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The blockbuster bestselling leadership book that took America and the world by storm.Jocko Willink and Leif Babin are ex US Navy SEAL officers who led the most highly decorated special forces unit of the Iraq War. Now they demonstrate how to apply powerful leadership principles from the battlefield to business and life.Combat teaches the toughest leadership lessons, with absolutely everything at stake. Jocko Willink and Leif Babin learned this reality first-hand in Iraq. As leaders of SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser, their mission was one many thought impossible: help US forces secure Ramadi, a violent, insurgent-held city deemed ‘all but lost’. In gripping, first-hand accounts of heroism, tragic loss and hard-won victories, they learned that leadership – at every level – is the most important factor in whether a team succeeds or fails.Today Willink and Babin train leaders and work with hundreds of companies in virtually every industry across the US and internationally, teaching them how to develop their own high-performance teams. Detailing the resilient mindset and total focus principles that enable SEAL units to accomplish the most difficult combat missions, Extreme Ownership demonstrates how to apply them to any team or organization, in any leadership environment.A compelling narrative with powerful instruction and direct application, Extreme Ownership challenges leaders everywhere to fulfil their ultimate purpose: lead and win.The first book in the phenomenally successful Extreme Ownership series.

A New York Times bestsellerWin Every Argument is the ultimate practical guide to debate, persuasion and public speaking, by award-winning author, journalist and interviewer Mehdi Hasan.'A masterclass from one of the most formidable debaters and interviewers of our time' – Riz AhmedIn today's fiercely polarized world, arguments are not just inevitable – they're essential. Whether you're navigating heated social media debates or crucial conversations in your daily life, everyone wants to make their voice heard and their point understood. Strong arguments, presented thoughtfully and in good faith, are invaluable: they help us solve complex problems, uncover fresh ideas . . . and can even be fun.In this riveting and indispensable guide, British-American journalist and broadcaster Mehdi Hasan reveals for the first time the secrets to communicating with confidence, cutting through the noise of online 'tit-for-tats' and triumphing in successful, productive debates.From delivering impactful presentations at work to conducting incisive interviews or engaging in passionate discussions about current events with friends, Win Every Argument equips you with the essential tools to sharpen your speaking skills and craft the winning case, every time.'Indispensable' – Naomi Klein, author of No Logo and The Shock Doctrine

'This book will change the way you think about leadership' – Admiral William H. McRaven, author of Make Your BedThe powerful third book in the phenomenally successful Extreme Ownership series, with a foreword by Jocko Willink.Leadership is a universal requirement for success, no matter the environment. This undeniable truth is something Dave Berke learned first-hand as a Marine Corps officer, fighter pilot, TOPGUN instructor, ground combat leader and now chief development officer at Echelon Front, the training company founded by ex US Navy SEALs Jocko Willink and Leif Babin.By adopting the right leadership mindsets and behaviours, we gain the capacity to solve problems, support the people around us and amend our mistakes. How do we develop these necessary skills? By embracing the principles imparted to Berke from each humbling moment in the cockpit:Everyone is a leader: Leadership isn’t about rank, title, position or function. The more people see themselves as leaders, the more they want to contribute to the team’s success.Every problem we face is a leadership problem: Whatever the challenge, good leaders take action. How we lead becomes the most critical factor affecting the outcome.Leadership is a skill: Good leaders aren’t simply born. Leadership can be learned, which means every single person in the world can get better at it if they choose. This book is their guide.Through compelling stories from TOPGUN training and combat to the boardroom and at home, Berke gives you the necessary tools to succeed.

Find your will, find your discipline – and you will find your freedom. In this expanded edition of the mega-bestseller, updated with sections like Do What Makes You Happy, Sugar-Coated Lies and Don't Negotiate with Weakness, readers will discover ways to become stronger, smarter and healthier.Jocko Willink's methods for success were born in the SEAL Teams, where he spent most of his adult life, rising through the ranks to become the commander of the most highly decorated special operations unit of the war in Iraq. In Discipline Equals Freedom, the number one New York Times bestselling co-author of Extreme Ownership describes how he lives that mantra: the mental and physical disciplines he imposes on himself in order to achieve freedom in all aspects of life.Many books offer advice on how to overcome obstacles and reach your goals but that advice often misses the most critical ingredient: discipline. Without discipline, there will be no real progress. Discipline Equals Freedom covers it all, including strategies and tactics for conquering weakness, procrastination and fear, and specific physical training presented in workouts for beginner, intermediate and advanced athletes, and even the best sleep habits and food intake recommended to optimize performance.Embrace discipline, and learn to thrive.

