Scenario planning is a long and well-established approach to help leaders create novel insights and challenge what they know of the world to influence future action. But as the world becomes increasingly unpredictable, leaders must question the traditional mode of analysing the contextual environment and adopt new capabilities to embrace change while they redefine and reframe their organisation for the future. The Evolution of Scenario Planning explores the pervasive nature of change. It provides a contemporary approach to using scenarios as strategic conversation to embrace experiences – past and present – to create novel understanding and insights. The book uses case studies and practical examples to guide facilitators in applying the scenario process in their organisation. Leaders, senior managers, consultants and academics will learn how to engage with scenarios as a central element of strategy and better understand their role in strategic leadership. They will also gain insight into the skills and capabilities revealed during the process of strategic conversation, where ambiguity and equivocality is a natural feature of such conversation. The Evolution of Scenario Planning makes a compelling case for using scenarios to enable leaders to develop foresight and attunement to grasp the ongoing dynamic of their uncertain and ambiguous world.
Slingshot explores the connection between systematic creativity and smart strategy. What if you could reignite your childhood creativity in a systematic way, to overstep self-imposed limitations and to discover what you are really capable of achieving? It's all here at your fingertips. Defy conventional wisdom and give reign to your imagination for success in your business and your life. Continuous innovation is both necessary and exhilarating, and we all possess the inner capacity for it. Our capacity has simply been buried and lays dormant within us. As children, our imagination knew no boundaries. We would grab a slingshot and be instantly transformed into a warrior, a spy, a huntress, or protector of treasure. But as we grew older, our intellectual comfort zone shifted from that of continuous exploration and inquisitiveness to that of conformity with accepted norms of perception. All is not lost, however. We just need the right framework to re-engage our youthful creativity: the Slingshot Framework. Find out why you need to infatuate your target audience and to provide them continuous lifestyle enrichment; how to become market-driving and to shape your offering for broadest relevance; and how to channel your reclaimed creativity into smart strategy. Launch yourself to new business and personal heights and have fun doing it. Re-enforcing the book's message, brilliant illustrations by children accompany the text from beginning to end, while original music and toy slingshots (accessible via www.slingshotliving.com ) provide readers with a truly multi-sensory experience.
Including 16 pages of photos, here is the uncensored story of Patrick Stewart, the enigmatic Shakespearean actor who rose to superstardom on Star Trek: The Next Generation. The book also covers Stewart's violent childhood, the love affair that destroyed his marriage, his reputation for being moody and throwing tantrums, his relationship with William Shatner, and more.
From creepy cult favorite to prime-time phenomenon, the award-winning TV series The X-Files has taken America by storm. Now, for the show's millions of fans, comes the first ever X-Files trivia quiz book. In addition to more than 1,000 challenging questions on which fans can test their "X-Qs", The Unauthorized X-Files Challenge features a synopsis of every episode, character profiles, behind-the-scenes secrets, and more.
From creepy cult favorite to prime-time phenomenon, the award-winning TV series "The X-Files" has taken America by storm. Now, here's the ultimate reference guide for the millions of fans of this x-traordinary show. From Anasazi to Zirinka, readers can find every person, place, and thing in the "X-Files" universe--including complete information on every episode through the fourth season.
An ultimate fan's trivia book tests the memories of Star Trek: The Next Generation viewers with brain-tickling questions about Federation history, Klingon lore, memorable quotes, and more. Original.
Just in time for the 20th anniversary of the first "Star Wars" movie--and the much anticipated re-release of the popular trilogy--comes the first-ever trivia book for fans. Over 1,300 mind-bending questions from a galaxy far, far away let readers test their knowledge of all three movies, infamous villains, droids, robots, memorable quotes, bloopers, and more.
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