Spiegel & Grau

A breakthrough book on the transformative power of collaborative thinking Collaborative intelligence, or CQ, is a measure of our ability to think with others on behalf of what matters to us all. It is emerging as a new professional currency at a time when the way we think, interact, and innovate is shifting. In the past, market share companies ruled by hierarchy and topdown leadership. Today, the new market leaders are mind share companies, where influence is more important than power, and success relies on collaboration and the ability to inspire. " Collaborative Intelligence" is the culmination of more than fifty years of original research that draws on Dawna Markova s background in cognitive neuroscience and her most recent work, with Angie McArthur, as a Professional Thinking Partner to some of the world s top CEOs and creative professionals. Markova and McArthur are experts at getting brilliant yet difficult people to think together. They have been brought in to troubleshoot for Fortune 500 leaders in crisis and managers struggling to inspire their teams. When asked about their biggest challenges at work, Markova and McArthur s clients all cite a common problem: "other people." This response reflects the way we have been taught to focus on the gulfs between us rather than valuing our intellectual diversity that is, the ways in which each of us is uniquely gifted, how we process information and frame questions, what kind of things deplete us, and what engages and inspires us. Through a series of practices and strategies, the authors teach us how to recognize our own mind patterns and map the talents of our teams, with the goal of embarking together on an aligned course of action and influence. In Markova and McArthur s experience, managers who appreciate intellectual diversity will lead their teams to innovation; employees who understand it will thrive because they are in touch with their strengths; and an entire team who understands it will come together to do their best work in a symphony of collaboration, their individual strengths working in harmony like an orchestra or a high-performing sports team. Praise for "Collaborative Intelligence" "" Rooted in the latest neuroscience on the nature of collaboration, "Collaborative Intelligence" celebrates the power of working and thinking together at the highest levels of business and politics, and in the smallest aspects of our everyday lives. Dawna Markova and Angie McArthur show us that our ability to collaborate is not only a measure of intelligence, but essential to solving the world s problems and seeing the possibilities in ourselves and others. Arianna Huffington This inspiring book teaches you how to align your intention with the intention of others, and how, through shared strengths and talents, you have every right to expect greatness and set the highest goals and expectations. Deepak Chopra Everyone talks about collaboration today, but the rhetoric typically outweighs the reality. "Collaborative Intelligence" offers tangible tools for those serious about becoming system leaders who can close the gap and make collaboration real. Peter M. Senge, author of "The Fifth Discipline " Building collaborative intelligence by putting the concepts in this book into action with my executive team was one of the most critical variables to our success. Jeff Dunn, CEO, Bolthouse Farms"

The guardian of all style ("The New York Times Magazine") shares stories on life, love, style, and career, from Paris to New York, and inspires readers to cultivate an effortless chic that is all their own. Garance Dore, the voice and vision behind her eponymous blog, has captivated millions of readers worldwide with her fresh and appealing approach to style through storytelling. This gorgeously illustrated book takes readers on a unique narrative journey that blends Garance s inimitable photography and illustrations with the candid, hard-won wisdom drawn from her life and her travels. Infused with her Left Bank sensibility, the eclecticism of her adopted city of New York, and the wild, passionate spirit of her native Corsica, "Love Style Life" is a backstage pass behind fashion s frontlines, peppered with French-girl-next-door wit and advice on everything from mixing J.Crew with Chanel, to falling in love, to pursuing a life and career that is the perfect reflection of you. Praise for Garance Dore and" Love Style Life" The most elegant, funny, truthful book on style, love and life. Garance is an original with the cutest French accent. Jenna Lyons, president and creative director, J.Crew This charming book by fashion blogger Dore is part memoir and part style guide, gathered together in a chic, Gallic-inflected package. "Publishers Weekly" One of blogdom s most compelling storytellers. "The New York Times" Dore s mix of portrait photography, illustrations, collages, and stream-of-consciousness writing . . . has given the fashion world en masse a girl crush. "Interview" Garance Dore embodies effortless French style. "Martha Stewart Living""

A sweeping multigenerational novel about idealism, betrayal, and family secrets set in the U.S. and Russia, from one of Granta's Best of Young American Novelists When the Great Depression hits, Florence Fein leaves Brooklyn College for a job in Moscow--and the promise of love and independence. But once in Russia, she quickly becomes entangled in a country she can't escape. Many years later, Florence's son, Julian, immigrates back to the United States, though his work in the oil industry takes him on frequent visits to Moscow. When he learns that Florence's KGB file has been opened, he arranges a business trip to uncover the truth about his mother, and to convince his son, Lenny--trying to make his fortune in Putin's cutthroat Russia--to return home. What Julian discovers is both chilling and heartbreaking: an untold story of a generation of Americans abandoned by their country, and the secret history of two rival nations colluding under the cover of enmity. The Patriots is a riveting evocation of the Cold War years, told with brilliant insight and extraordinary skill. Alternating between Florence's and Julian's perspectives, it is at once a mother-son story and a tale of two countries bound in a dialectic dance; a love story and a spy story; both a grand, old-fashioned epic and a contemporary novel of ideas. Through the history of one family moving back and forth between continents over three generations, The Patriots is a poignant tale of the power of love, the rewards and risks of friendship, and the secrets parents and children keep from one another. Praise for The Patriots "The Patriots is a historical romance in the old style: multigenerational, multi-narrative, intercontinental, laden with back stories and historical research, moving between scrupulous detail and sweeping panoramas, the first-person voice and a kaleidoscopic third, melodrama and satire, Cleveland in 1933 and Moscow in 2008."--Nathaniel Rich, The New York Times Book Review "Dazzling and addictive . . . an outstanding family saga."--The Spectator (U.K.) "Extraordinary . . . The Patriots has the weight of a classic."--Commentary Magazine "I found on every page an observation so acute, a sentence of such truth and shining detail, that it demanded re-reading for the sheer pleasure of it. The Patriots has convinced me that Krasikov belongs among the totemic young writers of her era."--Khaled Hosseini, author of And the Mountains Echoed and The Kite Runner "The Patriots is a masterwork, a Dr. Zhivago for our times."--Yann Martel, author of The High Mountains of Portugal and Life of Pi "A sustained feat of brilliance."--Anthony Marra, author of The Tsar of Love and Techno "In a galvanizing tale of flawed and courageous protagonists, erotic and political passion, and harrowing struggles for survival, Krasikov masterfully and devastatingly exposes the 'whole dark clockwork' of totalitarianism and asks what it means to be a hero, a patriot, a human being."--Booklist (starred review) "Ambitious and compelling."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)