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ReWork: Change the Way You Work Forever
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Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2010)
This book will make you uncomfortable. Depending on what you do all day, it might make you extremely uncomfortable. That’s a very good thing, because you deserve it. We all do. Jason and David have broken all the rules and won. Again and again they’ve demonstrated that the regular way isn’t necessarily the right way. They just don’t say it, they do it. And they do it better than just about anyone has any right to expect. This book is short, fast, sharp and ready to make a difference. It takes no prisoners, spares no quarter, and gives you no place to hide, all at the same time. I can’t imagine what possible excuse you can dream up for not buying this book for every single person you work with, right now. Stop reading the review. Buy the book.—Seth Godin
37signals…doesn’t just have customers, it has raving fans, and its leaders are web celebrities ― Guardian
“House-husband, housewife, Fortune 500 CEO, cab driver, restaurateur, venture capitalist — this is ‘the book for you,’ a book of true wisdom, business wisdom, life wisdom. The clarity, even genius, of this book actually brought me to near-tears on several occasions. Just bloody brilliant, that’s what!”
—Tom Peters, New York Times bestselling author of IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE, THRIVING ON CHAOS and LEADERSHIP“If given a choice between investing in someone who has read REWORK or has an MBA, I’m investing in REWORK every time. This is a must read for every entrepreneur.”
—Mark Cuban, co-founder of HDNet and Broadcast.com and owner of the Dallas Mavericks“The brilliance of REWORK is that it inspires you to rethink everything you thought you knew about strategy, customers, and getting things done. Read this provocative and instructive book—and then get busy reimagining what it means to lead, compete, and succeed.”
–-William C. Taylor, Founding Editor of Fast Company and coauthor of MAVERICKS AT WORKor 3 X Rs. 1,296.67 withAdd to cart
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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
Rs. 2,790.00or 3 X Rs.930.00 withCathy O’Neil
Longlisted for the National Book Award | New York Times Bestseller
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2016
A Boston Globe Best Book of 2016
One of Wired‘s Required Reading Picks of 2016
One of Fortune‘s Favorite Books of 2016
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2016
A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2016
A Nature.com Best Book of 2016
An On Point Best Book of 2016
New York Times Editor’s Choice
A Maclean‘s Bestseller
Winner of the 2016 SLA-NY PrivCo Spotlight Award“Cathy O’Neil has seen Big Data from the inside, and the picture isn’t pretty. Weapons of Math Destruction opens the curtain on algorithms that exploit people and distort the truth while posing as neutral mathematical tools. This book is wise, fierce, and desperately necessary.”
—Jordan Ellenberg, University of Wisconsin-Madison, author of How Not To Be Wrong“This is a manual for the 21st-century citizen, and it succeeds where other big data accounts have failed—it is accessible, refreshingly critical and feels relevant and urgent.”
—Financial Times“Weapons of Math Destruction is the Big Data story Silicon Valley proponents won’t tell…. [It] pithily exposes flaws in how information is used to assess everything from creditworthiness to policing tactics…. a thought-provoking read for anyone inclined to believe that data doesn’t lie.”
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A Humans Guide to Machine Intelligence: How Algorithms Are Shaping Our Lives and How We Can Stay in Control
Rs. 1,990.00or 3 X Rs.663.33 withKartik Hosanagar
A Wharton professor and tech entrepreneur examines how algorithms and artificial intelligence are starting to run every aspect of our lives, and how we can shape the way they impact us Through the technology embedded in almost every major tech platform and every web-enabled device, algorithms and the artificial intelligence that underlies them make a staggering number of everyday decisions for us, from what products we buy, to where we decide to eat, to how we consume our news, to whom we date, and how we find a job. We’ve even delegated life-and-death decisions to algorithms–decisions once made by doctors, pilots, and judges.
In his new book, Kartik Hosanagar surveys the brave new world of algorithmic decision-making and reveals the potentially dangerous biases they can give rise to as they increasingly run our lives. He makes the compelling case that we need to arm ourselves with a better, deeper, more nuanced understanding of the phenomenon of algorithmic thinking. And he gives us a route in, pointing out that algorithms often think a lot like their creators–that is, like you and me.
