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Exposes the insider tools used to facilitate distortion and deceit
and provides practical ideas on how to fight back against each tool
and how business can use alternative tactics. Offers business new
insights on how to authentically build trust. Educates as well as
informs - each chapter ends with what we can do, individually and
in our teams, businesses and communities to fight back against
deceit.
Businesses spend billions on innovation with very little to show
for their investment or effort. This book challenges some of the
'ingrained truths' of innovation and suggests a different approach.
Innovation is not the creation of a novel idea. It is the
successful commercialisation of that novel idea. Rather than
starting with a costly, time-consuming problem assessment that
seeks to push potential solutions through an innovation funnel, an
'impeller approach' starts with possible solutions and gets the
market to pull the best ones forward so they can fail fast or
flourish fast. This approach is made possible by the addition of a
'bee' - a new type of integrative thinker who can harvest the
existing knowledge from the 'meadow of experts'. Completely
reversing the innovation process means organisations are much
better placed to win in the market rather than focusing on finding
theoretical solutions or clearing innovation stage gates. In
addition, this approach also recognises that the people who
shepherd the solution through the ideation and testing stage are
not the same people who must then take that solution to market for
successful commercialisation. Given the current innovation failure
rate, coupled with the fact that society is beset with multiple
wicked problems, it's time to think differently and innovate
innovation itself. This book is essential reading for Heads of
Innovation and Commercialisation, Directors of Marketing, Heads of
New Product Development and New Service Development, Strategy
Directors, Chief Technology Officers, Government advisers and
policy makers.
Exposes the insider tools used to facilitate distortion and deceit
and provides practical ideas on how to fight back against each tool
and how business can use alternative tactics. Offers business new
insights on how to authentically build trust. Educates as well as
informs - each chapter ends with what we can do, individually and
in our teams, businesses and communities to fight back against
deceit.
* Most books tend to pigeon-hole leadership around traits,
personality or behaviour but few offer genuine insights into how to
step change leadership itself. This is the gap that Step Change is
seeking to fill. * The book can be used in staff development,
coaching scenarios and in MBA courses focusing on change
management, leadership and human resource development. * Using
cultural metaphors through popular film to illuminate the various
stages, the book is brought to life for the reader. * The Leader's
Journey offers a road map so that leaders can better appreciate
where they are on the change cycle so that they can use the right
interventions at the right time to move the change forward for
themselves as well as their teams.
Businesses spend billions on innovation with very little to show
for their investment or effort. This book challenges some of the
'ingrained truths' of innovation and suggests a different approach.
Innovation is not the creation of a novel idea. It is the
successful commercialisation of that novel idea. Rather than
starting with a costly, time-consuming problem assessment that
seeks to push potential solutions through an innovation funnel, an
'impeller approach' starts with possible solutions and gets the
market to pull the best ones forward so they can fail fast or
flourish fast. This approach is made possible by the addition of a
'bee' - a new type of integrative thinker who can harvest the
existing knowledge from the 'meadow of experts'. Completely
reversing the innovation process means organisations are much
better placed to win in the market rather than focusing on finding
theoretical solutions or clearing innovation stage gates. In
addition, this approach also recognises that the people who
shepherd the solution through the ideation and testing stage are
not the same people who must then take that solution to market for
successful commercialisation. Given the current innovation failure
rate, coupled with the fact that society is beset with multiple
wicked problems, it's time to think differently and innovate
innovation itself. This book is essential reading for Heads of
Innovation and Commercialisation, Directors of Marketing, Heads of
New Product Development and New Service Development, Strategy
Directors, Chief Technology Officers, Government advisers and
policy makers.