'The real deal' – Alan Sugar'The essential modern playbook' – Simon SquibbYou don’t need the top job to think like a CEO.The old rulebook for career success is dead. Today, every ambitious professional is facing the 'Three Storms': the AI revolution, global power shifts, and transformative working practices. To survive and thrive, you must adapt fast.Next Gen CEO is not a dry management textbook. In 60 sharp, micro-learning chapters, Mike Soutar distils decades of experience as a founder, executive, and BBC's The Apprentice interviewer into battle-tested frameworks. Written as a 'working book' meant to live on your desk, it strips away the noise to focus on the raw mechanics of everyday success.Inside, you’ll discover how to:Master Self-Leadership: Build the unshakeable self-belief, relentless optimism, and work ethic required to stand out.Embrace Constructive Dissent: Learn why losing more arguments actually makes you a stronger, more respected team member.Step Out of the Weeds: Use the four-step 'PISA' method to stop carrying everyone else's mental load and take control of your time.Protect Your Energy: Map your personal productivity curve to stay on fire without burning out.Leadership is a behaviour, not a job title. The future will disproportionately reward those who learn faster than the world is changing.Are you ready to take charge?

The Instant New York Times bestseller‘Masterful’ – Adam Grant'So interesting' – Pandora Sykes‘Wonderful’ – Angela DuckworthAn essential read to become the most creative, productive, and satisfied version of yourself, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Range.We are constantly told to ‘keep our options open’ and ‘think outside the box’ – but what if endless freedom is exactly the problem? Drowning in a dizzying excess of choice often leads to dread, anxiety, and burnout. In Inside the Box, award-winning author David Epstein reveals a powerful truth: to thrive, you don't need more freedom. You need to build your own box.From navigating an uncertain future to building a life, intentional boundaries breed brilliance:Relationships: Couples who consciously commit are more satisfied than those who simply 'keep their options open'.Artificial Intelligence: A lack of advanced microchips forced engineers at DeepSeek into brilliant workarounds, producing a model to rival ChatGPT.Business: General Magic – a tech startup with limitless funding – failed spectacularly because they refused to set internal limits.Science: The periodic table wasn't born from boundless genius, but the strict demands of a textbook deadline.Music: Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett produced the bestselling solo piano album of all time by adapting to a broken piano.Constraints are not obstacles – they are powerful tools we can wield. Weaving gripping storytelling with cognitive science, Inside the Box proves the secret to expanding your potential isn’t chasing endless options. It’s taking back control and choosing the right limits.‘David Epstein's first two books – The Sports Gene and Range – were brilliant, but Inside the Box is his best . . . I won't think about my own work the same way ever again’ – Malcolm Gladwell

From Marcus Collins, strategist to Apple, Nike and Beyoncé, discover how you can harness the most powerful vehicle for influencing behaviour: true cultural engagement.'Compelling and vivid' – Robert Cialdini, author of Pre-SuasionWe all try to influence others in our daily lives. We are all marketers, whether you are a manager motivating your team, an employee making a big presentation, an activist staging a protest or a company executive selling the next big thing. In For the Culture, Marcus Collins argues that to inspire communities, we first need to think hard about how we appeal to their values and what we will contribute to their culture.With a deep perspective based on a century’s worth of data, Collins breaks down the many ways in which culture influences behaviour. Using captivating stories from his own life as a top marketer – including spearheading digital strategy for Beyoncé, working with iTunes and Nike+ on their collaboration, and designing ads for McDonalds – he shows how you can do the same.Full of memorable examples, from 1960s hippy culture to the enduring success of Patagonia, For the Culture offers the essential tools for creating lasting engagement and influence.'Some people seem to intuitively ‘get it.’ Most do not. Collins articulates ‘it’ for the rest of us and provides not just an understanding, but a guide for how to actually engage and influence culture' – Steve Huffman, co-founder and CEO, Reddit

The instant New York Times bestseller'Extraordinary' Kim Scott, bestselling author of Radical CandorYou know where you want to go. You know you have it within you. You just need the courage to do it.As a former Google executive and top career coach – who chased an attractive stranger off the train and later married him – Jenny Wood knows her way around courage. In this book, Wood shatters conventional wisdom about achieving your goals. She gives you permission to ditch your fear and chase after what you want, unapologetically.Wood reclaims nine traits from their negative shackles and teaches you how to apply them in a savvy and compassionate way to supercharge your success, whether you’re trying to snag a promotion, launch a company or land a life-changing deal.Wild Courage will teach you how to be:Weird: Win as you or lose as ‘who?’.Selfish: Be your own champion.Shameless: Beat impostor syndrome and self-promote with ease.Obsessed: Push, persist and perform at your highest level.Nosy: Get curious to network confidently and learn from others.Manipulative: Build influence with empathy and manage up like a pro.Brutal: Draw lines and stick to them. Embrace the power of no.Reckless: Err on the side of action and take healthy risks.Bossy: Steer others to success, even if you’re not in charge yet.Wild Courage coaches you to smash through your fear of discomfort, failure and the judgement of others, to embrace your boldest self in pursuit of what you want.‘A fresh, fearless approach to achieving your goals. This book is both a guide and a cheerleader for anyone on a mission to make things happen’ Gretchen Rubin, bestselling author of The Happiness Project

