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You know him as the founder of Microsoft; the philanthropic, kind-hearted billionaire who has donated endless funds to good causes around the world. But there's another side to Bill Gates.<br/><br/>We might like to think of the Gates Foundation as an innocent charity giving away money, collaborating with stakeholders, and listening to the desires of the populations it hopes to help, but is that how it works in practice?<br/><br/>Combining rich storytelling and ground-breaking reporting, <i>The Bill Gates Problem </i>offers readers a provocative and timely counter-narrative about one of the world's most widely recognized individuals - a true global celebrity with international reach. But more than that, this book speaks to a vital political question around economic inequality and the erosion of democratic institutions - why should the super-rich be able to transform their wealth into political power, and just how far can they go?

Transcending Business Intelligence [Bok / Häftad]

Not understanding is a form of insight. This being the case, we have a great many deep insights into the question of how organisations are constructed and how they work. The question of management, in other words. We have a good grasp, and yet there is much that we do not understand. We do not believe that this is because we are stupid or ignorant, rather that it is due to the deficiencies of the explanations offered.<br/>This book is emancipatory in its purpose. The aim is to provide release from the repression of inadequate explanations. The idea is that we should get a better picture of how organisations work by trying out various methods for reading them better. Our attempt to reveal or render intelligible1 what happens is based on the fact that what happens within organisations, as in their construction, is so often expressed using suggestive descriptions or images. In short, metaphors.<br/>Metaphors make description more comprehensible and easier to sell. But when it comes to organisations, metaphors also suppress our reasoning and our feelings. They control what we are able to see, and how we interpret what we see. It is from this tyranny of metaphors that we will try to liberate ourselves. Often, metaphors themselves will be the tools we will use for revelation. Our liberation will therefore be only partial.<br/>This book is aimed at all those active professionals who are not yet able to vote through solutions without first knowing what the problem might be. Those who have grown tired of simply relying on their gut feeling and who want to understand before saying "No, I don't agree with that" or "ok, I'll go along with that". These members of organisations who are more critical in their thinking cannot be few in number.<br/>At the same time, we also address colleagues carrying out research and higher education students. We believe that the time has come to throw out much of what has been written about organisation and the process of organising. The field is bogged down by a great many theories and models that have lost the explanatory power they once held or may have held. This book aims to be one of the new voices after the clean-up.

Empowerment within (Social) Innovation: How Innovative entrepreneurial activity can ensure equality of opportunity

"Value-Based Leadership Leading Yourself, Others and the Business with Clarity and Integrity" is a practical guide for leaders who want to develop authentic and sustainable leadership. The book combines timeless wisdom with modern leadership research and provides concrete tools for strengthening self-leadership, building trusting relationships and leading businesses with values as a foundation.<br/> Through powerful insights and practical methods, you'll learn how to navigate complex decisions, create engagement, and drive change with clarity and direction. The book provides you with strategies for leading with both heart and sharpness, while building a culture of responsibility, motivation and long-term results.

Teams are the building blocks of an organisation. Despite this, most organisations focus on individual, rather than team, development. Shining a spotlight on teams, this book outlines practical, hands-on methods and tools to improve collaboration and performance, allowing teams to reach their full potential. The theoretical background to the text is Susan A. Wheelan&rsquo;s research on teams and her Integrated Model of Group Development (IMGD), which is evidence based and easy to apply. Throughout the book there are real life examples, reflections made by team members and managers, that illustrate team development in practice. <br/><br/><em>Teams in the spotlight</em> is essential reading for team members, team leaders, team consultants and anyone working in HR. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.nok.se/link/e1ec1676051d4d46b46f40d78f972b09.aspx">The tools and practices from the book are available for purchase in a downloadable format. Read more about the tools here.</a> <br/><br/>Mette Sandahl (organisational consultant,ICF certified coach), Mattias Wihlborg (work environment specialist, organisational consultant), Maria Åkerlund (licensed psychologist, organisational consultant,) and Christian Jacobsson (associate professor, licensed psychologist) all have extensive experience as team consultants within international as well as Swedish organisations.

This book about leadership targets all those seeking a better understanding of the mysterious phenomenon called leadership. The expected readers includes scholars exploring leadership, leaders and those who want to become leaders, as well as all those who are led or would like to be led.<br/><br/>In the book we expand our knowledge of leadership from two starting points. The first one is an implicit analytical assumption running throughout the book, i.e. that leadership constitutes a problem, not a solution. The second one is empirical and entails studies of leadership in contexts that are usually overlooked. Traditional businesses and public authorities are replaced with other settings, such as a monastery, an accident site and polar expeditions, in order to see beyond the preconditions of modern bureaucracy. <br/><br/>The authors try to figure out where we stand today and furthermore: where is leadership headed from here?