Construction Industry, Land and Sea Work, Sport and Fitness
Tracks Directory, Volume 4
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Prime members: New to Audible?Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Construction Industry, Land and Sea Work, Sport and Fitness
Buy for $3.95
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Korbid Thompson
About this listen
The fourth volume of the Tracks directory gives information about career pathways in construction, land and sea work, sports, and fitness.
First published as Tracks: Plan of the Professions in 1997, the 15th revised and updated edition is published in 2017. It gives information of over 150 professions, which include pathways in the banking and financial services, catering and hospitality, construction, education, health care, land and sea work, law, government and administration, leisure and tourism, manufacturing crafts, marketing, media, services, sports, and fitness.
Qualifications are listed from GCSE and NVQ to degree level. There are work descriptions and pay scales with advice and starter tips from chartered institutes and professionals in each area.
©1988, 2012, 2016 Cv Publications (P)2017 Cv PublicationsListeners also enjoyed...
-
Financially Smart Career Planning for Teens
- The Roadmap to Making Informed Decisions in an Uncertain Job Market, Prevent Feeling Overwhelmed & Analysis ... To Achieve Affordable College Degrees
- By: P.D. Mason
- Narrated by: Chandler Clark
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 24
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 24
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 24
Discover the secrets to graduating from high school without taking on crushing student debt and launching into a flourishing career! In this information-packed guidebook, you'll learn how to access valuable training and practical experience without having to enter the working world in Major College Debt.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great guide for both parents and teens
- By Roshani Herath on 08-02-23
By: P.D. Mason
-
Let My People Go Surfing
- The Education of a Reluctant Businessman - Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual
- By: Yvon Chouinard, Naomi Klein
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove, Yvon Chouinard
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,708
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,290
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,286
In his long-awaited memoir, Yvon Chouinard - legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and founder of Patagonia, Inc. - shares the persistence and courage that have gone into being head of one of the most respected and environmentally responsible companies on earth. From his youth as the son of a French Canadian blacksmith to the thrilling, ambitious climbing expeditions that inspired his innovative designs for the sport's equipment.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Good presentation, though a little preachy
- By Jim Perkins on 05-25-17
By: Yvon Chouinard, and others
-
Stretch
- Unlock the Power of Less - and Achieve More Than You Ever Imagined
- By: Scott Sonenshein
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 415
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 359
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 360
Stretch identifies key ways for people and organizations to work beyond their resources to achieve higher performance. Based on in-depth research in psychology and management, Scott Sonenshein shows how to accomplish goals, find professional and personal success, and live a richer life. Sonenshein reveals that while we rarely have all we think we need, we usually have more than we imagine.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Good ideas. Wanted a few more inches on the journey.
- By Sarah S. on 05-20-17
By: Scott Sonenshein
-
Be Our Guest
- Perfecting the Art of Customer Service
- By: The Disney Institute, Theodore Kinni
- Narrated by: Barry Abrams
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 890
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 762
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 757
Exceeding expectations rather than simply satisfying them is the cornerstone of the Disney approach to customer service. Now, in honor of the 10th anniversary of the original Be Our Guest, the Disney Institute, which specializes in helping professionals see new possibilities through concepts not found in the typical workplace, is revealing even more of the business behind the magic of quality service.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Too long and repetitive
- By M. Decker on 03-11-16
By: The Disney Institute, and others
-
Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation
- By: Tim Brown
- Narrated by: Tim Roberts
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 716
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 592
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 584
The myth of innovation is that brilliant ideas leap fully formed from the minds of geniuses. The reality is that most innovations come from a process of rigorous examination through which great ideas are identified and developed before being realized as new offerings and capabilities. This is not a book by designers for designers; this is a book for creative leaders seeking to infuse design thinking into every level of an organization's products or service to drive new alternatives for business and society.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Starts strong, then becomes an Ideo advertisement
- By Cameron on 09-10-12
By: Tim Brown
-
The Essential Drucker
- In One Volume the Best of Sixty Years of Peter Drucker's Essential Writings on Management
- By: Peter F. Drucker
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 281
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 226
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 222
Father of modern management, social commentator, and preeminent business philosopher Peter F. Drucker analyzed economics and society for more than 60 years. Now, for listeners everywhere who are concerned with the ways that management practices and principles affect the performance of organizations, individuals, and society, there is The Essential Drucker - an invaluable compilation of essential materials from the works of a management legend.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Listen again and again
- By Joel on 11-02-17
By: Peter F. Drucker
-
Financially Smart Career Planning for Teens
- The Roadmap to Making Informed Decisions in an Uncertain Job Market, Prevent Feeling Overwhelmed & Analysis ... To Achieve Affordable College Degrees
- By: P.D. Mason
- Narrated by: Chandler Clark
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 24
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 24
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 24
Discover the secrets to graduating from high school without taking on crushing student debt and launching into a flourishing career! In this information-packed guidebook, you'll learn how to access valuable training and practical experience without having to enter the working world in Major College Debt.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great guide for both parents and teens
- By Roshani Herath on 08-02-23
By: P.D. Mason
-
Let My People Go Surfing
- The Education of a Reluctant Businessman - Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual
