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The Imagination Challenge

Strategic Foresight and Innovation in the Global Economy

By: Alexander Manu

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The Imagination Challenge

Strategic Foresight and Innovation in the Global Economy

By: Alexander Manu

Companies constantly present technological developments-new materials, new mechanisms, and new ways to enhance existing products and services. Yet these seldom lead to truly new ideas. Why? Humans are all born with creative instincts, but in the interest of efficient and predictable productivity, institutions such as schools and businesses routinely hinder those impulses. The most innovative products and services, author Alexander Manu argues, arise out of the behaviors of play--the ability to imagine, without limits, the question "What if...?" Manu's engaging and inspiring book offers companies a wealth of practical advice and tactics to unleash their full creative potential and break ahead of the crowd. Manu's provocative, insightful applied methodologies for creating new business opportunities and transformative innovations gain resonance from real-world scenarios and conversations with leading innovators such as MIT's Mitchel Resnick. Readers will learn strategies to: Open their companies' eyes to unseen opportunities Spark the imagination and trigger the potential of product innovation teams Turn inspired ideas into successful products and services. Imagination Challenge is an AIGA Design Press book, published under Peachpit's New Riders imprint in partnership with AIGA.

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Disruptive Business

Desire, Innovation and the Re-design of Business

By: Alexander Manu

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Disruptive Business

Desire, Innovation and the Re-design of Business

By: Alexander Manu

Disruptive Business is a provocative and insightful redefinition of innovation as an outcome of human behaviour, a dynamic in constant change requiring the shaping of new responses in business and the economy. Alexander Manu believes that organizations must treat innovation not as a process to be managed but as an outcome that changes people's lives. In Disruptive Business he explains how innovation is the moment when human behaviour is changed by a particular invention, discovery or event. This position challenges the current understanding of innovation, as well as the current ecology in which innovation operates in organizations: its management, methods, tools, language, focus and metrics. The challenge extends to some of the labels currently applied to innovation typologies, such as 'disruptive innovation', seen today as addressing purely the technological side of an invention, rather than the more complex motivational and behavioural side. Alexander Manu considers that a disruption is not manifest in the moment a new technology is introduced. The disruption is the human being and manifest only when human motivation embraces the technology and uses it to modify and improve everyday life. Our acceptance and appropriation of new technologies creates the business disruption. Manu makes the case that successful innovation outcomes are answers to conscious or subconscious goals residing in human motivation, and motivation starts in desire. This position is consistent with the history of innovations that have changed, improved and reshaped human life, and also consistent with their roots and ethos. Humans are a 'perpetually wanting animal', bound to desire, to seek media for a better self and to need innovation. In this dynamic, innovation is the constant and business is the variable. The role of business is to create the tools, objects and services through which people can manifest what they want and who they are. The book provides a new perspective of current behavioural disruptions which are relevant to the continuity of business, as well as a set of practical methodologies for business design, aimed at creating innovation outcomes of value to users.

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Behavior Space

Play, Pleasure and Discovery as a Model for Business Value

By: Alexander Manu

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Behavior Space

Play, Pleasure and Discovery as a Model for Business Value

By: Alexander Manu

Behavior Space proposes that corporations do not design products or services anymore: they design behavior spaces. Facebook is not a product, not a technology, but a behavior space. Innovation is the creation of a new behaviour space. The product or service is simply the catalyst that enables a new behavior space to emerge. The size of the behaviour space footprint, represents the potential value a product or service offers; the greater the value potential, the greater the monetization potential. Alexander Manu illustrates how these new concepts are transforming design and product development so that the process changes from a static and product-centred approach to one that is entirely centred on the user and their behaviours that emerge as they interact with what they have bought. He provides a new language to describe the way in which the physical, intellectual and emotional features of products and services achieve a relationship between the user and the brand. And he explains the concept of Play Value, which underpins the attraction for customers and depends on compelling experiences that are challenging, rewarding and absorbing; that never frustrate and that encourage repeated use. Designers and brand managers seeking to understand and exploit commercially the fundamental changes in consumers that are driven by technology, experience and social interaction will find Behavior Space a wonderful place to start.

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Value Creation and the Internet of Things

How the Behavior Economy will Shape the 4th Industrial Revolution

By: Alexander Manu

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Value Creation and the Internet of Things

How the Behavior Economy will Shape the 4th Industrial Revolution

By: Alexander Manu

We live in a behavior economy, an environment in which people no longer engage with companies just by purchasing things, but they seek engagement with services that allow them to behave, to leave a mark, and to participate in the community of others. The economic model promoted by the behavior economy is a model where behavior is the only goal of our actions, and where intrinsic motivation is the key to participation, engagement, and the satisfaction of multiple dimensions of value. Value Creation and the Internet of Things describes value delivery and consumption, and the mechanisms by which new value is captured and created, in enterprises dedicated to competing and prospering in this new environment. This book is significant in the context of the Internet of Things becoming mainstream, forcing organizations to re-examine their value creation methodologies in light of new consumer behavior and expectations. The Internet of Things will reframe the existence of the ones enriched by it. It will do so not because it can, but because our motivation will demand it. This is a book about reframing reality for new and incumbent organizations. The reality to reframe is not an imaginary one, but the immediate reality in which one operates: the behavior economy.

