How to use the Design Thinking Tools

A practical guide to make innovation happen

The Design Thinking Toolbox explains the most important tools and methods to put Design Thinking into action. Based on the largest international survey on the use of design thinking, the most popular methods are described in four pages each by an expert from the global Design Thinking community. If you are involved in innovation, leadership, or design, these are tools you need. Simple instructions, expert tips, t...

Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.

Eric Ries defines a startup as an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty. This is just as true for one person in a garage or a group of seasoned professionals in a Fortune 500 boardroom. What they have in common is a mission to penetrate that fog ...

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The classic guide to copywriting, now in an entirely updated fourth edition

This is a book for everyone who writes or approves copy: copywriters, multichannel marketers, creative directors, freelance writers, marketing managers . . . even small business owners and information marketers. It reveals dozens of copywriting techniques that can help you write both print and online ads, emails, and websites that are clear, persuasive, and get more attention-and sell more products.

Develop a clear understanding of the concepts and best practices in public relations

Exploring Public Relations and Management Communication, 5th Edition, by Tench and Waddington is the definitive text on public relations. Blending theory with real-life applications, this book offers a critical analysis with updated case studies, exercises and discussion questions that provide students with a holistic subject understanding. It also engages students with the thought processes behind some of th...

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De wereld is radicaal veranderd sinds de Grote Lockdown. In energie, toerisme, vastgoed, financiering, waardeketens, mobiliteit en it wordt het nooit meer zoals het was. De schulden zijn geëxplodeerd en er komt een zware recessie. De kosten zijn enorm, de kansen ongekend. Maar die kansen gaan niet gepakt worden in het ‘kleine-bufferkapitalisme’ dat Nederland de laatste dertig jaar omarmde.

In dit boek wordt dat kleine-bufferkapitalisme van vlak voor de Grote Lockdown op heterdaad betrap...

- Integrale benadering van het thema informatie en control;

- brengt samenhang aan tussen de verschillende vakgebieden;

- stevig basisboek met mogelijkheid tot verdieping in de vervolgdelen.

In Basisboek Informatie & Control ligt het accent op de problemen waar organisaties tegenaan lopen op het gebied van informatie en control. Daarbij wordt uitgebreid gekeken naar mogelijke oplossingen voor deze problemen. Aan bod komen o.a. de grondslagen van interne beheersing en administratieve organisat...

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In dit boek wordt de essentie van hun gedachtegoed geschetst waardoor je in één keer bij bent op het gebied van alle nieuwe denkrichtingen:...