Discover the transformative power of words and conversations in The Power of Words, the profound and inspiring international bestseller by renowned neuroscientist Mariano Sigman.'A comprehensive toolkit for anyone looking to elevate their communication and improve themselves' – Matt Abrahams, author of Think Faster, Talk SmarterWe have hundreds of conversations every week, offline, online and even in our heads. But have you ever stopped to think about the words you use? The way we describe ourselves and the world around us shapes our decisions, emotions and actions.Mariano Sigman, the world-leading neuroscientist and bestselling author, shows that conversation is one of the most important tools for positive change, better relationships and improved critical thinking. Drawing on extensive research, he demonstrates that our minds are much more malleable than we think, and even the smallest shifts in our language can transform our habits and our perceptions. By understanding this, we can break free from patterns of limiting beliefs and tackle the disinformation we all face daily.Offering practical guidance based on the latest psychology and neuroscience, this witty and intelligent book urges us to be open to the possibility of our own fallibility. By embracing conversations as a tool for growth, we can learn to communicate better with others and, most crucially, ourselves, giving us a more rewarding and successful life.‘Bursting with absorbing ideas and practical guidance. A must-read for anyone keen to understand the profound impact of language on ourselves and society' – Erica Dhawan, author of Digital Body Language

'A must-read account from a heroic reporter who has taken on the world's most dangerous tech company' – Chris Miller, award-winning author of Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical TechnologyIt’s on your phone. It’s on your children’s phones. It’s on more than a billion screens across the planet, serving up joy, creativity and connection. But behind the slick feed of the world’s most addictive app lies ruthless ambition and a global war for control.Every Screen on the Planet is the dramatic, untold story of TikTok. Charting its rise from obscurity into the world’s most valuable startup, Emily Baker-White relates how its visionary founder, ByteDance CEO Zhang Yiming, reshaped the global internet from a place where you searched for information to one where information comes to you. Billions of users were soon hooked by the most effective recommendation algorithm in the world.But there was a cost to such success. Soon, TikTok was embroiled in accusations of surveillance, censorship and user manipulation, attracting controversy from India and Europe to the US. After Baker-White – a Harvard-trained lawyer and investigative reporter – revealed that Chinese engineers could access Americans’ private information, a team of ByteDance employees even used the app to track her location.Based on unprecedented access to internal documents, leaked recordings and accounts from whistle-blowers inside the company, Every Screen on the Planet reveals how TikTok became trapped between two superpowers, desperate to survive. It is the story of how your attention became the world’s mo­­­­st valuable – and dangerous – commodity.'Revealing. A story about power, control and the hidden battles shaping what we see online' – Parmy Olson, bestselling author of Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT and the Race That Will Change the World

‘A riveting page-turner about the world of technology and dealmaking’ – Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'An extraordinary account… details the thrills and horrors of the risks [Sama] so frequently took'Sunday TimesA gripping, wildly entertaining memoir that takes you behind the scenes of global business and shines a rare light on the people that are reshaping our world.Veteran Morgan Stanley banker Alok Sama thought he’d seen it all. Then he found himself chief dealmaker at the most influential technology investor in the world: SoftBank, backer of Arm Holdings, Yahoo, Nvidia, TikTok, Uber, T-Mobile, Alibaba and WeWork.The Money Trap is Sama’s thrilling, stranger-than-fiction story, detailing his experiences alongside SoftBank’s iconic founder Masayoshi Son – a visionary maverick who wants to be remembered as ‘the crazy guy who bet on the future’ and whose mission is ‘happiness for everyone’. Sama takes the reader on a wild ride as he consorts with billionaire CEOs and heads of state, negotiates mega-deals across the world and contends with a mysterious dark-arts smear campaign that takes a toll on his private life.This fascinating and humorous saga provides a unique insider perspective on an industry that is disrupting our daily lives. Written with self-deprecating wit, unflinching honesty and searing introspection, The Money Trap is ultimately a morality tale: in life, as in technology investing, more money isn’t always the answer.'[A] raffish and funny exposé of life on the highest peaks of finance . . . wittily observed . . . I imagine the financially ambitious reader drooling with pleasure' - Wall Street Journal