Hosanagar draws on his experiences designing algorithms professionally–as well as on history, computer science, and psychology–to explore how algorithms work and why they occasionally go rogue, what drives our trust in them, and the many ramifications of algorithmic decision-making. He examines episodes like Microsoft’s chatbot Tay, which was designed to converse on social media like a teenage girl, but instead turned sexist and racist; the fatal accidents of self-driving cars; and even our own common, and often frustrating, experiences on services like Netflix and Amazon.
A Human’s Guide to Machine Intelligence is an entertaining and provocative look at one of the most important developments of our time and a practical user’s guide to this first wave of practical artificial intelligence.
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Physics of the Future: The Inventions that will Transform our Lives
Rs. 2,690.00or 3 X Rs.896.67 withSummons up the sheer wonder of science ― Daily Telegraph
A wide-ranging tour of what to expect from technological progress over the next century or so … fascinating ― Walll Street Journal
Mind-bending … fascinating … engrossing ― San Francisco Chronicle
Michio Kaku’s Physics of the Future: The Inventions that will Transform our Lives is a hypothetical journey through the next 100 years of scientific innovation, as told by the scientists who are making it happen. We all wish we could predict the future, but most of us don’t know enough about the science that makes it possible. That’s why Michio Kaku decided to talk to the people who really know – the visionaries who are already inventing the future in their labs.
Based on interviews with over three hundred of the world’s top scientists, Kaku gives us an insider’s perspective on the revolutionary advances that mean we’ll soon be able to take an elevator into space, access the internet via our contact lenses, scan our DNA for signs of disease and even change the shape of objects – and all still within the laws of known physics.
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Quantum Marketing: Mastering the New Marketing Mindset for Tomorrow’s Consumers
Original price was: Rs. 2,690.00.Rs. 2,190.00Current price is: Rs. 2,190.00.or 3 X Rs.730.00 withRaja Rajamannar
WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER
“This book will do to our view of marketing what Copernicus’ book did to our view of the world—it will change it forever. If you want to know how things really work, read it.” —Ivan Pollard, CMO, General Mills
“Quantum Marketing provides inspiration for an exciting future of disruption in the field and sheds light on the value marketing brings in driving business in this era of transformation. Wherever you are in your marketing journey, this is a must-read.” —Conny Braams, Chief Digital and Marketing Officer, Unilever
“Any marketer who wants to build brands that stand the test of time in the post digital age requires a balanced approach to marketing where science rules and storytelling amplifies. Raja is a true polymath who has struck the right balance.”—Antonio Lucio, former CMO of Facebook, Visa, HP and PepsiCo Int.
“Quantum Marketing serves as a call to arms for marketing transformation made inevitable by technology breakthroughs and shifts in cultural expectations. This book is for anyone who wants to understand where marketing is going and how to harness these inevitable changes.” —Chris Capossela, CMO, Microsoft
“Raja offers a clear roadmap for marketers to become stronger stewards of brand and growth amidst this paradigm shift. Insightful and eye-opening, this is a must-read for any marketer who does not want to become obsolete in today’s fast-paced world.” —Michelle Peluso, SVP Digital Sales & CMO, IBM
Raja offers an innovative view of the new Quantum Marketer mindset, which is both daunting and exhilarating. A must-read for anyone willing to compete for and succeed in a top marketing job today.’ — Greg Welch, Senior Partner, Spencer Stuart
‘Raja offers not only a fascinating view into the fifth paradigm of marketing, but also how to play deftly in it and win. This is an outstanding book and it will prove to be a landmark in the world of marketing!’ — Ashok Vaswani, CEO, Consumer Banking & Payments, Barclays
‘Raja thoughtfully took a hard and objective look at our industry and our work, and he did so with honesty and macro self-awareness. He effectively brings marketing of the past into the future.’ — Leslie Berland, CMO, Twitter
‘Quantum Marketing is a book full of optimism and hope, with practical examples of how to integrate critical elements of brand building with the data and analytic rigor necessary to drive business growth.’ — Leanne Cutts, Group CMO, HSBC
‘Quantum Marketing brilliantly describes the tremendous challenges facing future CMOs and how to fundamentally rethink marketing principles and frameworks. A must-read for marketers and business leaders who want to drive growth and thrive in the future.’ — Ravi Dhar, Professor of Marketing, Yale School of Management
‘Raja provides a clear roadmap for marketers to leapfrog into the future. He peels back the hype and gives pragmatic guidance. An excellent read!’ — Zena Arnold Srivatsa, Chief Digital and Marketing Officer, Kimberley Clark
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Open: How Collaboration and Curiosity Shaped Humankind