Many observers have suggested that capitalism is fast destroying
our planet, concentrating power in a few big companies. Excessive
short-termism, leveraged debt, digitisation, and disruption are the
new normal. We stand at a critical juncture where the two paths
ahead could lead to very different futures. One route could take us
back to the harshest days of the early Industrial Revolution and
the Great Depression. The other could lead to a world of abundance,
equality, inclusivity, and prosperity for all. Which future awaits
us will largely be determined by business, and HR (Human Resources)
in particular. Books on HR tend to focus on HR practices and
potential interventions, but they rarely look at the profession,
how it evolved, and how and why those people practices were
created. The HR (R)Evolution: Change the Workplace, Change the
World describes the "Seven Great Waves" of change and explains how
each wave impacted business. It explains how some companies are
stuck in the past and how HR can break the deadlock if it
understands what the future holds. This book is meant for senior
business leaders or anyone currently working in HR who are
grappling with the paradoxes of business today. It's for leaders
who recognise that people issues are the central challenge of our
time. Whether we embrace the waves yet to come will determine
whether we survive or regress, whether we flourish or flounder. The
future is in our hands.
Understand how to overcome the obstacles inhibiting performance and
unlock the potential for brilliance that lies within every leader.
Most leaders are operating nowhere near their optimal level of
performance. In this book, Dr Alan Watkins helps leaders at every
level understand how they can transform their output and unlock
their true potential. He shares proven techniques that have helped
thousands of leaders in FTSE 50 giants and SMEs across market
sectors and geographies as well as the Olympic and Paralympic
Rowing Team, resulting in them achieving their best ever medal haul
in London 2012. Coherence shows how our ability to lead and deliver
results is rooted in our biology. Dr Watkins explains the science
of how to increase energy levels and become smarter, more
resilient, happier, healthier and more successful in whatever we
do. Drawing on case studies from prominent business leaders and
insights from a diverse range of research fields, he reveals the
secrets to exceptional leadership and how to be brilliant every
day. Now in its second edition, this vital guide contains upgraded
practical tools and new insights on how to transform productivity,
manage complexity, accelerate innovation and drive greater
commercial performance, all while becoming healthier and happier.
Understand how to overcome the obstacles inhibiting performance and
unlock the potential for brilliance that lies within every leader.
Most leaders are operating nowhere near their optimal level of
performance. In this book, Dr Alan Watkins helps leaders at every
level understand how they can transform their output and unlock
their true potential. He shares proven techniques that have helped
thousands of leaders in FTSE 50 giants and SMEs across market
sectors and geographies as well as the Olympic and Paralympic
Rowing Team, resulting in them achieving their best ever medal haul
in London 2012. Coherence shows how our ability to lead and deliver
results is rooted in our biology. Dr Watkins explains the science
of how to increase energy levels and become smarter, more
resilient, happier, healthier and more successful in whatever we
do. Drawing on case studies from prominent business leaders and
insights from a diverse range of research fields, he reveals the
secrets to exceptional leadership and how to be brilliant every
day. Now in its second edition, this vital guide contains upgraded
practical tools and new insights on how to transform productivity,
manage complexity, accelerate innovation and drive greater
commercial performance, all while becoming healthier and happier.
Today's leaders need to change radically to meet the challenge of
complex organizations in business landscapes that are in flux. This
requires a step-change in development in three fundamental
dimensions: how you do things, who you are, and how you relate to
other people. 4D Leadership is what happens when this step-change
in doing, being and relating takes place. When you move up to the
next level of ability and sophistication in these three dimensions,
you will have unlocked the fourth dimension (verticality) and you
will receive a significant competitive advantage. Neuroscientist
and leadership coach Dr Alan Watkins draws on groundbreaking
research into adult development to present a framework that will
transform your ability to excel as a leader. 4D Leadership isn't
just a software patch for leadership skills: this is an upgrade to
the next level of the human operating system, the next level of
leadership development. 4D Leadership is the book for: anyone who
feels overwhelmed by the competing priorities of their jobs; anyone
who feels stressed by trying to maintain competitive advantage
through innovation; anyone looking to develop a more responsive and
rewarding strategy, drive change and take people with them, and
become a truly rounded and 4-dimensional leader.
A story of the life and many loves of Sergeant David 'Smudge' Smith
- the hero of The Falklands. The book tells the story of Smudge
growing up in Sheffield, his early working life, his time in the
Army and his work with children after demob.
Nina is serious trainee teacher, a science expert and a socialist.
Her biggest hate is all forms of warfare. She takes her political
views onto the streets in demonstrations during the late 1960s.