‘A riveting page-turner about the world of technology and dealmaking’ – Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'An extraordinary account . . . details the thrills and horrors of the risks [Sama] so frequently took' – The Sunday TimesA gripping, wildly entertaining memoir that takes you behind the scenes of global business and shines a rare light on the people that are reshaping our world.Veteran Morgan Stanley banker Alok Sama thought he’d seen it all. Then he found himself chief dealmaker at the most influential technology investor in the world: SoftBank, backer of Arm Holdings, Yahoo, Nvidia, TikTok, Uber, T-Mobile, Alibaba and WeWork.The Money Trap is Sama’s thrilling, stranger-than-fiction story, detailing his experiences alongside SoftBank’s iconic founder Masayoshi Son – a visionary maverick who wants to be remembered as ‘the crazy guy who bet on the future’ and whose mission is ‘happiness for everyone’. Sama takes the reader on a wild ride as he consorts with billionaire CEOs and heads of state, negotiates mega-deals across the world and contends with a mysterious dark-arts smear campaign that takes a toll on his private life.This fascinating and humorous saga provides a unique insider perspective on an industry that continues to disrupt our daily lives, from ridesharing apps to OpenAI. Written with self-deprecating wit, unflinching honesty and searing introspection, The Money Trap is ultimately a morality tale: in life, as in technology investing, more money isn’t always the answer.'[A] raffish and funny exposé of life on the highest peaks of finance . . . wittily observed . . . I imagine the financially ambitious reader drooling with pleasure' – The Wall Street Journal

'Beautifully written, wise and practical' – Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of GritFrom the author of the revolutionary bestseller Radical Candor comes the updated guide on how to cultivate a respectful atmosphere in the workplace.Radical Respect shows how organizations that respect individuality and optimize for collaboration are more successful, joyful places to work.We can create cultures where everyone does the best work of their lives and enjoys working together. Kim Scott offers a simple framework that helps us identify what gets in the way – and practical, tangible tips for how to get back on track.No matter what your role is, this is the essential guide for creating the kind of workplace where you and those around you can thrive.'Kim Scott's insights will help you be a better leader and create a more effective organization' – Sheryl Sandberg, former COO of Meta and bestselling author of Lean In‘Powerful and perceptive . . . belongs on the shelves – and in the hearts and minds – of leaders everywhere’ – Daniel H. Pink, bestselling author of To Sell is HumanPreviously published as Just Work, now substantially revised and updated.

From the legendary author of the multi-million-copy bestseller Think and Grow Rich comes the ultimate guidebook to success, featuring Napoleon Hill's two most popular books on achieving prosperity and abundance.Napoleon Hill, one of the founding fathers of motivational literature, has led millions to discover the power of personal belief and achieve extraordinary success.The Psychology of Wealth merges two of Hill’s pivotal works, The Master Key to Riches and The Magic Ladder to Success, alongside three transformative essays, to create an essential roadmap to wealth and self-improvement. This book distils Hill’s essential teachings into one comprehensive volume, offering practical wisdom for anyone seeking financial freedom and personal growth.Full of Hill's life-altering principles, The Psychology of Wealth offers a revolutionary path to self-empowerment and fulfilment, helping readers to create the reality they desire and succeed in every area of life.‘I shudder to think where I would be today, or what I would be doing, if I had not been exposed to Napoleon Hill’s philosophy. It changed my life‘ – Og Mandino, author of The Greatest Salesman in the World

'A practical guide to designing the life you actually want' – Nir Eyal, bestselling author of IndistractableFrom the creator of the massively popular System Sunday community with over two million followers comes a proven method for building systems that make modern life easier.You’re making thousands of decisions a day. You’re fighting algorithms designed to steal your attention. You’re managing passwords, subscriptions, and deadlines – complexity your brain was never built to handle. And somewhere in there, you’re supposed to exercise, eat well, and maintain friendships.No wonder life feels harder than it should.The happiest and most successful people don’t have more willpower than you. They’ve learned a skill most of us were never taught: building systems. This book is the missing manual.Ben Meer – dubbed 'The Systems Guy' by Forbes – spent years studying what separates people who consistently thrive from those who merely survive. Drawing on insights from behavioural science and systems thinking, and introducing DRIVE, a five-step method for turning any goal into a system that works. How to Be Good at Life gives you the full toolkit to:Go beyond habits to build systems for everyday routines and projectsDesign systems across your personal and professional lifeAccess 40+ plug-and-play systems you can implement immediately – including System SundaySee the hidden methods behind the success of Seinfeld, Serena Williams, Hans Zimmer, Beyoncé, Andy Warhol, and moreDiscover that the payoff isn’t just productivity, but a sense of calm and lightnessMaybe you’ve dreamed of starting a side hustle, getting in shape, or finally taking control of your money. This book shows you how to make progress inevitable.The gap between who you are and who you want to become? It’s just a few systems you haven’t built yet.

