Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In is a massive cultural phenomenon & its title has become an instant catchphrase for empowering women The book soared to the top of bestseller lists internationally igniting global conversations about women & ambition Sandberg packed theatres dominated opinion pages appeared on every major television show & on the cover of Time magazine & sparked ferocious debate about women & leadership Ask most women whether they have the right to equality at work & the answer will be a resounding yes but ask the same women whether they'd feel confident asking for a raise a promotion or equal pay & some reticence creeps in The statistics although an improvement on previous decades are certainly not in women's favour
- of 197 heads of state only twenty-two are women Women hold just 20 percent of seats in parliaments globally & in the world of big business a meagre eighteen of the Fortune 500 CEOs are women In Lean In Sheryl Sandberg
- Facebook COO & one of Fortune magazine's Most Powerful Women in Business
- draws on her own experience of working in some of the world's most successful businesses & looks at what women can do to help themselves & make the small changes in their life that can effect change on a more universal scale


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Sheryl Sandberg s business advice book Lean In was heralded as a defining moment in attitudes to women in business But for all its commercial success it proposed a model of feminism that was individualistic & unthreatening to capital In her powerful debut work Lean Out acclaimed journalist Dawn Foster unpicks how the purportedly feminist message of Sandberg s book neatly exempts patriarchy capitalism & business from any responsibility for changing the position of women in contemporary culture It looks at the rise of a corporate 1 feminism & at how feminism has been defanged & depoliticised at a time when women have borne the brunt of the financial crash & the gap between rich & poor is widening faster than ever Surveying business media culture & politics Foster asks whether this trickledown feminism offers any material gain for women collectively or acts as mere window-dressing PR for the corporations who caused the financial crash She concludes that leaning out of the corporate model is a more effective way of securing change than leaning in ...

Maximise the quality & efficiency of your organisation with Lean Six Sigma Are you looking to make your organisation more effective & productive? If you answered yes you need to change the way it thinks Combining the leading improvement methods of Six Sigma & Lean this winning technique drives performance to the next level & this friendly & accessible guide shows you how The third edition of Lean Six Sigma For Dummies outlines the key concepts of this strategy & explains how you can use it to get the very best out of your team & your business The jargon-crowded language & theory of Lean Six Sigma can be intimidating for both beginners & experienced users Written in plain English & packed with lots of helpful examples this easy-to-follow guide arms you with tools & techniques for implementing Lean Six Sigma & offers guidance on everything from policy deployment to managing change in your organisation & everything in between Gives you plain-English explanations of complicated jargon Serves as a useful tool for businesspeople looking to make their organisation more effective Helps you achieve goals with ease & confidence Provides useful hands-on checklists Whether you want to manage a project more tightly or fine-tune existing systems & processes the third edition of Lean Six Sigma For Dummies makes it easier to achieve your business goals ...

A refreshingly practical guide to real-world continuous improvement Lean Six Sigma for Leaders presents a no-frills approach to adopting a continuous improvement framework ...

Lean UX has become the preferred approach to interaction design tailor-made for today's agile teams In the second edition of this award winning book leading advocates Jeff Gothelf & Josh Seiden expand on the valuable Lean UX principles tactics & techniques covered in the first edition to share how product teams can easily incorporate design experimentation iteration & continuous learning from real users into their Agile process Inspired by Lean & Agile development theories Lean UX lets you focus on the actual experience being designed rather than deliverables This book shows you how to collaborate closely with other members of your Agile product team & gather feedback early & often You'll learn how to drive the design in short iterative cycles to assess what works best for the business & the user Lean UX shows you how to make this change-for the better Frame a vision of the problem you're solving & focus your team on the right outcomes Bring the designers' toolkit to the rest of your product team Share your insights with your team much earlier in the process Create Minimum Viable Products to determine which ideas are valid Incorporate the voice of the customer throughout the project cycle Make your team more productive combine Lean UX with Agile's Scrum framework Understand the organizational shifts necessary to integrate Lean UX ...

