The War for America is a thoughtful and provocative exploration of the conflict between the liberal left and the conservative right. It's the perfect book for anyone who's interested in the future of American politics and concerned about the growing power of the conservative movement. Praise for The War for America Finally, from outside the beltway, a primer to help the rest of America cut through the punditry and pettifoggery. compelling overview of the most important trends of the future. Pascal R. Baudry President, WDHB Consulting Group and author of the best-selling book Francais et Americains: L'autre rive Enjoyable, informative, and disturbing--a rare combination of wisdom and wit. Faith Gabelnick President Emerita, Pacific University A passionate and insightful book. Mick Malisic Founder and Editor, Left Bank Magazine A compelling, pithy, and entertaining analysis. Ben Fuller Link TV A crash course in the human condition at the start of the 21st century. Richard Young Co-founder of ReformDemocrats Digs deep to examine the important underlying realities that deserve our attention. Michael Hannigan President and Co-Founder, Dan Carol Founding Partner, Carol/Trevelyan Strategy Group Finally, someone is connecting the dots Mark Tuchman Creator, www dumbanddubya.com An expansive treatment of the issues facing modern society. Dr. Hylan B. Lyon Jr. Former Staff Member, White House Science Advisor

Find your company's unique innovation style, and nurture it into a powerful competitive advantage Praised by business leaders worldwide, Agile Innovation is the authoritative guide to survival and success in today's "innovate-or-die" business world. This revolutionary approach combines the best of Agile with the world's leading methods of Innovation to present a crisp, articulate, and proven system for developing the breakthrough capabilities every organization must master to thrive today and tomorrow. You already know that effective innovation doesn't happen by accident it is achieved by careful design. Agile Innovation addresses the three critical drivers of innovation success: accelerating the innovation process; reducing the risks inherent in innovation; and engaging your entire organization and your broader ecosystem in the innovation effort. The key frameworks described here build on the proven success of Agile to provide a comprehensive and customizable Innovation Master Plan approach to sustained innovation improvement in the five critical performance areas: strategy, portfolio, process, culture and infrastructure. Major topics include: the power of Agile in the innovation process, how to overcome innovation risk, the best tools to evoke engagement and collaboration, branding as an integral element of innovation, and the best leadership skills and practices that create the special environment that enables transformative growth. Readers will learn specifically how to create better ideas, develop them more efficiently, and work together more profitably and effectively to achieve breakthroughs. The insights offered in this book are highlighted in 11 detailed case studies illustrating the world's best innovation practices at Wells Fargo, Nike, Volvo, Netflix, Southwest Airlines, NASA,The New York Times, and others, in dozens of specific business examples, in two dozen powerful and unique techniques and methods, and a full set of implementation guidelines to put these insights into practice. Key Insights: * Understand how to implement the many ways that innovation efforts can be accelerated to achieve even greater competitive advantage * Learn to create a culture of innovation, greater engagement, and rich collaboration throughout your organization * Discover how to reduce risk and accelerate learning * Implement your own unique plan to enhance collaborative innovation, from leadership through operations * Integrate key agility principles into your strategic planning decisions for sustained improvement * Explore dramatic new approaches to open innovation that optimize large scale innovation * Apply the latest and best technology tools to enhance innovation, reduce risk, and promote broad participation. This is a must read book, a practical guide for fostering a culture of innovation, nurturing creativity, and efficiently developing the ideas that drive strategic growth. And since innovation is not imitation, you know that copying the ideas and strategies of other successful organizations will not produce the desired outcomes. Hence, all leaders must develop their own way of innovating and nurture the right style of collaborating for their own organization. This book will guide you to find your own unique pathways to success. Blaze your own trail to the high levels of innovativeness and organizational agility by learning from the expert guidance and practical, actionable advice offered throughout this important book.

This book examines the tremendous benefits that come when we think beyond the boundaries of national interests and consider the venture and adventure into space as a matter of shared ambition, shared knowledge, shared risk, and shared benefit across all of humanity. In our previous books on the meaning and significance of space we have explored a broad range of these themes and topics, starting first in Beyond Earth with a broad examination of many different issues, and then in our second volume with a collection of writings about the challenges and opportunities that Living in Space will present. In the third volume in this series we examined the future of business in space, Space Commerce. The underlying premise of each of these books is that space is not only an irresistible lure for our imaginations, but also an inevitable destination for our serious goals and ambitions. Collectively, the many authors who have contributed their works to this series are committed to the realities of life, science, culture, and business in space, and we all agree that extending civilization into space is both a valid destination that will ultimately be home to millions and billions of us, and so in a very real way it also will become humanity's destiny.

"This third book by the Aerospace Technology Working Group (ATWG) is a broad and fascinating survey of the important topic of Space Commerce. The authors are genuine experts within their fields, and many of them have been together in the loose collaboration of the ATWG for two decades. They share a common impatience with incremental development and bureaucracy, and will lead the reader in exploring the frontier of this emerging business venue." Bruce McCandless II, 24-Year NASA Astronaut

Innovation is the process of creating new ideas and turning them into new business value. Permanent Innovation is the process of doing it continuously, as a matter of strategy, method, and habit. It happens in organizations that embrace innovation as a core value, practice innovation as a core methodology, and produce innovation as a consistent output. The notion of permanent innovation may at first be startling, and it may even seem to be a contradiction. The concept of permanence implies stability and the absence of change, while the concept of innovation implies constancy of change and novelty. Combining these two, however, yields an important synthesis: the practice of innovation not as an occasional occurrence, but as a repeating process of value creation and organizational adaptation. In these times of accelerating change and increasing competition, Permanent Innovation is an absolute necessity. This book is about how to achieve it.

The War for America is a thoughtful and provocative exploration of the conflict between the liberal left and the conservative right. It's the perfect book for anyone who's interested in the future of American politics and concerned about the growing power of the conservative movement. Praise for The War for America Finally, from outside the beltway, a primer to help the rest of America cut through the punditry and pettifoggery. compelling overview of the most important trends of the future. Pascal R. Baudry President, WDHB Consulting Group and author of the best-selling book Francais et Americains: L'autre rive Enjoyable, informative, and disturbing--a rare combination of wisdom and wit. Faith Gabelnick President Emerita, Pacific University A passionate and insightful book. Mick Malisic Founder and Editor, Left Bank Magazine A compelling, pithy, and entertaining analysis. Ben Fuller Link TV A crash course in the human condition at the start of the 21st century. Richard Young Co-founder of ReformDemocrats Digs deep to examine the important underlying realities that deserve our attention. resource and a compelling look into the future. Dan Carol Founding Partner, Carol/Trevelyan Strategy Group Finally, someone is connecting the dots Mark Tuchman Creator, www dumbanddubya.com An expansive treatment of the issues facing modern society. Dr. Hylan B. Lyon Jr. Former Staff Member, White House Science Advisor

The number of internet users is doubling every year, and will soon total more than 100 million people.

This group will constitute an enormous and attractive market segment, one with exceptional buying power and demonstrated acceptance of new products and new technologies.

However, many people use this new medium primarily for social dialog, which gives the internet a dual role and a unique character that is unlike any medium or marketplace that has existed before.

As it matures, therefore, the internet poses unique challenges to old ways of doing business even as it promises to have enduring impact on the way that business is conducted worldwide.