Named one of "10 Must-Read Career and Leadership Books For 2022" by Forbes The ultimate guide to the essentials of strategy and management, from one of the world's top business thinkers. Over a stellar career, Roger Martin has advised the CEOs of some of the world's most successful companies. From the beginning, he noted that almost every executive he talked to had a "model"—a framework or way of thinking that guided their strategy and activities. But these models tended to become automatic, so much so that when one didn't work, the typical response was just to apply it again—with greater enthusiasm. Martin took a fresh, critical approach to helping. When company leaders came to him with fundamental questions—How do you decide where to play and how to win? What is the key to shaping and changing corporate culture? How can you design a successful, sustainable innovation process?—his first response was to break the spell of the current model with a memo articulating a new way to think about the problem at hand and a more powerful and effective way to successfully overcome it. Over time, these ideas worked their way into Martin's many Harvard Business Review articles. Now, for the first time, they appear together in A New Way to Think. With his trademark incisive intellect and clarity, Martin covers the entire breadth of the management landscape—illuminating the true nature of competition, explaining how company success revolves around customers, revealing how strategy and execution are really the same thing, and much more. Reading like a series of one-on-one sessions with one of the world's leading business thinkers, A New Way to Think is an essential guide for any current or aspiring business leader.
Stanley Martins life begins with his strong Christian upbringing in St. Johns, Newfoundland. As a young man, he was asked to be the wireless operator on Dr. Wilfred Grenfells hospital ship, the Strathcona, which served the deep-sea fishermen and their families on the beautiful but rugged Labrador coast. At twenty-six years old, armed only with his medical degrees, a handful of surgical instruments, and his faith, Martin set off with his wife Margaret, a nurse, into the wilds of Manchuria. It was a land of tigers, bandits, epidemics, and superstition. In the midst of chaos arose a hospital, a symbol of hope for the injured and sick for the entire region. Built with Martins leadership and ingenuity, the hospital became a fortunate presence when medical help was needed during Koreas Independence Movement. His strong faith in God, his medical skills, and the faithful support of his wife are revealed in Martin of Manchuria by his daughter, author Margaret Martin Moore. Praise for Martin of Manchuria What a wonderful testament to Gods faithfulness and revelation of his love and healing through the lives of your father and mother. Thank you for sharing a well-written, highly engaging, and God glorifying account of the lives of his servants! Heidi Linton, CFK Executive Director Your father was a most interesting man and an effective missionary for Christ. His achievements were marvelous. Your prose carries the reader along and maintains interest throughout. Dr. Kenneth Kinghorn, Professor, Church History and Historical Theology, Asbury Theological Seminary
In the Time of Assignments transforms a decade’s worth of feeling into a lyrical collection of verse. Readers familiar with Martin’s work will find a repurposing and revelation of the foundations for his prior experiments in prose. The work is divided into three parts, each with a geographical marker indicating the narrator’s evolving identity, from the formative, Red State landscape that colors the first section through the widening horizons, growing sexual awareness, and crush of experience found in the final two. The beautifully fragmentary narrative exhibited in Martin’s novels takes hold here in long, poetic sequences and angled interludes; lyric is the steady underpinning.
Cruel and Tender 'A mordantly knowing modernisation of Sophocles's Trachiniae... . The approach here manages to be at once lethally level and capable of surges of anguished feeling... Highly recommended.' Independent Fewer Emergencies 'A triptych of vicious modern fairy tales that brings the nightmare right back and stabs you through the soul.' Guardian The City 'Although this is the most disquieting play in London, there is a curious exhilaration about both the performance and Crimp's confrontation with our perpetual unease.' Guardian Definitely the Bahamas 'A summation of a life lived vicariously, at the margins of other lives, between suffocating suburban walls; and the play is as unflinching as it is unnerving.' The Times Play House ' Play House concerns the volatility and vulnerability of love, as a young couple, Simon and Katrina set up home... Unusually for Crimp, the play both begins and ends with moving declarations of love. Suddenly this usually chilly dramatist seems unexpectedly blessed with a warm heart.' Daily Telegraph In the Republic of Happiness 'Crimp goes so far as to call it "an entertainment in three parts," and it rocks along like a dystopian vaudeville... The actors are imprisoned and liberated at once, their strange between-worlds condition a source of joy, intemperateness and above all a care for our diversion... My favourite play of the year.' What's on Stage
This unprecedented account of one of the earliest Tibetan treasure revealers also seeks to understand the role social or familial interests and sectarian polemic have played in perpetuating and transforming the textual narratives about him.
