David Anderson

Most of what we know about emotions is unreliable. It's gathered either by asking people about their feelings, or by putting them in an MRI and studying how they react to pretend situations, to which they are unlikely to respond as they would in real life. If we're ever going to understand how emotions work, we need a better way of studying them. In The Nature of the Beast, pioneering neuroscientist David J. Anderson reveals how he has begun to solve this problem. He and his team have figured out how to study the brain activity of animals as they navigate real-life scenarios, like foraging, fleeing a predator, or competing for a mate. His research has revolutionized what we know about animal fear and aggression. Here, he explains what his research can teach us about human behavior, offering new insights into why isolation makes us more aggressive, how sex and violence connect, and whether there's a link between aggression and mental illness. Part How Emotions Are Made, part Mama's Last Hug, The Nature of the Beast reconceptualizes how the brain regulates emotions--and explains why we have them at all.

How Emotions Guide Us

The Nature of the Beast

It’s no secret that technology is moving faster than ever, but current business/IT strategies are not working. To survive the next wave of transformation, the relationship between businesses and technology must evolve. In The Flywheel Effect, David Anderson enables leaders to create an adaptive organization built upon embracing strategic thinking, team focus, and reduced time to value to drive business results. The Flywheel Effect is a technique already being used by next-generation leaders and companies to succeed in the modern competitive landscape. Combining the power derived from the Value Flywheel and the situational clarity provided by Wardley Mapping, organizations are able to sense and respond to change, easily navigating the rough waves ahead, including migrating to the cloud and serverless. Every company that uses technology must act differently from the companies of yesterday. In The Flywheel Effect, David Anderson shows organizations how to understand and utilize the sociotechnical intersection between business, technology, and people, giving your organization the edge it needs to navigate future challenges and build maximum situational awareness.

Power the Future and Accelerate Your Organization to the Modern Cloud

The Value Flywheel Effect

Michael Fry

Jeffrey Camm

James Cochran

Jeffrey Ohlmann

This book provides coverage over the full range of analytics--descriptive, predictive, prescriptive--not covered by any other single book. It includes step-by-step instructions to help students learn how to use Excel and powerful but easy to use Excel add-ons such as XL Miner for data mining and Analytic Solver Platform for optimization and simulation. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Essentials of Business Analytics (Book Only)

Simone Veil

Theo Sommer

John Roper

Bronisław Geremek

Leo Tindemans

Lloyd Cutler

Report of the International Commission on the Balkans (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

Unfinished Peace

Technology is moving faster than ever, and today's business leaders need the ability to experiment and maximize outcomes from their technology investment. An effective engineering function is critical and must fully align with business goals. Well architected systems evolve quickly, perform well and keep maintenance costs down. The book will offer a solution to help businesses align engineering functions with business goals. It will be structured using the Wardley Strategy Cycle and has Wardley maps throughout to illustrate all the key concepts. It will delve deeply into a mindset that allows for key accelerators such as Developer Experience, team enablement, leadership alignment, and out-of-the-box patterns that will propel organizations. Finally, readers will explore the leadership approach needed to guide the evolution and movement of technology, people, and the markets, providing the foundations for a strong narrative, transparency, and fast feedback loops and alignment. These three components will show how a company can exploit new and novel practices.

The Flywheel Effect

What would you do if you were all alone with everywhere to go?If you were the only apparent survivor of a ravenous worldwide epidemic, what would you do to get through each day and preserve your sanity?A single survivor wanders a godforsaken landscape. It has been five long years since his life was turned on its head, but against all odds he continues to cling to life.Every day since the plague has been a battle for survival. With no family and no companion he wanders the empty streets of his desolate home town as a way to pass the lonely days, his familiar surroundings his only reminder of a more normal time. By sticking with little deviation to a daily routine he attempts to retard the erosion of his sanity. Growing used to his new existence, and never expecting change, how would he react if he knew that, just around the corner, another life-shattering change awaits him?*** The Wanderer is a standalone novel and is not part of a series.***David has also written two short story collections: Wither and Brighter Horizons. Be sure to check them out by visiting his Amazon author profile.

