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Steer Through the Storm
Ethics in the Real World
Leah Mether
Ingram Sparks
Peter Singer
Text Publishing
Navigating change is a constant
challenge for business leaders at
all levels.
This practical guide is a life raft
for those who want to bring their
teams along the journey towards
better organisational performance.
The goal is to emerge not only
intact, but stronger, and with
a better culture and more trust in leaders and in each other.
In offering her advice, leadership and communication
consultant Leah Mether draws on 15 years of hands-on
experience with large and complex organisations. The
result is a comprehensive must-read guide to the how,
and the why, of organisational change.
The work of Australian
philosopher Peter Singer has
been called “provocative”,
“challenging” and, importantly,
“accessible”.
This hefty collection of
essays – including 37 previously
unpublished works – covers
extensive ground from free speech
and fake news to colonising space and
selling kidneys on the internet.
Beyond the fascinating subject matter and clearly
articulated arguments, the essays encourage a mindset
of thoughtful inquiry and healthy scepticism, which is
key in professions like accounting and finance.
Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
The ChatGPT Revolution
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Penguin Random House Australia
Donna McGeorge
Wiley
Body builder, actor, governor –
this is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s
“story in three acts”, according
to the media. “The Governator”
himself disagrees. Instead, he is
busy living out his “fourth act” –
the one in the title of his book.
Following his father’s advice
to be as useful as possible,
Schwarzenegger’s book draws on personal experiences
and offers readers seven distinct tools on how to make
a tangible difference in the world.
Schwarzenegger’s life and career may be out
of the realm of fiction, but the advice in his book
is as down-to-earth and useful as it comes.
The key to getting the best
results out of generative artificial
intelligence (AI) tools such as
ChatGPT is knowing what to
ask and how best to ask it.
Productivity expert Donna
McGeorge is among the tech’s
early adopters. This book is
an opportunity for readers to reap
the benefits of her many ChatGPT experiments.
There are plenty of examples for beginners, as well as
a roadmap for those who want to go beyond the basics.
Most importantly, the book breaks down the different
types of prompts, and follow-ups to each, to get
the desired results – quickly.
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