The Ghost Machine (Paperback)
Idioma: inglés
Editorial: Independently Published, 2026
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Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, Estados Unidos de AmericaGrand Eagle Retail
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Paperback. Every business has a Ghost Machine.Sometimes it's a piece of equipment that sits idle while the payments keep coming. Sometimes it's a product line that sells well and loses money quietly. Sometimes it's a number you've been avoiding opening. Whatever form it takes, it has one thing in common: it was born from a decision made without data.The Ghost Machine is a business book unlike the ones you've read before. It wasn't written in a classroom. It was built on the shop floor, at 2 a.m. in a Brazilian airport, in the middle of a crisis with three hundred stranded passengers, and in the silence of a Sunday evening with one uncomfortable question: "If the business is doing so well, why can't I afford to replace my car?"Elvis Silva started working at ten years old - answering phones at his father's factory for eight reais a day. By eighteen, he was running the entire production floor. Over the next fifteen years, he built a high-end cabinetry business that tripled its revenue during the pandemic - and nearly collapsed under the weight of its own growth. What saved it wasn't instinct. It was data.In this book, you will learn: Why smart, experienced managers consistently make bad decisions - and the hidden bias that makes them confident while doing itHow to tell the difference between data that actually measures what you think it measures - and data that only makes you feel informedWhy your revenue can grow while your cash flow quietly bleeds out - and how to read the signals before it's too lateHow to build a culture where numbers drive decisions at every level of your organization - without turning your team into analystsNine original frameworks developed and tested in real operations, including the Decision Traffic Light, the Rearview Mirror and Windshield, the Impact Meeting, and the Analytical Maturity LadderThis is not a book about theory. Every framework in these pages was forged in environments where wrong decisions are expensive and there is no safety net. If you've ever felt like your business was doing well on paper while something was quietly off - this book is for you.The tarp comes off on the first page. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
N° de ref. del artículo 9798255678785
- Título
- The Ghost Machine (Paperback)
- Autor
- Rafael Martinez
- Editorial
- Independently Published
- Año de publicación
- 2026
- Estado
- new
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- Idioma
- inglés
- ISBN 13
- 9798255678785
- Ilustrador
- Martinez, Rafael
Every business has a Ghost Machine.
Sometimes it's a piece of equipment that sits idle while the payments keep coming. Sometimes it's a product line that sells well and loses money quietly. Sometimes it's a number you've been avoiding opening. Whatever form it takes, it has one thing in common: it was born from a decision made without data.
The Ghost Machine is a business book unlike the ones you've read before. It wasn't written in a classroom. It was built on the shop floor, at 2 a.m. in a Brazilian airport, in the middle of a crisis with three hundred stranded passengers, and in the silence of a Sunday evening with one uncomfortable question: "If the business is doing so well, why can't I afford to replace my car?"
Elvis Silva started working at ten years old — answering phones at his father's factory for eight reais a day. By eighteen, he was running the entire production floor. Over the next fifteen years, he built a high-end cabinetry business that tripled its revenue during the pandemic — and nearly collapsed under the weight of its own growth. What saved it wasn't instinct. It was data.
In this book, you will learn:
- Why smart, experienced managers consistently make bad decisions — and the hidden bias that makes them confident while doing it
- How to tell the difference between data that actually measures what you think it measures — and data that only makes you feel informed
- Why your revenue can grow while your cash flow quietly bleeds out — and how to read the signals before it's too late
- How to build a culture where numbers drive decisions at every level of your organization — without turning your team into analysts
- Nine original frameworks developed and tested in real operations, including the Decision Traffic Light, the Rearview Mirror and Windshield, the Impact Meeting, and the Analytical Maturity Ladder
This is not a book about theory. Every framework in these pages was forged in environments where wrong decisions are expensive and there is no safety net. If you've ever felt like your business was doing well on paper while something was quietly off — this book is for you.
The tarp comes off on the first page.
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