The Wanderer

High school twins Nick and Nora are hired by businessman Julius Wheeler to look after guests at his remote vacation home, deep in the Canadian wilderness. When the boat they’re travelling on nearly sinks, Nick and Nora are stranded at the luxury cabin with eight unhappy, squabbling adults. Then, after stumbling across a massive meteorite hidden in the forest, members of the group begin to change and disappear. Instead of adventure and summer earnings, Nick and Nora must survive for the next seven days. As the dangers increase, the twins realise the terrible truth – a malevolent alien presence is taking control of the guests’ minds and bodies. The remaining uninfected guests must quickly learn to set aside their differences and fight the deadly threat. Can reluctant leader Nick and resourceful Nora stay free of the invader? And can they figure out a way to destroy it before it’s too late?

Uninvited

Nancy Roberts

This book helps you model the behavior of your organization and offers you the ability to produce the results you want with few surprises. A primer for professionals in different arenas (including business, government and the social sciences) who want to reshape their organizations, products or services.

A System Dynamics Modeling Approach

Introduction to Computer Simulation

Easily one of the most recognizable dogs in the world, Chihuahuas are easy to identify. If you ask someone what they think of Chihuahuas, you are almost certain to get a strong reaction either in favor of them or against them. They can be an incredibly polarizing breed. One thing that most people agree on about Chihuahuas is that they don't appear to understand just how small they are. Most Chihuahuas don't exhibit much (or any fear), going up and barking at a Great Dane or Mastiff. It's impossible not to shake your head at their antics. This guide will walk you through the in's and out's of owning this phenomenal breed. Whether you're someone playing with the idea of getting a Chihuahua, or have already embarked on your journey with your pup, this guide will offer an insight into how to create a happy and fulfilling life for you and your Chi.

Finding, Raising, Training, Protecting, and Loving Your New Chihuahua Puppy

The Complete Guide to Chihuahuas

"Most breed specific books are cold and boring and offer no solutions to some of the issues people may face raising the Havanese. Your book does! Thank you for writing a breed specific book that incorporates all aspects of rearing the Havanese from puppy to adult." Veronica Guillet - Renaissance Havanese The Havanese is an adorable dog whose cute and cuddly look has won over people for decades. And that look is a perfect reflection of their personality. Havanese dogs love to be with people, and you will not want for attention nor affection when you have one as a pet. When you are home, your dog will want to be right there with you, being petted, brushed, or played with – whatever you want to do together. Your Havanese isn’t going to be particularly picky about what you do as long as you do it together. The more the merrier – so long as your dog knows everyone is present. The Complete Guide to Havanese Dogs is written for the busy new owner who needs to quickly and easily learn everything they NEED to know as they embark on their journey of Havanese ownership. This comprehensive guide answers every question you may have including: Is a Havanese the right dog for me? How do I care for my Havanese the first few weeks? How can I best train my Havanese? What are some common mistakes should I avoid? Be prepared for your new puppy, and all the challenges that come along with owning a Havanese. This book will take you on a step-by-step journey and walk you through virtually everything you'll need to know as a new Havanese owner, including: Silky, Sweet, Cuddlers – the Defining Characteristics Breed History and Characteristics The Ideal Havanese Home Finding Your Havanese Preparing for Your Puppy The First Week The First Month Housetraining Socialization and Experience Being a Puppy Parent Living with other dogs Training You Havanese Puppy Basic Commands Havanese Nutrition Grooming – Productive Bonding Basic Health Care Health Concerns Your Aging Havanese Havanese are quite intelligent, but they prefer to use their minds to keep you entertained, which is what makes them so popular. Watching them dance around with their hair flying around them looks both graceful and hypnotic. They are also incredibly loving, but they do require a bit more attention since they are so smart. Habits like barking can become a problem if you do not train them – however, if you do a bit of training, they don’t bark that much. Given their size, training is pretty easy since they can easily sit in your lap and just enjoy petting and listening to the chatter. They can be incredibly energetic as well, but it is also easy to help them work off that energy through moderate exercise. Walking with them daily and playing inside will be more than enough to make them a nearly perfect dog for any home!

