Over the past six years, Brené Brown, along with a global community of coaches and facilitators, has taken more than 150,000 leaders in 45 countries through her Dare to Lead courage-building work. In Strong Ground, Brown shares the lessons from these experiences along with wisdom from other thinkers. This is a vital playbook for everyone from senior leaders developing and executing complex strategies to Gen Z-ers entering and navigating turbulent work environments. It is also an unflinching assessment of what happens when we continue to perpetuate the falsehood that performance and wholeheartedness are mutually exclusive.

With equal amounts of optimism and caution about AI, Brown writes, 'I hear a lot of experts trying to soothe people’s anxiety about the pace of technological change by offering platitudes like, What makes us human will ensure our relevance. This is dangerous simply because, right now, we’re not especially good at what makes us human. We’re not hardwired for this level of uncertainty, and many of us feel as if the constant need to self-protect is driving the humanity right out of us. This is why organisational transformation today must foster deep connection, deep thinking and deep collaboration. We need the courage to lead people in a way that honours and protects the wisdom of the human spirit.'

Brown offers a broad assessment of the skill sets and mindsets we need moving forward, including the capacity for respectful and difficult conversations, increased productive urgency and smart prioritisation rather than reactivity, strategic risk-taking, paradoxical thinking and situational and anticipatory awareness skills. She identifies the toughest skill set as the discipline, humility and confidence to unlearn and relearn.

Brown writes, 'Individuals and organisations are building new muscles. Finding our strong ground ― that athletic stance ― is the only thing that can provide both unwavering stability in a maelstrom of uncertainty and a platform for the fast, explosive change that the world is demanding.'

New results require new ways of acting. New ways of acting require new ways of looking at things … It’s called ‘reframing’, and it’s one of the most effective things humans ever do. Over the past decades, there have been amazing breakthroughs in behavioural economics. What if you could gather all the best ones in one place? An entire book packed full of ‘smart-cuts’…?

Steve Jobs once made an interesting point: ‘Animals in the wild may be more energy-efficient than humans. But put a guy on a bike, and he blows past all of them.’ That’s because technology is ‘like a bicycle for the mind.’
Turns out, the landscape is littered with bicycles. Adopt the principles and you can do almost everything faster and better. Here you will find direct answers to questions like: ‘How do you get the most out of your brain?’, What’s the best way to structure a team?’ or even, ‘How can our business be ten times cheaper or ten times faster than an industry giant?’
 
These insights are gamechangers. They come from trusted sources and work in the real world. Here is a condensation of the best brilliant breakthroughs across a range of spheres, in one easy guide. Whether you are chasing personal goals, leading teams, persuading others or are merely interested in clever ways of living the human experience, you will pick up dozens of ingenious accelerators within the pages of  Wicked Smart.

Self-doubt. It’s the silent force that undermines potential, eats away at confidence and traps even the most capable in overthinking. You can’t outperform it, but you can rewire it.

Drawing on leading research, over a decade of work with Fortune 500 companies, and experience educating millions of professionals worldwide, Dr Shadé Zahrai reveals a proven system for breaking the cycle of self-doubt and building deep, unshakable self-trust. In Big Trust she shares her proven framework – the Four A’s: Acceptance, Agency, Autonomy and Adaptability – and shows you how to take control of your inner world so you can thrive in the outer one.

With insights from her self-diagnostic quiz and actionable exercises throughout, you’ll learn to:

• Reframe the beliefs that hold you back
• Break free from people-pleasing and perfectionism
• Quiet comparison and imposter thoughts
• Stretch your comfort zone and reclaim your power
• Channel emotion into clarity and conviction

In the stillness of the African bush, leadership reveals itself in its most primal form. Here, where the survival of each species depends on discipline, instinct, coordination, and trust, its lessons arise from the most unexpected sources.

For Letlhokwa George Mpedi, a journey through South Africa’s Kruger National Park transformed from merely a game drive to a masterclass in leadership. Observing the intricate dynamics of animal behaviour, Letlhokwa began to trace compelling parallels between the natural order and human systems of power. Through this lens, this book explores how nature’s codes can inform leadership dynamics.

