A Crystal Ball Visioning Unfolding The 21st Century

Author : Imad F. Abdullah
Publisher : Wheatmark
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1604946962

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A Crystal Ball Visioning: Unfolding the 21st Century by Imad F. Abdullah Pdf

A Crystal Ball Visioning: Unfolding the Twenty-First Century interprets events of the past twelve years with style and ingenuity, describing contextual details and posing questions that reveal their significance. The book offers a captivating grasp of the big picture, with reflections and projections on the past, present, and future. A Crystal Ball Visioning combines heightened insight with uncommon foresight. Analytic, wise, and at turns whimsical and satirical, this book is written for those who fully live the experience of life and look to capture the moments of significance and enjoy the intelligent interpretations and contributions of capable minds. With a keen interest in how people advance in different cultures and political systems, the author reflects on how colliding economic and political interests shape the world with actions both visible and invisible. As a strategic thinker, Abdullah brings a truly diverse perspective and defines with much vision the context and the unforeseen when not much is visible or seen.

Author : Imad F. Abdullah
Publisher : Wheatmark, Inc.
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781604947427

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A Crystal Ball Visioning: Unfolding the 21st Century by Imad F. Abdullah Pdf

Author : Huw Lemmey,Hildegard Von Bingen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-04
Category : Visions
ISBN : 1999675916

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Unknown Language by Huw Lemmey,Hildegard Von Bingen Pdf

Long, long before the Information Age ended, young Hildegard of Bingen finds beauty in the moral and spiritual ruins of her medieval world. In her forty-third year, she inscribes her cosmic visions into Scivias, an indescribably beautiful codex of writing and illuminations thought to be destroyed during the evacuation of Earth. In a sea cave with cracked amethyst walls on Avaaz, Pinky Agarwalia discovers fragments of this visionary text containing hitherto unknown pathways to a lost vision of human co-existence with plants and non-humans - and the seeds of its rebirth on Avaaz. Bursting with mythic quantum energy, Hildegard's vital linguistic potion viriditas, threaded throughout her communiques, is a lush, verdant, renewable life-force. Her ecological message may be just the magic needed for rebirth on Avaaz. Hildegard's mystic toolkit for the future includes a cosmology, medicine, a morphology of crystals, recipes - and the symbols of a new language. As Pinky Agarwalia traces the diagrams with her fingertip, she suddenly understands - a vision that appears without warning in her own mind - that she must first immerse these materials in water, a guarded substance. In the water, the molecules of the hidden language dissolve, freeze then reconfigure into new shapes, the crystalline language communicated not through sound but by feeling and light. Lingua Ignota, Hildegard's mysterious invented 'unknown language', arrives just in time for a world in flux, one whose coordinates are being recast.

Author : Renate Motschnig,David Ryback
Publisher : Springer
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783319454863

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Transforming Communication in Leadership and Teamwork by Renate Motschnig,David Ryback Pdf

This accessible, highly interactive book presents a transformative approach to communication in leadership to meet workplace challenges at both local and global levels. Informed by neuroscience, psychology, as well as leadership science, it explains how integrating and properly balancing two key focal points of management—the tasks at hand and the concerns of others and self—can facilitate decision-making, partnering with diverse colleagues, and handling of crises and conflicts. Case examples, a self-test, friendly calls for reflection, and practical exercises provide readers with varied opportunities to assess, support, and evoke their readiness to apply these real-world concepts to their own style and preferences. Together, these chapters demonstrate the best outcomes of collaborative communication: greater effectiveness, deeper empathy with improved emotional fulfillment, and lasting positive change. Included in the coverage: · As a manager, can I be human? Using the two-agenda approach for more effective—and humane—management. · Being and becoming a person-centered leader and manager in a crisis environment. · Methods for transforming communication: dialogue. · Open Case: A new setting for problem-solving in teams. · Integrating the two agendas in agile management. · Tasks and people: what neuroscience reveals about managing both more effectively. · Transforming communication in multicultural contexts for better understanding across cultures. As a skill-building resource, Transforming Communication in Leadership and Teamwork offers particular value: · to diverse business professionals, including managers, leaders, and team members seeking to become more effective · business consultants and coaches working with people in executive positions and/or teams · leaders and members of multi-national teams · executives, decision makers and organizational developers · instructors and students of courses on effective communication, social and professional skills, human resources, communication and digital media, leadership, teamwork, and related subjects.