Everything You Need To Know To Successfully Find, Raise, Train, and Love Your New Havanese Puppy

The Complete Guide to Havanese Dogs

Teodora Bozheva

The Kanban Maturity Model (KMM)l is a new, powerful tool for coaches and consultants advising medium and large enterprises on transformation and improvement using the Kanban Method. From the author of the best-selling Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for your Technology Business, David J. Anderson, together with Teodora Bozheva, this book maps out seven levels of organizational maturity against the six general practices of Kanban to ensure appropriate application of Kanban practices and successful adoption of the approach. The KMM describes a roadmap and concrete actions that enable organizations to achieve fitness-for-purpose and exceptional business agility. This book is for consultants, coaches, corporate change agents, and managers who must lead medium- and large-scale enterprises through a transition to improve their operations and service delivery. This book is for businesses that aspire to superior business agility, to deliver fit-for-purpose products and services, to delight customers, and to provide the security of long-term survival associated with mature businesses that consistently meet or exceed customer expectations. The KMM is designed to eliminate the two most common failure modes in the adoption of Kanban: overreaching, causing an aborted start; false summit plateaus and failure to realize full benefit. KMM provides advisors with the knowledge to create just enough positive stress to provoke improvement without overdoing it and causing a regression in corporate performance. This book covers: Understanding the seven Kanban maturity levels Benefits of the KMM How the KMM drives capability and maturity to enable fitness-for-purpose and business agility The KMM Architecture and in-depth understanding of the model Maps 161 specific practices against the six general practices of the Kanban Method and seven maturity levels, describing the intent, value, and expected outcomes from each practice. KMM-specific practices codify more than fourteen years of Kanban implementations in firms from small to extremely large, across five continents and many industries. KMM documents the body of knowledge that coaches and organizations need to develop sustainable change, build a culture of continuous improvement, unity around a shared purpose, and improved business outcome. Provides a comprehensive set of example kanban boards suitable for the whole range of organizational maturity levels The comprehensive set of kanban board designs provide ideas for visualizing work items, workflows of different types and complexity, risks, classes of services, shared resources, and other aspects of complex interdependent enterprise services. Defines in detail what practices and metrics to use--and how--for effective workflow management. Defines the specific Kanban practices that enable delivering high quality products and services and optimizing economic results. Describes the integration of KMM with existing models and methods, in particular Lean/TPS, Real World Risk Model (by Nassim Nichoals Taleb), CMMI, and Mission Command/Auftragstaktik. Maps twenty cultural values to the seven maturity levels, enabling leadership guidance and coaching for a stronger, more effective corporate culture. Includes vital coaching tips that facilitate the correct implementation of specific practices. The KMM will help you avoid the two most typical failure modes in Kanban implementations: overreaching, causing an aborted start; false summit plateaus and failure to realize full benefit. Use the model to understand the current situation of your organization and define appropriate actions that will drive it to the desired state.

A Map to Organizational Agility, Resilience, and Reinvention

Kanban Maturity Model

Crossing the Mason-Dixon Line

Easily one of the most recognizable dogs in the world, Chihuahuas are easy to identify. If you ask someone what they think of Chihuahuas, you are almost certain to get a strong reaction either in favor of them or against them. They can be an incredibly polarizing breed. One thing that most people agree on about Chihuahuas is that they don’t appear to understand just how small they are. Most Chihuahuas don’t exhibit much (or any fear), going up and barking at a Great Dane or Mastiff. It’s impossible not to shake your head at their antics. This guide will walk you through the in's and out's of owning this phenomenal breed. Whether you're someone playing with the idea of getting a Chihuahua, or have already embarked on your journey with your pup, this guide will offer an insight into how to create a happy and fulfilling life for you and your Chi. This book will answer all your questions such as: Is a Chihuahua the right dog for me? I brought my Chihuahua home. What now? How can I best train my Chihuahua? What are some common mistakes should I avoid? They can be difficult to train, and their personalities tend to match their parents’ personalities. But with early socialization, they can make fantastic additions to any family. Topics covered in the book include: Mischievous Charmers – the Defining Characteristics Breed History and Characteristics The Ideal Home Finding Your Chihuahua Preparing for Your Puppy The First Week The First Month Housetraining Socialization and Experience Being a Puppy Parent Living with other dogs Training You Chihuahua Puppy Basic Commands Nutrition Grooming – Productive Bonding Basic Health Care Health Concerns Your Aging Chihuahua Given their small size, Chihuahuas are a surprisingly entertaining dog – largely because they don’t realize just how small they are. They tend to be wary of strangers, but when it comes to their family, they are one of the most loyal breeds. They love their families and want to protect them just as much as any large breed. Chihuahuas are not for everyone, but if you bring one into your home, you will have a dog that will love you unconditionally.

