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Title: The Real-Life MBA: The no-nonsense guide to winning the game, building a team and growing your career

Author: Jack Welch, Suzy Welch

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-14-15

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Business, Commerce & Economy

Publisher's Summary:

Business authors Jack and Suzy Welch return, nearly a decade after publishing their international best seller, Winning, to tackle the most pressing business challenges in the modern world. From creating winning strategies to leading and managing others, The Real Life MBA acts as an essential guide for every person in business today and tomorrow.

You can talk about theories, concepts, and ideologies all you want, but when it gets right down to it, winning in business is all about mastering the gritty, inescapable, make-or-break, real-life dilemmas that define the new economy, the old economy, and everything in between. My boss is unbearable. I'm stuck in career purgatory. My team lacks enthusiasm. Our IT department is incompetent. Our strategy is outdated. We don't understand our Chinese partners. We're just not growing.

This is the real stuff of work today. In the decade since their international best seller Winning was published, Jack and Suzy Welch have dug deeper into the world of business than ever before , travelling the world, consulting to businesses of every size and in every industry, working closely with entrepreneurs from Mumbai to Silicon Valley, starting their own company, and owning and managing more than 40 companies through private equity.

Coupled with Jack's 20 years of iconic leadership at GE and Suzy's tenure as editor of the Harvard Business Review, their new database of knowledge infuses the pages of The Real Life MBA with fresh, relevant stories and equally powerful solutions.

Members Reviews:

Great book, very wise advise.

I loved hearing this book, the content is great - even better than Winning in my opinion- and the narrator is just perfect even for a foreigner like me.

Great advice

This book contains tons of amazing insights and advice for many at many levels.

The content is first class.

However, it's just not the same without Jack's voice.

useful advice

more aimed at CEOs or board level

but I can't imagine those that really need to read this will do so

interesting

I found the book insightful, shame he didnot use all of the principles at GE

Will be reading again in a few weeks!

This tome is so dense in life-truths and gems, that it warrants at least a couple of re-reads.

The secrets of being successful in business, at work and as a human being told in a very down-to-earth way by two of the most successful people of our time.

Loved it.

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Title: The Second Curve

Author: Charles Handy

Narrator: Charles Handy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-09-15

Publisher: Random House

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Business, Commerce & Economy

Publisher's Summary:

Britain's leading guru looks to the future. Charles Handy is one of the giants of contemporary thought. His books on management - including Understanding Organizations and Gods of Management - have changed the way we view business. His work on broader issues and trends - such as Beyond Certainty - has changed the way we view society.

In The Second Curve, Handy builds on a life's work to glimpse into the future and see what challenges and opportunities lie ahead. He looks at current trends in capitalism and asks whether it is a sustainable system. He explores the dangers of a society built on credit. He challenges the myth that remorseless growth is essential. He even asks whether we should rethink our roles in life as students, parents, workers, and voters and what the aims of an ideal society of the future should be.

Provocative and thoughtful as ever, he sets out the questions we all need to ask ourselves - and points us in the direction of some of the answers.

Members Reviews:

Amazing views from an amazing man

Handy is a pleasure to read and/or listen to. He is provocative without being judgmental. It's like sitting on your grandfathers lap and listening to him teach through telling stories about days past.

Full of insights

Great listen. Intelligent and witty arguments. I have over a hundred audio books in my library but this is the first review I've ever written. That's how much I liked it.

life changing, if you can see it coming.

Such a great book, I have listened many times now and take something new away each time.

Thank you Charles!

Thought provoking and life changing

A fabulous manifesto for the future and a great stimulus for personal transformation. Loved it

A great business philosopher

I've been reading Handy for 40 years, from his first book to this. He has always has an uncanny ability to tap into emerging zeitgeist not be offering "solutions" but by framing great questions. Once we escape the cages of our own preconceptions, the answers are accessible to us. A great addition to the library, and like all his work, repays rereading

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Title: Panic, Prosperity, and Progress

Subtitle: Five Centuries of History and the Markets

Author: Timothy Knight

Narrator: Timothy Knight

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-24-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 17 votes

Genres: Business, Commerce & Economy

Publisher's Summary:

A detailed guide to financial-market performance during financial crises.

With the financial markets seemingly careening from one crisis to another, it's vital for today's investors and traders to have a historical perspective on market performance during times of great turmoil. In this audiobook Tim Knight provides an exhaustive analysis of financial market behavior prior, during, and following tumultuous events since 1600.

