TODAY'S LEADERS KNOW THAT SPEED & agility are the keys to any company's success & yet many are frustrated that their organizations can't move fast enough to stay competitive The typical chain of command is too slow; internal resources are too limited; people are already executing beyond normal expectations As the pace accelerates how do you inspire people's energy & creativity? How do you collaborate with customers vendors & partners to keep your organization on the cutting edge? What kind of organization matches the speed & complexity that businesses must master--and how do you build that organization? Jim Whitehurst CEO of Red Hat one of the world's most revolutionary companies shows how open principles of management--based on transparency participation & community--reinvent the organization for the fast-paced connected era Whitehurst gives readers an insider's look into how an open & innovative organizational model works He shows how to leverage it to build community respond quickly to opportunities harness resources & talent both inside & outside the organization & inspire motivate & empower people at all levels to act with accountability The Open Organization is a must-read for leaders struggling to adapt their management practices to the values of the digital & social age Brimming with Whitehurst's personal stories & candid advice for leading an open organization as well as with instructive examples from employees & managers at Red Hat & companies such as Google The Body Shop & Whole Foods this book provides the blueprint for reinventing your organization ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Family drama starring Justin Timberlake Jeff Bridges & Mary Steenburgen Before she will consent to having a life-saving delicate heart operation Katherine (Steenburgen) asks her son Carlton (Timberlake) to track down his estranged father one-time baseball legend Kyle Garrett (Bridges) & bring him to the hospital before she undergoes surgery Along with his girlfriend Lucy (Kate Mara) Carlton sets out on a journey of discovery that teaches him some important lessons about himself & the people who matter to him ...

Fascinating travelogue from 1924 of a road trip from Land&s End to John O& Groats In 1924 Claude Friese-Greene son of film pioneer William undertook to record on film a car journey covering the length of Britain Mainly concieved as an ideal marketing tool for his nascent colour film process whereby alternate frames were tinted red & bluegreen Greene&s journey brought the countryside to life revealing natural colour to an audience used to black & white Originally intended to be shown weekly in cinemas the 26 short episodes combine to form a unique social document of life in Britain between the wars Now digitally restored by the BFI this 65 minute compilation of the highlights is free of the technical faults inherent in the original Starting in Land&s End Greene&s journey takes in Plymouth a hunt on Exmoor the docks in Cardiff & the pleasure beach at Blackpool In Scotland Greene records shipbuilding on the Clyde the banks of Loch Lomond & Stirling & Edinburgh Castles before returning to London Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play ...

' If in this book harsh words are spoken about some of the greatest among the intellectual leaders of mankind my motive is not I hope to belittle them It springs rather from my conviction that if our civilization is to survive we must break with the habit of deference to great men'
- Karl Popper from the Preface Written in political exile during the Second World War & first published in two volumes in 1945 Karl Popper's The Open Society & Its Enemies is one of the most influential books of all time Hailed by Bertrand Russell as a 'vigorous & profound defence of democracy' its now legendary attack on the philosophies of Plato Hegel & Marx exposed the dangers inherent in centrally planned political systems & through underground editions become an inspiration to lovers of freedom living under communism in Eastern Europe Popper's highly accessible style his erudite & lucid explanations of the thoughts of great philosophers & the recent resurgence of totalitarian regimes around the world are just three of the reasons for the enduring popularity of The Open Society & Its Enemies & why it demands to be read today & in years to come
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The fifth African adventure in Lauren St John's bestselling THE WHITE GIRAFFE series 192 pages St John Lauren ...

A generation-defining collection published posthumously Her voice is relevant sharp fresh unfiltered & poetic with a dry wit You can dive in & out of her questioning & her musings & meanderings So much promise' Jenna Coleman star of Doctor Who & Victoria Marina Keegan's star was on the rise when she graduated from Yale in May 2012 She had a play that was to be produced at the New York International Fringe Festival & a job waiting for her at the New Yorker Tragically five days after graduation Marina died in a car crash As her family friends & classmates deep in grief joined to create a memorial service for Marina her unforgettable last essay for the Yale Daily News ' The Opposite of Loneliness' went viral receiving more than 14 million hits She had struck a chord Even though she was just 22 when she died Marina left behind a rich expansive trove of prose that like her title essay captures the hope uncertainty & possibility of her generation The Opposite of Loneliness is an assemblage of Marina's essays & stories that articulates the universal struggle we all face as we work out what we aspire to be & how we can harness our talents to make an impact on the world ...

' Poetically written absorbing harrowing' The Times' The raw & emotional account of an optician whose family fishing trip suddenly placed him amid the human tragedy of hundreds of drowning migrants is a story that needed to be told' Fiona Wilson The Times' An important book I cried all the way through' Tracy Chevalier From an award-winning BBC journalist this moving book turns the testimony of an accidental hero into a timeless story about human fellowship & the awakening of courage & conscience'I can hardly begin to describe to you what I saw as our boat approached the source of that terrible noise I hardly want to You won't understand because you weren't there You can't understand You see I thought I'd heard seagulls screeching Seagulls fighting over a lucky catch Birds Just birds' Emma-Jane Kirby has reported extensively on the reality of mass migration today In The Optician of Lampedusa she brings to life the moving testimony of an ordinary man whose late summer boat trip off a Sicilian island unexpectedly turns into a tragic rescue mission ...

In The Optickal Illusion Rachel Halliburton's meticulous recreation of Georgian society reveals the sordid details of a genuine scandal that deceived the British Royal Academy Her debut novel questions the lengths women must go to make their mark on a society that seeks to underplay their abilities
- a theme only too relevant today It is three years from the dawn of a new century & in London nothing is certain any more the future of the monarchy is in question the city is aflame with right & left-wing conspiracies & the French could invade any day Against this feverish atmosphere the American painter Benjamin West is visited by a strange father & daughter the Provises who claim they have a secret that has obsessed painters for centuries the Venetian techniques of master painter Titian West was once the most celebrated painter in London but hasn't produced anything of note in years so against his better judgment he agrees to let the intriguing Ann Jemima Provis visit his studio & demonstrate what she knows What unravels reveals more than he has ever understood
- about himself about the treachery of the art world & the seductive promise of genius The nature of truth itself is called into question in this story of envy lust & corruption

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If you want to get ahead get a cycle The menstrual cycle consists of Optimum Times
- days of heightened performance skills & abilities
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Optimum nutrition is a revolution in health care
- it means giving your body the best possible intake of nutrients to allow you
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