Original price was: Rs. 3,690.00.Rs. 2,890.00Current price is: Rs. 2,890.00.or 3 X Rs.963.33 withJohan Norberg
- AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR
“No person or society is smart enough or wise enough or noble enough to solve the wicked problems of life by themselves. With clarity and grace, Johan Norberg reminds us that openness to things and ideas from others is the only route to well-being..” –Steven Pinker, author, Enlightenment Now
“If we are to recover from the pandemic of 2020, the world needs openness more than ever: open minds, open hearts, open communications, open markets. Johan Norberg’s superb book demonstrates, with hundreds of examples, how openness has been the key to the success of our species over 10,000 years and is the secret of prosperity and peace today.” –Matt Ridley, author, The Rational Optimist
“Johan Norberg has a great story to tell: how, throughout history, open societies have always closed down, but never for good. The tension between closed and open, between trading and tribalism drives both progress and reaction. Why are the virtues and benefits of openness always under threat? We can’t live without it, yet too often it seems that we can’t live with it either. Norberg has a powerful argument to give us insight and hope that man’s curiosity and imagination is unstoppable.” –Margaret Heffernan, author, Beyond Measure
“Norberg reminds us that every great civilization has been destroyed by the end of openness. His essential book, then, is a timely reminder that the fate of our civilization rests on a defense of openness. Strongly recommended.” –Andrew Keen, author, The Internet Is Not The Answer
Clear, colourful and convincing, marshalling evidence from a range of eras and civilisations. […] The author is often amusing as well as illuminating. ― The Economist
Norberg has a strong case and he makes it with energy and charm. A pertinent book for grumpy times. ― The Times on Progress
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Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire
Rs. 3,490.00or 3 X Rs.1,163.33 withBrad Stone
‘Stone’s new volume is on its surface a business book that seeks to explain the rise of America’s most important private enterprise… Amazon Unbound is particularly valuable in explaining how the company makes money, and the day-to-day decisions that end up having a big effect on consumers… a dense, at times juicy tour of the company Bezos built.’ (Ben Smith New York Times)
‘Fascinating and deeply researched… Stone is at his best describing Bezos’s demanding style of management… Masterful.’ (Marc Levinson Washington Post)
‘An excellent new book…Bezos emerges as the ur-billionaire of our time, the deft wielder of a fortune so vast that he and his company are becoming “perilously close to invincible”.’ (Farhad Manjoo New York Times)
‘In this vivid, anecdote-filled page-turner of a book, Stone goes deep inside a company with colossal power, one we rely on for low-cost, wonderful service, and one that also kills many businesses and jobs. With rare access to Amazon executives, readers are taken inside Amazon meetings, see up close Jeff Bezos’s brilliance but also his belligerence, understand the trade-off between impressive efficiency versus the perils of market dominance, and get an up-to-the-moment appreciation of why government is now awake to the monopoly dangers posed by digital giants like Amazon.’ (Ken Auletta, author of Googled )
‘Amazon’s reach is so extensive that it can seem easier to list the few areas of commerce that it doesn’t touch than the many it does. Stone even-handedly describes the history, expansion and major personalities of the company.’ (Curtis Sittenfeld, my favourite non-fiction books The Week)
‘There are really only a handful of writers who can craft a page-turning narrative about the most transformative business ideas. Brad Stone is one. His topic of choice – Amazon and its founder Jeff Bezos – is equal to his journalistic skill. In this book, he gives us his second must-read account of how the world’s most important company and technology titan captured not only global retail, but Washington, Hollywood, outer space and your brain.’ (Rana Foroohar, author of Makers and Takers and Don’t Be Evil )
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Radically Human: How New Technology Is Transforming Business and Shaping Our Future
Original price was: Rs. 6,250.00.Rs. 5,690.00Current price is: Rs. 5,690.00.or 3 X Rs.1,896.67 withPaul Daugherty and H. James Wilson
“Paul Daugherty and Jim Wilson provide a clear road map that enables leaders to build their future in a way that maximizes talent and human potential.” — Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO, Thrive Global
“Valuable insights, brilliant real-world examples, and a new framework to transform the future . . . . Radically Human makes an original, provocative business case for human-centered tech.” — Amy Webb, founder and CEO, Future Today Institute; Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
“Leading organizations recognize the strategic role of technology in the reinvention of their businesses. Radically Human offers an easy-to-understand primer on cloud, artificial intelligence, and other emerging technologies and provides a clear, compelling framework that challenges current thinking with a new human-centric mindset on innovation.” — Peter Zaffino, CEO, AIG
