Books with author Maneesh Dutt

Meetings, like friction, are a necessary evil for every organization. Quite commonly heard in organizations are comments like - “ I love the sleep inducing effect of our meets” or “It is surely death by meetings for us” or “We need more action and not more meetings” or “Where is the meeting headed?” or “Our meetings suck!” - and the list is endless.Even if you hate them, you cannot escape them in an organizational set up. Imagine, however, if you could literally transform your meetings to become more engaging, energizing and effective. And that too using the simple yet powerful and proven techniques of radiant and visual thinking via Mind Maps.Challenges exist in all organizations but many a time the top management looks entirely outside for solutions and in the process undermines or overlooks the creative potential of the company’s internal resources. Failed internal meetings around challenges, problem solving and more, are taken as added proof by the management of the inability of their resources to solve complex problems. Nothing can be further from the truth!Every meeting provides an opportunity to harness the unique creativity of participants as also the collective intelligence of the team. And an organization, which fails to do so is losing a golden opportunity to transform itself positively. Meetings fail or remain ineffective when individuals are unaware about simple brain friendly techniques to tap the full creative potential of the participants and this is where my Book offers to guide you.Using the simple steps indicated in the Book, backed by real life examples, you can transform your meetings around the following topics and more:• Goals setting• Decision making• Communication• Planning• Sales & marketing• Project management• InnovationThe Book includes around 20 plus ready to use templates on the aforementioned topics, which you can immediately put to use for your meetings. And once you have learnt how to apply radiant thinking, it would be very easy for you to extend it to any area of your work. This is a ready blueprint for you to usher in positive change in your organization.

Featured in "Best Book by Independent Publishers " by abcFOX and FOX34.comIf you are tired of traditional Project Management Practices, struggling with a high rate of project failures or looking for a "new", "light" and "engaging" way to manage your Projects then this book is for you. "How to be a good Manager?" is a question that every Project Manager needs to ask himself/herself for his/her team and consequent project success.The brain friendly radiant thinking approach using Mind Maps can used in projects for effective design thinking, critical thinking, complex decision making and much more. And one of the biggest benefit of Mind Maps is that it impacts Time Management positively since it not only helps you get inside complex topics/situations faster but also dramatically improves individual plus organisational creativity.This is probably the first book globally which show cases the immense potential for Mind Mapping across the project life cycle from start to finish. What is more with every purchase you get free access to 40 Mind Map templates which you can immediately use, and benefit from, by applying them in your projects. A quick listing of the Mind Map templates included for various Project management aspects in this book are as follows:- Developing a Project Vision- Defining a Project Communication Plan- Benefit versus Cost Analysis for multiple scenarios during negotiation- Negotiation using the principles in "Getting to Yes" by Roger Fisher- Problem Solving using 5 Wife & 1 Husband method- Building a Customers Landscape- Capturing Learning, Opportunities for Improvement during the project- Time Management based on Steven Covey's Importance-Urgency matrix- Managing Ambiguity - Project Feasibility Analysis- Identifying Assumptions in a Project.- Project Benefit Analysis - Defining a Project Charter - Using Mind Maps to effectively apply Kano's Model - Capturing the Project Scope - Top level Milestone Reporting- Delphi process for Estimating Project Cost- Project Costing- Skill Set Gap Analysis - Communicating a Project Vision- Stakeholders Communication Need Analysis- Capturing Risks & Opportunities by Milestones- Preparing and Conducting a Teleconference- Effective Conflict Resolution- Capturing and Communicating Emotions during a Project Lifecycle- Impact Analysis of a Change to the project- Tracking Individual Resources Activities- Reporting and Monitoring Project Critical Path- A "Directional" Mind Map for use as a Project Dashboard in Agile Scrum- Quality Planning - Cause Effect Analysis - Investigative approach in Quality Control- Quality Assurance via Deming's Cycle- Risk & Opportunities Identification - Managing Procurement - "Make" or "Buy' Decision - Project Pendency Checklist - Capturing Project Learning at closure- Effective Retrospective Meets- Project Portfolio Management using Mind MapsWhats more you get free access to these Mind Map templates with the book to kick start your journey of Mind Mapping for effective Project Management. This is the perfect book for you and also to gift to anybody in the project management profession.

You are unique and you carry an equally unique message within you, which could be beneficial for a larger audience when expressed through writing. So, what’s stopping you? There was time when I found even writing an article for a journal an uphill task. Today I have authored 5 non-fiction books employing a simple 4 step strategy, which helps not only structure my approach to a book better but allows me to complete my books much faster. Incidentally, all of my 5 non-fiction books made it to the top 100 in their respective genres.I am sharing these same, very precise steps that I use to start my book projects, and indeed, keep myself motivated till the manuscript is complete. What’s more, I am also providing you access to the templates to come up to speed with your writing. These are again templates that I have used over the years with amazing results. So whether you are planning to write a book, or a thesis or any other non-fiction writing project, this Book will help you reach your destination.The steps outlined in the Book will help you seamlessly move from clarifying the big picture about your book to actually getting down to writing and eventually completing the manuscript. And most importantly, you will experience a deeper engagement with the subject at hand throughout the journey.Your message could be a life changing gift for someone somewhere. Don’t stop, go forth and script your’s as well as somebody else’s future with your writings!

