How Winning Companies Sense and Respond to Change Using Real-Time Technology. 
 Meet the future head-on with this incisive book that details emerging trends that will affect all businesses as they progress through the 21st century. Today's technology has become vital to the speed and performance of business. The fast-paced, high-stakes world of technology is infiltrating business everywhere, through the extensive use of high-speed networks, powerful desktop computers, the Internet, and integrated information across many systems. Customers are also demanding that everything be done faster, at lower cost without sacrificing quality. 
 How will your company compete and prosper in the new millennium? How can you raise your company above the ravages of creeping commoditization and gain that crucial, elusive competitive advantage? The answers lie in becoming event-driven. Event-driven companies (those that acquire, deploy, and wisely exploit real-time information) are the most successful at sensing and responding to the events that drive their businesses. They use the power of real-time information to drive the development and delivery of new products and services. 
 The winning approach presented in this book will benefit any company competing in this age of globalization, emerging technologies, and ever-increasing competition. After reading this book, you will be able to employ the technology to create real-time operations, and you will have the tools, mindset, and organizational structure that enable you to do the right thing at the right time. And the right time is now.

The Power of Now: How Winning Companies Sense and Respond to Change Using Real-Time Technology

Business & Money

Ranadive, Vivek

Management & Leadership

McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media

Meet the future head-on with this incisive book that details emerging trends that will affect all businesses as they progress through the 21st century. Today's technology has become vital to the speed and performance of business. The fast-paced, high-stakes world of technology is infiltrating business everywhere, through

The Power of Now

McGraw=Hill

What made Wayne Gretzky the greatest hockey player of all time wasn’t his speed on the ice or the uncanny accuracy of his shots, but rather his ability to predict where the puck was going to be an instant before it arrived. In other words, it was Gretzky’s brain that made him exceptional. Over the past fifteen years, scientists have found that what distinguishes the greatest musicians, athletes, and performers from the rest of us isn’t just their motor skills or athletic abilities—it is the ability to anticipate events before they happen. A great musician knows how notes will sound before they’re played, a great CEO can predict how a business decision will turn out before it’s made, a great chef knows what a recipe will taste like before it’s prepared. In a powerful narrative that takes us from the research in the labs to the implementation of predictive technology inside companies, Vivek Ranadivé and Kevin Maney reveal how our understanding of human mastery is being applied to the way computers "think." In the near future, the authors argue, the most advanced computer systems and the most successful businesses will anticipate the future much like Wayne Gretzky’s brain does. As a result, companies will be able to use a new generation of technology to anticipate customer needs before customers even know what they want, and see production snafus before they occur, traffic jams before they materialize, and operational problems before they arise. Forward-thinking companies will be able to predict the future just a fraction ahead of everyone else with a little bit of the right information at the right time—what the authors call the two-second advantage—and it will transform the way businesses are run and offer companies an enormous competitive edge in the marketplace. In the bestselling tradition of Blink, Sway, and How We Decide, The Two-Second Advantage will change our understanding of what makes a company successful.

The Two-Second Advantage: How We Succeed by Anticipating the Future--Just Enough

Maney, Kevin

Crown Business

What made Wayne Gretzky the greatest hockey player of all time wasn&rsquo;t his speed on the ice or the uncanny accuracy of his shots, but rather his ability to predict where the puck was going to be an instant before it arrived. In other words, it was Gretzky&rsquo;s brain that made him exceptional. Over the past fifteen years, scientists have found that what distinguishes the greatest musicians, athletes, and performers from the rest of us isn&rsquo;t just their motor skills or athletic abilities-it is the ability to anticipate events before they happen. A great musician knows how notes will sound before they&rsquo;re played, a great CEO can predict how a business decision will turn out before it&rsquo;s made, a great chef knows what a recipe will taste like before it&rsquo;s prepared. In a powerful narrative that takes us from the research in the labs to the implementation of predictive technology inside companies, Vivek Ranadivé and Kevin Maney reveal how our understanding of human mastery is being applied to the way computers "think." In the near future, the authors argue, the most advanced computer systems and the most successful businesses will anticipate the future much like Wayne Gretzky&rsquo;s brain does. As a result, companies will be able to use a new generation of technology to anticipate customer needs before customers even know what they want, and see production snafus before they occur, traffic jams before they materialize, and operational problems before they arise. Forward-thinking companies will be able to predict the future just a fraction ahead of everyone else with a little bit of the right information at the right time-what the authors call the two-second advantage-and it will transform the way businesses are run and offer companies an enormous competitive edge in the marketplace. In the bestselling tradition ofBlink, Sway,andHow We Decide, The Two-Second Advantagewill change our understanding of what makes a company successful.

The Two-second Advantage: How We Succeed by Anticipating the Future--just Enough

Education & Reference

CROWN PUB.

What made Wayne Gretzky the greatest hockey player of all time wasn't   his speed on the ice or the uncanny accuracy of his shots, but rather   his ability to predict where the puck was going to be an instant before   it arrived. In other words, it was Gretzky's brain that made him   exceptional. Over the past fifteen years, scientists have found that   what distinguishes the greatest musicians, athletes, and performers from   the rest of us isn't just their motor skills or athletic abilities—it   is the ability to anticipate events before they happen. A great musician   knows how notes will sound before they're played, a great CEO can   predict how a business decision will turn out before it's made, a great   chef knows what a recipe will taste like before it's prepared.In   a powerful narrative that takes us from the research in the labs to the   implementation of predictive technology inside companies, Vivek   Ranadivé and Kevin Maney reveal how our understanding of human mastery   is being applied to the way computers "think." In the near future, the   authors argue, the most advanced computer systems and the most   successful businesses will anticipate the future much like Wayne   Gretzky's brain does. As a result, companies will be able to use a new   generation of technology to anticipate customer needs before customers   even know what they want, and see production snafus before they occur,   traffic jams before they materialize, and operational problems before   they arise. Forward-thinking companies will be able to predict the   future just a fraction ahead of everyone else with a little bit of the   right information at the right time—what the authors call the two-second   advantage—and it will transform the way businesses are run and offer   companies an enormous competitive edge in the marketplace.In the bestselling tradition of Blink, Sway, and How We Decide, The Two-Second Advantage will change our understanding of what makes a company successful.

The Two-Second Advantage: How We Succeed by Anticipating the Future---Just Enough

Economics

Tantor Audio