Making copious use of charts and basic technical analysis, Knight demonstrates how external shocks tend to create extreme reactions in the financial markets and how these predictable reactions provide opportunities for investors and traders to profit. Knight traverses five centuries of financial market history, from Tulipmania in the 1600s to the contemporary sovereign debt crisis. He looks at each event from the prism of the financial markets, examining the market climate prior to the event, during the event, and following the event.

If you're looking for a better way to make it today's dynamic markets, look no further than this timely book.

Members Reviews:

Good overview with emphasis on last 100 years

Well written. Author narrated so enthusiasm is there but not a pro reader. I will listen to it again one day. Current spring 2015

Very Interesting and Entertaining

Would you listen to Panic, Prosperity, and Progress again? Why?

I found this book very interesting and well put together. Considering the topic I was surprised to find that I couldn't wait to hear what happens next. This was far more entertaining than I thought it would be. I look forward to listening to this book again in the future.

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Title: Virtual Banking

Subtitle: A Guide to Innovation and Partnering

Author: Dan Schatt, Renaud Laplanche

Narrator: Steven Menasche

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-24-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: Business, Commerce & Economy

Publisher's Summary:

Technology is permanently transforming the banking industry, and digital payments are the key. Virtual Banking: A Guide to Innovation and Partnering takes a hands-on approach to competing in the modern banking environment. Former PayPal head of financial innovation Dan Schatt explores the reasons behind the massive consumer migration away from traditional banks and provides clear, actionable guidance on beating new banking models at their own game. Digital payment is the hottest topic in banking today and is set to define the future of the industry.

Consumers are rapidly abandoning traditional banks in favor of institutions that are lower-cost and more consumer-centric. Between the pace of financial regulatory reform and the cloud-computing revolution, the old banking model is on the fast track to extinction. Virtual Banking provides the information banks need to compete in this new environment,and details the integral implementation actions that will allow them to thrive. The audiobook discusses real-world innovations from banks, nonbanks, and up-and-comers and the heavy competition from the new outsource bank model. Topics include:

The trick to surviving the paradigm shift is to embody innovation while providing a superior customer proposition.

Members Reviews:

Very Informative.

Provided guidance, structure, with great examples of best practices to follow and successfully compete in the market sector .

nice story with a lot of insights

A lot of insigjts, worth listening again. The only problem is that some points are not.covered in detail.

very good and diverse information

A excellent read for those in banking looking at the changes that we need to embrace.

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Title: Where Keynes Went Wrong

Subtitle: And Why World Governments Keep Creating Inflation, Bubbles, and Busts

Author: Hunter Lewis

Narrator: Bruce Lorie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-20-15

Publisher: Axios Press

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 21 votes

Genres: Business, Commerce & Economy

Publisher's Summary:

In responding to the financial crash of 2008, both the Bush administration and the Obama administration have relied on prescriptions developed by John Maynard Keynes, the most important economist since Marx. But should we be relying on Keynes? What did Keynes actually say? Did he make his case? Hunter Lewis concludes that he did not. If Keynes was wrong then so are the economic policies of virtually all world governments today.

Members Reviews:

If you think socialism has influenced world governments too much, then you need to read this.

A must read if you are tired of destructive policies being implemented around the world by governments that present themselves as capitalists and later blame the market for its âlimitationsâ.

This books presents the nonsense and contradictions of Keynes âeconomicâ theories in a clear and structured fashion.

For many years Iâve believed that many of the horrible economic policies implemented by governments around the world where part of the socialist inheritance the world has absorbed. But much to my surprise, these are all part of the Keynesian doctrine!

Although itâs only at the end where there is a brief reference, Keynesian policies have contributed to keep and increase poverty around the world.

Excellent organization and very easy reading.

Self Required Reading for the Informed Electorate

This is an excellent book for those interested in macroeconomics, markets, politics, business, and the overall philosophies that interconnect them all. In other words, if you were interested enough to look at the reviews, then purchase the book. Hunter Lewis has done a masterful job of compiling information that all elected officials should be required to read, and information that would dramatically change politics around the world if voting citizens of the United States understood. The author's point - counterpoint style of refuting Keynes' "General Theory..." (and the policies that have evolved around his name) is somewhat duplicative throughout the book, and does detract from the general flow of the book; but it does accomplish the author's secondary goal of examining Keynsian theories in a logical manner. Hunter Lewis not only explains the risks Keynsian policies pose to economies, but also points that the effect of Keynsian policy (and the Government sponsored enterprises it creates) are even more dangerous for maintaining our democratic republic and liberty.

Someone who GETS it.