“In today’s business world, the greatest challenge is that most Homo sapiens think linearly—but these people are playing the wrong game. Radically Human offers a set of tools and frameworks to remind everybody that the business world is not linear, but exponential.” — Stephane Bancel, CEO, Moderna
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Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
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Colin Bryar and Bill Carr have operationalized the core management practices that lie behind Amazon’s success. In particular, their insights into how any successful leader can focus on narrative and metrics to take a short-cut to the truth are essential for any leader in any industry. You’ll want to have your highlighter ready and keep this book close at hand for quick reference. — Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor
Jeff Bezos once told me that unlike Google or Apple, ‘Amazon doesn’t have one big advantage, so we have to braid a rope out of many small advantages.’ Amazon has demonstrated again and again that success doesn’t result from one big stroke of genius but from a set of clear business practices consistently and boldly applied. Colin Bryar and Bill Carr dive deep into how Amazon has become the company to study if you want to succeed in 21st-century business. — Tim O’Reilly, owner of O’Reilly Media
For those looking to change the world in ways (very) large and small via innovation and business, my strong recommendation is to dive deeply into Working Backwards. Bill and Colin have delivered a rarity of immense value, which is a powerful, high judgment dissection of the inputs to Amazon itself. I anticipate Working Backwards to quickly become required reading in board rooms and classrooms around the world — Jason Kilar, CEO of WarnerMedia
Rather than offering a dull catalog of the company’s 14 leadership principles and three implementation mechanisms, Mr. Bryar and Mr. Carr provide concrete and accessible examples of how these are put into practice across a range of functions, from hiring and communications to organizational and product design. — New York Times
Colin and Bill very precisely captured the unique corporate culture of Amazon and described many of the essential parts of Amazon’s approach to innovation. They offer a unique, insiders’ view of the company with many valuable lessons for large companies that want to reinvent their business models as well as for startups that want to scale rapidly. This is the definitive innovation playbook. — Serguei Netessine, Vice Dean and Dhirubhai Ambani Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at The Wharton School
Working Backwards should be read by anyone interested in the real thing -the principles, processes and practices of 21st century management and leadership. — Forbes Magazine
Rather like a potted business school case study, this book gives us the story as it developed at the time ― and that is probably worth the cover price of the book in itself. — The Financial Times
This book reads like a how-to guide, which perhaps is by design ? Bryar and Carr both were long-time Amazonians and their vantage point is that of an enthusiast rather than a critic. To be sure, Amazon offers much to admire….It’s a safe bet Amazon’s core principles and practices will remain essentially intact, not because Bezos will be watching from the executive suite but because Bryar, Carr and legions of current managers at the company believe in the Amazon way. — Associated Press
Colin and Bill have captured the essence of what it means at Amazon to start with the customer and work backwards. They both held important leadership roles at critical moments in the company’s history that they’ve translated into interesting stories and lessons for readers. — Jeff Wilke, CEO, Worldwide Consumer, Amazon
Working Backwards serves as a blueprint enabling leaders to implement guiding principles, operating rhythms and durable mechanisms that allow teams to scale effectively, even as your business expands at an accelerated clip. A must read for every entrepreneur or business leader focused on driving growth. — Mariana Garavaglia, Chief People & Business Operations Officer, Peloton
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The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything
Rs. 2,990.00or 3 X Rs.996.67 withMichio Kaku
[Kaku] attempts to bring the dizzying concepts of multidimensional realms within reach of the general reader … It’s a majestic story, and Kaku tells it well. — David Bodanis ― Financial Times
A clear and accessible examination of the quest to combine Einstein’s general relativity with quantum theory to create an all-encompassing “theory of everything” about the nature of the universe. — Andrew Anthony ― The Observer
Kaku elucidates esoteric mathematics with graspable, real-life illustrations, and explains how breakthroughs in theoretical physics have had a tangible impact on human experience … The result is both mind-bending and surprisingly readable. — Pippa Bailey ― New Statesman
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Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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- THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER.
