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An interactive guide to discovering, developing, and enhancing creativity in individuals and teams
Creativity-the ability to use your ideas, values, emotions, and actions to enrich your environment and yourself in new ways-is an imperative for anyone who hopes to thrive in a business world that demands continuous innovation. William Miller's previous books, The Creative Edge and the award-winning Flash of Brilliance, have set the standard in exploring the dynamics of corporate creativity. In The Flash of Brilliance Workbook, he offers a hands-on guide to putting those concepts into practice, for individuals and for teams. Packed with exercises, questions, diagnostics, checklists, and other interactive elements, the workbook takes you through the eight stages of the creative journey, and covers such essential topics as brainstorming, evaluating options, implementing plans, and celebrating results. Inspiring, highly practical, and thoroughly engaging, The Flash of Brilliance Workbook will become an essential resource for anyone interested in enhancing their creative potential at work.
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packed with exercises, questions, diagnostics, checklists & other interactive elements!.......2006-10-10
THE FLASH OF BRILLIANCE: INSPIRING CREATIVITY WHERE YOU WORK;
THE FLASH OF BRILLIANCE WORKBOOK: THE EIGHT KEYS TO DISCOVER, UNLOCK & FULFILL YOUR CREATIVE POTENTIAL AT WORK
by William Miller
In the field of creativity, especially in connection with creativity within the business landscape, most enterprising authors start off with excellent works. Many have breakthrough concepts in the beginning. As they start to churn out more books in the same genre, I notice a growing trend: the intellectual fabric starts to grow stale. Many of the original ideas get repeated. Some clever authors put in some innovative twists. I must add, this is no reflection of their good intentions &/or noble purposes in writing the books. However, it is obvious that marketing becomes the sole prime motivating factor.
The 'Flash of Brilliance', unfortunately, is one good example. I strongly feel the author's earlier works, namely, 'The Creative Edge: Fostering Innovation Where You Work' & his audio version, 'The Neuropsychology of Creativity', are excellent as well as inspiring productions.
In fact, 'The Creative Edge' plus the audio package, together with Michael Ray's 'Creativity in Business', were the first business creativity books in my hands during the mid- to end-eighties. They have been instrumental in guiding my managerial work, while I was still a corporate rat during that period. Later on, from the early nineties, both books were pivotal in helping me to design my own training curriculum pertaining to visual thinking & idea mapping strategies. I believe the former book has some intellectual heritage from the former SRI research outfit, while the latter book has its origins from a graduate program at the Stanford University School of Business.
'The Creative Edge' introduced me to the original concepts & practices of 'The Creative Journey' & also to the 'Innovative Leadership Styles'. What is quite boring for me is that I have to keep reading about these concepts in the author's subsequent works, which include 'Quantum Quality: Quality Improvement through Innovation, Learning & Creativity', published in the mid-nineties. Even his musings on the many creative moments in history, including Friedrich Kekule's insight & intuition that led to the discovery of the molecular structure of benzene, & Arnold Fornachou's spontaneous solution to the challenge of the ice-cream cone, as examples of how inspiration can strike, are rehashed in this book.
I do not deny that the 'Flash of Brilliance' is both an entertaining & practical hand-book for managers & professionals interested in leading for creativity rather than simply managing for productivity. This is particularly so if they have not yet read any of the author's earlier works.
I would even concur that the companion workbook is a reasonably good interactive guide. It is packed with exercises, questions, diagnostics, checklists & other interactive elements. It will guide the reader through the eight important stages of the 'Creative Journey.'
Unlike most business creativity books, this book has a deeper focus on the spirituality aspect: "only when we venture deep within our spiritual selves, even beyond our religious beliefs, do we access the core of our creativity." In fact, spirituality permeates throughout all the author's works. There is nothing wrong with this personal connection. My point: Don't get carried away.
In fairness to the author, this book still offers a gamut of tools & techniques to fuel creativity & innovation in the workplace. The book is broken down into four key sections:
- Breathe New Life into Your Work;
- Foster Breakthrough Innovation in Groups;
- Revitalize the Soul of Corporate Creativity;
- Keep the Faith - Integrate Profits and Prophets;
For the uninitiated, 'The Creative Journey' in the book offers a practical framework for identifying a challenge, focusing on priority issues, generating creative ideas, & implementing them. Likewise, the author's model of 'Innovative Leadership Styles' covering Visioning, Modifying, Experiementing & Exploring is certainly worthwhile to explore in the workplace. I remember at one point in time, Wilson Learning, a global performance improvement/training outfit (subsequently bought over by the Japanese & Larry Wilson, the founder, moved on to start another one under the name of Pecos River Training), had converted this into a organisational assessment tool.
