When Fortune 100 corporations are stymied, it's the "McKinsey-ites" whom they call for help. Former McKinsey associate Ethan Rasiel lifts the veil to show you how the secretive McKinsey works its magic, and helps you emulate the firm's well-honed practices in problem solving, communication, and management. Both a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most admired and secretive companies in the business world and a toolkit of problem-solving techniques without peer, The McKinsey Way empowers every business decision maker to become a better strategic player in any organization.

Expert Secrets - Critical Thinking is the ultimate guide to improving your decision-making, problem-solving, and speed-reading skills, using proven and real-world emotional intelligence, neuro-linguistic programming, and people-analyzing techniques. Author Maxwell Jensen has put together a life-changing guide filled with innovative critical-thinking tips.

Logic is often perceived as having little to do with the rest of philosophy, and even less to do with real life. In this lively and accessible introduction, Graham Priest shows how wrong this conception is. He explores the philosophical roots of the subject, explaining how modern formal logic deals with issues ranging from the existence of God and the reality of time to paradoxes of probability and decision theory. Along the way, the basics of formal logic are explained in simple, non-technical terms, showing that logic is a powerful and exciting part of modern philosophy.

Iyengar provides essential tools to spark creative thinking and help us make our most meaningful choices. She draws from recent advances in neuro- and cognitive sciences to give listeners a set of practical steps for coming up with powerful new ideas. Think Bigger offers an innovative evidence-backed method for generating big ideas that Iyengar and her team of researchers developed and refined over the last decade.

Over the past few years, Brianna Wiest has gained renown for her deeply moving, philosophical writing. This new compilation of her published work features pieces on why you should pursue purpose over passion, embrace negative thinking, see the wisdom in daily routine, and become aware of the cognitive biases that are creating the way you see your life. Some of these pieces have never been seen; others have been read by millions of people around the world. Regardless, each will leave you thinking: This idea changed my life.

"Correlation does not imply causation". This mantra has been invoked by scientists for decades and has led to a virtual prohibition on causal talk. But today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution, sparked by Judea Pearl and his colleagues, has cut through a century of confusion and placed causality - the study of cause and effect - on a firm scientific basis.

From finding a spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing one's inbox to understanding the workings of human memory, Algorithms to Live By transforms the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living.

ChatGPT For Dummies demystifies the artificial intelligence tool that can answer questions, write essays, and generate just about any kind of text it's asked for. This powerful example of generative AI is widely predicted to upend education and business. In this book, you'll learn how ChatGPT works and how you can operate it in a way that yields satisfactory results. You'll also explore the ethics of using AI-generated content for various purposes.

会計の素人が財務諸表とどう向き合うか。

１０００問のフェルミ推定を研究し戦略コンサルに内定した東大生グループが、フェルミ推定の解法を体系化。大胆かつ緻密な論理プロセスの構築方法を、だれにでもわかりやすく解説！

In this collection of lectures that Richard Feynman originally gave in 1963, unpublished during his lifetime, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist discusses several of the ultimate questions of science. What is the nature of the tension between science and religious faith? Why does uncertainty play such a crucial role in the scientific imagination? Is this really a scientific age?

Finally, we are learning that simplicity equals sanity. We’re rebelling against technology that’s too complicated, DVD players with too many menus, and software accompanied by 75-megabyte “read me” manuals. The iPod’s clean gadgetry has made simplicity hip. But sometimes we find ourselves caught up in the simplicity paradox: we want something that’s simple and easy to use, but also does all the complex things we might ever want it to do.

ビジネスや人生のハードルを乗り越える37のツール

学生から学者、作家、ビジネスマンまで絶賛!

Most organizations and individuals work in the context of annual goals and plans; a 12-month execution cycle. Instead, The 12 Week Year avoids the pitfalls and low productivity of annualized thinking. This book redefines your "year" to be 12 weeks long. In 12 weeks, there just isn't enough time to get complacent, and urgency increases and intensifies. The 12 Week Year creates focus and clarity on what matters most and a sense of urgency to do it now. In the end more of the important stuff gets done and the impact on results is profound.