- DAILY TELEGRAPH AND THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR.
- SELECTED AS ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2018
All of us – not only scientists, industrialists and generals-should ask ourselves what can we do now to improve the chances of reaping the benefits of future AI and avoiding the risks. This is the most important conversation of our time, and Tegmark’s thought-provoking book will help you join it — Prof. Stephen Hawking
This is a compelling guide to the challenges and choices in our quest for a great future of life, intelligence and consciousness – on Earth and beyond. — Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors
Max seeks to facilitate a much wider conversation about what kind of future we, as a species, would want to create. Though the topics he covers – AI, cosmology, values, even the nature of conscious experience – can be fairly challenging, he presents them in an unintimidating manner that invites the reader to form her own opinions. — Prof. Nick Bostrom, Founder of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute, author of Superintelligence
Max’s new book is a deeply thoughtful guide to the most important conversation of our time, about how to create a benevolent future civilization as we merge our biological thinking with an even greater intelligence of our own creation. — Ray Kurzweil, Inventor, Author and Futurist, author of The Singularity is Near and How to Create a Mind
Lucid and engaging […] Tegmark’s explanation of how electronic circuitry – or a human brain – could produce something as evanescent and immaterial as thought is both elegant and enlightening. — Frank Rose ― Wall Street Journal
It should be among the most important items on our political agenda. Unfortunately, AI has so far hardly registered on our political radar … Max Tegmark’s Life 3.0 tries to rectify the situation. Written in an accessible and engaging style, and aimed at the general public, the book offers a political and philosophical map of the promises and perils of the AI revolution. Instead of pushing any one agenda or prediction, Tegmark seeks to cover as much ground as possible, reviewing a wide variety of scenarios concerning the impact of AI on the job market, warfare and political systems. Life 3.0 does a good job of clarifying basic terms and key debates, and in dispelling common myths. — Yuval Noah Harari ― The Guardian
I was riveted by this book. The transformational consequences of AI may soon be upon us-but will they be utopian or catastrophic? The jury is out, but this enlightening, lively and accessible book by a distinguished scientist helps us to assess the odds. — Prof. Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, cosmology pioneer, author of Our Final Hour
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Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography
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- Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Nominee for Shortlist (2012)
- Goodreads Choice Award for History & Biography (2011)
- Premio Know Square (2011)
‘This is a riveting book, with as much to say about the transformation of modern life in the information age as about its supernaturally gifted and driven subject’ – Telegraph
Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years – as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, and colleagues – this is the acclaimed, internationally bestselling biography of the ultimate icon of inventiveness.
Walter Isaacson tells the story of the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.
Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written, nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted.
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AI for You: The New Game Changer
Rs. 3,190.00or 3 X Rs.1,063.33 withArtificial Intelligence is all around us. It is set to transform the way we run businesses. Yet people fear it and businesses struggle to derive maximum value from it. Learning from the best practices of industry leaders, AI For You brings together frameworks and tools for infusing AI in business processes. The book demystifies AI, simplifies the complexities around AI technologies and describes how to take AI from lab to field while satisfying the concerns of different stakeholders.
A must-read for builders, consumers, sponsors and sellers of AI, AI For You lays down the building blocks for the AI revolution while attempting to close the gap between the promise of AI and its actual impact.
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