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A new classic, recommended by leaders and media around the world In this bestselling book, authors Jeff Dyer (Innovation Capital and The Innovator's Method), Hal Gregersen (Questions Are the Answer), and Clayton M. Christensen (The Innovator's Dilemma, The Innovator's Solution, and How Will You Measure Your Life?) build on what we know about disruptive innovation to show how individuals can develop the skills necessary to move progressively from idea to impact. By identifying the winning behaviors of the world's best innovators--from leaders at Amazon and Apple to those at Google, Tesla, and Salesforce--Dyer, Gregersen, and Christensen outline five discovery skills that distinguish innovative entrepreneurs and executives from ordinary managers: associating, questioning, observing, networking, and experimenting. Through real-world stories, the authors show you how to evaluate and develop your own innovator's "DNA code," including advice for how you can use the five skills to generate ideas, collaborate with colleagues to implement them, and sharpen your organization's competitive edge by building innovation skills into its culture. This innovation advantage will translate into a premium in your company's stock price--an innovation premium--which is possible only by building the code for innovation right into your organization's people, processes, and guiding philosophies. This book shows you how. Now updated with a new preface and fresh examples, The Innovator's DNA is more than ever the essential resource for individuals, managers, and teams who want to strengthen their innovative prowess.

A Preface to Ezra Pound

Poise is a power derived from the Mastery of Self from the PREFACE: All efforts directed toward the correcting of temperamental or mental blemishes or defects and nervous conditions are of benefit to humanity. In producing this book the Author s purpose was to help mankind to overcome these weaknesses, which are a serious impediment to mental development, and hinder personal advancement and general progress. The aim of the Publishers in issuing this translation is to put into the hands of those who wish to overcome their failings, become masters of themselves, and command the attention and respect of others, a work that has been thoroughly tested abroad and one that will be found of exceptional service in attaining the end in view the securing of a perfect balance. This book is written in two parts. The first points to the need of Poise in daily life, indicates the obstacles to be overcome, and discusses the effects of Poise on personal efficiency. The second instructs the reader how to secure that evenness of temperament which is the chief characteristic of Poise. It includes, in addition, a series of practical physical exercises to be used in acquiring Poise. If such a work as this is to do good, if the reader really wishes to benefit by the advice that it gives him, it must be read thoughtfully and diligently, not fitfully and forgetfully, and the reader most steadfastly keep before him the maxim of the Author. Poise is a power derived from the Mastery of Self.

A Preface to Shelley

Love and Freindship [sic] and Other Early Works, A Collection of Juvenile Writings by Jane Austen was first published in 1922 and includes a preface by G. K. Chesterton. This book draws together some of Jane Austen s earliest literary efforts. It includes Love & Freindship and Lesley Castle both told through the medium of letters written by the characters. It also contains her wonderful History of England and a Collection of Letters and lastly a chapter containing Scraps . In these offerings, we may see the beginnings of Miss Austen s literary style. We may also discern traces of characters that we encounter in her later works. G. K. Chesterton in his preface, for example, says of a passage in Love and Freindship ... is there not the foreshadowing of another and more famous father and do we not hear for a moment, in the rustic cottage by the Uske, the unmistakable voice of Mr. Bennet? These works are certainly worth exploring for their own sakes and not simply as historical relics. Jane Austen (1775-1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her realism, biting irony and social commentary have gained her historical importance among scholars and critics. From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1818. In 1994, American literary critic Harold Bloom placed Austen among the greatest Western Writers of all time. In a 2002 poll to determine whom the UK public considers the greatest British people in history, Austen was ranked number 70 in the list of the 100 Greatest Britons . In 2003, Austen s Pride and Prejudice came second in the BBC s The Big Read, a national poll to find the Nation s best-loved book.