‘Mezrich’s books are the sort of engrossing reads you pick up in the airport then find the blockbuster film on the plane’ – Evening StandardFrom the bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House comes this cinematic true story about the biggest scandal in modern chess.In September 2022, the chess world watched in disbelief as Magnus Carlsen, widely considered the greatest player in history, faced an unthinkable defeat against the nineteen-year-old American upstart, Hans Niemann. Within days, Carlsen accused Niemann of cheating – a bombshell allegation that rocked the chess world. As the scandal spiralled, Chess.com – the dominant force in online chess – launched a high-stakes investigation igniting a global media firestorm.But Checkmate is about more than a cheating scandal. It’s the story of a teenager willing to risk everything to rise to the top; a reclusive genius suddenly fighting to protect his legacy; and a centuries-old game transforming into a billion-dollar industry fuelled by streaming, sponsorships, and Silicon Valley power players.With exclusive access to the central figures, Ben Mezrich takes readers deep inside the weird, wild, and cutthroat world of competitive chess – where genius collides with ambition, and the wrong move could be your last.'Fast-paced and compelling, Mezrich brings the black and white squares of the chess world into full technicolour. Even the non-chess players among us can't fail to be hooked by this remarkable story' – Katie Prescott, author of The Curious Case of Mike Lynch

'Excellent, meticulously researched biography' – The Guardian'Katie Prescott's account could hardly be bettered' – Literary Review'My book of the year' – Martin Vander Weyer, The Spectator'A highly readable book' – Financial TimesNamed one of the Times and Sunday Times 'Best Books of 2025'A maverick outsider. An improbable life. An even more improbable death.Discover the real story of Mike Lynch, Britain’s enigmatic billionaire.On the morning of 19th August 2024, the Bayesian yacht tragically sank off the coast of Sicily, taking with it the lives of Mike Lynch, his daughter and five others. Hours earlier, Lynch’s associate and co-defendant in one of the biggest fraud cases in Silicon Valley history, Stephen Chamberlain, was hit by a car in Cambridge and killed.The odds of these two deaths occurring together were estimated at four in one billion.Drawing on extensive research and exclusive access to key sources, award-winning Times journalist Katie Prescott forensically explores the life and death of this elusive maverick. Prescott guides us from Lynch’s humble beginnings, through his meteoric rise to CEO of Autonomy, and beyond to a vicious legal battle lasting more than a decade following the 2011 sale of Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard for more than £11bn. A truly brilliant feat of investigative reporting, this is a tale where nothing is quite as it appears.'Totally gripping . . . A real-life story that reads like a novel' – Sathnam Sanghera, bestselling author of Empireland'There is an old saying that most journalists have a bad book in them . . . Katie Prescott isn’t one of them. If this was a film script no one would believe it' – Kamal Ahmed, journalist and author of Life and Times of a Very British Man'A meticulously researched glimpse into the dark side of tech business in the UK . . . Riveting' – Parmy Olson, bestselling author of Supremacy

‘Demonstrates how to create enduring value’ – Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock‘For leaders seeking to create outsized impact’ – Ruth Porat, President and CIO of Alphabet and GoogleExpert advice to master your potential, from the founder and CEO of Discovery and Vitality.Adrian Gore built a company from a single, bold idea into a global financial group serving over 40 million customers across more than forty markets. He didn’t just scale a business; he created a whole new shared-value business model, a system so revolutionary it’s taught as a case study at Harvard Business School and has been recognized by Fortune magazine as ‘changing the world’.In The Four Principles, Gore reveals the framework and guiding principles that powered this success for the first time. Moving beyond standard leadership advice, he explores the behavioural science and ‘multiplier effect’ that occur when these four principles intersect:Disciplined Optimism: We have a default tendency to seek out negative signals. Learn why choosing optimism is the most rational path to seizing overlooked opportunities.Focused Urgency: Why your perceived time to make an impact is shorter than you think. Recognizing this can act as your greatest motivator.Declared Goals: Psychologically, avoiding a loss feels twice as important as achieving a gain. Setting bold goals triggers this force, unlocking radical motivation and decisive action.The ‘Pareto Tail’: Building on the other principles, learning to identify and target a few high-power decisions can determine your life’s entire trajectory.Gore argues that our instincts, shaped for a simpler, linear world, often mislead us in today’s complex, networked age. The Four Principles challenges these outdated mental models and shows you how to harness your potential for truly remarkable results – personally and professionally.‘Important reading for those aspiring to leadership or seeking to make an impact on the world’ – Lord William Hague, Chancellor of the University of Oxford‘The Four Principles distils decades of leadership and insight into a practical framework that explains what matters – and why’ – Sir Mark Tucker, Chairman, AIA Group