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1317002792

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The Philosophy of Disruption

From Transition to Transformational Change

By: Alexander Manu

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The Philosophy of Disruption

From Transition to Transformational Change

By: Alexander Manu

The Philosophy of Disruption provides a structural understanding of how disruption differs from regular change, presenting methods for conceptualizing beneficial responses into products, services, or experiences.

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Emerald Group Publishing

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1802628495

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Transforming Organizations for the Subscription Economy

Starting from Scratch

By: Alexander Manu

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Transforming Organizations for the Subscription Economy

Starting from Scratch

By: Alexander Manu

The emerging present is a fast-changing context for incumbent organizations, especially in market segments where online behavior is replacing physical proximity, and users engage with digital platforms for the acquisition of products and services. These are platforms that allow users to behave, to leave a mark, and to participate in the community of others, which are the values people now seek. Transforming Organizations for the Subscription Economy: Starting from Scratch aims to prepare executives for a world in which everything is social, augmented and autonomous; objects and spaces will have multiple purposes, capabilities and meanings. This is a new territory full of opportunity which is generally discussed only at the level of technology involved instead of the intellectual level, where the real understanding of the need for transformation resides. The book reveals ideas about what is possible if we transform the present. The narrative is organized around what is actual and what is potential; what is the probable future that we can arrive at through change, and what is the possible future that we can build through transformation. When engaging in transformation, the following strategic question develops: if you were designing your organization today, how would you design it? In other words, how would you go about it starting from scratch? This book provides the intellectual framework that empowers organizations to understand and navigate the emerging present, and to develop and deliver products and services of intrinsic value to users.

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1351983733

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Dynamic Future-Proofing

Integrating Disruption in Everyday Business

By: Alexander Manu

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Dynamic Future-Proofing

Integrating Disruption in Everyday Business

By: Alexander Manu

Recognising that companies which respond to disruptions in the early stages of amplification can convert potentially existential threats into transformative opportunities, this book shows us how good leadership, intelligent informed opinion, and rapid action in a time of change can help organizations not only to predict the future, but create it.

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Pelagius's Expositions of Thirteen Epistles of St. Paul. II

Text and Apparatus Criticus

By: Alexander Souter

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Pelagius's Expositions of Thirteen Epistles of St. Paul. II

Text and Apparatus Criticus

By: Alexander Souter

Excerpt from Pelagius's Expositions of Thirteen Epistles of St. Paul; I: Introduction A. Souter, 'the Commentary of Pelagius on the Epistles of St Paul' (the Expositor 1907 I pp. 455 (written May. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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1592449026

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High-Impact Tools for Teams

5 Tools to Align Team Members, Build Trust, and Get Results Fast

By: Stefano Mastrogiacomo,Alexander Osterwalder

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High-Impact Tools for Teams

5 Tools to Align Team Members, Build Trust, and Get Results Fast

By: Stefano Mastrogiacomo,Alexander Osterwalder

Take advantage of a powerful visual management tool for teams as you work together and deliver great results. It's been used by thousands of teams for project success! 59% of U.S. workers say that communication is their team's biggest obstacle to success, followed by accountability at 29% (Atlassian). High-Impact Tools for Teams explains a simple, powerful tool that helps team leaders and members align and get clarity on exactly who is responsible for each part of the team's most important activities and projects. The tool is complemented by 4 trust add-ons that help teams build trust and increase psychological safety, so every member can be confident in sharing ideas or concerns about obstacles the team may face. It's a proven tool for project teams, based on years of research, and thousands of teams are already using the Team Alignment Map to run effective "get-to-action meetings", give projects a good start and de-silo organizations. Co-author Alex Osterwalder is the international best-selling author who co-created the Business Model Canvas, a strategic management tool used by 1 million+ industry leaders globally. Plan as a team and know who does what Uncover and proactively remove the most likely obstacles to any project Boost team member contributions Run more effective team meetings Get more successful projects With the guidance of High-Impact Tools for Teams, you can be better prepared as a team leader or team member to plan effectively, reduce risks, and collaborate with others. Your team will be accountable and ready to deliver results!

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1119602807

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Combinatorial Optimization

Polyhedra and Efficiency

By: Alexander Schrijver

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Combinatorial Optimization

Polyhedra and Efficiency

By: Alexander Schrijver

From the reviews: "About 30 years ago, when I was a student, the first book on combinatorial optimization came out referred to as "the Lawler" simply. I think that now, with this volume Springer has landed a coup: "The Schrijver". The box is offered for less than 90.- EURO, which to my opinion is one of the best deals after the introduction of this currency." OR-Spectrum

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Understanding Language Change

By: Kate Burridge,Alexander Bergs

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Understanding Language Change

