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If you are looking to increase energy, inspire creativity and enable radical thinking in your strategic planning and groupthink situations, then The Art of Quantum Planning is for you! Borrowing liberally from quantum physics, author, consultant and strategic planner Gerald Harris uses ideas from the dense scientific study of tiny particles and applies those ideas to large corporations and organizations.The Art of Quantum Planning offers new metaphors and models for thinking that help people build the kinds of organizations that will be needed in a future of increasingly complex systems of interactivity within business.Harris simplifies concepts like Heisenberg's Uncertainty Relation, and The Particle Wave Duality to their core, and uses them as metaphorical levers to open the minds of meeting participants, facilitators, and strategists to increase energy, and improve the approach to existing and future crises and opportunities in organizations.

The second half of life is a journey into unknown territory—a safari like the one that inspired this deeply renewing and inspiring book. Drawing upon ancient wisdom and modern research for guidance, Richard Leider and David Shapiro invite you on a journey back to the primordial rhythms—back to a time and place where we are better able to clarify for ourselves what really matters in our lives. They share stories from their own lives and of others facing midlife and beyond, stories that exemplify the qualities of authenticity and wholeheartedness that are the essential components of vital aging. And they offer up positive practices that can help us save and savor the world: live an authentic life of purpose and meaning while balancing our lives with vitality and joy

Prescription for Survival is the story of how committed individuals who are not in positions of political power can use their personal resources (professional expertise, personal and professional connections, networking skills, etc.) to bring about major change in the world.Bernard Lown is a practicing physician who is a world pioneer in cardiac research and treatment. In 1981, brimming with anxiety about the nuclear confrontation with the Russians, together with a Soviet cardiologist colleague (Evgeni Chazov), he launched a joint USA-USSR medical antinuclear movement: International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). Over the next four years Lown and Chazov recruited more than 150,000 doctors worldwide as part of this organisation and movement, held many international conferences, met with numerous world leaders, appeared on television programs broadcast throughout the USSR and the US and contributed to slowing down the nuclear arms race. In 1985 Lown and Chazov accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of IPPNW.There is a lot of adventure, intrigue and conflict that plays out in this story as Lown tells it, vividly and with incredible candor.In addition to being a memoir by a Nobel Prize winner, this book offers a new understanding of what was really going on in the cold war, along the lines of John Perkins' analysis in Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. Lown explicitly reveals how "much of the cold war was driven not by an ideological hassle between capitalism and communism, but rather by who will continue to control the wealth of the developing world." On another, perhaps most profound, level, this book is an exposé of the sources, causes and consequences of militarism, which Lown identifies as a disease. Nuclear proliferation is just one symptom. It is still an active and highly contagious disease, as witnessed by events in Iran, Iraq, North Korea and all too many other places today. The most effective way to treat and cure militarism is for people outside the system to bring to bear their own unique perspectives, knowledge, expertise, connections and passions in this battle. The successful crusade of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War is a great example of changing the system from outside.

"Life is only about personal success." "Only the wealthy have power." "Progressives can never get it together." Every day, we are bombarded by messages invalidating our capacity to make a difference. But we live in a world that needs radical transformation if our children and grandchildren are to live healthy, peace-filled lives. Where to start?The answer may lie surprisingly close: at home, with our closest relationships. We tend to focus on the "big" barriers that separate us, but, as Roberto Vargas argues, the most promising path to change is actually both the most accessible and the most universal - the family. In our daily family and friendship circles, we experience countless opportunities to empower, inspire and support positive change in others. What if we could look at those experiences as the seeds of bigger, broader change? In this new guide for change advocates, Vargas explains how fostering familia - the feeling of connection we have with our relatives or with those we choose to call family - in all our relationships is the first step toward tackling broader problems in our community, our nation and the world. When we start working for change at the "local" level, the relationships we build and the respect and love that we show one another within the boundaries of family, becomes a model for all interactions with all people. By working to generate love and support within our family circles, we develop the necessary skills and generate the requisite surplus energy needed to assist others and improve the world as a whole. It all begins when we become family activists, when we make family "the cause."Vargas' book walks readers through why it is important to focus first on family and it outlines strategies and techniques for creating a solid family unit. Along the way, he presents a roadmap for family activism, helping readers understand how to replicate familia in their communities, whether they be local, national, or global. Drawing on extensive examples from his own work as a trainer, activist and family advocate, Vargas shows how activists who begin by empowering their families develop the vision and skills necessary to become more proficient social change facilitators.