In 2005 Goodyear's research & development (R&D) engine was not performing up to its full potential The R&D organization developed high-quality tires but the projects were not always successful Goodyear embarked on a major initiative to transform its innovation creation processes by learning understanding & applying lean product development principles Within five years Goodyear saw its product development cycle times slashed by 70 percent on-time delivery performance rise close to 100 percent & throughput improve three-fold
- all achieved with no increase in the R&D budget Lean-Driven Innovation Powering Product Development at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company describes in great detail how the Goodyear team was able to achieve such significant improvements Revealing the ups & downs of this successful transformation the book shares experiences of how this seismic change was managed how people were engaged & how Goodyear dramatically reinvigorated its product development & innovation processes-and in the process delivered substantial more value to customers & to the company The book also explains how lean product development helped Goodyear dramatically improve revenue by having every new product available when the market needed it Presenting wide-ranging perspectives from all levels of leadership this book is ideal for anyone in R&D daring to take on a lean initiative in R&D or who is struggling with a lean transformation that is not delivering to its full potential Since the book focuses on universal lean principles it is as insightful to other manufacturing & nonmanufacturing disciplines in any industry as well The book presents invaluable insights gained by the author during his 36 years within Goodyear of which 10 have been directly involved in trying to develop implement & sustain lean to achieve the company's business objectives It distills ideas practices failures & successes into key principles that lean product development practitioners can easily implement After reading this book you will gain a practical path for applying lean to the innovation processes of your organization including where to begin & what to do regardless of the industry & the status of your transformation Watch Norbert Majerus discuss Lean-Driven Innovation at httpsyoutubey Il JEMJIcy A
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Extending your Scalextric layout has never been easier The seven Scalextric Track Extension Packs are totally flexible in their design Any of these packs can be added to Standard or Digital Scalextric circuits Each pack can be incorporated into a Scalextric circuit from simple ovals & figure-of-eight tracks to the largest layouts One or more Track Extension Packs can be added to the same circuit You could use all the Track Extension Packs to make a hugely impressive circuit incorporating all the featured track pieces The reverse side of the packaging explains how the Track Extension Pack can be incorporated into any number of layouts Features One size fits all concept Compatible with Digital & Standard sets Fits any sized layout Contents 1 x Leap (Ramp up & down)2 x Standard Straight Track 2 x Side Swipes Borders & Barriers ...

In LEAP Yap Kwong Weng makes a compelling case for the need to adapt in today's world From extreme experiences in US Navy Seal training to trekking 100 km across the Taklamakan Desert in China to doing business in a leading Oil & Gas company in Myanmar the author shares his insights into what he has learnt & suggests ways to strengthen your purpose & how to keep going when the odds are stacked against you Yap Kwong Weng
- a former platoon commander in the Singapore Armed Forces Commandos graduate of US Navy Seals BUDS Class 237 (2002) & Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum
- has faced many setbacks & difficulties In rising above them he learnt the true meaning of kinship friendship & commitment to social causes These are matters closest to his heart Kwong Weng attained his first degree at the 'late' age of 30 from State University of New York (US) & thereafter an MBA from the University of Manchester UK & in 2012 he received a Master in Public Administration from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy He is an active volunteer & today he is the Cambodia Country Chair of Global Dignity a non-partisan organisation founded by the Crown Prince of Norway HRH Haakon To raise awareness for the UN Millennium Goals he trekked across the Taklamakan Desert in 2010 In 2011 he was one of '25 Young Outstanding Singaporeans' by Junior Chambers International Rotary Peace Fellow by Rotary International He was also the former Secretary General of the United Nations Association of Singapore (2011-2013) where he developed key international programmes This book tells his story

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Felix is lost The jungle can be a scary place for a tiny tree frog & all the strange noises are making him just a little bit jumpy It's time to find Felix a safe place to sleep & might there be someone special to snuggle him down for the night? 24 pages Clarke Jane ...