Drawing from a distinctly African approach to leadership, which emphasises community and interdependence, From Predator to Prey explores the unwritten rule of law that governs the wild and its applications for humanity. From the silent cooperation of lionesses on a hunt to the matriarchal approach of elephants, and even the territorial instincts of wild dogs, this book offers a vivid and thought-provoking perspective on how nature’s instincts can inform our understanding of leadership dynamics.

As Letlhokwa tracks and interprets the behaviours and strategies of various species, he challenges conventional ideas of leadership based solely on top-down control. Through this observation, he invites a critical rethinking of conventional leadership paradigms. In place of rigid hierarchies, he presents a model that values the very tenets of ubuntu leadership as he offers a compelling argument for leadership rooted in nature’s enduring logic.

At the very heart of all the success and failure I've been exposed to - both my own entrepreneurial journey and through the thousands of interviews I’ve conducted on my chart-topping podcast - are a set of principles that ensure excellence.

These fundamental laws underpinned my meteoric rise, and they will fuel yours too, whether you want to build something great or become someone great. The laws are rooted in psychology and behavioral science, in my own experiences, and those of the world's most successful entrepreneurs, entertainers, artists, writers, and athletes, who I’ve interviewed on my podcast.

These laws will stand the test of time and will help anyone master their life and unleash their potential, no matter the field.

They are the secret sauce to success.

Look around you – is anything real or normal any more? News, images and videos created by AI are everywhere. The world we live in is changing daily, and it’s no exaggeration to say that everything you thought you knew is undergoing apocalyptic levels of change. Our new normal includes AI CEOs, AI partners, AI versions of our dead relatives to keep us company, and customers deploying their own adversarial agent ‘armies’ to hostile-negotiate on their behalf.

Meanwhile, the expensive skills you have accumulated, the jobs you’ve fought for, the relationships you’ve invested in, the organisations you’ve worked for and the economies we depend on for survival are shrinking even as our choices expand.

Discernment and understanding of context are now critical to your survival. So, let’s stare the future down and, instead of fearing AI, become solutionists. In order to survive in this hypercompetitive, globalised and automated world, where the strongest and smartest winners are set to take all, we need to change our mindsets and our skill sets to become fit for the ‘post-AI, apocalyptic’ world that is here to stay. This means embracing progress and turning AI and technology into an asset with which we can co-exist, while continuing to create new possibilities far into the future.

This book is a call to action to live on the flipside of fear.

For over 30 years, Jim Kwik, the world-renowned brain coach, has been the secret weapon of success for a diverse range of high achievers, including actors, athletes, CEOs, and business pioneers. In Limitless, he reveals science-based practices and field-tested tips to accelerate self-learning, communication, memory, focus, recall, and speed reading to create amazing results.

In this expanded edition, you’ll find four new chapters:

· How to harness A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) to boost H.I. (Human Intelligence)
· The latest breakthroughs in nootropics and nutrition to enhance cognitive performance
· Limitless at Work–tools to adapt and thrive, whether you’re fully remote, embracing the hybrid model, or resuming the traditional office setting
· A self-assessment to crack your “brain animal” code

Newly updated with transformative success stories from people who’ve used Jim’s teaching in the real world, the expanded edition of Limitless gives people the ability to accomplish more―more productivity, more transformation, more personal success, more business achievement―by changing their Mindset, Motivation, and Methods and creating unstoppable Momentum. These “4 M’s” live in the pages of Limitless along with practical techniques that unlock the superpowers of your brain and change your habits.

Learn how to:

· FLIP YOUR MINDSET - Identify and challenge the assumptions, habits, and procrastinations that limit you and expand the boundaries of what you believe is possible.
· IGNITE YOUR MOTIVATION - Uncovering what motivates you is the key that opens up limitless mental capacity. When you unleash your passions, purposes, and sources of energy, you stay focused and clear on your goals.
· MASTER THE METHODS - Accelerate learning, improve memory, and enhance brain performance. Jim Kwik applies the latest neuroscience for accelerated learning so you can finish a book 3x faster through speed reading (and remember it), learn a new language in record time, and master new skills with ease.
· BUILD MOMENTUM - Unstoppable momentum is the product of mindset, motivation, and methods. Jim offers new insights and tools to unlock the first 3 M’s so you can become truly limitless.

Limitless Expanded Edition is the ultimate brain training book, packed with practical techniques to help you level up your mental performance and transform your life.

