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Institutions remain essential to human flourishing. They are the means by which communities thrive, individual vocations are fulfilled, and society is changed for the good. As a result, we all need to learn how to work effectively within institutions. That is just what Gordon Smith provides. He unpacks the core of institutional intelligence - the wisdom of working effectively within an organization. At the same time, he explains how team leaders, directors, executives, board members, key stakeholders, and employees can avoid what is often their greatest source of stress on the job,

Real growth starts with real truth. The Come Up Method Podcast is a grounded, no-fluff approach to personal growth, mindset shifts, and momentum-building. Hosted by David Smith, creator of The Come Up Method, this podcast delivers raw, short-form episodes designed to help you break cycles, reclaim your power, and start building the life you actually want. Whether you're stuck, starting over, or stepping into something new, this podcast offers practical insights, real stories, and transformative tools that meet you where you are, and help you move forward with intention. 🎙️ New episodes M ...

Increasingly, new employees and junior members of any profession are encouraged - sometimes stridently - to "find a mentor!" Four decades of research reveals that the effects of mentorship can be profound and enduring; strong mentoring relationships have the capacity to transform individuals and entire organizations.

For decades we’ve been told a code, color, or four letters can capture who we are. Know your type, know yourself. It’s nice. It’s tidy. Except we’re not statues. We adapt, we evolve. All day, every day. That’s not a flaw. It’s human. UNTYPED is a revolt. A scientific shift from boxes and types to the underlying elements of who we really are. Built on a decade of research—200 interviews, 8,000 surveys, hundreds of real-world breakdowns and breakthroughs—UNTYPED reveals 25 elemental powers that drive: How you read a room. How you create. How you argue. How you negotiate. How ...

Women are at a disadvantage in the workplace, where they deal with unequal pay, sexual harassment, lack of credit for their contributions, and more. And while organizations are looking to address these issues, too many gender-inclusion initiatives focus exclusively on how women should respond, leaving men out of the equation. Such efforts reinforce the perception that these are "women's issues" and that men - often the most powerful stakeholders in an organization - don't need to be involved.

Here is a bold new history of economics, the dramatic story of how the great economic thinkers built a rigorous social science without peer.

Brought to you by Penguin. Why is the Berlin Brandenburg Airport ten years behind schedule and nearly four billion euros over budget? And what possessed Kenya's government to spend a whopping $35 million on a chain link fence just six miles long? In this hilarious, fascinating and insightful...

Amid perpetual upheavals and accelerating world changes, we transition from the Experience Economy, where buyers choose memorable outcomes, to the Transformational Economy, where buyers choose meaningful, authentic, and socially responsible outcomes. This book’s premise: the future belongs to the nimble, those able to resiliently innovate to deliver meaningful goods and services that customers seek. Being nimble makes demands on your company that go beyond traditional business strategies, tactics, and company culture.

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Powering Your Career Podcast 🎙️ Bringing You Insights from Australia’s Energy Leaders Welcome to the Powering Your Career Podcast, a show dedicated to exploring the energy transition and the professionals shaping its future. Hosted by David Smith, founding partner and director of West Energy and West Recruitment, this podcast delivers authentic conversations with senior leaders from Australia’s energy sector. Whether you’re an experienced energy professional or considering a career transition into the industry, this podcast will equip you with: ✅ Career development insights from ...

There’s a line most people never cross. A line between brilliant—talented, competent, impressive—and something harder to name. The place where impact feels disproportionate to credentials. Where presence bends rooms, ideas, and outcomes. Where you can’t quite explain it, but you feel it. This book is about that jump. The force of an eleven, beyond anything the scale was built to measure. We’re trained to chase strengths, traits, types. But the real differentiator isn’t personality. It isn’t skill. It isn’t even intelligence. It’s intensity. How your core traits behave under...

Unscripted musings on business life, leadership, creativity, transformation and all the myriad of other work-life events that get in the way of a good night's sleep. The Squid of Despair is a conceptual summation of what can go wrong, and often does, with mind-mapping or other creative techniques. Born out of an idea for a book back in 2010, David and Peter have now made this mythical beast rise once again, phoenix like (from under the ocean waves, so a bit soggy probably), to explore all matters relating to 'business life, leadership, creativity, transformation and all the myriad of other ...

Silicon Valley Trends is a podcast for innovators, entrepreneurs and anyone involved in forming startups, developing technologies, making waves and driving new trends in the tech sector. This is where entrepreneurs can learn how to survive startup, raise finance, generate market momentum, build a profitable business and cash out. The Silicon Valley Trends podcast is hosted by David Smith, former Apple World Marketing Manager, lawyer and serial entrepreneur. David is on a mission to help entrepreneurs build more successful startups and help more innovators profit from their ideas and inventions...