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From the New York Times bestselling author of Expecting Better, a guide to navigating a second pregnancy when the first did not go as planned—with Dr. Nathan Fox, maternal fetal medicine specialist In Expecting Better, Emily Oster revolutionized the pregnancy landscape with her data-driven...

Managing the Unexpected, third edition, is a thoroughly revised text that offers an updated look at the groundbreaking ideas explored in the first and second editions. Revised to reflect events emblematic of the unique challenges that organizations have faced in recent years, including bank failures, intelligence failures, quality failures, and other organizational misfortunes, often sparked by organizational actions, this critical book focuses on why some organizations are better able to sustain high performance in the face of unanticipated change.  

A Financial Times Book of the Month pick for April! Is it worth swimming in shark-infested waters to surf a 50-foot, career-record wave? Is it riskier to make an action movie or a horror movie? Should sex workers forfeit 50 percent of their income for added security or take a chance and keep the...

Family businesses—from massive corporations like Walmart to the mom-and-pop store on your local street—have always been a vital part of the American life and economy. But as these family-owned companies evolve and grow, so too do their unique difficulties and the need for dynamic leadership. And as more women rise into leadership roles within commonly male-dominated organizations, challenges abound in already tense environments, where family members also happen to be one's coworkers—and superiors.

Love truly makes the world go round, God’s love. With redemption, grace, and forgiveness. It is what saves us from ourselves. Love redeems us from our deepest darkest despair. It is our light when we are lost in the woods. Love does not let our mistakes define us. Love helps us learn from our mistakes and changes our direction, guiding us to a newer, better, brighter tomorrow. Love defines us.

Ist es wahrscheinlicher, dass du in einer Bäckerei arbeitest, wenn dein Nachname Bäcker lautet? Wie kannst du hundertprozentig sicher sein, dass du eine Wette gewinnst? Warum blieben so viele Einwohner von Pompeji an Ort und Stelle, als der Vesuv ausbrach? Wie kann ein Atomkrieg verhindert werden? Seit Beginn der Menschheit versuchen wir, vorherzusagen, was die Welt für uns bereithält. Genauso lange liegen wir damit aber auch schon falsch. Von religiösen Orakeln über Wettervorhersagen bis zur Politik – wir sind ständig mit mangelhaften Prognosen konfrontiert.