A look at the extraordinary ways the brain turns thoughts into actions--and how this shapes our everyday lives From making a cup of coffee to buying a house to changing the world around them, humans are uniquely able to execute necessary actions. How do we do it? Or in other words, how do our brains get things done? In On Task, cognitive neuroscientist David Badre presents the ...(展开全部)

Nothing is more inspiring than a big vision that becomes a triumphant, new reality. Think of how the Empire State Building went from a sketch to the jewel of New York’s skyline in twenty-one months, or how Apple’s iPod went from a project with a single employee to a product launch in eleven months. These are wonderful stories. But most of the time big visions turn into nightmar...(展开全部)

戴维·巴德（David Badre） 布朗大学认知学、语言学和心理学教授，卡尼脑科学研究所的成员。他对认知控制和执行功能的神经科学做出了开创性的贡献。

From the evidence presented, Brad may be one of the world's top experts in how to "get things done," especially within the team environment. In this book he shares how he has been successful by presenting ten of his most important secrets for creating and leading exceptional teams. As Brad says, "You only get difficult things done through the efforts of the exceptional team."On...(展开全部)

How does our brain generate a conscious thought? And why does so much of our knowledge remain unconscious? Thanks to clever psychological and brain-imaging experiments, scientists are closer to cracking this mystery than ever before. In this lively book, Stanislas Dehaene describes the pioneering work his lab and the labs of other cognitive neuroscientists worldwide have accomp...(展开全部)

A breathtaking look at the new science that can track consciousness deep in the brain How does our brain generate a conscious thought? And why does so much of our knowledge remain unconscious? Thanks to clever psychological and brain-imaging experiments, scientists are closer to cracking this mystery than ever before. In this lively book, Stanislas Dehaene describes the pioneer...(展开全部)

A breathtaking look at the new science that can track consciousness deep in the brain How does our brain generate a conscious thought? And why does so much of our knowledge remain unconscious? Thanks to clever psychological and brain-imaging experiments, scientists are closer to cracking this mystery than ever before. In this lively book, Stanislas Dehaene describes the pioneer...(展开全部)

It's no secret: everyone knows that the way most companies do things is screwed up. Surprisingly, though, herein lays the biggest opportunity for improving growth and profitability in a world in which consumers are tapped out and competition is coming from the devastating combination of low-wage countries with high skills. For more than a decade, following his landmark Reengin...(展开全部)

迈克尔·哈默 Michael Hammer “企业再造”之父，美国著名的管理学家，在麻省理工学院先后获得学士、硕士和博士学位。曾担任IBM软件工程师、麻省理工学院计算机专业教授，以及Index Consulting集团的PRISM研究负责人。凭借其“再造”理论及对美国企业的贡献，《商业周刊》称誉哈默博士为“20世纪90年代四位最杰出的管理思想家之一”，1996年《时代周刊》又将哈默博士列入“25位最具影响力的美国人”的首选名单。 丽莎·赫什曼 Lisa Hershman 国际知名的作家、讲师和经验丰富的商业专业人士，曾在哈默管理咨询和教育公司担任CEO。她定期向全球观众介绍自己的经历，她的客户包括宝马(BMW)、辉瑞(Pfizer)、百事可乐(PepsiCo)等家喻户晓的公司，以及美国空军(U.S. Air Force)和桑迪亚国家实验室(Sandi...(展开全部)

When the way you do things is screwed up (which is the case at most companies and business units), performance suffers. Michael Hammer's new book is a tool kit for transforming a business by improving the way it runs, whether it's a factory or a software company.