Rooted and Rising is a transformative manifesto and practical guide that empowers Africans and people of African descent to embrace their heritage unapologetically while thriving in a globalised world. Thebe Ikalafeng challenges the Western-dominated narrative of personal branding and leadership, offering instead an African-centered approach rooted in Ubuntu philosophy -- the principle that 'I am because we are'.

How have people managed extraordinary things to escape the shackles of their circumstances? Can success be taught, or does it depend on personal talent alone – is it nature or nurture? Does luck have a part to play?

This book finds common threads across different disciplines – sport, business, war and politics. A consistent set of leadership attributes emerges, around personal organisation and dedication, maintaining attention to detail while keeping an eye on clear and realisable long-term goals, assiduous planning and careful prioritisation, building a team that delivers institutional capacity and personal support, compiling experience and building skills, focusing on changing yourself rather than others, taking a long view, and thinking things through to the finish. All these factors contribute to the achievement of success over different eras, in diverse settings, in public life as well as private business, in conflict and in the sporting arena.

The book’s overall message is one of empowerment, whatever the level of your potential. Just as Sir Chris Hoy told the authors, ‘The only person you have to beat is yourself, yesterday.’

Your success tomorrow has nothing to do with technology.

Most leaders assume their future depends on mastering the latest trends, embracing AI, or navigating digital disruption. They’re wrong.

In The Adaptability Code, renowned innovation expert, speaker, and tech leader Mushambi Mutuma cuts through the noise to reveal the true competitive advantage: adaptability. Mushambi argues convincingly that the leaders who will win tomorrow aren’t those with the deepest pockets, longest histories, or even the smartest teams. Instead, tomorrow’s winners will be those who remain relentlessly adaptable, continually re-coding their leadership DNA to rise and thrive through constant change.

Blending compelling stories, fresh research, and actionable frameworks, Mushambi transforms adaptability from buzzword to powerful and actionable leadership strategy. Whether you lead a multinational giant, a fast-moving start-up, or simply yourself, The Adaptability Code is your blueprint for thriving in an unpredictable future, equipping you to embrace relentless change and proactively shape your future with confidence.

If you’re ready to rewrite your leadership playbook, transform how you approach change, and create lasting relevance in tomorrow’s marketplace, this is your essential guide.

Because the future belongs not just to the tech-savvy or wellestablished, but those courageous enough to constantly reinvent, evolve and adapt themselves.

Simple Exercises for Building the Life You Want

The official companion to the #1 worldwide bestseller is the next step in your habits toolkit. Guided journal prompts will help you engage with your habits and the forces that impact them. Thought-provoking exercises allow you to implement the Atomic Habits theories and see your life transform. This workbook takes the reader from understanding habits to living them. James Clear's system helps good habits emerge naturally while unwanted habits fade away.

What's included:

• Guided templates for easy habit tracking and habit stacking
• Journaling prompts to help you assess your physical and social environments, identify the forces at play, and strategize for greatest habit success
• Strategies for overcoming the habit plateau and sticking with your habits, even when the going gets rough
• Plans for adapting your habits to fit your ever-changing life
• New ideas from Clear on the role of fun in habit formation

Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with “curiosity and humor” in this New York Times bestseller that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light (Shannon Carlin). ​

Why is Miami…Miami? What does the heartbreaking fate of the cheetah tell us about the way we raise our children? Why do Ivy League schools care so much about sports? What is the Magic Third, and what does it mean for racial harmony? In this provocative new work, Malcolm Gladwell returns for the first time in twenty-five years to the subject of social epidemics and tipping points, this time with the aim of explaining the dark side of contagious phenomena.
 
Through a series of riveting stories, Gladwell traces the rise of a new and troubling form of social engineering. He takes us to the streets of Los Angeles to meet the world’s most successful bank robbers, rediscovers a forgotten television show from the 1970s that changed the world, visits the site of a historic experiment on a tiny cul-de-sac in northern California, and offers an alternate history of two of the biggest epidemics of our day: COVID and the opioid crisis. Revenge of the Tipping Point is Gladwell’s most personal book yet. With his characteristic mix of storytelling and social science, he offers a guide to making sense of the contagions of modern world. It’s time we took tipping points seriously.