Author : Diana Oblinger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Academic libraries
ISBN : UOM:39076002781842

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Learning Spaces by Diana Oblinger Pdf

El espacio, ya sea físico o virtual, puede tener un impacto significativo en el aprendizaje. Learning Spaces se centra en la forma en que las expectativas de los alumnos influyen en dichos espacios, en los principios y actividades que facilitan el aprendizaje y en el papel de la tecnología desde la perspectiva de quienes crean los entornos de aprendizaje: profesores, tecnólogos del aprendizaje, bibliotecarios y administradores. La tecnología de la información ha aportado capacidades únicas a los espacios de aprendizaje, ya sea estimulando una mayor interacción mediante el uso de herramientas de colaboración, videoconferencias con expertos internacionales o abriendo mundos virtuales para la exploración. Este libro representa una exploración continua a medida que unimos el espacio, la tecnología y la pedagogía para asegurar el éxito de los estudiantes.

Author : Dietmar Karl Kennepohl,Lawton Shaw
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781897425473

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Accessible Elements by Dietmar Karl Kennepohl,Lawton Shaw Pdf

Accessible Elements informs science educators about current practices in online and distance education: distance-delivered methods for laboratory coursework, the requisite administrative and institutional aspects of online and distance teaching, and the relevant educational theory. Delivery of university-level courses through online and distance education is a method of providing equal access to students seeking post-secondary education. Distance delivery offers practical alternatives to traditional on-campus education for students limited by barriers such as classroom scheduling, physical location, finances, or job and family commitments. The growing recognition and acceptance of distance education, coupled with the rapidly increasing demand for accessibility and flexible delivery of courses, has made distance education a viable and popular option for many people to meet their science educational goals.

Author : Liora Bresler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1568 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781402029981

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International Handbook of Research in Arts Education by Liora Bresler Pdf

Providing a distillation of knowledge in the various disciplines of arts education (dance, drama, music, literature and poetry and visual arts), this essential handbook synthesizes existing research literature, reflects on the past, and contributes to shaping the future of the respective and integrated disciplines of arts education. While research can at times seem distant from practice, the Handbook aims to maintain connection with the live practice of art and of education, capturing the vibrancy and best thinking in the field of theory and practice. The Handbook is organized into 13 sections, each focusing on a major area or issue in arts education research.

Author : Michael Villeneuve,Jane MacDonald,Canadian Nurses' Association
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Medical care
ISBN : 155119824X

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Toward 2020 by Michael Villeneuve,Jane MacDonald,Canadian Nurses' Association Pdf

Author : Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher : Terra Ignota
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1999675991

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The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin Pdf

In The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, visionary author Ursula K. Le Guin retells the story of human origin by redefining technology as a cultural carrier bag rather than a weapon of domination. Hacking the linear, progressive mode of the Techno-Heroic, the Carrier Bag Theory of human evolution proposes: 'before the tool that forces energy outward, we made the tool that brings energy home.' Prior to the preeminence of sticks, swords and the Hero's long, hard, killing tools, our ancestors' greatest invention was the container: the basket of wild oats, the medicine bundle, the net made of your own hair, the home, the shrine, the place that contains whatever is sacred. The recipient, the holder, the story. The bag of stars. This influential essay opens a portal to terra ignota: unknown lands where the possibilities of human experience and knowledge can be discovered anew. With a new introduction by Donna Haraway, the eminent cyberfeminist, author of the revolutionary A Cyborg Manifesto and most recently, Staying with the Trouble and Manifestly Haraway. With images by Lee Bul, a leading South Korean feminist artist who had a retrospective at London's Hayward Gallery in 2018.

Author : James M. Kouzes,Barry Z. Posner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119278979

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The Leadership Challenge by James M. Kouzes,Barry Z. Posner Pdf

The most trusted source of leadership wisdom, updated to address today's realities The Leadership Challenge is the gold-standard manual for effective leadership, grounded in research and written by the premier authorities in the field. With deep insight into the complex interpersonal dynamics of the workplace, this book positions leadership both as a skill to be learned, and as a relationship that must be nurtured to reach its full potential. This new sixth edition has been revised to address current challenges, and includes more international examples and a laser focus on business issues; you'll learn how extraordinary leaders accomplish extraordinary things, and how to develop your leadership skills and style to deliver quality results every time. Engaging stories delve into the fundamental roles that great leaders fulfill, and simple frameworks provide a primer for those who seek continuous improvement; by internalizing key insights and putting concepts into action, you'll become a more effective, more impactful leader. A good leader gets things done; a great leader aspires, inspires, and achieves more. This book highlights the differences between good and great, and shows you how to bridge the chasm between getting things done and making things happen. Gain deep insight into leadership's critical role in organizational health Navigate the shift toward team-oriented work relationships Motivate and inspire to break through the pervasive new cynicism Leverage the electronic global village to deliver better results Business is evolving at an increasingly rapid rate, and leaders must keep pace with the changes or risk stagnation. People work differently, are motivated differently, and have different expectations today—business as usual is quickly losing its effectiveness. The Leadership Challenge helps you stay current, relevant, and effective in the modern workplace.

