Books

Power rarely appears where decisions are made. It flows through beliefs, institutions, and agendas long before anyone argues or votes. The Architecture of Power reveals how influence moves through social structures, shaping who leads, who follows, and what feels inevitable. Once you can see it, change becomes possible.

A new executive seat has emerged in B2B Enterprise — and no manual existed for it. Until now. The Chief Product and Marketing Officer is the first operating playbook for the integrated product-and-marketing role, built around the five-stage CPMO Loop and six cross-cutting disciplines. For sitting CPMOs, the leaders climbing toward the seat, and the CEOs deciding whether to create it.

What if you could engineer a business the way you engineer software?Digital-First Business presents a systematic approach to business design based on software engineering principles. Learn how to structure operations, define business domains, integrate workflows, and build organizations that are observable, automatable, and designed to evolve.A framework for founders, executives, engineers, and anyone building the next generation of businesses.

YouTube growth is no accident. Behind every successful channel are decisions about what to create, how to earn clicks and what keeps viewers watching. The YouTube Growth Code breaks down how the platform works and shows you how to turn audience insights, smart strategy and analytics into lasting growth without burning out.

Patching vulnerabilities is only part of the job. Beyond the Patch explores how software weaknesses arise, how attackers find and exploit them and what it takes to stop them before they become real threats. From code-level analysis to practical defense strategies, this book offers the knowledge and tools to build more secure software and stay ahead of evolving attacks.

How should an organisation choose its most important priorities when resources cannot support every ambition? This book presents a practical framework for comparing options, making trade-offs, allocating resources and turning strategic choices into focused execution. It includes worksheets and decision tools to help leaders make priorities clear, defensible and actionable.

Scrum gives a team ceremonies for the work. Nothing in the calendar looks after the people doing it. This book is the missing set: four short meetings that keep a team understanding each other.

When business crosses borders, every price tells a story, and getting it wrong can cost a multinational enterprise far more than money. Transfer Pricing: Principles, Strategies and Practical Implementation takes readers inside the complex world of cross-border transactions, international tax rules and the decisions that shape where profits are taxed. Through practical examples, real-world scenarios and clear guidance on compliance and dispute resolution, this book gives tax professionals, accountants, lawyers and finance executives the tools to build sound transfer pricing policies and defend them with confidence.

Before you spend time and money fixing a problem, make sure you understand what is causing it.A practical method for finding the real problem before choosing the solution. Learn to examine evidence, test competing explanations, identify the cause worth addressing, and check whether your response works.

A practical eight-stage method for making better decisions when information is incomplete. Learn to separate facts from assumptions, compare realistic options, test key uncertainties, record your reasoning and review the result.

Build three useful automations without code or a team. This practical guide gives solo operators a 90-minute build rhythm, a five-run safety check, and clear failure-detection steps for intake, delivery, and follow-up.

A detailed plan does not always lead to a better decision. Learn how to separate facts from assumptions, identify the unknowns that matter, and test your beliefs before taking action. This short, practical book includes a decision-review worksheet you can use in your own life or work.

Turning evidence into better decisions, stronger outcomes and greater public value. The education minister's decisions shape the futures of millions of learners and the prosperity of a nation. This practical Guide integrates eight streams of education evidence into 100 drivers of excellence and gives ministers and their team a clear route to 3 to 5 national commitments that deliver sustained outcomes. Written by an education leader who has worked at every level, from the classroom and school inspections to national reform and advising governments.

Make ISO 45001 easier to understand and put into practice. This practical guide breaks down every clause into clear, actionable steps, helping organizations build a safety management system that works in the real world and protects people while supporting business goals.

A practical guide to turning ISO 14001:2015 from a certification exercise into a management system that delivers real results. Learn how to build an effective EMS, avoid unnecessary bureaucracy and common pitfalls and improve environmental performance while creating lasting business value.