Integrated Organisational Communication offers a holistic view of the communication of organisations. The book takes a multidisciplinary approach, and the main thrust of the book is the integration of communication in the organisational context. It is now commonly accepted that communication should be integrated, but integration is interpreted and practised in many ways. In this text, the starting point of the approach to communication integration is the brand. This is the consolidated outcome of every message about the organisation and its products received by a stakeholder, and includes planned, unplanned, service and product messages. Organisations should align these messages at strategic, management and functional levels, bearing in mind that communication integration, and ultimately perception of their brands, occurs in the minds of all the organisation’s stakeholders, not only those who manage the organisation or plan its communication.

This exercise book is comprised of questions covering topics in Differential and Integral Calculus, Matrix Algebra and Linear Programming. The aim of the work is to develop student competency in using mathematical techniques as a “toolbox” for the solution of problems relevant to Economics, Business and Finance.

The book provides an introductory revision chapter of basic mathematical principles followed by chapters of multiple-choice questions each covering a particular section of the work.

In addition to multiple-choice questions, there are extension tutorials requiring written responses and sample tests covering each section of the work. Answers are provided to each question at the back of the book together with a formula sheet for easy reference.

The highly anticipated third book in the phenomenally successful Extreme Ownership series, from ex-Navy Seals Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, the visionary authors behind Extreme Ownership and The Dichotomy of Leadership.

Drawing from his experiences as a Marine Corps officer, fighter pilot and TOPGUN instructor, author Dave Berke, alongside Jocko Willink, illustrates how leadership is integral to overcoming every challenge. Berke’s insights, based on his time in combat and his role at Echelon Front, aim to help readers become better leaders and understand that leadership is a universal requirement for success, no matter the environment.
By adopting the right leadership mindsets and behaviours, we gain the capacity to solve problems, support the people around us and amend our mistakes. How do we develop these necessary skills? By embracing the principles imparted to Berke from each humbling moment in the cockpit:

EVERYONE IS A LEADER: From the CEO to the most junior employee, everyone at every level is a leader. Leadership isn’t about rank, title, position or function. The more people see themselves as leaders, the more they want to contribute to the team’s success.

EVERY PROBLEM WE FACE IS A LEADERSHIP PROBLEM: The problems we confront at work aren’t caused by external factors. They are caused by our failure to lead. If a lack of leadership is the problem, and good leadership is the solution, then how we lead becomes the most critical factor affecting the outcome.

LEADERSHIP IS A SKILL: Good leaders aren’t simply born. Leadership can be learned, which means every single person in the world can get better at it if they choose. This book is their guide.

Through compelling stories from TOPGUN training and combat to the boardroom and at home, Berke gives readers the necessary tools to succeed.

In an increasingly unpredictable world, traditional methods of planning no longer suffice.

Four Future Seasons offers a groundbreaking approach to navigating uncertainty, empowering readers to adapt to the future and actively shape it.

Drawing from international experiences, doctoral research and diverse perspectives as a global expert in futures strategy, Craig Wing’s Four Future Seasons combines deep insights with practical strategies to anticipate disruptions and thrive in times of change. This innova-
tive model draws from diverse and fascinating concepts such as Rumsfeld’s ‘unknown  unknowns’, the Johari Window and the timeless wisdom of the Japanese four-season garden to offer a dynamic framework for identifying early signals of change and respond with agility.

More than a guide for business leaders, this book is for anyone who wants to create a better future for themselves, whether navigating personal growth, leadership challenges or unforeseen life changes. With personal stories of resilience and innovation woven through-
out, Four Future Seasons equips readers with the tools, foresight and confidence to thrive through all seasons of life.

The threat to liberal democracy isn't just autocrats - it's a lack of effective action by so-called progressives.

We have the means to build an equitable world without hunger, fuelled by clean energy. Instead, we have a politics driven by scarcity, lives defined by unaffordability and public institutions that no longer deliver on big ideas. It's time for change.

Bestselling authors Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson have spent decades analysing the political, economic and cultural forces that have led us here. In this once-in-a-generation intervention, they unpick the barriers to progress and show how we can, and must, shift the political agenda to one that not only protects and preserves, but also builds. From healthcare to housing, infrastructure to innovation, they lay out a path to a future defined not by fear, but by abundance.