One of the most frequent questions asked about fun at work is a variation of "Can you have too much fun?" The existence of such a question proves that Americans don't really know how to have fun and work at the same time. Or should we say, MOST American's don't know because there ARE some people who love their jobs, who love to go to work, who get great value out of the experience and put great value into at the work experience at the same time. Such people prove that there IS something called "The Work/Fun Fusion."Throughout Fun Works, you will find tips, resources, examples, and motivation to make your efforts to unleash the power of fun in yourself, your coworkers, and customers easy and fun! To give you confidence and to help build your case for the naysayer, those chronically on a fun diet, you will find case studies of companies that we believe exemplify the ability to integrate the Work/Fun Fusion and profit too. You will also find thoughts and pontifications from the 'Gurus of Fun,' authors and experts who give you their spin on each principle. Fun Works shares the voice of individuals, diverse in their backgrounds and professions, who express how work and fun merge for them.Each chapter contains an additional 'Key' that, when understood and applied, will help you implement any and all of the principles to your own Work/Fun Fusion situation. There is also the opportunity to assess your commitment to living these principles in the form of a an inventory of behaviors that will give you concrete indicators of how well you have integrated the intangible of fun into your work experience. In this revised 2nd edition, the Leslie Yerkes does a series of follow-up interviews to see how the original companies have changed or maintained their fun-based work environments across the last 5 years. She explores the secrets that enabled companies to maintain an enjoyable work environment, and pitfalls that have inhibited others efforts to infuse fun into the workplace.

Real Leadership debunks the notion that leaders are supposed to get people to follow and instead offers entirely new approach that leaders should get people to face the reality of the situation.In Responsible Leadership, Dean Williams argues that any leadership that lets people sidestep the sometimes-harsh truth of reality is irresponsible-and ultimately ineffective. Responsible leadership gets people to face difficult realities and mobilises them to address the organisation's most pressing challenge-the primary threat or opportunity that must be confronted in order to progress. Responsible leaders help people shift their values, habits, practices and priorities to accommodate changing conditions and new demands.

The Fox in the Henhouse takes an in-depth look at the growing practice of privatization-what it is, what it does to our society, and how we can stop it.Privatisation is one of the most important political and economic developments of our time, affecting virtually every person and state in the world. The purpose of The Fox in the Henhouse is to present, in clear, direct terms, an analysis of privatisation that will help people understand what is happening to them and what they can do about it. It gives people on all sides of many different privatisation struggles (over hospitals, schools, sanitation, water, Social Security, the military, public lands, the postal service, national parks, prisons) the arguments that have been used to place privatization at the center of the corporate agenda and to dominate the public debate. It also provides a historical framework that allows readers to center their thinking in questions of what it means to build a democratic society. And it provides the counter-arguments that people need both to argue and to fight back.

In today's fast-paced and rapidly changing business environment, frequent feedback and "course correction" is absolutely vitalBut about the only time most managers offer employees feedback is during scheduled (and generally infrequent) performance appraisals, which tend to be stiff, formal, and whether intentionally or not adversarial, and therefore ineffective.Formula 2+2 offers a simple yet powerful approach to revolutionizing feedback conversations. It details the five secrets of effective feedback: making it timely, balanced between compliments and critiques, focused on high priority areas, supported with specific examples, and reinforced with appropriate follow-up.

Like the bestselling Innovator's Dilemma, The Pebble and the Avalanche takes a "big picture" look at what causes whole industries to change. Important revolutions of the past thirty years include the Internet, personal computers and the XML programming language. It turns out that all these revolutions have something in common: they are based on innovations that break technology apart. After breaking the technology apart, it still works but now you have smaller and more flexible pieces. Almost inevitably, people find ways to use these smaller and more flexible pieces to create new innovations. This process is called "disaggregation" because the pieces of technology that were formerly stuck together are pried apart but not destroyed.Yudkowsky shows how the Internet, the auto industry, music downloading and more, are all connected by the same dynamic-disaggregation-and shows why this dynamic is crucial to survival in the 21st century marketplace.

In this era of rampant corporate greed, abuse of power, and dwindling governmental regulations of corporate practices, Steven Lydenberg shows how government can use the marketplace itself to make corporations act more responsibly. Detailing a comprehensive plan for disclosure, analysis, and debate by corporations, investors, consumers, and government, Lydenberg argues that we can focus corporations on creating real long-term wealth for all instead of plundering natural resources, dumping costs on society, and diverting assets to exorbitant executive payouts and other ethically questionable uses. Most importantly, he describes practical ways of rewarding those companies that succeed in creating long-term wealth for society, and punishing those that fail.

