Transforming Towards Life-Centered Economies: How Business, Government, and Civil Society Can Build A Better World

Transforming Towards Life-Centered Economies: How Business, Government, and Civil Society Can Build A Better World

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“This slim volume is not just as thorough and concise a summary of the need to transform our financial system as you will find anywhere. It also clearly envisions how the creation of collaborative value, sustainable stewardship, and an “enough-not-more” mantra can drive a transformational change that will benefit the all as well as the one.” — Steve Lydenberg, Founder, The Investment Integration Project, Partner, Strategic Vision for Domini Impact Investments
“This book is a tour de force of argument and insight. Sandra Waddock weaves a compelling narrative around what brought us to this point, and elegantly unpacks the narratives, memes, metrics and actions with which we can shape a flourishing future for humanity and for nature. It is a timely and powerful call to action for all who care about the future in the aftermath of COVID-19.” —Zenda O r, Independent Evaluator, Vice P resident, International Development Evaluation Society (IDEAS), Honorary Professor, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
“Transforming Toward Life offers a clear picture for why we must and how each of us can help fix our failing systems. With remarkable practicality, Dr. Waddock reestablishes original precepts that allowed all life on our beautiful planet to flourish- before we made a wrong turn.” —Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows), professor and author of 22 books including The Red Road: Linking Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives to Indigenous Worldview

The Barn Door is Open: Frameworks and Tools for Success and Fulfillment in the Workplace

The Barn Door is Open: Frameworks and Tools for Success and Fulfillment in the Workplace

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“‘The Barn Door Is Open’ is a “Who Moved My Cheese” for improving your business by working smarter, not harder. Serge Alfonse takes readers on a delightful and instructive journey where the animal characters learn by doing. This farm tale parable is a “must-read” primer for business owners, managers, and front-line workers seeking to solve today’s complex business problems while putting people first.” —Frank Shines, Vice-President CCS Medical, MBA, Six Sigma MBB, author of Let In But Left Out.
“‘The Barn Door is Open’ is a unique treasure, one of those books that is quickly and easily understood by both new and seasoned professionals. For anyone interested in process improvement and fostering a positive, proactive, and engaged culture that sows the seeds of ongoing success, this book is a must read. The second part of the book contains an abundance of effective tools and strategies that can be utilized immediately!” —Barb Birdt Prentice, Director Quality & Compliance (Ret.), MBA
The Barn Door Is Open: Frameworks and Tools for Success and Fulfillment in the Workplace is a business book, a playful and humorous read, an intelligent metaphorical and philosophical tale anchored in the tools and techniques of innovative and proven management frameworks. Readers will not only find its teachings entertaining and inspirational, but will benefit from its lessons and tools by applying them to their personal lives.
This book integrates the subjects and tools of Lean and Lean Transformation, mindfulness, conflict resolution, Theory of Constraints, project management, Agile, Six Sigma, change management, and corporate culture transformation into one easily digestible reference.

Leadership in the Digital Age: Renaissance of the Renaissance Man

Leadership in the Digital Age: Renaissance of the Renaissance Man

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This is a book for anyone intrigued by the complexities of digital leadership that require a capability to constantly balance the routines of everyday business with the ability to innovate.
Finding the appropriate mix between the dichotomy stability—flexibility has been a delicate task that few, if any, corporations have properly managed to overcome. Why is that?

This conundrum becomes acute as businesses embark on digital transformations, an often-painful venture highlighting the deficiencies of traditional management styles but also agile methodologies. They deliver results that are far below initial expectations, provide half-baked digital solutions where potential commercial gains are poorly captured and leveraged, and, far too often, not even identified.

Mismatches between technologies, the man-machine (dis)connect, or organizational dysfunctionality are typically identified as root causes, but beneath them lurks a more scathing problem: an inadequate leadership. This inadequacy rests on a lack of holistic insights backed by well-rounded skills and sets of knowledge that are required to understand all aspects of a digital transformation, as well as its participants from employees to customers.

Thus, what is needed is a modern take of the Renaissance Man.

Food and Architecture

Food and Architecture

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Food and architecture, the two pillars of human civilization, have intertwined to such extents to sustain the civilization itself, that the connection between the two has visually ceased to exist. The apparent diverse fields of human life have worked upon similar principles through ages from the beginning of mankind and they complemented our existence.

Food is fundamental to cross-cultural studies of behavior, thought, and imagery. We eat for many reasons than just to satisfy our appetite. The act of eating is now a way of socializing with others. Hence all major institutes of food service are trying hard to amaze their users with a built environment that complements the served delicacy. Although most of the users might not understand the thought consciously but subconscious mind keeps alarming when things don’t fall in place.