Simplicity is Apple’s competitive advantage. It Just Works shows you how to make it yours.What is the secret ingredient in every billion-dollar product, from the iPhone to ChatGPT to Lego? Simplicity. Humans love simplicity; it’s a hard-wired obsession. Apple has built one of the world's most valuable companies on this single principle.In It Just Works, Apple veteran Neil West unpacks the world-conquering methods of simplification passed down from Steve Jobs to Tim Cook, and carried forward by John Ternus. This book offers a clear, actionable guide for leaders, entrepreneurs and anyone ready to make a bigger impact in their work and life.Through nine simple rules, this book will show you how to:Build effective solutions from the ground up.Make work simpler for you and your colleagues.Remove friction from products, processes and decisions.Solve problems that your customers don't even know they have.Communicate simply, persuasively and quickly.Stay focused and drive change.Based on decades of experience at the cutting edge of innovation, West delivers a set of simplification methods you can apply immediately – without permission or additional resources – to transform your output and your results.'This book suggests that the secret of Apple's success is hiding in plain sight: it is the relentless pursuit of simplicity. Perhaps it says something about most of the world's other large corporations that, while they yearn to replicate the end result, they find it altogether impossible to replicate the means' - Rory Sutherland, author of Alchemy

Simplicity is Apple’s competitive advantage. It Just Works shows you how to make it yours.What is the secret ingredient in every billion-dollar product, from the iPhone to ChatGPT to Lego? Simplicity. Humans love simplicity; it’s a hard-wired obsession. Apple has built one of the world's most valuable companies on this single principle.In It Just Works, Apple veteran Neil West unpacks the world-conquering methods of simplification passed down from Steve Jobs to Tim Cook, and carried forward by John Ternus. This book offers a clear, actionable guide for leaders, entrepreneurs and anyone ready to make a bigger impact in their work and life.Through nine simple rules, this book will show you how to:Build effective solutions from the ground up.Make work simpler for you and your colleagues.Remove friction from products, processes and decisions.Solve problems that your customers don't even know they have.Communicate simply, persuasively and quickly.Stay focused and drive change.Based on decades of experience at the cutting edge of innovation, West delivers a set of simplification methods you can apply immediately – without permission or additional resources – to transform your output and your results.'This book suggests that the secret of Apple's success is hiding in plain sight: it is the relentless pursuit of simplicity. Perhaps it says something about most of the world's other large corporations that, while they yearn to replicate the end result, they find it altogether impossible to replicate the means' - Rory Sutherland, author of Alchemy

'The real deal' – Alan Sugar'The essential modern playbook' – Simon SquibbYou don’t need the top job to think like a CEO.The old rulebook for career success is dead. Today, every ambitious professional is facing the 'Three Storms': the AI revolution, global power shifts, and transformative working practices. To survive and thrive, you must adapt fast.Next Gen CEO is not a dry management textbook. In 60 sharp, micro-learning chapters, Mike Soutar distils decades of experience as a founder, executive, and BBC's The Apprentice interviewer into battle-tested frameworks. Written as a 'working book' meant to live on your desk, it strips away the noise to focus on the raw mechanics of everyday success.Inside, you’ll discover how to:Master Self-Leadership: Build the unshakeable self-belief, relentless optimism, and work ethic required to stand out.Embrace Constructive Dissent: Learn why losing more arguments actually makes you a stronger, more respected team member.Step Out of the Weeds: Use the four-step 'PISA' method to stop carrying everyone else's mental load and take control of your time.Protect Your Energy: Map your personal productivity curve to stay on fire without burning out.Leadership is a behaviour, not a job title. The future will disproportionately reward those who learn faster than the world is changing.Are you ready to take charge?

‘Burgis shows you how to be authentically yourself’ – Kim Scott, bestselling author of Radical Candor‘A compelling exploration of how to develop a healthier sense of self . . . timely and much-needed’ – Anne-Laure Le Cunff, neuroscientist and author of Tiny ExperimentsIt’s not hard to find your tribe. The real challenge today is not losing yourself within one.We are living in an era of crisis where becoming a whole person means navigating constant external pressure. Some of us dissolve into group identities, while others withdraw into temporary and sometimes dangerous online collectives. Both are symptoms of the same problem: a fragmented sense of self in an age of mass influence.The One and the Ninety-Nine is your essential roadmap to forging a stable, authentic identity in the face of coercion and conformity. Through compelling and original insights, author Luke Burgis dives into philosophy, psychology and personal experience, offering a clear guide for engaging with chaotic modern society both in our personal and working lives.Discover how to build a values-driven life of meaning, not one dictated by external expectations, and thrive in the space between the one and the many.Burgis offers us a powerful call to action, and a guide to:- Rejecting passive conformity.- Rediscovering the depth of your personality.- Choosing a life that is both truly personal and deeply connected.Live freely, and comfortably. Be the One, not the Ninety-Nine.‘A guide to living with virtue in the hardest circumstances, and finding deep joy’ – Arthur C. Brooks, Harvard professor and No. 1 New York Times bestselling author‘Social contagion is the most important phenomenon of our time. The One and the Ninety-Nine is the place to go to learn about it’ – Tyler Cowen, author of The Complacent Class