- By: Yvon Chouinard, Naomi Klein
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove, Yvon Chouinard
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,708
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,290
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,286
In his long-awaited memoir, Yvon Chouinard - legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and founder of Patagonia, Inc. - shares the persistence and courage that have gone into being head of one of the most respected and environmentally responsible companies on earth. From his youth as the son of a French Canadian blacksmith to the thrilling, ambitious climbing expeditions that inspired his innovative designs for the sport's equipment.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Good presentation, though a little preachy
- By Jim Perkins on 05-25-17
By: Yvon Chouinard, and others
-
Stretch
- Unlock the Power of Less - and Achieve More Than You Ever Imagined
- By: Scott Sonenshein
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 415
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 359
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 360
Stretch identifies key ways for people and organizations to work beyond their resources to achieve higher performance. Based on in-depth research in psychology and management, Scott Sonenshein shows how to accomplish goals, find professional and personal success, and live a richer life. Sonenshein reveals that while we rarely have all we think we need, we usually have more than we imagine.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Good ideas. Wanted a few more inches on the journey.
- By Sarah S. on 05-20-17
By: Scott Sonenshein
-
Be Our Guest
- Perfecting the Art of Customer Service
- By: The Disney Institute, Theodore Kinni
- Narrated by: Barry Abrams
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 890
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 762
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 757
Exceeding expectations rather than simply satisfying them is the cornerstone of the Disney approach to customer service. Now, in honor of the 10th anniversary of the original Be Our Guest, the Disney Institute, which specializes in helping professionals see new possibilities through concepts not found in the typical workplace, is revealing even more of the business behind the magic of quality service.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Too long and repetitive
- By M. Decker on 03-11-16
By: The Disney Institute, and others
-
Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation
- By: Tim Brown
- Narrated by: Tim Roberts
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 716
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 592
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 584
The myth of innovation is that brilliant ideas leap fully formed from the minds of geniuses. The reality is that most innovations come from a process of rigorous examination through which great ideas are identified and developed before being realized as new offerings and capabilities. This is not a book by designers for designers; this is a book for creative leaders seeking to infuse design thinking into every level of an organization's products or service to drive new alternatives for business and society.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Starts strong, then becomes an Ideo advertisement
- By Cameron on 09-10-12
By: Tim Brown
-
The Essential Drucker
- In One Volume the Best of Sixty Years of Peter Drucker's Essential Writings on Management
- By: Peter F. Drucker
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 281
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 226
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 222
Father of modern management, social commentator, and preeminent business philosopher Peter F. Drucker analyzed economics and society for more than 60 years. Now, for listeners everywhere who are concerned with the ways that management practices and principles affect the performance of organizations, individuals, and society, there is The Essential Drucker - an invaluable compilation of essential materials from the works of a management legend.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Listen again and again
- By Joel on 11-02-17
By: Peter F. Drucker
-
Management
- Revised Edition
- By: Peter F. Drucker
- Narrated by: Sam Tsoutsouvas
- Length: 19 hrs and 55 mins
- Abridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 504
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 339
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 334
The essential book on management from the man who invented the discipline. Now completely revised and updated for the first time.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Comprehensive - Maybe too Comprehensive
- By Networkoholic on 10-08-09
By: Peter F. Drucker
-
Change by Design, Revised and Updated
- How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation
- By: Tim Brown
- Narrated by: Tim Roberts, Tim Brown
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 296
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 249
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 251
The subject of “design thinking” is the rage at business schools, throughout corporations, and increasingly in the popular press - due in large part to work of IDEO, a leading design firm, and its celebrated CEO, Tim Brown, who uses this audiobook to reveal how the techniques and strategies of design belong at every level of business. Change by Design is an audiobook for creative leaders seeking to infuse design thinking into every level of an organization, product, or service to drive new alternatives for business and society.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Not quite what I was hoping for
- By Amazon Customer on 01-16-20
By: Tim Brown
-
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- By: Peter F. Drucker
- Narrated by: Michael Wells
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 561
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 360
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 353
This is the first book to present innovation and entrepreneurship as a purposeful and systematic discipline. It clearly explains and analyzes the challenges and opportunities of America's new entrepreneurial economy. Peter Drucker, the most influential and widely-read thinker and writer on modern organizations, gives us a superbly practical book that explains what established businesses, public service institutions, and new ventures have to know, have to learn, and have to do in today's economy and marketplace.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Great book, poorly read :-(
- By John on 01-31-05
By: Peter F. Drucker
-
Rookie Smarts
- Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work
- By: Liz Wiseman
- Narrated by: Liz Wiseman
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 175
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 148
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 145
Rookie Smarts addresses the questions every experienced professional faces: Will my knowledge and skills become obsolete and irrelevant? Will a young, inexperienced newcomer upend my company or me? How can I keep up? The answer is to stay fresh, keep learning, and know when to think like a rookie.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Can relate!