Meetings, like friction, are a necessary evil for every organization. Commonly heard in organizations are comments like - “I love the sleep inducing effect of our meets” or “It is surely death by meetings for us” or “We need more action and not more meetings” or “Our meetings suck!” - and the list is endless. Even if you hate them, you cannot escape them in an organizational set up. Imagine, however, if you could literally transform your meetings to become more engaging, energizing and effective using the simple yet powerful and proven techniques of radiant and visual thinking via Mind Maps. Every meeting provides an opportunity to harness the unique creativity of participants as also the collective intelligence of the team. And an organization, which fails to do so is losing a golden opportunity to transform itself positively. Meetings fail or remain ineffective when individuals are unaware about simple brain friendly techniques to tap the full creative potential of the participants and this is where my Book offers to guide you. Using the simple steps indicated in the Book, backed by real life examples, you can transform your meetings around the following topics and more: • Goals setting • Decision making • Communication • Planning • Sales & marketing • Project management • Innovation This is a ready blueprint for you to usher in positive change in your organization.

If you are tired of traditional Project Management Practices, struggling with a high rate of project failures or looking for a "new", "light" and "engaging" way to manage your Projects then this book is for you. This is probably the first book globally which showcases the immense potential for Mind Mapping across the project life cycle from start to finish. What is more with every purchase you get free access to 40 Mind Map templates which you can immediately use, and benefit from, by applying them in your projects.What Some of the Industry Leaders have to say about the book:"Just as the LEAN movement transformed the Manufacturing industry, Mind Maps can do the same to the field of Project Management. A Mind Map helps cuts across the noise in multiple situations, brings into focus the core issue and ignites creativity through whole brain thinking. Through this book Maneesh has provided a framework and examples to apply Mind Mapping to the practice of Project Management - a bold move that will encourage creative thinking and problem solving. A must read for organizational heads and all project managers."- Nitin Kulkarni, Founder & Principal Consultant, Elevo Consulting "The book is a Project management and Mind Maps toolkit coming from a practicing professional and trainer Maneesh Dutt. It is a guide map for decision makers to enable project professionals become more creative and innovative in managing projects. Projects, today, are more like a hundred meter sprint than a marathon and deserve nimble techniques like Mind Maps to execute better. The book picks up the threads from project management fundamentals along with inspiration from nature and provides a rich array of Mind Map templates allowing organizations to kick start their journey towards better project management. A real boon to organizations that are involved in any Project activity!"-Gaurang Joshipura, Managing Director, Zeppelin Systems India Pvt. Ltd.

You are unique and you carry an equally unique message within you, which could be beneficial for a larger audience when expressed through writing. So, what’s stopping you? There was time when I found even writing an article for a journal an uphill task. Today I have authored 5 non-fiction books employing a simple 4 step strategy, which helps not only structure my approach to a book better but allows me to complete my books much faster. Incidentally, all of my 5 non-fiction books made it to the top 100 in their respective genres.I am sharing these same, very precise steps that I use to start my book projects, and indeed, keep myself motivated till the manuscript is complete. What’s more, I am also providing you access to the templates to come up to speed with your writing. These are again templates that I have used over the years with amazing results. So whether you are planning to write a book, or a thesis or any other non-fiction writing project, this Book will help you reach your destination.The steps outlined in the Book will help you seamlessly move from clarifying the big picture about your book to actually getting down to writing and eventually completing the manuscript. And most importantly, you will experience a deeper engagement with the subject at hand throughout the journey.Your message could be a life changing gift for someone somewhere. Don’t stop, go forth and script your’s as well as somebody else’s future with your writings!

SIMPLY FLIP OPEN THE PAGES AND START PLAYING !!# Easy to play# Packed with fun filled cricket images# Play anytime anywhere# You can practice drawing cricket stick figure from the images# Section to collect Autographs of your favourite stars# Provides a good break for kids from damaging screen time# Strengthen simple addition skills as you play along# NO BATTERIES NEEDED !! ALWAYS 100% CHARGED !!ABOUT THE GAMEThis is a two player game (but nothing stops you from being creative and have more players join in !!). The Game is pretty straight forward, and probably by now, you would have already figured it out. If not read on (detailed instructions in the book): 1) Decide on the number of batsmen in your team (between 1 and 10) and overs to be bowled. Begin with a toss to decide who bats first or second.2) The objective of the game is to score as many runs as you can in the number of overs decided.The team with the maximum runs wins.3) To bat, simply open any page of the book to score runs or be out!. Everytime a page is opened, it is counted as a ball bowled. The sum of the scores of all the batsmen is the team score and now the target is set for the second team.SO GET STARTED & PLAY CRICKET, RIGHT HERE !! RIGHT NOW !!Oh yes, there is also an autograph section in the end where you can collect the signatures of your favourite cricket stars; or if you can request them to sign on any of the action pages, you could assign any additional and a special rule should that page open during the game.