Author : Chuck J. Schwahn,William G. Spady
Publisher : R&L Education
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781461655206

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Total Leaders by Chuck J. Schwahn,William G. Spady Pdf

This book is for you if you: are familiar with the current leadership theory and would like to have it all put together in one practical model; would like to catch up on leadership research; want proven strategies for dealing with a challenge to change your organization; are responsible for recruiting and evaluating educational leaders; or want to analyze your leadership performance and plan for future professional growth based upon what works.

Author : Vivien Stewart
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781416613749

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A World-class Education by Vivien Stewart Pdf

Designed to promote conversation about how to educate students for a rapidly changing, innovation-based world, this comprehensive and illuminating book from international education expert Vivien Stewart focuses on understanding what the world's best school systems are doing right for the purpose of identifying what U.S. schools--at the national, state, and local level--might do differently and better.

Author : Rob Hopkins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781907448706

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The Transition Handbook by Rob Hopkins Pdf

Move from feeling anxious about the oil crisis to developing a positive visions and taking traction action to create a more self-reliant existence with this ground-breaking book. We live in an oil-dependent world, and have become reliant in a very short space of time, using vast reserves of oil in the process – and without planning for when the supply is not so plentiful. Most of us avoid thinking about what happens when the oil runs out (or becomes prohibitively expensive), but the reality may not be as bad as we think. The Transition Handbook shows how the inevitable and profound changes ahead could have a positive effect. Written by permaculture expert Rob Hopkins, he discusses the possibility of a rebirth of local communities, which will generate their own fuel, food and housing. These will encourage the development of local currencies, to keep money in the local area, and unleash a local 'skilling-up', so that people have more control over their lives. The growth in interest in the Transition model continues to be exponential. There are now more than 35 formal Transition Initiatives in the UK, including towns, cities, islands, villages and peninsulas, with more joining as the idea takes off. With little proactivity at government level, communities are taking matters into their own hands and acting locally. If your community has not yet become a Transition Initiative, this upbeat guide, filled with beautiful black and white photographs, offers you the tools to get started. The Transition Handbook is the perfect manual to guide communities, as they begin this 'energy descent' journey.

Author : Andrew B. Godefroy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Canada
ISBN : UIUC:30112060851281

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Land Operations 2021 by Andrew B. Godefroy Pdf

To mitigate the unpredictability of future conflict and prepare the Army for the challenges it will face in the future, the Army has produced Land Operations 2021: The Force Employment Concept for Canada's Army of Tomorrow, which serves as the guide for Land Force development through to the year 2021. [...] Regardless of the type of operation undertaken, the realities of the future security environment will demand land forces that are capable of rapid transition from one operation to the next, as well as conduct of the three types of operations simultaneously if and when necessary. [...] The following year the force employment concept (FEC) for the IA appeared, while the Directorate of Land Strategic Concepts (DLSC) launched 'The Futures Project' with the aim of completing the conceptual design of the Army of Tomorrow that would evolve out of the Interim Army. [...] Its doctrine is based on the manoeuvre approach to operations in which shattering the enemy's overall cohesion and will to fight is paramount, and is achieved by targeting his center of gravity.2 This approach to Land Force operations had its genesis in the post-Cold War army concept debates of the early to mid-1990s and was further developed into the Interim Army following the decision to underta [...] The strength of the operational functions stems from the indivisible integration of capabilities and the incorporation of the moral, physical and informational planes.

Author : Jacqueline Davies,Jeremy Kourdi
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470662373

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The Truth about Talent by Jacqueline Davies,Jeremy Kourdi Pdf

Key themes in the book are: 1. The need to revaluate how people contribute and create value in today's economy – it is about knowledge, innovation and relationships today rather than executive potential tomorrow. 2. Challenging the conventional wisdom that talent refers to a 'special few' rather than the 'vital many'. Perhaps we don't have enough because we keep looking in the wrong places and doing the wrong things? 3. Conditions facing organizations are tough and competitive and markets are turbulent. To withstand this, we need to build talented organizations and talented individuals. 4. Interdependence between people within and across organizations is critical. The way that each individual relies on each other and how talent is realised through social and team ties makes a decisive, defining difference. 5. Individuals control when and who their potential is shared with. The idea that an organization can manage talent and potential is an outdated conceit. 6. The nature of work itself matters hugely. The extent to which it is stimulating and engaging – and how people can make the connection with what they do and the wider difference it makes – is vital. 7. The way talent is generated is affected by the whole 'ecology' of an organization – its sense of purpose, rituals, the behaviour of its leaders, how it hires and how it fires people all influence the way talent is generated.