- By Kim on 07-17-15
By: Liz Wiseman
-
Hardcore Inventing
- Invent, Protect, Promote, and Profit From Your Ideas
- By: Robert Yanover, Ellie Crowe
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 124
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 97
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 97
Based on the author’s experience in the world of inventing and promotion, Hardcore Inventing offers the kind of advice you can only learn from experience: how to developing an idea into an invention, how to build a prototype for show, how to safeguard intellectual property, how to market both strategically and in “guerilla" mode, how find investors, and much more. And all of that is based on his IP 3 Tacitical Method which breaks everything down to Invent, Protect, Promote, and Profit.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Best Invention/Patent/Business Book I’ve Read
- By Silverback on 05-02-13
By: Robert Yanover, and others
-
Driving Honda
- Inside the World’s Most Innovative Car Company
- By: Jeffrey Rothfeder
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 86
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 78
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 77
For decades there have been two iconic Japanese auto companies. One has been endlessly studied and written about. The other has been generally underappreciated and misunderstood. Until now. Since its birth as a motorcycle company in 1949, Honda has steadily grown into the world’s fifth largest automaker and top engine manufacturer, as well as one of the most beloved, most profitable, and most consistently innovative multinational corporations.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
it was ok.
- By chris p on 11-16-18
-
Our Towns
- A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America
- By: James Fallows, Deborah Fallows
- Narrated by: James Fallows, Deborah Fallows
- Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 205
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 187
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 186
For the last five years, James and Deborah Fallows have been traveling across America in a single-engine prop airplane. Visiting dozens of towns, they have met hundreds of civic leaders, workers, immigrants, educators, environmentalists, artists, public servants, librarians, businesspeople, city planners, students, and entrepreneurs to take the pulse and understand the prospects of places that usually draw notice only after a disaster or during a political campaign. The America they saw is acutely conscious of its problems, but it is also crafting solutions.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Excellent premise, please hire a reader.
- By Elena G. on 05-24-18
By: James Fallows, and others
-
12
- The Elements of Great Managing
- By: Rodd Wagner, James K. Harter
- Narrated by: Rodd Wagner
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Abridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 311
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 191
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 188
More than a decade ago, The Gallup Organization combed through its database of more than one million employee and manager interviews to identify the elements most important in sustaining workplace excellence. These elements were revealed in the 1999 best-seller First, Break All the Rules. 12: The Elements of Great Managing is that management classic's long-awaited sequel.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Love the book! Lot's of great advice!
- By Andrea on 05-21-12
By: Rodd Wagner, and others
-
Bill Gates: The Life, Lessons & Rules for Success
- By: Influential Individuals
- Narrated by: David Margittai
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 72
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 62
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 61
Bill Gates is the most influential and recognizable name in the technology industry to date. He's a business magnate, avid investor, big philanthropist, and author of multiple books. He has made it into the top 0.1 percent and it would be an understatement to say Bill Gates is a success story. Some of his greatest moments arose on this journey to success and through studying his journey; it can help us better walk our own path. This book will take you through his successes, failures and teachable moments providing the key principles we can incorporate into our own lives for results.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Bill Gates is a suitable exemplary for our youth
- By apollonia blumauer on 08-19-23
-
The Experience Economy, Updated Edition
- By: B. Joseph Pine II, James H. Gilmore
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 240
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 193
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 189
In 1999 Joseph Pine and James Gilmore offered readers the idea of the experience economy as a new way to connect with customers and secure their loyalty. As a result, their book The Experience Economy is now a classic, embraced by listeners and companies worldwide and available in more than a dozen languages. Though the world has changed in many ways since then, the way to a customer’s heart has not.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
save your air space.
