The Creative Priority – Putting Innovation to Work in Your Business

Jerry Hirshberg was recruited and subsequently hired to found Nissan Design International, Inc. (NDI). This book "weaves together enlightening real-world anecdotes with the story of NDI's genesis to illustrate eleven interlocking strategies that came to define NDI's creative priority." I found the book to be a refreshing breather from the more typical process, proces, process books that are currently found on the market. No if you know me, you must know that I am a process man at heart, so don't go thinking that I have experianced a fundamental shift in perspective because of this book. However,...

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Show Me the Numbers

Show Me the Numbers s a practical and commonsense guide that you can use in your business today and every day. - Jonathan G. Koomey, Ph.D. That sums it up! Brendan Lynch suggested this book to me, and it has been a great help in enlightening me in the art of communicating statistics visually. I've learned any number of useful tips and guidelines for: When, where, and how to use charts when, where, and how to use graphs when, where, and how to use tables style guidelines for maximum effect how to determine the effectiveness of a given presentation and so much more Additionally,...

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