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A primer for BU123
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without ThinkingBlink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
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How most people really make decisions
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly ImprobableThe Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Do not try to predict randomness
The Fifth DisciplineThe Fifth Discipline by Peter M. Senge
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From atomistic & linear to holistic & dynamic...a revolution back in its day
The Empty Raincoat: Making Sense of the FutureThe Empty Raincoat: Making Sense of the Future by Charles B. Handy
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Getting under the skin of organisations
Riding the Waves of Culture: Understanding Cultural Diversity in BusinessRiding the Waves of Culture: Understanding Cultural Diversity in Business by Fons Trompenaars
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The culture you grew up in does have an impact on your business behaviour
How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work: Seven Languages for TransformationHow the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work: Seven Languages for Transformation by Robert Kegan
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Have you ever listened to clients intently?
Scenarios for Success: Turning Insights in to ActionScenarios for Success: Turning Insights in to Action
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The Strategic Scenario technique that made Shell's name in the 1970's
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and PowerThe Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power by Daniel Yergin
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If you're interested to know why oil is the most important commodity, read on...
Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and OperationSupply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation by Sunil Chopra
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The best guide to Supply Chain Management in my view
The Machine That Changed the WorldThe Machine That Changed the World by James P. Womack
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How Lean techniques were born & why Toyota is the #1 car-maker
Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your CorporationLean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation by James P. Womack
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More on Lean techniques, for the Western mind
Visible Thinking: Unlocking Causal Mapping for Practical Business ResultsVisible Thinking: Unlocking Causal Mapping for Practical Business Results by Bryson
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Causal Mapping: one of the best consulting tools
Seeing the Forest for the Trees: A Manager's Guide to Applying Systems ThinkingSeeing the Forest for the Trees: A Manager's Guide to Applying Systems Thinking by Dennis Sherwood
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A gentle introduction to Systems Thinking in Business
Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for  a Complex World with CD-ROMBusiness Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World with CD-ROM by John Sterman
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A more comprehensive application of Systems Thinking tools
Alignment: How to Apply the Balanced Scorecard to Corporate StrategyAlignment: How to Apply the Balanced Scorecard to Corporate Strategy by Robert S Kaplan
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Why performance measurement without strategic objectives feels like wheel-spinning
Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business RevolutionReengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution by Michael Hammer
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Still the reference on process mapping & re-design
Maslow on ManagementMaslow on Management by Abraham H. Maslow
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Why individual aspirations are so difficult to aggregate into a collective purpose
The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World TradeThe Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade by Pietra Rivoli
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An interesting trip to understand Globalisation
The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of DemocracyThe Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy by Noreena Hertz
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The power play behind Globalisation
Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 yearsGuns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years by Jared M. Diamond
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Uncovering the real economic forces driving history
Socrates Cafe: Tales of the Examined LifeSocrates Cafe: Tales of the Examined Life by C Phillips
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One day I shall turn this into a business consulting tool: promise
The Limits to Growth: The 30-year UpdateThe Limits to Growth: The 30-year Update by D.H. Meadows
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Coming to terms with the Sustainability Challenge
Confessions of an Eco Sinner: Travels to Find Where My Stuff Comes fromConfessions of an Eco Sinner: Travels to Find Where My Stuff Comes from by Fred Pearce
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Simply presented yet so powerful
Cannibals with Forks: Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century BusinessCannibals with Forks: Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business by John Elkington
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A manifesto for the Triple Bottom Line: economic, social, environmental
Dangerous Company: Consulting Powerhouses and the Companies They Save and RuinDangerous Company: Consulting Powerhouses and the Companies They Save and Ruin by James O'Shea
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Where angels fear to tread: this is the ethical line !