- By Pat Jeffries on 06-27-19
By: B. Joseph Pine II, and others
-
Robot-Proof
- Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
- By: Joseph E. Aoun
- Narrated by: John Glouchevitch
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 100
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 80
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 77
In Robot-Proof, Northeastern University president Joseph Aoun proposes a way to educate the next generation of college students to invent, to create, and to discover - to fill needs in society that even the most sophisticated artificial intelligence agent cannot. A "robot-proof" education, Aoun argues, is not concerned solely with topping up students' minds with high-octane facts. Rather, it calibrates them with a creative mindset and the mental elasticity to invent, discover, or create something valuable to society.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Preparing the future generations for the Future
- By Samer Chidiac on 08-09-18
By: Joseph E. Aoun
-
Elon Musk
- The Life, Lessons & Rules for Success
- By: Influential Individuals
- Narrated by: J Eric Barton
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 94
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 87
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 86
This audiobook covers how Elon Musk went from getting bullied in school to small-time entrepreneur to CEO of two major companies that seem like they're straight out of science fiction - and how he almost went broke along the way. The aim of this audiobook is to be educational and inspirational with actionable principles you can incorporate into your own life straight from the great man himself.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Inspirational
- By Stephanie on 12-20-18
Related to this topic
-
Under New Management
- How Leading Organizations Are Upending Business as Usual
- By: David Burkus
- Narrated by: Rich Orlow
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 76
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 66
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 66
A provocative work that challenges the traditional and widely accepted principles of business management - and proves that they are outdated, outmoded, or simply don't work. Do open floor plans really work? Are there companies that put their employees' welfare first, and their clients second? Are annual performance reviews necessary? Dr. David Burkus is a highly regarded and increasingly influential business school professor who challenges many of the established principles of business management.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
information age work assembly line management
- By A. Davis on 04-15-16
By: David Burkus
-
Behemoth
- A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World
- By: Joshua B. Freeman
- Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 246
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 209
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 207
We live in a factory-made world: modern life is built on three centuries of advances in factory production, efficiency, and technology. But giant factories have also fueled our fears about the future since their beginnings, when William Blake called them "dark Satanic mills". Many factories that operated over the last two centuries - such as Homestead, River Rouge, and Foxconn - were known for the labor exploitation and class warfare they engendered, not to mention the environmental devastation caused by factory production.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Get rid of the fake accents
- By J. R. Valery on 03-13-18
-
Driving Honda
- Inside the World’s Most Innovative Car Company
- By: Jeffrey Rothfeder
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 86
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 78
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 77
For decades there have been two iconic Japanese auto companies. One has been endlessly studied and written about. The other has been generally underappreciated and misunderstood. Until now. Since its birth as a motorcycle company in 1949, Honda has steadily grown into the world’s fifth largest automaker and top engine manufacturer, as well as one of the most beloved, most profitable, and most consistently innovative multinational corporations.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
it was ok.
- By chris p on 11-16-18
-
Be Our Guest
- Perfecting the Art of Customer Service
- By: The Disney Institute, Theodore Kinni
- Narrated by: Barry Abrams
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 890
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 762
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 757
Exceeding expectations rather than simply satisfying them is the cornerstone of the Disney approach to customer service. Now, in honor of the 10th anniversary of the original Be Our Guest, the Disney Institute, which specializes in helping professionals see new possibilities through concepts not found in the typical workplace, is revealing even more of the business behind the magic of quality service.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Too long and repetitive
- By M. Decker on 03-11-16
By: The Disney Institute, and others
-
Ghost Work
- How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass
- By: Mary L. Gray, Siddharth Suri
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Hidden beneath the surface of the internet, a new, stark reality is looming - one that cuts to the very heart of our endless debates about the impact of AI. Anthropologist Mary L. Gray and computer scientist Siddharth Suri team up to unveil how services delivered by companies like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Uber can only function smoothly thanks to the judgment and experience of a vast, invisible human labor force. These people doing "ghost work" make the internet seem smart. An estimated 8 percent of Americans have worked at least once in this "ghost economy".