Non-Fiction: Preface (1991) [Vinyl LP]

In a preface to this collection, Louisa May Alcott calls these eight stories her various waifs and strays and they all beautifully demonstrate her wry sense of humour, sharp observational skills, and straightforward style of storytelling.From the light-hearted romance of Kitty s Class Day to the transformational tale of Aunt Kipp , who is a female version of Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol , each story has the charm to keep you gripped.Fans of her other work, including the bestseller Little Women , will be pleased that she herded these stories together.Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American writer who is best known for her novel Little Women . She grew up among some heavyweight 19th-century intellectuals, including Henry David Thoreau and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.With her parents struggling financially, Alcott worked to support them. At the same time, she began writing, initially under pseudonyms because her work was largely short stories and sensation novels for adults. Little Women , published in 1868, was a success when it was released. Alcott also penned the follow-ups Little Men and Jo s Boys . She was a staunch abolitionist and a campaigning feminist who was heavily involved in temperance and women s suffrage movements.EPUB3: Reflowable

Hommage, préfacé par Marc Alyn

It took the publication of the lengthy work The Ring and the Book to gain Robert Browning recognition in his lifetime. But today, the Victorian poet is more admired for these, his shorter poems, complete with their powerful dramatic monologues.The preface to Shorter Poems , by Teachers College, New York, says the poems are perfect for the tastes and capacities of readers of the high-school age .They are, but they are also perfect for the tastes and capacities of readers of all ages.With rhymes that are often discordant and sentences that defy literary convention, Browning s work is pioneering and challenging. He provokes thought and even defies understanding. Browning s work is perfect for fans of Percy Shelley, Lord Byron and W. H. Auden.Robert Browning (1812-1889) was a poet and writer in 19th century England and Florence.His initial work was heavily influenced by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Some of his early work did not received popular or critical acclaim, but the publication of Bells and Pomegranates saw him produce what became his trademark dramatic monologue.In 1846 he married the poet Elizabeth Barrett and they moved to Florence. After his wife s death, Browning settled in England. In 1869-1869, The Ring and the Book was serialised, telling a murder story from 10 different viewpoints. It was rated as his greatest work and his writing continued until he died in 1889 while visiting his son in Venice.EPUB3: Reflowable

The Preface To The Fables

The international bestseller and worldwide sensation, featuring a brand new preface by the author. Eckhart Tolle's 'A New Earth' will be a cornerstone for personal spirituality and self-improvement for years to come, leading readers to a new levels of consciousness and inner peace. Taking off from the introspective work The Power of Now, which is a number one bestseller and has sold millions of copies worldwide, Tolle provides the spiritual framework for people to move beyond themselves in order to make this world a better, more spiritually evolved place to live. Shattering modern ideas of ego and entitlement, self and society, Tolle lifts the veil of fear that has hung over humanity during this new millennium, and shines an illuminating light that leads to happiness and health that every reader can follow.Titel: New Earth- Create a Better LifeISBN: 9781405952088Bandtyp: HäftadSpråk: Engelska

A Book of Prefaces

EXKLUSIVA MEDLEMPRISER -This definitive paperback edition features nine illustrations and two maps drawn by J.R.R. Tolkien, and a preface by Christopher Tolkien. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an unexpected journey 'there and back again'. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon The prelude to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit has sold many millions of copies since its publication in 1937, establishing itself as one of the most beloved and influential books of the twentieth century. Format Pocket Omfång 256 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Harper Collins UK Utgivningsdatum 1996-05-07 ISBN 9780261103344

The Mobile River: With a New Preface

EXKLUSIVA MEDLEMPRISER -A new hardback edition with a cover design by Tolkien himself, to complement the popular The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings hardbacks. Includes a new Preface by J.R.R. Tolkien unique to this edition. The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien's World. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor. Included in the book are several shorter works. The Ainulindale is a myth of the Creation and in the Valaquenta the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. The Akallabeth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Númenor at the end of the Second Age and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings. Format Inbunden Omfång 368 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Harper Collins UK Utgivningsdatum 1992-01-06 ISBN 9780261102422

Sayanas Preface to the Rgvedabhasya

A Preface to Shakespeare's Comedies

Uncle Tom's Cabin. With A Preface By The Earl Of Carlisle

Christ the End of the Law: Being the Preface to the Geneva Bible of 1550

The Diversity of Life: With a New Preface: 1