Alex is a professional soldier, a sniper and believes everyone
should stand on their own two feet. He thinks people who aren't
satisfied with the world the way it is a lazy Bolshie. When you put
them together the unexpected happens. They fall in love. But just
as Alex gradually comes around to Nina's point of view and begins
to question his chosen profession, she becomes frustrated with the
tactics of the infamous Special Patrol Group and decides to fight
back. What happens next is strange and unexpected as we are led
through covert military operations, international terrorist attacks
and shadowy back room deals with powerful people whose real
identities are never known. Can their love survive?
Ron Jessop is a thief, a fraudster, a black marketeer and he may be
a drug smuggler as well, his wife is an evil scheming Chinese
prostitute, his true love is a Yorkshire dressmaker and his best
friends are hired killers. And he's the kind and sympathetic hero
of Buying the Programme. Ron is fixated on the idea of providing a
good life for his beloved mother while his father is away during
WWII and after his father's death on D Day, he works hard to try an
establish himself as a businessman and we watch as he tries and
tries again to realise his dream and is thwarted time and time
again. We follow him from Yorkshire to Malaya in the 1950s after he
is called-up for the Army, then onto Germany, into military prison
and out to Yorkshire again, then Aden, Borneo and the mean streets
of Ulster in the 1970s. It is Ron's indomitable spirit that keeps
him getting up after each knock down and keeps him heading towards
his dream of wealth and ease for his Mam. Contains some sexually
explicit passages.
* Most books tend to pigeon-hole leadership around traits,
personality or behaviour but few offer genuine insights into how to
step change leadership itself. This is the gap that Step Change is
seeking to fill. * The book can be used in staff development,
coaching scenarios and in MBA courses focusing on change
management, leadership and human resource development. * Using
cultural metaphors through popular film to illuminate the various
stages, the book is brought to life for the reader. * The Leader's
Journey offers a road map so that leaders can better appreciate
where they are on the change cycle so that they can use the right
interventions at the right time to move the change forward for
themselves as well as their teams.
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Brief Lives (Paperback)
Alan Watkins; Illustrated by "Marc"
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Auberon Alexander Waugh was certainly the most offensive, and
probably the most industrious, journalist of "Modern Times". In
private he was of a kindly and benevolent disposition, and
possessed beautiful manners, but he rarely allowed these aspects of
himself to become known to his readers. He [Philip Hope-Wallace]
was a big man, well over six feet, heavy, with a splendid Roman
head. He drank a great deal. A friend once came across him in a
lavatory at Broadcasting House finishing off a quarter-bottle of
Gordon's gin. Though a good broadcaster, he was a nervous one.
'When you reach my age,' he said, 'you will be doing the same.' He
could be also be very rude indeed. Tony Benn once publicly
announced that he was concerned to lose the stigma of the
intellectual. [Anthony] Crosland replied that, in order to lose a
stigma, it was first necessary to acquire one. This lack of
recognition would not have mattered if [William] Robson had not
minded about it. But he did mind: he was hurt and felt excluded. He
was not like his former colleague R. H. Tawney, who, on being
offered a peerage by Ramsay MacDonald, asked what harm he had ever
done the Labour Party. First published nearly a quarter of a
century ago, this newly updated edition of Alan Watkins' "Brief
Lives" remains an exceptional work of biography. Eclectic, humane,
smart and affectionate, Watkins' prose crackles with wit and fierce
observation. Writing in the tradition of Aubrey and Churchill, Alan
Watkins celebrates the lives and achievements of his many
contemporaries. There are journalists, Paul Johnson and John Junor,
Malcolm Muggeridge and Richard Ingrams, Auberon Waugh and Peregrine
Worsthorne; politicians, Roy Jenkins and Michael Foot, David Steel
and Ian Gilmour, Iain Macleod and Norman St John-Stevas; writers,
Anthony Powell, Simon Raven, Kingsley Amis and AJP Taylor; and
mavericks, Lord Beaverbrook, GE Moore, Tom Driberg and William
Robson. Finally, there is a vivid portrait of Watkins's father.
"Brief Lives" is a series of brilliant essays which capture the
essence of twenty-nine men whose combined achievements helped
define Britain during the last century. It's a classic.
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