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Interesting research, disappointing analysis
- By Rafael Rosa on 05-11-19
By: Mary L. Gray, and others
-
The Expertise Economy
- How the Smartest Companies Use Learning to Engage, Compete, and Succeed
- By: Kelly Palmer, David Blake
- Narrated by: Patricia Rodriguez
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
The workplace is going through a large-scale transition with digitization, automation, and acceleration. Critical skills and expertise are imperative for companies and their employees to succeed in the future, and the most forward-thinking companies are being proactive in adapting to the shift in the workforce. Kelly Palmer, Silicon Valley thought leader from LinkedIn, Degreed, and Yahoo, and David Blake, cofounder of ed-tech pioneer Degreed, share their experiences and describe how some of the smartest companies in the world are making learning and expertise a major competitive advantage.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Fantastic Information
- By Emerson A. Simon on 03-31-20
By: Kelly Palmer, and others
-
Under New Management
- How Leading Organizations Are Upending Business as Usual
- By: David Burkus
- Narrated by: Rich Orlow
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 76
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 66
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 66
A provocative work that challenges the traditional and widely accepted principles of business management - and proves that they are outdated, outmoded, or simply don't work. Do open floor plans really work? Are there companies that put their employees' welfare first, and their clients second? Are annual performance reviews necessary? Dr. David Burkus is a highly regarded and increasingly influential business school professor who challenges many of the established principles of business management.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
information age work assembly line management
- By A. Davis on 04-15-16
By: David Burkus
-
Behemoth
- A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World
- By: Joshua B. Freeman
- Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 246
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 209
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 207
We live in a factory-made world: modern life is built on three centuries of advances in factory production, efficiency, and technology. But giant factories have also fueled our fears about the future since their beginnings, when William Blake called them "dark Satanic mills". Many factories that operated over the last two centuries - such as Homestead, River Rouge, and Foxconn - were known for the labor exploitation and class warfare they engendered, not to mention the environmental devastation caused by factory production.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Get rid of the fake accents
- By J. R. Valery on 03-13-18
-
Driving Honda
- Inside the World’s Most Innovative Car Company
- By: Jeffrey Rothfeder
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 86
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 78
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 77
For decades there have been two iconic Japanese auto companies. One has been endlessly studied and written about. The other has been generally underappreciated and misunderstood. Until now. Since its birth as a motorcycle company in 1949, Honda has steadily grown into the world’s fifth largest automaker and top engine manufacturer, as well as one of the most beloved, most profitable, and most consistently innovative multinational corporations.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
it was ok.
- By chris p on 11-16-18
-
Be Our Guest
- Perfecting the Art of Customer Service
- By: The Disney Institute, Theodore Kinni
- Narrated by: Barry Abrams
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 890
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 762
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 757
Exceeding expectations rather than simply satisfying them is the cornerstone of the Disney approach to customer service. Now, in honor of the 10th anniversary of the original Be Our Guest, the Disney Institute, which specializes in helping professionals see new possibilities through concepts not found in the typical workplace, is revealing even more of the business behind the magic of quality service.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Too long and repetitive
- By M. Decker on 03-11-16
By: The Disney Institute, and others
-
Ghost Work
- How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass
- By: Mary L. Gray, Siddharth Suri
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Hidden beneath the surface of the internet, a new, stark reality is looming - one that cuts to the very heart of our endless debates about the impact of AI. Anthropologist Mary L. Gray and computer scientist Siddharth Suri team up to unveil how services delivered by companies like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Uber can only function smoothly thanks to the judgment and experience of a vast, invisible human labor force. These people doing "ghost work" make the internet seem smart. An estimated 8 percent of Americans have worked at least once in this "ghost economy".
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Interesting research, disappointing analysis
- By Rafael Rosa on 05-11-19
By: Mary L. Gray, and others
-
The Expertise Economy
- How the Smartest Companies Use Learning to Engage, Compete, and Succeed
- By: Kelly Palmer, David Blake
- Narrated by: Patricia Rodriguez
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
The workplace is going through a large-scale transition with digitization, automation, and acceleration. Critical skills and expertise are imperative for companies and their employees to succeed in the future, and the most forward-thinking companies are being proactive in adapting to the shift in the workforce. Kelly Palmer, Silicon Valley thought leader from LinkedIn, Degreed, and Yahoo, and David Blake, cofounder of ed-tech pioneer Degreed, share their experiences and describe how some of the smartest companies in the world are making learning and expertise a major competitive advantage.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Fantastic Information
- By Emerson A. Simon on 03-31-20
By: Kelly Palmer, and others