Finding, Raising, Training, Protecting, and Loving your new Chihuahua Puppy

The Net in the Bay; Or, The Journal of a Visit to Moose and Albany

The Net in the Bay

William Fulton

Intended for first- or second-year graduate students in mathematics, as well as researchers working in algebraic geometry or combinatorics, this text introduces techniques that are essential in several areas of modern mathematics. With numerous exercises and examples, it covers the core notions and applications of equivariant cohomology.

Equivariant Cohomology in Algebraic Geometry

The Bernedoodle is one of the fastest growing new dog breeds in the world. A cross between a Bernese Mountain Dog and a Poodle, owning a member of this mixed breed can come with it's challenges. In this book you'll learn what to do (and NOT to do) while raising your new Bernedoodle puppy. From your first few days with your new puppy, to caring for your dog in old age, you'll learn tips and tricks from the experts to help you succeed as a Bernedoodle owner. Chapters: 1. What is a Bernedoodle 2. Choosing a Bernedoodle 3. Preparing your home for your new puppy 4. Bringing home your Bernedoodle 5. How to be a Puppy Parent 6. House training 7. Socializing your Bernedoodle 8. Bernedoodles and your other Pets 9. Training your Bernedoodle 10. Basic Commands 11. Nutrition 12. Grooming your Bernedoodle 13. Basic Health Care 14. Advanced Bernedoodle Health 15. Traveling with Bernedoodles 16. Living with an aging Bernedoodle

Everything you need to know to successfully raise your Bernedoodle puppy!

The Complete Guide to Bernedoodles

Morkies are a crossbreed of the Maltese and the Yorkshire terrier, bringing out the best of each breed. This crossbreed might possibly be the perfect dog. It is the ideal companion dog that loves to cuddle and has the exact dose of spunk to keep you active. The purpose of this book is to define the common characteristics of Morkies in general. You will discover your Morkie's outstanding qualities and traits and learn how to give it the best life ever. This book will give you a thorough background of your Morkie’s family history, which will make its personality become even more endearing. It will also teach you how to work with your Morkie's moldable personality and teach it to be a delightful little angel. You will learn how to create the perfect environment to teach your Morkie and how to avoid creating bad habits that will come back to haunt you later on in life. This comprehensive guide answers every question you may have including: Is a Morkie puppy for you How to prepare your house for your Morkie puppy Potty training Obedience training How to care for your Morkie Your Morkie's dietary needs Your Morkie and its health Common behavior issues This book will become your go-to guide throughout your Morkie’s life, as it has helpful hints and reminders that will prove to be practical far into your Morkie’s adulthood. Can you raise the perfect dog? Absolutely! Your little bundle of joy will be the proof that a perfect dog does exist. It just requires some patience and love on your part to apply the helpful suggestions found in this book.

Everything a new dog owner needs to know about the Maltese x Yorkie dog breed

The Complete Guide to Morkies

Discover exactly what to do (and NOT to do) as a new Teddy Bear Puppy owner!Cute, cuddly, and adorable; Teddy Bear puppies have become one of the fastest growing breeds of designer dogs today! A mix between a Bichon Frise and a Shih Tzu, Teddy Bear puppies combine the best traits from both parent breeds to form one irresistibly lovable pet. Learn exactly what you need to know in order to be prepared to care for, and love, your Teddy Bear puppy! Inside you'll find 18 Chapters of expert information written specifically for new Teddy Bear puppy owners. Discover everything you didn't know about raising a happy and healthy Teddy, including:1. Choosing the Right Teddy2. Housetraining3. Socializing your Teddy4. Training Tips and Secrets5. Nutrition and Diet6. Grooming Requirements7. Heath Care... and much, much more!

Everything to Know About Finding, Raising, and Loving Your Teddy

The Complete Guide To Teddy Bear Puppies

Graphics in Design & Communication Book 1: Plane and Descriptive Geometry and Covers the complete new Design and Communication Graphics syllabus for Leaving Certificate at both Higher and Ordinary Levels

David Anderson

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