Coming to rating for the book, I would rate it rather low because of the lack of intellectual freshness from my personal standpoint. In terms of practical usefulness or utlity, particularly for first timers to business creativity, & also in contrast to other books in the same genre, it deserves a higher rating. I will therefore give it a 4.
Practical and Simple.......2006-08-02
This book provides simple and practical tools to access the creative power that lies within your being. I live interactive books that are useful to my daily life and this is certainly one of them. Recommended if you want to tap into the potential of your being. Also, check out my interactive guide to growth "Your Daily walk with the Great Minds".
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The definitive guide to technical analysis . . . written from a trader's perspective
With the keen insight and perspective that have made him a market legend, Jack D. Schwager explores, explains, and examines the application of technical analysis in futures trading. In the most in-depth, comprehensive book available, the bestselling investment writer demonstrates why he is one of today's foremost authorities. Here is the one volume no trader should be without.
"Jack Schwager has accomplished the rarest of feats in this book. He has presented material in a way that both the professional and layman can profit from. It is a must read for traders on all levels." - Stanley Druckenmillern Managing Director, Soros Fund Management
"Jack Schwager's Technical Analysis is exactly what one should expect from this expert on futures. The book is comprehensive, thoroughly insightful, and highly educational. I recommend it to the beginner as well as the expert." - Leo Melamed Chairman, Sakura Dellsher, Inc.
"Jack Schwager possesses a remarkable ability to extract the important elements of complex, market-timing approaches, and distill that into something intelligible and useful. Not only is he able to present these ideas cleverly in an easily understood format, but he also demonstrates their application to the markets with clarity and precision." - Thomas R. DeMark Author, The New Science of Technical Analysis
"Jack Schwager's book, A Complete Guide to the Futures Markets, was one of the best books I have read on futures trading. We give a copy of it to all our new analysts. Jack's latest work, Technical Analysis, looks like a gold mine of information, adding significantly to the existing investment literature." - Monroe Trout President, Trout Trading Management Co.
Jack Schwager is one of the most important and visible figures in the futures industry today. His Market Wizards and The New Market Wizards are two of the bestselling finance titles of all time. Now, in the latest volume in the Schwager on Futures series, Technical Analysis, Schwager has created the most comprehensive guide ever for using technical analysis for futures trading. What makes Technical Analysis unique, besides its in-depth coverage, is that it is written from a trader's perspective. Schwager doesn't merely cover the subject, he explores what works and doesn't work in the real world of trading.
Contains a comprehensive guide to chart analysis written with a particular focus on trading applications
* Includes a separate 200+ page section illustrating the use of chart analysis in the real world
* Details and illustrates several original trading systems
* Includes a self-contained primer on cyclical analysis
* Describes popular oscillators, the pitfalls in their common use, and guidelines to their successful application in trading
* Explains the concept and use of "continuous futures" and compares 10-year continuous futures charts with conventional nearest futures charts for all major U.S. futures markets
* Contains a section on trading strategy and philosophy, including over 100 trading tips
Hundreds of charts, tables, and examples illustrate key points throughout, while the text is written in the informative, insightful, and nontechnical style that has made Jack Schwager one of the most highly regarded and bestselling investment authors ever. This invaluable book by one of the world's foremost authorities is destined to become the premier industry guide on technical analysis for many years to come.
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An excellent guide to technical analysis.......2006-03-07
For anyone interested in a technical rather than fundamental approach to trading (like we are), this book has to be considered the definitive text. Although oriented around futures trading, all the information presented is equally relevant to any instrument type with a little thought and adaptation.
This is more of a reference text, and contains too much information to simply read it once and put it back on the shelf. If you study this book, by the time you get to the end you will know as much about technical analysis as you ever needed to know, and will probably have thought of a significant number of ideas for new trading systems as well.
A great reference.......2005-12-19
I found other books on TA to be more useful for reading straight through and overcoming the learning curve on TA (e.g. Technical Analysis Explained, Martin Pring *****).
Although, because this book contains so much information, it is a great reference to have in your library. You will find yourself looking for more information on topics that other books don't cover in a lot of depth, so it is important to have a few good reference books.
