You can’t ask for more than efficient, effective operations.Or can you?Given today’s business landscape—increasing customer demand, global competition, lower trade barriers—being good isn’t enough. This groundbreaking guide provides the knowledge and tools you need to transform your organization from a well-run company to a relentlessly innovative company.Innovation expert Jeffrey Phillips has helped businesses around the world achieve the d...

The first section deals with workplace issues and experiences, based on empirical data - actual experiences through the eyes and ears of someone who was really there. The second section deals with personal observations, musings, anecdotes, and life lessons. All are based on the author’s perspective. Technocrat or technopeasant, Luddite or geek - here you can find the author's pensive insights, observations, experiences, musings, and anecdotes of a life working in high tech from Boston to S...

Life was good for the young praying mantis named Perton. He had finally found the love of his life in the beautiful Sandria, and they were to be married! However, their wedding night did not go at all as he anticipated. Horror and chaos ensued. Forced to flee, Perton, along with a few trusted friends, must face terrifying predators, vicious gangsters, and, ultimately, an invading army that threatens his entire world.Meanwhile, Sandria still has designs on him. Perton harbors plans ...

Look at any industry, in any market, and youll find the same attrition strategy playing out everywhere. Companies compete with one another in a mindless race to the bottom, matching feature for feature, which commoditizes markets and drives down prices and margins. Ultimately, no one winsnot even the consumer, as quality, service, and differentiation suffer. Yet there is another way: maneuver strategy. Maneuver relies on speed, agility, insight, and innovation to win the most in any market...

In the tapestry of life, the seasons weave their intricate patterns, each thread a vibrant hue of experience. "The Seasons Comfort" invites you on a lyrical journey through the changing year, where nature's rhythms intertwine with the human heart. From the tender whispers of spring to the golden glow of autumn, Robert Laurence Binyon's evocative prose captures the essence of each season, revealing its unique joys and sorrows. Through vivid imagery and poignant reflections, he explores the ...

The stories are familiar: family disharmony, mourning the loss of a loved one, vengeance, national tyranny, international war, a desire for justice. This new translation by Jeffrey Scott Bernstein, an independent scholar and novelist, preserves the artistry of the original while deploying a clear speech that directly addresses a twenty-first century temperament. The Oresteia, first performed in Greece in 458 bce, has been celebrated as an example of the highest literary art. The murder of ...

PERFECTIONISM IS A POWERFUL DRUG.DOES THE ADDICTION HAVE ITS GRIP ON YOU?Perfection. It sounds appealing. After all, what is better than perfect? The allure of perfection hooks and draws us in. Once we've tasted perfection, good will never be good enough again! At least that's what we tell ourselves.Author Jeffrey A. Kramer knows all too well how debilitating an addiction to the ideal can be. After a lifetime pursuing perfection, he...

An argument that technology accelerates biological discovery, with case studies ranging from chromosome discovery with early microscopes to how DNA replicates using radioisotope labels.Engineering has been an essential collaborator in biological research and breakthroughs in biology are often enabled by technological advances. Decoding the double helix structure of DNA, for example, only became possible after significant advances in such technologies as X-ray diffr...

This text is designed to present a comprehensive state-of-the-art approach to options available for inguinal hernia repair. Early chapters address anatomic evaluation of the groin, preoperative optimization of outcomes, and considerations in choosing a surgical technique. It then transitions to the clinical management of this common medical condition, specifically focusing on operative details. Written by experts in the field of hernia repair, the clinical chapters detail both open and min...

In 2021 the Prather Point was viewed almost two million times on https://JeffreyPrather.com alone. Global podcast service Buzz Sprout, placed me in in their top five percent for 2022. Folks fell in love with my no nonsense, fact-filled, analytical, information intelligence. They loved that my talks were based upon my faith, and my long years in special operations, psychological operations, Army Special Forces, military intelligence, and as a federal special agent. My experience as a rape o...

This comprehensive guide to potato production systems management contains 20 chapters and more than 350 color photographs. Beginning with the history of potato culture, it spans all aspects of potato production, pest and planting management, storage, and marketing. Written by a team of over 35 scientists from North America, this book offers updated research-based information and serves as a unique, valuable tool for researchers, extension specialists, students, and farm managers. More than...

Politics and the Past offers an original, multidisciplinary exploration of the growing public controversy over reparations for historical injustices. Demonstrating that "reparations politics" has become one of the most important features of international politics in recent years, the authors analyze why this is the case and show that reparations politics can be expected to be a major aspect of international affairs in coming years. In addition to broad theoretical and philosophica...