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David Meyer

David N Meyer is a content editor at getAbstract and author of The 100 Best Films To Rent You've Never Heard Of, Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music, The Bee Gees: The Biography, and other books. You can find his essays on film and music at davidnmeyer.com

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    Tomorrow’s Proximity Today
    Proximity
    Proximityby Kaihan Krippendorff and Robert C. Wolcott Tomorrow’s Proximity Today

    Business consultants Kaihan Krippendorff and Robert C. Wolcott provide a heady, dazzling portrait of a future in which demand and delivery happen instantly.

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    Leadership for Managers
    The New Manager Playbook
    The New Manager Playbookby Lia Garvin Leadership for Managers

    Lia Garvin, bestselling author of Unstuck and The Unstoppable Team, offers in-depth, practical leadership advice for managers.

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    The Impossible Project Made Possible
    The SEWA Project Management Model
    The SEWA Project Management Modelby Rashid Alleem The Impossible Project Made Possible

    Dr. Rashid Alleem, the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) “Knowledge Ambassador,” chronicles the complex, multi-layered project management effort that fixed the Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority…

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    Start Me Up!
    Build the Fort
    Build the Fortby Chris Heivly Start Me Up!

    MapQuest co-founder Chris Heivly, managing director of The Startup Factory, provides a clear process for building a start-up community.

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    Use Your Leverage.
    Reset
    Resetby Dan Heath Use Your Leverage.

    Dan Heath explains how to apply leverage to remove impediments that block your processes and to solve complex problems.

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    Listening Is Good For Business
    Listen to Sell
    Listen to Sellby Mike Esterday and Derek Roberts Listening Is Good For Business

    Mike Esterday and Derek Roberts provide expert guidance on becoming a more productive, profitable listener and making more sales.

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    Stay Honest
    Unlocking the Magic of Facilitation
    Unlocking the Magic of Facilitationby Meg Bolger and Sam Killermann Stay Honest

    Social entrepreneur and facilitator Meg Bolger and social justice facilitator Sam Killermann provide practical, compassionate lessons for facilitators, whether beginners or experts.

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    Seeking Satisfaction
    Job Therapy
    Job Therapyby Tessa West Seeking Satisfaction

    Tessa West, a professor of psychology at New York University, explains the psychological roots of job dissatisfaction and helps you understand what career you really…

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    Clear Leadership Basics
    High Road Leadership
    High Road Leadershipby John C. Maxwell Clear Leadership Basics

    Bestselling pastor John C. Maxwell provides uplifting principles for becoming a “high road” leader.

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    The Nations Endure
    Native Nations
    Native Nationsby Kathleen DuVal The Nations Endure

    Kathleen DuVal, recipient of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for History, details Indigenous North Americans’ resilience, strength, pride, and cultural and political sophistication.