(RUSSIAN VERSION)Trapped in a Lion's Den: Connecting the Book of Daniel's Dots“Is Jesus Christ merely a dead mystical religious figure who lived 2000 years ago or the living risen Messiah sent for the redemption of mankind from the penalty of personal sin? Is Jesus actually able to communicate with you and I today with understandable words in our own language? Is He especially viewable and understandable in the pages, words, and cryptograph of the Holy Bible's Book of Daniel? You the reader are now at the threshold of not only a complete teaching of the entire Book of Daniel, but a threshold of human history unprecedented. Both the great Prophets Daniel and the Apostle John said that in the days just preceding the return of Jesus Christ to set up His Millennial 1000 year Kingdom certain signs would appear on the world stage. Those indicators include: A worldwide international banking system; a cashless society; a worldwide common currency; computer technology that would monitor financial transactions, social interaction, and international communications; and a satellite communication system that would allow people to view events simultaneous from any television around the world. Let not this study of the Book of Daniel be entered into with fear and trepidation, but with wonder, astonishment and enthusiasm. Allow the Spirit of the Living God to cause the eyes of your understanding to be flooded with light, that you might know the truth and be set free.” Best of life to you and yours, Dr. Martin W. Oliver PhD
(VIETNAMESE VERSION)Trapped in a Lion's Den: Connecting the Book of Daniel's Dots“Is Jesus Christ merely a dead mystical religious figure who lived 2000 years ago or the living risen Messiah sent for the redemption of mankind from the penalty of personal sin? Is Jesus actually able to communicate with you and I today with understandable words in our own language? Is He especially viewable and understandable in the pages, words, and cryptograph of the Holy Bible's Book of Daniel? You the reader are now at the threshold of not only a complete teaching of the entire Book of Daniel, but a threshold of human history unprecedented. Both the great Prophets Daniel and the Apostle John said that in the days just preceding the return of Jesus Christ to set up His Millennial 1000 year Kingdom certain signs would appear on the world stage. Those indicators include: A worldwide international banking system; a cashless society; a worldwide common currency; computer technology that would monitor financial transactions, social interaction, and international communications; and a satellite communication system that would allow people to view events simultaneous from any television around the world. Let not this study of the Book of Daniel be entered into with fear and trepidation, but with wonder, astonishment and enthusiasm. Allow the Spirit of the Living God to cause the eyes of your understanding to be flooded with light, that you might know the truth and be set free.” Best of life to you and yours, Dr. Martin W. Oliver PhD
(KOREAN VERSION)Trapped in a Lion's Den: Connecting the Book of Daniel's Dots“Is Jesus Christ merely a dead mystical religious figure who lived 2000 years ago or the living risen Messiah sent for the redemption of mankind from the penalty of personal sin? Is Jesus actually able to communicate with you and I today with understandable words in our own language? Is He especially viewable and understandable in the pages, words, and cryptograph of the Holy Bible's Book of Daniel? You the reader are now at the threshold of not only a complete teaching of the entire Book of Daniel, but a threshold of human history unprecedented. Both the great Prophets Daniel and the Apostle John said that in the days just preceding the return of Jesus Christ to set up His Millennial 1000 year Kingdom certain signs would appear on the world stage. Those indicators include: A worldwide international banking system; a cashless society; a worldwide common currency; computer technology that would monitor financial transactions, social interaction, and international communications; and a satellite communication system that would allow people to view events simultaneous from any television around the world. Let not this study of the Book of Daniel be entered into with fear and trepidation, but with wonder, astonishment and enthusiasm. Allow the Spirit of the Living God to cause the eyes of your understanding to be flooded with light, that you might know the truth and be set free.” Best of life to you and yours, Dr. Martin W. Oliver PhD
(HEBREW VERSION)Trapped in a Lion's Den: Connecting the Book of Daniel's Dots“Is Jesus Christ merely a dead mystical religious figure who lived 2000 years ago or the living risen Messiah sent for the redemption of mankind from the penalty of personal sin? Is Jesus actually able to communicate with you and I today with understandable words in our own language? Is He especially viewable and understandable in the pages, words, and cryptograph of the Holy Bible's Book of Daniel? You the reader are now at the threshold of not only a complete teaching of the entire Book of Daniel, but a threshold of human history unprecedented. Both the great Prophets Daniel and the Apostle John said that in the days just preceding the return of Jesus Christ to set up His Millennial 1000 year Kingdom certain signs would appear on the world stage. Those indicators include: A worldwide international banking system; a cashless society; a worldwide common currency; computer technology that would monitor financial transactions, social interaction, and international communications; and a satellite communication system that would allow people to view events simultaneous from any television around the world. Let not this study of the Book of Daniel be entered into with fear and trepidation, but with wonder, astonishment and enthusiasm. Allow the Spirit of the Living God to cause the eyes of your understanding to be flooded with light, that you might know the truth and be set free.” Best of life to you and yours, Dr. Martin W. Oliver PhD