Only companies that can consistently bring innovative new products to market will continue to grow and thrive in a rapidly changing economy. Yet, most companies today are frustrated by their inability to turn ideas into profitable realities. Their 'innovation process' is almost an oxymoron. In reality it is ad hoc, piecemeal, seat-of-the-pants and heavily reliant on happy accidents. This is decidedly not the case at a small but rapidly growing group of companies. In Driving Growth Through Innovation, acclaimed author and consultant Robert B. Tucker takes you behind the scenes inside 23 Innovation Vanguard Companies to benchmark how they have revamped their innovation approach for growth, profit and competitive advantage. Driving Growth Through Innovation doesn't just describe their leading edge methods; it shows you, step-by-step, how to map out and implement your own 21st century Innovation Blueprint that win enable you to win new customers, grow revenue and sustain momentum. Robert Tucker explains how to:Establish an environment that nurtures, rewards and celebrates innovation at every level and in every part of the companyVisualise the future of your customer or market and position your company to invent a bigger futureFortify the 'idea factory' to seek out potential breakthroughs Manage creative ideas to maximise their potential to lead to breakthroughsSell ideas, internally and externally and overcome obstacles to achieve success in the marketplaceGain the edge by discovering and fulfilling unmet customer needsDesign and implement an enterprise-wide innovation strategy in your companyDriving Growth Through Innovation offers numerous case studies of how innovation-adept companies are going beyond the conventional methods of market research, focus groups and customer surveys to completely retool their idea creation processes.

One of today's most popular change methods, Appreciative Inquiry (AI) has been used to undertake transformational initiatives in dozens of organizations, ranging from McDonald's to the U.S. Navy to Save the Children. The assumption of AI is simple: Every organization has something that works right-things that give it life when it is vital, effective, and successful. AI begins by identifying this positive core and connecting organizational visions, plans, and structures to it in ways that heighten energy and inspire action for change. The Appreciative Inquiry Handbook contains everything you need to launch any kind of AI initiative. The authors provide background information on what AI is and how it works, and offer sample project plans, designs, agendas, course outlines, interview guidelines, participant worksheets, a list of resources, and more. From abstract principles underlying AI to actual tools used in different settings, from detailed descriptions of AI interventions to practical tips to classic AI articles, this workbook presents all of the introductory concepts, examples, and aids necessary to engage yourself and others in Appreciative Inquiry.

A Game As Old As Empire exposes many more shocking secrets of a worldwide web of control, corruption,and plunder. It tells how multinational corporations, governments, powerful individuals, banks, other financialinstitutions, and quasi-governmental agencies operate to enrich small elite and corporate coffers while oftenimpoverishing masses of people and creating debt and dependency that economically enslave countries forgenerations. This new book provides the first full inside look at how this dark and dirty world functions. Itshows that the economic hit man game and the web of global corruption are far more widespread, pervasive,and destructive than Perkins described in Confessions. And it reveals the deep and dark connections betweenthis economic hit man game and the domination of global empire.Each chapter focuses on a particular case, detailing the methods used to deceive, steal, corrupt, and enforcecompliance. These methods range from the clearly sinister (such as bribery, fraud, looting, money laundering,threats, and even the use of "jackals" and other means of violence) to the seemingly altruistic (such as manytypes of debt relief, development assistance, and foreign aid) that in fact are highly exploitative and onerous.

This revised and expanded version of Analyses for Improving Performance provides the tools for doing the crucial-yet often overlooked-upfront analyses essential to the success of any performance improvement effort. Human resource development expert Richard A Swanson's step-by-step method allows program developers and managers to:. Asses an organizations's real business needs and the status of its supporting systems. Analyze necessary worker skills, knowledge, and attitudes. Specify performance requirements and evaluation standards. Produce a viable and comprehensive performance improvement design

Video games have been a source of controversy in the media almost since their invention. At best, these digital diversions are thought of as trivial, childish obsessions. At worst, they are attacked as violent, antisocial, corrupting, and dangerous to our youth. But as Rusel DeMaria shows, video games may represent one of the most powerful learning technologies ever invented. He turns the controversy on its head and shows the positive potential of the much-maligned video game to inspire, motivate, and teach. DeMaria delves deeply into the realities of the gaming world, analyzing both the business forces driving game development and the unique qualities that distinguish video games from all other popular media. Drawing on the latest research on play and learning, he explains that it is precisely these qualities—a combination DeMaria calls the “magic edge”—that make video games such potentially powerful tools. He shows how games can be designed to integrate content that educates, inspires, motivates, and empowers players—even as they lure them in with their drama and thrill them with special effects—and offers numerous examples of popular games that do just that. He even offers a primer to help curious non-gamers begin to explore the gaming world and discover the positive potential of games for themselves. DeMaria presents video games in a new light and details many of the ways they can facilitate learning. Because millions of people are playing games all around the world, we owe it to ourselves to utilize their positive power to spark imaginations and make learning fun for our own kids and for gamers around the world.

