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Improve your business performance through digital transformation
Digital transformation has become commonplace across public and
private sector organizations, and yet most struggle to achieve
tangible results from it. Many make avoidable mistakes or fall into
simple traps along the way. Written by a team of global digital
transformation thought leaders, Hacking Digital provides practical
advice and information that you need to successfully transform your
organization. Hacking Digital is organized into six easy-to-follow
sections: * Initiating Your Digital Transformation * Setting Up the
Right Organizational Dynamics * Working with the Outside World *
Creating Value in New Ways * Leading People and Organizations *
Anchoring and Sustaining Performance How do you create a sense of
urgency? How do you set up digital governance? How do you create
successful digital offerings? How do you manage the relationship
between digital transformation and IT? How do you scale digital
initiatives? Hacking Digital answers these and many other questions
you need to transform your organization and seize a competitive
edge for years to come. www.hackingdigital.org
The English-speaking whites of South Africa participate in the
larger culture of the English-speaking world while rejecting its
unspoken consensual positions on many basic issues. This study
analyzes texts of different kinds produced by the group to examine
the way these deviant English-speakers see themselves, and
particularly how this self-image is influenced by the presence of
the blacks who constitute a crucial part of their perceptual field.
Economically powerful but politically marginal for many years, the
English-speaking whites have always been mediators of their
community's experience to the world culture of the English
language; the study shows how the act of mediation operates in more
than one direction, producing a literary tradition that is
essentially - and perhaps surprisingly - dissident.
The English-speaking whites of South Africa participate in the
larger culture of the English-speaking world while rejecting its
unspoken consensual positions on many basic issues. This study
analyses texts of different kinds produced by the group to examine
the way these deviant English-speakers see themselves, and
particularly how this self-image is influenced by the presence of
the blacks who constitute a crucial part of their perceptual field.
Economically powerful but politically marginal for many years, the
English-speaking whites have always been mediators of their
community's experience to the world culture of the English
language; the study shows how the act of mediation operates in more
than one direction, producing a literary tradition that is
essentially - and perhaps surprisingly - dissident.
How do you come up with ideas that change the world?
________________ This bold and inspiring new book argues that
everyone who made leaps of creative genius - whether to cure Ebola
or circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon - had one thing in
common; they all thought like ALIENs. Distilling over a decade of
research into a fascinating journey through history, science and
business, Bouquet, Barsoux and Wade reveal that there are five
patterns of thinking that distinguish true innovators from the rest
of us; Attention, Levitation, Imagination, Experimentation and
Navigation. But, crucially, they show how utilising this model will
help you solve any complex problem and come up with ground-breaking
ideas of your own. ________________ 'Stuck in innovation
stagnation? Read this brilliant book, and you'll break free from
it' Rolf Dobelli, author of the million-copy bestseller The Art of
Thinking Clearly 'A sharp critique of the conventional wisdom
around innovation with thought-provoking advice for how to do it
better' Jake Knaap, New York Times-bestselling author of Sprint
For the ancient Greeks and Romans, eloquence was essential to
public life and identity, perpetuating class status and power. The
three-tiered study of rhetoric was thus designed to produce sons
worthy of and equipped for public service. Rhetorical competency
enabled the elite to occupy their proper place in society. The
oracular and literary techniques represented in Greco-Roman
education proved to be equally central to the formation of the New
Testament. Detailed comparisons of the sophisticated rhetorical
conventions, as cataloged in the ancient rhetorical handbooks
(e.g., Quintilian), reveal to what degree and frequency the New
Testament was shaped by ancient rhetoric's invention, argument, and
style. But Ancient Rhetoric and the New Testament breaks new
ground. Instead of focusing on more advanced rhetorical lessons
that elite students received in their school rooms, Michael Martin
and Mikeal Parsons examine the influence of the progymnasmataathe
preliminary compositional exercises that bridge the gap between
grammar and rhetoric properaand their influence on the New
Testament. Martin and Parsons use Theon's (50a100 CE) compendium as
a baseline to measure the way primary exercises shed light on the
form and style of the New Testament's composition. Each chapter
examines a specific rhetorical exercise and its unique hortatory or
instructional function, and offers examples from ancient literature
before exploring the use of these techniques in the New Testament.
By studying the rhetoric of beginners rather than experts, Martin
and Parsons demonstrate that the New Testament was not simply the
product of an elite scholastic culture. "Rhetoric was in the air,"
acting as a stock feature of the public discourse from which the
New Testament arose. Martin and Parsons demonstrate that attention
to the intimate relationship between medium (the how) and message
(the what) is not new. The New Testament used common strategies to
communicate its uncommon Gospel.
EEO Management is a blunt, occasionally humorous, and practical
look at the management of EEO, Affirmative Action, and Diversity
programs. Written by a former EEO officer and current management
consultant with over 30 years of experience in the field, the book
gives an insider's view of what EEO professionals must do to build
a credible and effective program whether it is gaining clout,
dealing with department heads and lawyers, or handling the
complexities of upper management. This is essential reading for
anyone with EEO, Affirmative Action, or Diversity Management
responsibilities.
Imagine sitting down with an experienced coach who will help you
through the preparation and presentation stages of your talk before
the city council or board. Odds are, you would like a combination
of Big Picture and nitty-gritty advice, with details on how to
handle hostile questions, use visual aids, reduce your fear,
clarify your message, and keep on track. And you'd want it fast.
How to Make Presentations to Councils and Boards is a short,
information-packed guide that provides what you need to make your
presentation a success. It is the book to read when you don't have
time to read a book. Written by an experienced management
consultant who coaches clients and teaches workshops on the
subject, How to Make Presentations to Councils and Boards gives
practical information that is easy to understand and which can be
put to immediate use.
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