基本的な問題解決力をつけるための最短ルートは、日々の訓練にあり！
判断力がすぐに養える50のケース問題から練習を積み、現場での実践に活かしましょう。


仕事やプライベートで直面する問題を簡単に解決できるような「問題解決力」をつけたい・・・
そう思うビジネスパーソンの方は多いでしょう。

そう、特にビジネスの現場には問題が沢山あります。
小さな問題から、大きな問題まで、様々な問題が絶えず発生します。
言い換えると、ビジネスとは、問題解決の積み重ねと言っても過言ではありません。

このように、問題解決はビジネスシーンに欠かせないスキルですが、
実際に問題に直面したときに、解決の経験がなければ、判断の根拠も持ち合わせていないため、
一か八かの直感的な判断を迫られてしまいます。
さらに、判断経験がなければ、自信を持って決断をすることもなかなか出来ず、
意思決定の遅れにも繋がってしまうかもしれません。

そのような事態を避けるために必要なのが、「日々のトレーニング」です。

本オーディオブックでは、具体的なケース事例を50収録。
それぞれのケースを通して問題解決の手順を知ることで、問題解決に必要な一連の流れを知ることが可能です。

「現場で使える」思考の技術・実行の作法。ビジネスとは問題解決の連続だ。その考え方を知らなければ、無益な「目先のモグラたたき」を繰り返すことになってしまう――

2万枚の企画書制作から生まれたオリジナルメソッド、初公開!「……で、結局何が言いたいの?」会議やプレゼン、商談の場で言いたいことがうまく伝わらな

■あらゆる問題は、「仕分け」するだけで９割解決できる 「やるべきことが多すぎて、何から手をつけたらいいのかがわからない」 「選択肢を絞れなくて、何を残して、何を捨てればいいのか迷う」 「つい考えすぎてしまって、なかなか行動に移せない」 「一生懸命やっているのに、結果につながらない……」 「アイデアが煮詰まってしまって、出てこない」 こうなってしまうと、 正しい判断ができなかったり、 行動することができないものです。 これらの悩みには、 1つの共通点があります。 それは、「頭の中がごちゃごちゃ」です。 頭の中がごちゃごちゃで整理されていないから、 このような悩みが湧き出るわけです。 問題をいかにシンプルにして、 正しい決断や行動につなげていけばいいのか？

Messy code is a nuisance. "Tidying" code, to make it more readable, requires breaking it up into manageable sections. In this practical guide, author Kent Beck, creator of Extreme Programming and pioneer of software patterns, suggests when and where you might apply tidyings to improve your code while keeping the overall structure of the system in mind. Instead of trying to master tidying all at once, this book lets you try out a few examples that make sense for your problem. If you have a big function containing many lines of code, you'll learn how to logically divide it into smaller chunks.

廉価になったコンピュータ，質・量ともに優れたデータにより，経済学の主流はいまや実証分析へと大きくシフトした．そこで，ますます重要なのが数学だ．

これまで数多くの一般向け統計本が出版され、人気を博してきた。だがその多くは「こんなデタラメな統計や調査がありますので、気をつけましょう」といったメッセージを発するものだった。

This philosophy-of-programming guide presents a unique and entertaining take on how to think about programming. A collection of twenty-one pragmatic rules, each presented in a stand-alone chapter, captures the essential wisdom that every freshly minted programmer needs to know and provides thought-provoking insights for more seasoned programmers. Author Chris Zimmerman, cofounder of the video game studio Sucker Punch Productions, teaches basic truths of programming by wrapping them in memorable aphorisms and driving them home with examples drawn from real code.

有史以前からまだ見ぬ近未来まで――
経営戦略の系譜をたどり、実践と理論の叡智を再編する

経営戦略論は何を探究し、科学として、実務として、どのような発展と進化を遂げてきたのか。本書は、有史以前からAI時代まで、戦略論の議論を俯瞰する壮大なストーリーである。

In Indistractable, Eyal reveals the hidden psychology driving us to distraction. He describes why solving the problem is not as simple as swearing off our devices: Abstinence is impractical and often makes us want more. Eyal lays bare the secret of finally doing what you say you will do with a four-step, research-backed model. Indistractable reveals the key to getting the best out of technology, without letting it get the best of us.

若手でもベテランでもない「中堅社員」の教科書著書累計170万部突破の「99%シリーズ」著者が悩めるあなたに贈る「社会人10年目の壁」を乗り越える仕事のコツ