approach rather than seeking quick gains. "Smart Simple Investment Strategy" equips readers with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate the complexities of the stock market and the cryptocurrency landscape. By following the strategies outlined in the book, readers can make informed investment decisions, grow their wealth, and ultimately achieve financial independence.

Download or read book Smart Cities Policies and Financing written by John R. Vacca and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2022-01-19 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart Cities Policies and Financing: Approaches and Solutions is the definitive professional reference for harnessing the full potential of policy making and financial planning in smart cities. It covers the effective tools for capturing the dynamic relations between people, policies, financing, and environments, and where they are most often useful and effective for all relevant stakeholders. The book examines the key role of science, technology, and innovation (STI) - especially in information and communications technologies - in the design, development, and management of smart cities policies and financing. It identifies the problems and offers practical solutions in implementation of smart infrastructure policies and financing. Smart Cities Policies and Financing is also about how the implementation of smart infrastructure projects (related to the challenges of the lack of financing and the application of suitable policies) underlines the key roles of science, technology and innovation (STI) communities in addressing these challenges and provides key policies and financing that will help guide the design and development of smart cities. Brings together experts from academia, government and industry to offer state-of- the-art solutions for improving the lives of billions of people in cities around the globe Creates awareness among governments of the various policy tools available, such as output-based contracting, public-private partnerships, procurement policies, long-term contracting, and targeted research funds in order to promote smart infrastructure implementation, and encouraging the use of such tools to shape markets for smart infrastructure and correct market failures Ensures the insclusiveness of smart city projects by adequately addressing the special needs of marginalized sections of society including the elderly, persons with disabilities, and inhabitants of informal settlements and informal sectors Ensures gender considerations in the design of smart cities and infrastructure through the use of data generated by smart systems to make cities safer and more responsive to the needs of women Demonstrate practical implementation through real-life case studies Enhances reader comprehension using learning aids such as hands-on exercises, checklists, chapter summaries, review questions, and an extensive appendix of additional resources

Download or read book The Evaluation and Implementation of a Smart Specialization Strategy written by Mirjana Kranjac and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-05 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book serves to define and promote the concept of smart specialization. As such, it is not only theoretical, but also presents a practical process performed in a specific country and the results thereof. It offers recommendations for activities of the European Commission regarding smart specialization processes in the future, and will appeal to policy makers, professionals who develop strategic documents, advisors, bridging organizations, and all who are involved in research and innovation, from professors to entrepreneurs.

Download or read book Co Creation and Smart Cities written by Shenja van der Graaf and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Co-creation and Smart Cities: Looking Beyond Technology highlights a more robust value-based perspective on public service development and delivery, helping structure co-creation processes that foster responsible innovation and a systemic, value-based approach to sustainable urban development.

Download or read book Leadership and Strategic Foresight in Smart Cities written by José A. LugoSantiago and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the leadership practices and foresight needed for smart cities. The book begins by exploring the evolving definition of a smart city. Then, it considers the problems with smart cities and the need for foresight in the management of these cities. The last part of the book offers a model of strategic foresight based on understanding, anticipating, and shaping the future, with applicability to organizations. This book offers a new conception of smart cities that will appeal to researchers and policymakers interested in futures thinking and strategy.

Download or read book Implementing Data Driven Strategies in Smart Cities written by Didier Grimaldi and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2021-09-18 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Implementing Data-Driven Strategies in Smart Cities is a guidebook and roadmap for practitioners seeking to operationalize data-driven urban interventions. The book opens by exploring the revolution that big data, data science, and the Internet of Things are making feasible for the city. It explores alternate topologies, typologies, and approaches to operationalize data science in cities, drawn from global examples including top-down, bottom-up, greenfield, brownfield, issue-based, and data-driven. It channels and expands on the classic data science model for data-driven urban interventions – data capture, data quality, cleansing and curation, data analysis, visualization and modeling, and data governance, privacy, and confidentiality. Throughout, illustrative case studies demonstrate successes realized in such diverse cities as Barcelona, Cologne, Manila, Miami, New York, Nancy, Nice, São Paulo, Seoul, Singapore, Stockholm, and Zurich. Given the heavy emphasis on global case studies, this work is particularly suitable for any urban manager, policymaker, or practitioner responsible for delivering technological services for the public sector from sectors as diverse as energy, transportation, pollution, and waste management. Explores numerous specific urban interventions drawn from global case studies, helping readers understand real urban challenges and create data-driven solutions Provides a step-by-step and applied holistic guide and methodology for immediate application in the reader’s own business agenda Presents cutting edge technology presentation with coverage of innovations such as the Internet of Things, robotics, 5G, edge/fog computing, blockchain, intelligent transport systems, and connected-automated mobility

Download or read book Technology and Talent Strategies for Sustainable Smart Cities written by Sumesh Singh Dadwal and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-25 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acknowledging the smart cities phenomenon not as a future goal but as an active part of our present, this book critically examines the strategies, business models, practices, tools, and actions needed to ensure that smart cities deliver the solutions they promise.

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