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  Extreme Leadership - How Extreme...

  Charles Patton

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  Leadership is often talked about—but rarely understood. 
  Extreme Leadership cuts through the jargon and theory to show what real leadership looks like under pressure. With clarity, edge, and real-world insight, Charles Patton delivers a direct, no-nonsense guide for those who want to lead—and get results. 
  Leadership isn't about titles, org charts, or abstract models. It's about stepping up when it counts, seeing what others miss, and taking action when others hesitate. Drawing from bold examples and practical lessons, this book explores how extreme leaders think, respond, and succeed—even in chaotic, high-stakes environments. 
  Written as a supplement to graduate-level courses but accessible to anyone with a stake in leading or following, this book challenges the idea that leadership is soft, outdated, or optional. It's not. It's essential. 
  If you want the things great people have, you must do the things great leaders do. This book shows you how.

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  AI Implementation Blind Spots -...

  Nikolay Gul

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. AI Implementation Blind Spots is a practical field manual for leaders, consultants, AI strategists, operators, IT teams, cybersecurity professionals, finance leaders, and business decision-makers who need AI adoption to work inside real organizations. 
   
  The book argues that AI does not create business value merely because it produces output faster. AI creates value when it improves real workflows, real decisions, real ownership, real evidence, real economics, and real risk control. 
   
  Nikolay Gul explains why many AI initiatives look successful during demos and pilots but struggle when they reach production. The book introduces practical concepts such as the Velocity Trap, AI Theater, the Rework Tax, the Shadow Ledger, Decision Architecture, evidence packs, decision boundaries, and scale-or-stop discipline. 
   
  This audiobook is designed for listeners who want clear, realistic, business-first AI guidance without hype. It shows how to connect AI tools to workflows, accountability, measurable outcomes, and implementation discipline.

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  Democracy in Power - A History...

  Sandeep Vaheesan

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  Private money, public good, and the original fight for control of America’s energy industry.
   
  Until the 1930s, financial interests dominated electrical power in the United States. That changed with President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal which restructured the industry. The government expanded public ownership, famously through the Tennessee Valley Authority, and promoted a new kind of utility: the rural electric cooperative that brought light and power to millions in the countryside. Since then, public and cooperative utilities have persisted as an alternative to shareholder control. Democracy in Power traces the rise of publicly governed utilities in the twentieth-century electrification of America.
   
  Sandeep Vaheesan shows that the path to accountability in America’s power sector was beset by bureaucratic challenges and fierce private resistance. Through a detailed and critical examination of this evolution, Vaheesan offers a blueprint for a publicly led and managed path to decarbonization. Democracy in Power is at once an essential history, a deeply relevant accounting of successes and failures, and a guide on how to avoid repeating past mistakes.

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  Guarding The American Dream -...

  Lisa L. Bray

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  Social media makes starting a business look easy. Reality? 70% of startups fail within 10 years, leaving founders frustrated and financially drained. 
  This book isn't about chasing empty dreams. 
  I'm here to help you build real businesses that create positive impact — rooted in purpose, not hustle culture. Entrepreneurship should be a journey of self-discovery, value creation, and personal growth. 
  Inside, you'll discover:Unmask the Dangers: Why the "get rich quick" mentality fails — and how to build a sustainable, ethical business.Build Your Foundation: Develop discipline, resilience, and a lifelong learner’s mindset — the real keys to success.Master the Craft: Practical strategies for identifying your core idea, building essential skills, and staying focused and adaptable.Beyond the Bottom Line: How your business can positively impact communities and create a better future. 
  Packed with: 
  ✔️ Clear advice and actionable tips from a seasoned entrepreneur with nearly 20 years of experience. 
  ✔️ Real-life examples and inspiring stories to guide your path. 
  ✔️ Valuable resources like online courses, podcasts, and mentorship opportunities. 
  P.S. Don't start your entrepreneurial journey unprepared. Invest in yourself, and build a foundation for lasting success!

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  Carbon Democracy - Political...

  Timothy Mitchell

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  Oil is a curse, it is often said, that condemns the countries producing it to an existence defined by war, corruption, and enormous inequality. Carbon Democracy tells a more complex story, arguing that no nation escapes the political consequences of our collective dependence on oil. It shapes the body politic both in regions such as the Middle East, which rely upon revenues from oil production, and in the places that have the greatest demand for energy. 
   
   
   
  Coal was a source of energy so open to disruption that oligarchies in the West became vulnerable to mass demands for democracy. In the mid-twentieth century, however, the development of cheap and abundant energy from oil offered a means to reduce this vulnerability to democratic pressures. The abundance of oil made it possible to reorganize political life around the management of something now called "the economy". The politics of the West became dependent on an undemocratic Middle East. 
   
   
   
  In the twenty-first century, the oil-based forms of modern democratic politics have become unsustainable. Foreign intervention and military rule are faltering in the Middle East, while governments everywhere appear incapable of addressing the crises that threaten to end the age of carbon democracy—the disappearance of cheap energy and the carbon-fueled collapse of the ecological order.

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  The Network Imperative - How to...

  Barry Libert, Megan Beck, Jerry...

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  Pivot your organization toward a more scalable and profitable business model. 
   
   
   
  The Network Imperative is a call to action for managers and executives to embrace network-based business models. The benefits are indisputable: companies that leverage digital platforms to co-create and share value with networks of employees, customers, and suppliers are fast outpacing the market. These companies, or network orchestrators, grow faster, scale with lower marginal cost, and generate the highest revenue multipliers. 
   
   
   
  Supported by research that covers fifteen hundred companies, authors Barry Libert, Megan Beck, and Jerry Wind guide leaders and investors through the ten principles that all organizations can use to grow and profit regardless of their industry. They also share a five-step process for pivoting an organization toward a more scalable and profitable business model. 
   
   
   
  The Network Imperative, brimming with compelling case studies and actionable advice, provides managers with what they really need: new tools and frameworks to generate unprecedented value in a rapidly changing age.

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