(UKRAINIAN VERSION)Trapped in a Lion's Den: Connecting the Book of Daniel's Dots“Is Jesus Christ merely a dead mystical religious figure who lived 2000 years ago or the living risen Messiah sent for the redemption of mankind from the penalty of personal sin? Is Jesus actually able to communicate with you and I today with understandable words in our own language? Is He especially viewable and understandable in the pages, words, and cryptograph of the Holy Bible's Book of Daniel? You the reader are now at the threshold of not only a complete teaching of the entire Book of Daniel, but a threshold of human history unprecedented. Both the great Prophets Daniel and the Apostle John said that in the days just preceding the return of Jesus Christ to set up His Millennial 1000 year Kingdom certain signs would appear on the world stage. Those indicators include: A worldwide international banking system; a cashless society; a worldwide common currency; computer technology that would monitor financial transactions, social interaction, and international communications; and a satellite communication system that would allow people to view events simultaneous from any television around the world. Let not this study of the Book of Daniel be entered into with fear and trepidation, but with wonder, astonishment and enthusiasm. Allow the Spirit of the Living God to cause the eyes of your understanding to be flooded with light, that you might know the truth and be set free.” Best of life to you and yours, Dr. Martin W. Oliver PhD
PORTUGUESE VERSION 20 years in the making. The newest edition to Dr. Martin Oliver's Human Behavior Investigation Series. Discover the 7 pillars to a woman's greatness and 7 pillars that can cause her downfall and destruction. Following are 7 questions whose answers can be gotten from this book: 1. What Makes A Woman Tick? 2. Why Are Women So Different From Men? 3. What Are The 7 Greatest Needs Of A Woman? 4. What Are Women Created to Do? 5. What Happens When You Offend A Woman? 6. How Do You Motivate A Woman to Fulfill Her Highest Purpose? 7. What are 7 Ways in Which A Woman is Utterly Destroyed and How to Avoid Them?
SPANISH VERSION 20 years in the making. The newest edition to Dr. Martin Oliver's Human Behavior Investigation Series. Discover the 7 pillars to a woman's greatness and 7 pillars that can cause her downfall and destruction. Following are 7 questions whose answers can be gotten from this book: 1. What Makes A Woman Tick? 2. Why Are Women So Different From Men? 3. What Are The 7 Greatest Needs Of A Woman? 4. What Are Women Created to Do? 5. What Happens When You Offend A Woman? 6. How Do You Motivate A Woman to Fulfill Her Highest Purpose? 7. What are 7 Ways in Which A Woman is Utterly Destroyed and How to Avoid Them?
Provides a self-contained account on applications of electromagnetic reciprocity theorems to multiport antenna systems The reciprocity theorem is among the most intriguing concepts in wave field theory and has become an integral part of almost all standard textbooks on electromagnetic (EM) theory. This book makes use of the theorem to quantitatively describe EM interactions concerning general multiport antenna systems. It covers a general reciprocity-based description of antenna systems, their EM scattering properties, and further related aspects. Beginning with an introduction to the subject, Electromagnetic Reciprocity in Antenna Theory provides readers first with the basic prerequisites before offering coverage of the equivalent multiport circuit antenna representations, EM coupling between multiport antenna systems and their EM interactions with scatterers, accompanied with the corresponding EM compensation theorems. In addition, the text: Presents basic prerequisites including the definition of the notation, integral transformations, and EM reciprocity theorems in their general form Explores multiport antenna forward-scattering theorem, multiport antenna matching theorem and uniqueness theorem Supplements each chapter with a solved illustrative example Electromagnetic Reciprocity in Antenna Theory is an excellent text for EMC and antenna researchers and students of the subject as well.
What do the pyramids of Egypt really represent? What could have driven so many to so great, and often so dangerous, an effort? Was the motivation religious or practical? Illustrated with more than 300 photographs and drawings, this book presents an original approach to the subject of pyramid building. It reveals the connection between devices that served both a practical need for survival and a spiritual belief in gods and goddesses. It examines Egyptian technologies and techniques from the origins of pyramid development to the step-by-step details of how the ground was leveled, how the site was oriented, and how the stone was raised and placed to meet at a distant point in the sky. Here the author also asks and answers questions virtually ignored for the last century. He discloses, for example, the ancient use of shadows, now denigrated to the ornamental back-yard sundial, but once an important tool for telling the height of an object, geographical directions, the seasons of the year, and the time of day. He also reinterprets the ancient "stretching of the cord" ceremony, which once was thought to have only religious significance but here is shown as the means of establishing the sides of a pyramid.
Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) is a usage-based theory of language, founded on the assumption that language is shaped entirely by its various functions in the contexts in which it used. The first of its kind, this book advances SFL by applying it comparatively to English, Spanish and Chinese. By analysing English alongside two other, typologically very different major world languages, it shows how SFL can effectively address two central issues in linguistics – namely typology and universals. It concentrates in particular on argumentation, carefully explaining how descriptions of nominal group, verbal group and clause systems and structures are motivated, and draws on examples from key texts which display a full range of ideational, interpersonal and textual grammar resources. By working across three world languages from a text-based perspective, and demonstrating how grammar descriptions can be developed and improved, the book establishes the foundations for a groundbreaking functional approach to language typology.
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