The classic #1 New York Times bestseller that answers the age-old question: Why is incompetence so maddeningly rampant and so vexingly triumphant? The Peter Principle, the eponymous law Dr. Laurence J. Peter coined, explains that everyone in a hierarchy—from the office intern to the CEO, from the low-level civil servant to a nation’s president—will inevitably rise to his or her...(展开全部)

Technology has made us healthier and wealthier, but we aren't necessarily happier in our zealously engineered surroundings. Edward Tenner is a connoisseur of what he calls "revenge effects" - the unintended, ironic consequences of the mechanical, chemical, biological, and medical forms of ingenuity that have been hallmarks of the progressive, improvement-obsessed twentieth cent...(展开全部)

Technology has made us healthier and wealthier, but we aren't necessarily happier in our zealously engineered surroundings. Edward Tenner is a connoisseur of what he calls "revenge effects" - the unintended, ironic consequences of the mechanical, chemical, biological, and medical forms of ingenuity that have been hallmarks of the progressive, improvement-obsessed twentieth cent...(展开全部)

The principles you live by today create the world you live in: if you change the principles you live by, you can change your world. In the life-changing tradition of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Power Principle teaches the core principles that dramatically affect our careers and our lives. Dr. Blaine Lee, an extraordinary teacher, shows how principle-centered...(展开全部)

The principles you live by today create the world you live in: if you change the principles you live by, you can change your world. In the life-changing tradition of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Power Principle teaches the core principles that dramatically affect our careers and our lives. Dr. Blaine Lee, an extraordinary teacher, shows how principle-centered...(展开全部)

理查德·洛夫 Richard Louv，知名儿童权益宣导人、资深记者、畅销作家，长期关注并投身于自然、家庭和社区领域的事务，著有八本相关领域的作品。他之前的著作《林间最后的小孩：拯救自然缺失症儿童》已被翻译成十种语言，在十四个国家出版。洛夫是儿童与自然组织的创立者和名誉主席，2008年被美国环保 组织奥杜邦学会授予奥杜邦奖章。

If CEOS, consultants, top managers, and other financial wizards are so smart, how come they screw up so badly? Why is there no correlation whatsoever between a business school education and success in business? Why might you be better off studying something as irrelevant as-philosophy? In The Management Myth, Stewart offers: An insightful romp through the entire history of thin...(展开全部)

If CEOS, consultants, top managers, and other financial wizards are so smart, how come they screw up so badly? Why is there no correlation whatsoever between a business school education and success in business? Why might you be better off studying something as irrelevant as-philosophy? In The Management Myth, Stewart offers: An insightful romp through the entire history of thin...(展开全部)

汉斯·罗斯林（1948—2017），1948年出生于瑞典乌普萨拉。“开启民智”基金会创始人，《时代》杂志“全球100位最有影响力人物”之一。曾先后担任世界卫生组织、联合国儿童基金会和其他援助机构的顾问。1997年，汉斯开始在卡罗林斯卡学院任教，他发现受到高等教育的学生对 世界抱有极大的误解，他们的想法和决策都相当情绪化。于是他走上TED的演讲舞台，用动态数据图像生动地展示了世界正在经历的真实变化，涉及人口、经济、环境等多个备受关注却从未被真正了解的主题。他的演讲视频获得了上千万次的点击，每一次演讲都大受媒体好评，也受到人们的赞誉：“数据在汉斯手上会唱歌”。多年后，汉斯决定将他毕生的想法写成书。在生命的最后一刻，他还在反复修改书稿，力求向人们更好地展示他一生都在追求的思维方式和思考世界的方法。 欧拉·罗斯林，“开启民智”基金会联合创始人之一，汉斯的儿子...(展开全部)