What all trainers know in their gut-that training and development is valuable and worthwhile-can be a hard sell to clients and customers who want real proof that training works. In Telling Training's Story, training evaluation expert Robert Brinkerhoff offers a simple yet compelling way of measuring and proving training's impact for those clients who are focused on bottom-line results: The Success Case Method (SCM).

Branded Customer Service breaks new ground in the field of customer service. It details the next step for marketing specialists who have come to the realisation that significant brand equity is built not just through advertising and public relations efforts. An integrated brand needs to be lived and expressed through every aspect of the brand's organisational culture-especially the human exchange of customer service.

Most large organisations in the U.S. and many smaller ones now have diversity training and diversity programs to help people learn how to work better together in today's increasingly diverse workplaces and show respect to all coworkers, customers, and others. Providing this kind of training has been the principal work of Be Big authors Judith Katz, Fred Miller, and their company, The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, for over 30 years, and they are leaders in this field. Be Big was developed explicitly to meet the needs that they see every day in their work, such as in their training of tens of thousands of workers at Allstate, Genentech and United Airlines.While the content may seem over-simplified or childish for a professional company workforce, it is just what Katz and Miller have found is needed and being asked for by many organisations.There is a big benefit to being big, not just to the organisation, but to every individual's career. To give your best every day, to stand up for yourself, to pursue big accomplishments, to add great value, and to help your coworkers do the same - this is incredibly empowering. It contributes to a central core of self esteem. It gives a person a solid sense of worth in the job market, so that if adversity strikes, they can be proud of the work they've done and the relationships they've nurtured - and such pride is a fundamental necessity for landing the next job. It also allows you to transcend ego, politics, and other workplace monsters.Be BIG ironically captures the idea in very small way, with simple aphorisms and explanations or complicated workplace issues that are lent character and simplicity by illustrations. In this way, concepts or ideas that might be threatening or one might be wary to address are met in a positive way. In a very big world it is easy to be small, but what Be BIG teaches is that it is so much better for you, me, and everyone if we all learn to be a bit bigger, a bit better, and a bit more ourselves.

Open Space Technology: A User’s Guide is just what the name implies: a hands-on, detailed description of facilitating Open Space Technology (OST). OST is an effective, economical, fast, and easily repeatable strategy for organizing meetings of between 5 and 2,000 participants that has been used in thousands of organizations in 134 countries and just keeps growing in popularity. Written by the originator of the method, this is the most authoritative book on the rationale, procedures, and requirements of OST. OST enables self-organizing groups of all sizes to deal with hugely complex issues in a very short period of time. This step-by-step user’s guide details what needs to be done before, during, and after an Open Space event. Harrison Owen details all the practical considerations necessary to create Open Space. He begins with the most important question—should you use Open Space at all?—and examines what types of situations are appropriate for Open Space Technology and what types are not. He then goes on to look at nuts-and-bolts issues such as supplies, logistics, and who should come and how you should go about getting them there. This third edition adds a survey of the current status of Open Space Technology around the world, an updated section on the latest available technology for report writing (a key aspect of the Open Space process), and an updated list of resources.

Women are a huge, uniquely receptive but still underutilized audience for a whole range of social and political causes, not just “women’s issues.” In The She Spot, Lisa Witter and Lisa Chen, top executives in the nation’s largest public interest communications firm, explain why women’s enormous potential is still largely untapped. Citing examples from both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors, they offer specific, detailed advice—much of which flies in the face of conventional wisdom—on how to better connect with women and advance your mission.

Our country is in trouble. All three branches of federal government are controlled by conservative ideologues who would have been considered extremists in any prior decade. As these ideologues have violated our Constitution and revoked, gutted or de-funded bedrock New Deal and Great Society programs, the American Dream has slipped beyond the grasp of millions of our fellow citizens. The good news is that polls consistently show that a plurality of Americans actually prefer progressive positions. George Lakoff and other analysts have argued persuasively that, in order to reclaim America for all Americans, progressives-both Democrat and Republican-must put forth our moral vision, celebrate our values and principles, and shout them out loud. But which values? And how do we communicate them? Consultant and political strategist Bernie Horn argues that the task is easier than it sounds. His book proposes a new philosophy of progressivism that articulates what we really stand for. He offers readers an original, field-tested framework of values-freedom, opportunity, security-that distinguishes progressive positions from their conservative counterparts. And he offers practical suggestions-instructions on how and when to express these values. Progressives need to get on message as a movement. With a clearer understanding of our own philosophy, better message framing, and a whole lot more political organizing, we can win this fight. With some hard work, we can persuade our federal, state, and local governments to represent and defend the interests of all. And the promise of America-our common vision for a nation of peace and justice-will be once again within reach for all.