The revolutionary half a million copy bestseller.Hyperfocus by Chris Bailey is a transformative practical guide to managing your attention – the most powerful resource you have to become more creative, get stuff done, and live a more meaningful life.'The most productive man you'd ever hope to meet' – TEDIn Hyperfocus, you will learn:How working fewer hours can increase our productivityHow we get more done by making our work harder, not easierHow we do our best creative work when we're the most tiredOur attention has never been as overwhelmed as it is today and we've never been so busy while accomplishing so little.In Hyperfocus, productivity expert Chris Bailey provides profound insights into how we can best manage our attention. He reveals how the brain switches between two mental modes – hyperfocus, our deep concentration mode, and scatterfocus, our creative, reflective mode – and how the surest path to being our most creative and efficient selves at work is to combine them both.'Extraordinary' – David Allen, bestselling author of Getting Things Done'Incredible' – Vanessa Van Edwards, bestselling author of Captivate'A lifeline' – James Citrin, bestselling author of The Career Playbook

‘If you want to become a wiser, more inspiring and more resilient leader, this is the best book you can read‘ – Jonathan Haidt, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Anxious Generation‘Packed with practical, tactical advice as well as relatable stories, Leadership Intelligence will help you understand your own brain – and more importantly, how to bring out the intelligence of those around you‘ – Kim Scott, New York Times bestselling author of Radical CandorLead with intelligence – not just instinct.Renowned leadership coach, economist and bestselling author of How to Have a Good Day, Caroline Webb gives us a science-backed playbook for leading brilliantly in an ever-changing workplace.Webb distils her three decades of experience into a practical guide for mastering the twenty-one leadership challenges that every manager will face during their career. Grounded in psychology, neuroscience and behavioural economics, Leadership Intelligence makes management feel less like guesswork and more like a craft.Arranged under three key strengths of a great leader - Wisdom, Inspiration and Resilience - this book provides an integrated system packed full of tools and techniques to help readers:Cultivate Wisdom: Clear the cognitive fog to make smarter choices amidst complexityIgnite Inspiration: Engage the brain’s reward system to amplify human potential and performanceBuild Resilience: Reframe the brain’s response to threats to make stressful situations more manageableFeaturing compelling stories from role models at the top of their game – including executives from Alphabet, L’Oréal and JP Morgan – Webb shares indispensable lessons for leaders at all levels.Clear enough to be consulted before a crucial meeting, but engaging enough to be read in depth, Leadership Intelligence is the essential handbook for those ready to lead with insight, purpose and calm.‘Caroline Webb captures the texture of modern leadership, and offers a suite of tools so well-designed that using them feels less like following advice and more like seeing clearly‘ – Daniel H. Pink, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Drive‘Smart, insightful, practical and it will immediately improve the way you lead. Read it, use it and give it to every leader you know!‘– Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, Thinkers50 Hall of Fame executive coach and New York Times bestselling author of Triggers and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There

An updated and revised edition of the international bestseller, with new chapters covering communication and AI.In this invaluable guide to communication, Stanford University lecturer and host of the #1 business podcast Think Fast, Talk Smart, Matt Abrahams, provides a six-point methodology to help you cut through the anxiety and find the right words – when it counts.'Filled with practical, tactical advice, this book is indispensable' – Kim Scott, bestselling author of Radical Candor Communication is crucial to success in life and business. However, it is not just big speeches that matter: it is also those critical, spur-of-the-moment situations for which we cannot prepare.A prospective client asking unexpected questions during a sales pitch, a teacher singling you out for an answer during a class, a high-pressure meeting with senior executives at work, or even a heartwarming toast to deliver on the spot. All are fraught scenarios that might cause you to freeze up. The pandemic boosted this fear, by stripping the spontaneity from communication during lockdown, and then changing the communication landscape in the years since.Matt Abrahams reveals the secrets to managing these stressful, impromptu circumstances to create and deliver crisp, compelling and calm communication. Think Faster, Talk Smarter is an energetic, engaging resource for anyone who wants to speak out, spread their ideas, and ultimately share their story.'Exceptional' – Tony Faddell, inventor of the iPod, co-creator of the iPhone, and internationally bestselling author of Build'An essential read' – Daniel H. Pink, bestselling author of DriveThink Fast, Talk Smart was #1 on Apple Podcasts in the Careers genre, from 03.04.2023 - 05.04.2023 and later dates.