This book surfs through all the aspects of such two diverse fields and tries to show a parallel through a very socialistic and holistic perspective. It’s interesting to understand the intangible logics behind the very tangible aspects of human life.

Business Ethics and Rational Corporate Policies: Leveraging Human Resources in Organizations

Business Ethics and Rational Corporate Policies: Leveraging Human Resources in Organizations

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As internal doubts persist on whether an individual adheres to business ethics and corporate policies, readers need to utilize this book in order to develop moral reasoning by demonstrating the moral entity consideration principle. This is vital in terms of coping with an internationalized business environment where human resources must adhere to multidimensional and demanding policies, while attempting to develop their mindset capacity of ethical thinking. This book is about providing a comprehensive framework for understanding business ethics and corporate governance, by analyzing the moral aspects of a plethora of challenges regarding human resources management, policy making, corporate responsibility, code of conduct, agency theory, workforce planning, information systems, and employment relationship.

Small Business Finance and Valuation

Small Business Finance and Valuation

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According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, over 99 percent of businesses are small or medium size yet the majority of books are focused on large corporations. This book aims to close that gap and also focus on the practitioners—the entrepreneurs, small business owners, consultants—and students aspiring to practice in this space.
Small businesses are the growth engine of the economy and it is important that we provide them with the tools for success. This book covers the financial aspects of a business, including those that are important to start, grow, and sustain an enterprise. We accomplish this by providing concepts, tools, and techniques that are important for the practitioner. The overall aim is to provide this information in a straightforward way while also providing the depth required for areas that warrant it.

Mastering the Moneyed Mind, Volume IV: The Gyroscope--A "Personal Money" Wellness Strategy

Mastering the Moneyed Mind, Volume IV: The Gyroscope–A “Personal Money” Wellness Strategy

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The Gyroscope—A Personal “Money Wellness” Strategy is the fourth book in a series about the psychology of money by Dr. Christopher Bayer, the Wall Street Psychologist. The book builds on the foundations laid in the previous three books in the series and delivers to the reader The Gyroscope—a personal wellness strategy, with a robust menu of tools for overcoming some of the critical money problems identified in the previous three books.
After a comprehensive definition of Gyroscope, readers are guided through self-assessments and evaluations, including communication and relaxation techniques—all aligned with or made to relate to best practices in fiduciary responsibility. As a tool for self-improvement, the Gyroscope offers readers strategies for work-environment survival and professional risk management, in addition to techniques for personal deception avoidance. Techniques in this area draw readers into a 15-point Personal Rules of Engagement checklist, and exercises in a personal mission statement, with techniques for success benchmarking, affirmations, and engagement in a personal Return on Investment (ROI) calculator.
As the final book in the series, it offers readers a tangible gift, a section covering the Top Five Things You Should Do Next—a concise, hard-hitting handful of advice that will get anyone on the road toward achieving their goal of balance and fulfillment—a naturally, solid, Gyroscope.

Lean Thinking for Emerging Healthcare Leaders

Lean Thinking for Emerging Healthcare Leaders

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Lean Thinking for Emerging Healthcare Leaders: How to Develop Yourself and Implement Process Improvements aims to solve the issues in modern day healthcare by handing over the reins of the improvement process to healthcare professionals. Putting those who are doing the work and are closest to the actual situation in the lead.

The purpose of this book is to help you understand how to develop yourself and your leadership in such a way that will best benefit your team and your patients. This includes change management practices that will help to build commitment with your team members, colleagues, management, patients, and other stakeholders.

This book educates you, as a leading medical professional, in the principles and values of Lean leadership and management. It will teach you how to improve healthcare from the inside, making it safer, better, faster, more accessible, and more affordable.

With this book we want to inspire, motivate, and stimulate you to lead continuous improvement—while being respectful to people—on your way to ideal care for every patient.

The primary target audience for the book are medical professionals who have (recently) acquired leadership, management, or business responsibilities. The book will also be of high value to those who obtained temporary leadership positions, like project leaders, problem solvers, change managers, and innovators.

Because most of the teachings in the book are meta skills and ways of thinking, the book is easily relatable and transferable to other disciplines and even sectors.

Business and the Culture of Ethics

Business and the Culture of Ethics

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“Most books about business ethics are not really about ethics at all. And most discussions about business ethics seem to revolve round regulatory compliance and vague notions of corporate social responsibility. This text will help students think about and debate genuine ethical dilemmas that face businesses. This is something that is most necessary if businesses really are to take responsible decisions.”—Philip Booth, Dean – Faculty of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences at St Mary’s University, Twickenham

Ethics are not the same as morals. They are contextual and apply to specific relationships. This book explores business ethics as applied in a modern context including data management, corporate social responsibility, media ethics and government ethics. Drawing on the work of philosophers, the work is nonetheless contemporary and practical.