Kill the Company: End the Status Quo, Start an Innovation Revolution (Bodell Lisa)(Pevná vazba)

Kill the Company: End the Status Quo, Start an Innovation Revolution (Bodell Lisa)(Pevná vazba)

In the ever-changing world of business, we've arrived at a point where process has trumped culture, where the race toward efficiency has left us unable to reach our potential. Stuck in the land of status quo, we've forgotten how to think. The very structures put in place to help businesses grow are

Harpy (Hunter Megan)(Pevná vazba)

From the acclaimed author of The End We Start From, The Harpy is the story of a marriage, an affair, and a very particular kind of

Burberry Days (Brian Kitson)(Pevná vazba)

At the end of the 1950s the 100-year-old clothing firm Burberry was a troubled company with an uncertain future, whose new owners did not know what to do with it once they had secured it. Brian Kitson joined Burberry in 1958 expecting a temporary summer job and stayed for over twenty years. His

Hardball Leadership: How to Achieve Student Academic Success in a Rural School District (Forner Mark)(Pevná vazba)

How do you sufficiently progress beyond the status quo when an entire rural community views the status quo as sufficient progress? Educating children in poverty remains the most important educational challenge of our time. What few people know is this: the rate of child poverty in our nation's

Jewels of the Romanovs: Family & Court (Papi Stefano)(Pevná vazba)

The Romanovs ruled Russia from 1613 to 1917, when the Revolution brought their reign to an end. The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were a time of elegance and extravagance for the tsars and the wealthy families with whom they were linked by marriage, and nowhere are these lavish

Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice (Christensen Clayton M.)(Pevná vazba)

The foremost authority on innovation and growth presents a path-breaking book every company needs to transform innovation from a game of chance to one in which they develop products and services customers not only want to buy, but are willing to pay premium prices for.How do companies know how to

Outsourcing Empire: How Company-States Made the Modern World (Sharman J. C.)(Pevná vazba)

How chartered company-states spearheaded European expansion and helped create the world's first genuinely global orderFrom Spanish conquistadors to British colonialists, the prevailing story of European empire-building has focused on the rival ambitions of competing states. But as Outsourcing

Architecture of British Bridges (Yee Ronald)(Pevná vazba)

During the Industrial Revolution, Britain was at the forefront of bridge innovation. Pioneering designers such as George and Robert Stephenson, Thomas Telford and Isambard Kingdom Brunel created Britain's rich bridge heritage that features many world firsts and we can learn much from their

Why Simple Wins: Escape the Complexity Trap and Get to Work That Matters (Bodell Lisa)(Pevná vazba)

Imagine what you could do with the time you spend writing emails every day. Complexity is killing companies' ability to innovate and adapt, and simplicity is fast becoming the competitive advantage of our time. Why Simple Wins helps leaders and their teams move beyond the feelings of frustration

Start at the End: How to Build Products That Create Change (Wallaert Matt)(Pevná vazba)

The Maker Movement Manifesto: Rules for Innovation in the New World of Crafters, Hackers, and Tinkerers (Hatch Mark)(Pevná vazba)

YOU can create the next breakthrough innovation A revolution is under way. But it's not about tearing down the old guard. It's about building, it's about creating, it's about breathing life into groundbreaking new ideas. It's called the Maker Movement, and it's changing the world. Mark Hatch has

The Warner Loughlin Technique: An Acting Revolution (Loughlin Warner)(Pevná vazba)

In Search of Silence (Bell Poorna)(Pevná vazba)

A woman's quest to shake off the status quo and redefine her own expectations of happiness, switching off the noise of the status quo, and finding peace in simpler

The Anti-Bubbles: Opportunities Heading into Lehman Squared and Gold's Perfect Storm (Parrilla Diego)(Pevná vazba)

The Anti-Bubbles is a contrarian framework that challenges the status quo and complacency of Global Markets towards the false belief/misconception that central banks and governments are infallible and in full control. A forward-looking analysis of the opportunities, risks, and unintended

Friday is the New Saturday - How a Four-Day Working Week Will Save the Economy (Gomes Dr Pedro)(Pevná vazba)

A groundbreaking book on how and why the status quo of the 5-day week must

Out of the Blue: Fifty Years of Designers Guild (Guild Tricia)(Pevná vazba)

Celebrating a half-century of design and innovation from Designers Guild, the company founded by Tricia Guild in 1970 Luxuriant color palettes and harmonious interiors characterize the work of this top design company A sourcebook of pictures of bold yet carefully coordinated rooms The perfect

Maritime Issues and Regional Order in the Indo-Pacific (Buszynski Leszek)(Pevná vazba)

Ch 1: Introduction: Maritime issues and the Indo Pacific, by Leszek BuszynskiCh 2: A Brittle Status Quo in the South China Sea, Gregory B. PolingCh 3: Japan, the US, Vietnam and the South China Sea, Yoji KodaCh 4: China's coast guard, grey zone operations and the South China Sea, Martin A

The Greek Revolution: A Critical Dictionary (Kitromilides Paschalis M.)(Pevná vazba)

Winner of the 2022 London Hellenic Prize On the bicentennial of the Greek Revolution, an essential guide to the momentous war for independence of the Greeks from the Ottoman Empire. The Greek war for independence (1821-1830) often goes missing from discussion of the Age of Revolutions. Yet the

Think Big, Start Small, Move Fast: A Blueprint for Transformation from the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation (Larusso Nicholas)(Pevná vazba)

The Only Innovation Guide You Will Ever Need--from the Award-Winning Minds at Mayo Clinic A lot of businesspeople talk about innovation, but few companies have achieved the level of truly transformative innovation as brilliantly--or as famously--as the legendary Mayo Clinic. Introducing Think Big,

Under Pressure: Cooking Sous Vide (Keller Thomas)(Pevná vazba)

A revolution in cooking Sous vide is the culinary innovation that has everyone in the food world talking. In this revolutionary new cookbook, Thomas Keller, America's most respected chef, explains why this foolproof technique, which involves cooking at precise temperatures below simmering, yields

The Wise Company: How Companies Create Continuous Innovation (Nonaka Ikujiro)(Pevná vazba)

High-velocity change is the fundamental challenge facing companies today. Few companies, however, are prepared to continuously innovate-because they focus on the short-term and do not emphasize the wisdom needed to make sure that their interests are aligned with those of society. Practical wisdom

Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution!: The Story of the Trans Women of Color Who Made LGBTQ+ History (Ellison Joy)(Pevná vazba)

Minecraft: The End: An Official Minecraft Novel (Valente Catherynne M.)(Pevná vazba)

The brand-new official Minecraft novel is an epic battle for survival When humans enter the End, a pair of endermen must decide which side they're really on. For as long as they can remember, the twin endermen Fin and Mo have lived in the mysterious land of the End. On the outskirts of the great

The Little Instruction Book for Retirement: Tongue-In-Cheek Advice for the Newly Retired (Freeman Kate)(Pevná vazba)

It's time to celebrate the end of an era - and the start of a whole new one! Ah, retirement - from here on out it's all lazy lie-ins, pleasant afternoons in the garden (or the garden centre), long lunches with friends and evenings spent in a comfy chair in front of the fire, right? Wrong! Welcome