While there are many books specific to change management or continuous improvement, there are few, if any, books that address the intersections between change management and continuous improvement. After 30+ years as a change agent implementing lean and process improvement, the author’s hypothesis on why continuous improvement efforts “stick” sometimes and other times not is that many leaders of these efforts fail to understand the importance of change management and the critical intersect...

Do you feel a disconnection from the traditional values that once defined the American spirit?You're not alone. Kyle A. Stone brings you a deep dive into the virtues, values and traditions that have molded generations.What You'll Discover:The bedrock principles that have shaped the American journey.How destructive ideas are celebrated at the cost of age-old virtues.Strategies to equip your...

This book introduces the near crisis phase of conflict and escalation.These time-sensitive disputes between states, and even with violent non-state actors, do not involve significant risk of military escalation, at least in the moment. Investigating how and why some near crises escalate, while others do not, requires an explanation of the different dynamics of international disputes and the policy tools that states and international institutions can employ. We ask an expanded set o...

The Divines have shown Their Will.AND IT'S ABSOLUTE.The Order of the Orphys Knights is failing. And this failure bears a cost.After losing its influence and the power and might of its Ancient beasts, what was once an esteemed order of knights became but a tarnished and mocked symbol throughout the continent. Yet neither the Order nor the people seem to notice the shifts brought by the winds.The dreadful promises they bri...