‘Takes both old and new leadership tactics and transforms them into strategies to use in crises . . . It is a testament to Baird and Hunter’s lucrative experience in the business realm and the role they play in shaping great leaders’ – Eric Yuan, CEO and founder of Zoom'If you believe you have to choose between being respectful and being effective, Tough Enough will change your mind. John Baird and Matt Hunter prove that the best leaders do both—and do it exceptionally well—with clarity, conviction, and courage.' —John Mackey, cofounder and former CEO of Whole Foods and New York Times bestselling author of Conscious Capitalism***From two of Silicon Valley's premier executive coaches, a no-nonsense guide to building elite teams by embracing true toughness - without sacrificing your humanity.Some of today’s most successful companies are infamous for toxic, high-burnout cultures. But you don’t have to compromise your values to drive your team to greatness.In Tough Enough, executive coaches John Baird and Matt Hunter introduce the ‘Toughness Spectrum’. This counterintuitive framework helps you calibrate between the passive ‘Comfort Zone’ and the destructive ‘Hardcore Zone’ to hit the high-performance sweet spot. Drawing on decades of experience coaching top CEOs and founders at world-class organisations like Apple, Nike, and DoorDash, the authors break down seven transformative habits to help you lead with radical respect and uncompromising results.This isn't fluffy management theory. Packed with real-world stories and data-backed tools, this is the practical playbook for anyone ready to demand excellence and enforce accountability without crossing the line.Whether you are an entrepreneur scaling a startup or an executive sharpening your team’s edge, Tough Enough proves you don't have to be a jerk to build a next-generation company - but you do have to be tough enough.***'Drawing from deep experience coaching top executives, John Baird and Matt Hunter deliver a compelling framework in Tough Enough for leading teams to greatness. It’s a powerful reminder that excellence requires courage and that the best leaders know how to push harder, lead better, and achieve lasting results.' —Lip Bu Tan, CEO of Intel Corporation'In Tough Enough, John Baird and Matt Hunter deliver a masterclass in modern leadership—one that rejects false trade-offs between performance and humanity. This book challenges leaders to raise their standards without losing their soul, offering a practical and powerful framework for building teams that truly win.' —Denise Young, former Worldwide Chief of Human Resources at Apple

The number one international bestsellerThe Sunday Times bestseller‘We need books like this one’ – Steven Pinker, psychologist and bestselling author of RationalityA comprehensive and witty exploration of human stupidity from some of the world’s smartest minds, including Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman, psychologist Alison Gopnik, neuroscientist Antonio Damasio, philosopher Aaron James, Ryan Holiday and more.Stupidity is all around us, from the colleagues who won’t stop hitting ‘reply all’ to the former school friends posting conspiracy theories on Facebook. But in order to battle idiocy, we must first understand it. In The Psychology of Stupidity, some of the world’s leading psychologists and thinkers – including a Nobel Prize winner – will show you . . .Why smart people sometimes believe in utter nonsenseHow our lazy brains cause us to make the wrong decisionsWhy trying to debate with fools is a trapHow media manipulation and internet overstimulation make us dumberWhy the stupidest people don’t think they’re stupidAs long as there have been humans, there has been human stupidity, but with wit and wisdom, these great thinkers can help us understand this persistent human affliction.Readers love The Psychology of Stupidity:‘Super interesting, engaging and shockingly true’‘A smart, funny read about how society keeps tripping over the same mistakes’‘Brilliant . . . I will definitely read this book over and over again’‘Frightening and brilliant, amusing and makes you think’

'This book will give you clarity, confidence, and a serious edge . . . The straight-talking, practical career guide we all need right now' – Chris Donnelly, host of Waking Up With Chris Donnelly and Secret LeadersFrom Chris Hirst, bestselling author of No Bullsh*t Leadership, comes the ultimate guide to career success.Success isn’t luck. Whether you’re at the start of your career, an ambitious young leader, an entrepreneur or on the brink of the boardroom, the fundamentals that make for career success don’t change. This book strips away the jargon, clickbait and corporate bullsh*t to reveal what really works, including how to:• Get hired (and get ahead)• Become an indispensable team member• Manage your boss (instead of being micro-managed)• Network like a pro (without feeling fake)• Negotiate the pay rises you deserve• Maximise your productivity• Work hard without burning outNobody cares about your career as much as you do – so take control, cut through the noise and make yourself Indispensable.'Cuts through the noise and reminds you what really matters at work . . . No-fluff, real-world advice that shifts how you show up – and stay indispensable' – Harpreet Kaur, winner of the The Apprentice UK

‘This book will give you clarity, confidence and a serious edge . . . The straight-talking, practical career guide we all need right now’ – Chris Donnelly, host of Wake Up With Chris Donnelly and Secret LeadersFrom the bestselling author of No Bullsh*t Leadership comes the ultimate guide to career success.Success isn’t luck. Whether you’re at the start of your career, an ambitious young leader, an entrepreneur or on the brink of the boardroom, the fundamentals that make for career success don’t change. This book strips away the jargon, clickbait and corporate bullsh*t to reveal what really works, including how to:• Get hired (and get ahead)• Become an indispensable team member• Manage your boss (instead of being micro-managed)• Network like a pro (without feeling fake)• Negotiate the pay rises you deserve• Maximise your productivity• Work hard without burning outNobody cares about your career as much as you do – so take control, cut through the noise and make yourself Indispensable.‘Cuts through the noise and reminds you what really matters at work . . . No-fluff, real-world advice that shifts how you show up – and stay indispensable’ – Harpreet Kaur, winner of The Apprentice UK