By: Kate Burridge,Alexander Bergs

2 Changes to the lexicon -- Introduction -- 2.1 Gaining words - lexical addition -- 2.1.1 Compounding -- 2.1.2 Affixation -- 2.1.3 Backformation -- 2.1.4 Conversion -- 2.1.5 Abbreviation -- 2.1.6 Acronyms -- 2.1.7 Blending -- 2.1.8 Commonization -- 2.1.9 Reduplication -- 2.1.10 Borrowing -- 2.1.11 Sound symbolism -- 2.1.12 A final word on the processes -- 2.2 Losing words - lexical mortality -- 2.2.1 Obsolescence -- 2.2.2 "Verbicide"--2.2.3 Reduction -- 2.2.4 Intolerable homonymy -- 2.3 Etymology - study of the origin of words -- Summary -- Further reading -- Exercises

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1315463008

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Particle Physics on the Eve of Lhc - Proceedings of the 13th Lomonosov Conference on Elementary Particle Physics

By: Alexander I. Studenikin

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Particle Physics on the Eve of Lhc - Proceedings of the 13th Lomonosov Conference on Elementary Particle Physics

By: Alexander I. Studenikin

This proceedings volume is devoted to a wide variety of items, both in theory and experiment, of particle physics such as tests of the Standard Model and beyond, physics at the future accelerators, neutrino and astroparticle physics, heavy quark physics, non-perturbative QCD, quantum gravity effects and cosmology. It is important that the papers in this volume reveal the present status and new developments in the above-mentioned items on the eve of a new era that starts with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

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World Scientific

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9812837590

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Beginnings of Democracy in Early Civilizations

By: Alexander Buychik

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Beginnings of Democracy in Early Civilizations

By: Alexander Buychik

A short analysis of the conditions of early civilizations’ society in Sumer, Babylon, Assyria, ancient states of Egypt, India, China and another East. Many people think that a democratic basis was born in Ancient Greece. However, researching of early civilizations showed that we are able to find beginnings of democracy in the societies of earlier states.

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A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Containing Full Definitions of the Principal Terms of the Common and Civil Law : Together with Translations and Explanations of the Various Technical Phrases in Different Languages, Occurring in the Ancient and Modern Reports, and Standard Treatises, Embracing Also All the Principal Common and Civil Law Maxims : Compiled on the Basis of Spelman's Glossary, and Adapted to the Jurisprudence of the United States : with Copious Illustrations, Critical and Historical

By: Alexander Mansfield Burrill

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A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

By: Alexander Mansfield Burrill

Burrill, Alexander M. A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full Definitions of the Principal Terms of the Common and Civil Law, Together with Translations and Explanations of the Various Technical Phrases in Different Languages, Occurring in the Ancient and Modern Reports, and Standard Treatises; Embracing Also All the Principal Common and Civil Law Maxims. Compiled on the Basis of Spelman's Glossary, and Adapted to the Jurisprudence of the United States; with Copious Illustrations, Critical and Historical. New York: John S. Voorhies, 1850-1851. Two volumes. xviii, 1099 pp. Reprinted 1998 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 97-38481. ISBN 1-886363-32-3. Cloth. $195. * Reprint of the first edition. A scarce, important original American dictionary by a student of James Kent. Burrill [1807-1869] was admitted to the New York Bar in 1828. Burrill was highly regarded for his legal scholarship. Dictionary of American Biography describes this as "a work of very high standard, which at once took its place as perhaps the best book of its kind so far produced...All his books were distinguished for their graceful style and a scholarly precision and finish which earned the unstinted commendation of the judiciary. In addition their accuracy of statement and definition was fully recognized at the time by the profession at large" (II:326).

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1886363323

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A New Latin-English School-Lexico on the basic of the Latin-German Lexicon of Dr. C. F. Ingerslev

By: George Richard Crooks,Alexander Jacob Schem

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A New Latin-English School-Lexico on the basic of the Latin-German Lexicon of Dr. C. F. Ingerslev

By: George Richard Crooks,Alexander Jacob Schem

Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.

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The Imagination Challenge

The Imagination Challenge

Disruptive Business

Disruptive Business

Behavior Space

Behavior Space

Value Creation and the Internet of Things

Value Creation and the Internet of Things

The Philosophy of Disruption

The Philosophy of Disruption

Transforming Organizations for the Subscription Economy

Transforming Organizations for the Subscription Economy

Dynamic Future-Proofing

Dynamic Future-Proofing

Pelagius's Expositions of Thirteen Epistles of St. Paul. II

Pelagius's Expositions of Thirteen Epistles of St. Paul. II

High-Impact Tools for Teams

High-Impact Tools for Teams

Combinatorial Optimization

Combinatorial Optimization

Understanding Language Change

Understanding Language Change

Particle Physics on the Eve of Lhc - Proceedings of the 13th Lomonosov Conference on Elementary Particle Physics

Particle Physics on the Eve of Lhc - Proceedings of the 13th Lomonosov Conference on Elementary Particle Physics

Beginnings of Democracy in Early Civilizations

Beginnings of Democracy in Early Civilizations

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

A New Latin-English School-Lexico on the basic of the Latin-German Lexicon of Dr. C. F. Ingerslev

A New Latin-English School-Lexico on the basic of the Latin-German Lexicon of Dr. C. F. Ingerslev

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