Over the course of his distinguished career, Charles Halpern founded the first public interest law firm, created a unique law school to train public interest lawyers and became the first president of a major charitable foundation that established a distinctive grant program integrating social justice advocacy and contemplative practice. He started out content to accumulate knowledge, academic recognition and professional success, relying on the considerable cognitive skills that he inherited and sharpened at Harvard College and Yale Law School. Later, in his years of public interest advocacy and institutional innovation, he had a growing intuition that something was missing and he sought ways of developing wisdom that complemented the analytic, critical mode. These explorations-through meditation, vision quests and group work - began as an avocation and led Halpern to the conviction that the practice of wisdom is critical if we are to address successfully the challenges of the 21st century. With wit and self-deprecating humour, Halpern describes the teachers he encountered (the cast of characters runs from Barney Frank and Ralph Nader to Ram Dass and the Dalai Lama) and the landmarks and guideposts he discovered on his journey. The reader will see the ways that Halpern managed the competing pressures in his life - principle versus compromise, taking risks versus playing safe, demands of family versus the demands of career and so on. Similarly, the reader will see how Halpern confronted challenges to his integrity and judgment and remained centered despite forces pulling him away from balance and compassion. Halpern's experiences and insights will be revealing to everyone who is searching for meaning and balance in life while seeking to build a more just, reflective and sustainable world. Halpern offers inspired guidance for 'making waves' (disrupting established patterns of injustice and discrimination) and for 'riding the currents' (being sensitive to all circumstances and carefully reading and taking advantage of all the surrounding forces). And he shows how the 'practice of wisdom' (doing work aligned with one's values while devoting time to meditation and other contemplative disciplines) can magnify people's well-being, contributions and effectiveness.

Matt James is in trouble. Recently promoted to head his division, he’s delivered two years of divisional losses in clients, market share, and profits. He knows his workers are talented and creative, but they don’t respond to his efforts to lead them, and he’s on the brink of being fired. In desperation, he reaches out to an old mentor, David Butler, who now works with wild mustang horses and hard-to-place foster children on a ranch in Colorado. David agrees to work with his former student but only on the condition that Matt comes to him—to the ranch. Matt has no idea what the ranch could possibly have to do with his problems, but David assures him that if he spends some time there, he’ll learn exactly what he needs to know. Through David’s unorthodox tutelage, Matt discovers that leaders who succeed in engaging their workers do so because they see their day-to-day work as an opportunity to build an organizational culture of engagement. The engagement model is illuminated as Matt comes to understand its components piece by piece—and ultimately discovers how to engage those on his team and in his life. In this inspiring leadership fable, John Stahl-Wert and Ken Jennings draw on their years of experience as consultants and chief executives, as well as on findings from Gallup’s groundbreaking Q12 survey of 4 million workers from 360,000 workgroups, to lay out an innovative leadership model that will turn employees from dutiful drones to committed contributors. But Ten Thousand Horses is also a story of personal transformation. Beyond specific practices and techniques, Matt must learn a whole new way of relating to his employees—because, as he discovers, leading an engaged workforce is as much about who you are as what you do.

All of us in the today's workforce are called upon more and more to work effectively in teams. But do you know how to build a team that truly takes advantage of the knowledge, experience, and motivation of its members? Most of us don't, and we quickly become frustrated, give up, and opt to go it alone—not a good solution in today's business environment. Fortunately, there is a better way. Here, expert authors Ken Blanchard, Alan Randolph, and Peter Grazier outline a 3-step process that will help you transform any kind of team into a Next-Level Team—one that uses all team members' ideas and motivation more effectively, makes better use of team members’ and team leaders’ time, and generates benefits for individual team members, the team, and the organization. Designed as a working guide filled with detailed instructions for people who want to build high performing teams, Go Team! will lead you, step by step, to great results. Through discussions, case examples, and questions to consider, you and your teammates will learn how to share information to build high levels of trust and responsibility; set clear boundaries to create the freedom for team members to act responsibly; and develop self-managing skills to make good team decisions. With Go Team! as a guide, you’ll find that working in a team can be fun, satisfying, and highly productive.