The author does an outstanding job of thoroughly discrediting John Maynard Keynes and uses the information presented to explain the current state of the economy and how Keynesian thinking and policies are what got us into this mess. If the government truly wanted to follow Keynes, as some of them mistakenly think they are, they would reverse the money flow from the Fed into the market. The original idea Keynes had was for deficit spending to "get the economy going" , but in better economic times the governments were supposed to pull the money back out of the system. In the end, it doesn't really make a difference if they truly followed Keynes, the policies just don't work. Very readable,interesting,extremely relevant and useful.

A well organized book ... Point ... Counterpoint ...

Lewis' work is easy to read and follow.

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Title: The Looting Machine: Warlords, Tycoons, Smugglers and the Systematic Theft of Africa's Wealth

Author: Tom Burgis

Narrator: Dugald Bruce Lockhart

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-26-15

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Business, Commerce & Economy

Publisher's Summary:

A shocking investigative journey into the way the resource trade wreaks havoc on Africa, The Looting Machine explores the dark underbelly of the global economy.

Africa: the world's poorest continent and arguably its richest. While accounting for just 2 percent of global GDP, it is home to 15 percent of the planet's crude oil, 40 percent of its gold, and 80 percent of its platinum. A third of the Earth's mineral deposits lie beneath its soil. But far from being a salvation, this buried treasure has been a curse.

The Looting Machine takes you on a gripping and shocking journey through anonymous boardrooms and glittering headquarters to expose a new form of financialized colonialism. Africa's booming growth is driven by the voracious hunger for natural resources from rapidly emerging economies such as China.

But in the shadows a network of traders, bankers, and corporate raiders has sprung up to grease the palms of venal local political elites. What is happening in Africa's resource states is systematic looting. In country after country across the continent, the resource industry is tearing at the very fabric of society. But, like its victims, the beneficiaries of this looting machine have names.

For six years Tom Burgis has been on a mission to expose corruption and give voice to the millions of Africans who suffer the consequences of living under this curse. Combining deep reporting with an action-packed narrative, he travels to the heart of Africa's resource states, meeting a warlord in Nigeria's oil-soaked Niger Delta, and crossing a warzone to reach a remote mineral mine in Eastern Congo.

The result is a blistering investigation that throws a completely fresh light on the workings of the global economy and will make you think twice about what goes into the mobile phone in your pocket and the tank of your car.

Critic Reviews:

"An excellent book. Despite Africa's impressive economic 5% growth rate, Tom Burgis ensures that we don't stop wondering who does what in Africa and how we are all party to what Western 'investors' are up to. The postcolonial corruption and rape of African resource to the benefit of Western consumption is still alive and horribly well." (Jon Snow)

"Tom Burgis has managed to uncover a system responsible for the wholesale looting of Africa's mineral resources for the benefit of oligarchic and state interests around the world. French, Chinese, Americans, Russians, Israelis, Brits, Brazilians, not to mention small but rapacious African elites are all involved in pillaging Africa's natural resources to line their pockets with unbelievable sums. Burgis, a gifted young journalist with the Financial Times, has tracked down all these characters across some of Africa's most dangerous hotspots and beyond in Asia, Europe, and America. The reporting is vivid, eye-popping, and even at times very funny." (Misha Glenny, author of McMafia)

Members Reviews:

amazing read

eye opener me being an African.it goes deep and very factual.I totally "enjoyed" it,I wilk definitely recommend it.

Outstanding.

Would you listen to The Looting Machine: Warlords, Tycoons, Smugglers and the Systematic Theft of Africa's Wealth again? Why?

I have already listened to the book twice and am about to listen to it again.

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Title: Retail Supply Chain Analysis

Author: Trevor Clinger

Narrator: Al Remington

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-17-15

Publisher: Trevor Clinger

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Business, Commerce & Economy

Publisher's Summary:

My employer is a major player within the retail industry. With experience it is fairly easy to indicate that the process of the store's operations begins with the supplier. Suppliers are responsible for inputs to a process, and my employer is involved in both external and internal suppliers. My employer offers a store brand that is produced within a separate department and a separate location that competes with the supplier's brand. This paper overviews how a retail supply chain works and why a supply chain is necessary in retail in order to stay one step ahead of the numerous competitors. I hold an associate's degree in business management technology and am a senior studying for a bachelor's degree in business management. Thanks, and I hope this document serves as a great learning or reference tool.

Members Reviews:

GREAT BOOK, HELPED ME WITH MY PAPER!

What made the experience of listening to Retail Supply Chain Analysis the most enjoyable?

I enjoyed that it was an easy source to reference to. I would recommend it to anyone going into retail!

Clear and concise explanation. Thanks!

This booked helped me understand retail supply chain analysis in depth. I have been searching for an audiobook like this for a long time that would help deliver and in depth meaning with multiple explanations. Thanks for your help and business advice!

