Paul's Update 9/6 (with University of Chicago free ebook)

Why Successful People Take 10 Years to 'Succeed Overnight'

Why Successful People Take 10 Years to 'Succeed Overnight' There's a reason why this 10-years-to-overnight-success pattern shows up over and over. And it's not jus...

HBR How the Big Data Explosion Has Changed Decision Making

How the Big Data Explosion Has Changed Decision Making The balancing act between being open and being agile.

6 Perspectives on How Tech Is Transforming the Economy

6 Perspectives on How Tech Is Transforming the Economy In early 2015, Singularity Hub ran a series of articles on the Future of Work. Sveta McShane kicked the series o...

The Neuroscience Behind Bad Decisions | Quanta Magazine

The Neuroscience Behind Bad Decisions | Quanta Magazine Irrationality may be a consequence of the brain’s ravenous energy needs.

7 Key Factors Driving the Artificial Intelligence Revolution

7 Key Factors Driving the Artificial Intelligence Revolution Under, behind and inside many of the apps we use every day, a revolution is underway. It's a revolution that...

Why So Many Projects Go Unfinished, and How to Finish Them

Why So Many Projects Go Unfinished, and How to Finish Them Want to finish more projects that matter? Here's a simple way to do just that.

Sustainability leadership amid fear and pressure

Sustainability leadership amid fear and pressure Lessons for leaders: Believe in the positive side of people; don't shy away from conflict; and know that you...

An Updated Perspective on Engagement and Performance: Culture as the Centerpiece - Constructive Culture

An Updated Perspective on Engagement and Performance: Culture as the Center... Employee engagement remains a hot topic among organizational leaders and consultants, and is often regarded as a...

Lively conversation about the planet's most pressing environmental issues.

In an age of planetary disruption, what hope is there? Ourfree e-book for September features two of the world’s leading environmentalists, Paul R. Ehrlich and Michael Charles Tobias, as they discuss the most pressing issues facing the planet and humanity. Hope on Earth is an intimate conversation between these eminent voices in science and offers a powerful argument that the ethical and scientific issues involved in solving our environmental crisis are deeply intertwined, while plotting an optimistic path forward. Get Hope on Earth: A Conversation free in September. It’s our future. “The book’s length, level, and content make it suitable for a wide audience, especially policy makers and laypersons. Highly recommended.”—Choice More about life on earth! New books in the biological sciences—including natural history, conservation, behavioral biology, evolution, and botany—from Chicago and the fine publishers we distribute, are in our Life Sciences catalog. Use promo code AD1521 for 20% off everything in the catalog. About Chicago's e-books: The University of Chicago Press has over 4,000 titles in its Chicago Digital Editions e-book program. Some of Chicago's e-books are DRM-free, while others require Adobe Digital Editions software, which is freely downloadable. Chicago Digital Editions are powered by BiblioVault. This is the September 2016  free e-book notification.