This book summary and analysis was created for individuals who want to extract the essential contents and are too busy to go through the full version. This book is not intended to replace the original book. Instead, we highly encourage you to buy the full version. How powerful and influential can a checklist be? Atul Gawande’s book, The Checklist Manifesto introduces the checklist: a modified solution to help professionals absorb and master how they execute certain essential tasks that define their responsibilities in their respective industries. Present-day roles in the industry are more intricate in nature, prompting more rigorous training and technology at a more advanced level. However, training and technological advancement are simply not always sufficient. Gawande’s alternative and simplistic solution is based on a checklist that was originally introduced by the American Air Force.
This survival manual for leaders explains what they need to know to survive the professional and personal perils of leading, and how to exercise leadership in a way that reduces the chances of getting pushed aside. It addresses the common ways in which leaders are "taken out of action" and spells out how leaders should respond to these dangers. The book combines theory and practice, offering leaders ways of anticipating and handling those dangers in order to survive and thrive. It outlines practices that can keep you in the position of leader, such as: don't isolate yourself; distinguish your role in the company from your self; and respect the pains of change. The authors use a variety of stories and examples to illustrate points of argument, including observations based on first-hand experience Titel: Leadership on the line : staying alive through the dangers of leading Forfattere: Rona
Every time we choose a route to work, decide whether to go on a second date, or set aside money for a rainy day, we are making a prediction about the future -- Yet from the global financial crisis to 9/11 to the Fukushima disaster, we often fail to foresee hugely significant events -- In "The Signal and the Noise", the "New York Times'" political forecaster and statistics guru Nate Silver explores the art of prediction, revealing how we can all build a better crystal ball -- In his quest to distinguish the true signal from a universe of noisy data, Silver visits hundreds of expert forecasters, in fields ranging from the stock market to the poker table, from earthquakes to terrorism -- What lies behind their success? -- And why do so many predictions still fail? -- By analysing the rare prescient forecasts, and applying a more quantitative lens to everyday life, Silver distils the essenti
Inside the Tornado teaches a startling lesson. As markets change, the very skills that you've just perfected become your biggest liabilities, and if you can't put them aside to acquire new ones you're in for tough times. This is a challenging lesson to apply but Geoffrey Moore uses inspiring examples from market-leading firms to illuminate every dimension of managing a market-focused business strategy. All industries which rely on technology - not just computer hardware, software and telecommunications, but entertainment, publishing, broadcasting, banking, insurance,healthcare, aerospace, defence, utilities, pharmaceuticals, retail and pretty well every other type of industry - must learn to thrive Inside the Tornado. Forlag: Capstone Udgivelsesår: 1995 Sprog: Engelsk
Surveys the aftermath of reengineering in the business world, analyzing the impact of reform on jobs, management, training, and the economy Reengineering has captured the imagination of managers and shareholders alike, sending corporations on journeys of radical business redesign that have already begun to transfigure global industry. Yet aside from earning them improvements in their business performance, the shift into more-process-centered organizations is causing fundamental changes in the corporate world, changes that business leaders are only now beginning to understand. What will the revolutions final legacy be? Beyond Reengineering addresses this question, exploring reengineering's effects on such areas as: Jobs: What does process-centering do to the nature of jobs? What does a process-centered workplace feel like? Managers: What is the new role of the manager in a process-centere
Beviserne passer ikke sammen, da Temperance Brennan undersøger et flystyrt i Smoky Mountains i North Carolina Titel: Fatal voyage Genre: Krimi Sammendrag: When a plane crashes high in the mountains of North Carolina, Dr Temperance Brennan is first on the scene. As a forensic anthropologist for the state, she serves on the disaster response team. The task that confronts her is a sad and sickening one. A chance discovery concerns Tempe: a severed foot, away from the main crash site. A deserted house is buried so deep in the woods that locals know nothing of its existence. And her investigation throws up more questions than it answers. Before she can make any progress Tempe's professional standing is threatened. But she fears that, air tragedy aside, another corpse lies in the woods. Pitting herself against a conspiracy of silence, Tempe vows to bring justice for her mystery victim. Type: P
The Serious Pleasure of Books Summary: "An exhilarating volume that will ratchet up the joy for all reading groups "Wendy Lesser's extraordinary alertness, intelligence, and curiosity have made her one of America's most significant cultural critics," writes Stephen Greenblatt. In Why I Read, Lesser draws on a lifetime of pleasure reading and decades of editing one of the most distinguished little magazines in the country, The Threepenny Review, to describe a life lived in and through literature. As Lesser writes in her foreword, "Reading can result in boredom or transcendence, rage or enthusiasm, depression or hilarity, empathy or contempt, depending on who you are and what the book is and how your life is shaping up at the moment you encounter it." Here the reader will discover a definition of literature that is as broad as it is broad-minded. In addition to novels and stories, Lesser e
Skye Titan's wealthy father thinks he can still dictate his daughter's choice in men. Now widowed and a single mother, Skye isn't the yes-girl she once was. Especially since the love of her life is back in Texas after eight long years. He won't like the answers to the questions he's asking. About why she left him at the altar. And about her eight-year-old daughter. Former navy SEAL Mitch Cassidy comes home to find nearly everything different. His wounds from battle have changed the way people treat him. His cattle ranch is suddenly organic. But time hasn't touched his desire for Skye—or the sting of her betrayal. Forget lip service. He's asking that luscious mouth of hers to reveal the truth. But will Mitch be able to put the past aside to help Skye get out from under her father's thumb…and help himself recover from a broken heart? Forlag: HQN Books Udgivelsesår: 2009 Sprog: Engelsk