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Title: Growth Engines: Case Studies and Analysis of Today's Fastest Growing Companies

Subtitle: Best Business Books, Book 35

Author: Can Akdeniz

Narrator: Andrea Erickson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-11-15

Publisher: Can Akdeniz

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Business, Commerce & Economy

Publisher's Summary:

Although popular culture certainly has its favorites in terms of rockstar companies, some of the rising giants within the business world don't always get the credit or airtime they deserve. There are a number of recent growth engine companies that have challenged conventional paths to success and forged their own destinies through unique and innovative techniques that have resulted in huge success within a shockingly short time. This book pulls back the curtain on some of today's rising business stars and reveals what essential tactics they've used to reach such impressive heights.

Case studies included:

This book includes a bonus material: How Google Did It, a best-selling book.

Members Reviews:

Lacks any real detail or analysis

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

First, this book isn't really a 54 minutes as the narration is very slow. That being said even at 1.5x, or 2x, your time is probably better spent elsewhere as the book is very light on details.

The 5 companies "discussed" get 6-8 (slowly narrated) minutes each. The companies are:

Lululemon

Alibaba

Keurig

Tesla

Fuhu

These are fascinating companies that are definitely growth engines, but I feel rather than getting a case study or any analysis, all this book does is give you a very short intro to who these companies are.

Any additional comments?

I've given 2 stars, because if you ignore the speed, the narration is good, and if you ignore the lack of detail the intro to these companies isn't bad.

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Title: The Next Economic Disaster

Subtitle: Why It's Coming and How to Avoid It

Author: Richard Vague

Narrator: Charles Kabala

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-29-15

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Business, Commerce & Economy

Publisher's Summary:

Current debates about economic crises typically focus on the role that public debt and debt-fueled public spending play in economic growth. This illuminating and provocative work shows that it is the rapid expansion of private rather than public debt that constrains growth and sparks economic calamities like the financial crisis of 2008.

Relying on the findings of a team of economists, credit expert Richard Vague argues that the Great Depression of the 1930s, the economic collapse of the past decade, and many other sharp downturns around the world were all preceded by a spike in privately-held debt. Vague presents an algorithm for predicting crises and argues that China may soon face disaster. Since American debt levels have not declined significantly since 2008, Vague believes that economic growth in the United States will suffer unless banks embrace a policy of debt restructuring.

All informed citizens, but especially those interested in economic policy and history, will want to contend with Vague's distressing arguments and evidence.

The book is published by University of Pennsylvania Press.

Critic Reviews:

"Richard Vague's voice should not be ignored. His emphasis on the dangers of rising private household debt is a key both to the last crisis and the next." (Ed Luce,

Financial Times)

"[Y]ou need to read this book. Packed with insightful analysis, it is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand how we got onto the road to financial ruin-and how to avoid the next disaster." (Megan McArdle,

Bloomberg View)

"If you want to understand why financial crises occur, read The Next Economic Disaster." (Liaquat Ahamed, author of

Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World)

Members Reviews:

Maybe I'm not getting the point fully, but ...

... I'm under the impression that the solution here is basically a few accounting adjustments. If it was that straightforward, were all these bubbles and crashes, lo these last 400 years, a lot simpler than we thought? I admire the author's good intentions. The explanations of the problems at the outset were also good. Maybe it's just me -- but I can't see how this would prevent people engineering new ways to fall into the same ditch again, as they seem prone to do.

I'm more inclined to go with what is being tried -- macro-prudential regulation to be sure systemically important firms are identified and watched, and forced to have a more sound financial and risk management structure. And if they do crash, a fast-track way to get control of them and do a resolution. That is, if it isn't all undone in the next couple years, which I think, politically, is quite possible. Then it's off the races again. But maybe it would be anyway, people being so inclined to run toward that ditch, and find loopholes to get there, the short-term incentives being what they are. And I don't see how this proposal changes those incentives.

Great concise listen

After listening to the thesis that private debt caused the crashes of history. It makes total sense. The solution seems oversimplified, but I'm sure would help to have the banks have more skin the game.

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Title: Sustainable Urban Supply Chain Management

Author: Ade Asefeso MCIPS MBA

Narrator: Robin Rowan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-27-15

Publisher: Ade World LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Business, Commerce & Economy

Publisher's Summary:

Supply chain optimization is a topic of increasing interest today, whether the main intention is to maximize the efficiency of one's global supply chain system or to pro-actively make it greener. There are many changes that can be made to improve the performance of a supply chain, ranging from where materials are purchased, the types of materials purchased, how those materials get to you, how your products are distributed, and many more. An additional question on the mind of some decision makers is: Can I minimize my environmental footprint and improve my profits at the same time?