It also contains sections on developing strategies which some may find useful, although, "THE" single best resource on developing a strategy is Schwager's Market Wizards series (5x*).
Great Trading Book.......2005-01-01
Schwager's book is great - it covers technical analysis, price risk management and even a bit on system development.
This book hurt my head!.......2003-03-04
I read this book ... I was thoroughly impressed.
I had read Schwager Market Wizards books after I had read this Technical books on trading. And although I liked it, I found many of the charts and graphs quite tedious. On the other hand was thoroughly impressed at level of information that was being presented. This book is a permanent part of my collection solely because it reads more like a college text book than a commercial investment book. He really delves deep and makes you think about what futures really are and what it takes to decipher their movements. I am looking forward to his comments on single stock futures.
One of the best Technical Analysis books.......2002-09-18
I thought Schwager did an excellent job with this book. I have read a ton of books on technical analysis and can say that this is definitely one of the best ones out there. I really liked the book, the real world chart analysis was excellent as was the section on trading systems. I recommend this book without hesitation whenever someone asks about a good technical analysis book. It is probably the best book on technical analysis I have read it does an excellent job showing how a trader actually uses and interprets charts and indicators. It ranks in the top 10 books on trading that I have and it has paid for itself many times over.
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A careful analysis of the fundamentals of bankruptcy law.
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History: Fiction or Science? is the most explosive tractate on history ever written - however, every theory it contains, no matter how unorthodox, is backed by solid scientific data. The book is well-illustrated, contains over 446 graphs and illustrations, copies of ancient manuscripts, and countless facts attesting to the falsity of the chronology used nowadays, which never cease to amaze the reader. Eminent mathematician proves that: Jesus Christ was born in 1153 and crucified in 1186 The Old Testament refers to mediaeval events. Apocalypse was written after 1486. Does this sound uncanny? This version of events is substantiated by hard facts and logic - validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources - to a greater extent than everything you may have read and heard about history before. The dominating historical discourse in its current state was essentially crafted in the XVI century from a rather contradictory jumble of sources such as innumerable copies of ancient Latin and Greek manuscripts whose originals had vanished in the Dark Ages and the allegedly irrefutable proof offered by late mediaeval astronomers, resting upon the power of ecclesial authorities. Nearly all of its components are blatantly untrue! For some of us, it shall possibly be quite disturbing to see the magnificent edifice of classical history to turn into an ominous simulacrum brooding over the snake pit of mediaeval politics. Twice so, in fact: the first seeing the legendary millenarian dust on the ancient marble turn into a mere layer of dirt - one that meticulous unprejudiced research can eventually remove. The second, and greater, attack of unease comes with the awareness of just how many areas of human knowledge still trust the three elephants of the consensual chronology to support them. Nothing can remedy that except for an individual chronological revolution happening in the minds of a large enough number of people.
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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03
Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.
Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19
Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.
Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09
There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.
For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.
Very Interesting.......2007-03-07
It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.
History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10
Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.
I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.
Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.
Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.
I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.
This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.
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Building Character in Schools Resource Guide offers school administrators and teachers a practical handbook for developing, assessing, improving, and institutionalizing character education in their schools. It is filled with real-life examples— both successful and unsuccessful— of character education efforts; it clearly illustrates the differences among values, virtues, and points of view; and it presents guidelines for designing effective lessons, units, assessment, and classroom activities.
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Resource-poor farmers tend to have more limited access to research, training and advisory services than do resource-rich farmers. And while access to agricultural services is not the only factor that can enhance rural people’s livelihoods, it is a very important one.
What role do farmer organizations play in improving access to these services for the poor? Do poor farmers participate in farmer organizations? Or do farmer organizations have other strategies to improve the livelihoods of poor farmers?
Questions like these are key to identifying new approaches for strengthening the capacity of farmer organizations to enhance the pro-poor aspects and accessibility of agricultural services. Using case studies in Benin, Rwanda and Tanzania, researchers from the Royal Tropical Institute and partner organizations in those countries have developed and applied a framework for analyzing the functioning of farmer organizations and their role in service provision.
The results show that different types of farmer organizations have different ways of dealing with the question of social inclusion, depending on the organization’s background and membership profile, as well as its purpose and organizational structure, and these differences can have important consequences for the provision of services to both members and non-members.
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Agricultural organization in the United States (American farmers and the rise of agribusiness)
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Capital Formation in Kenyan Farmer-owned Cooperatives (People's Participation)
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This book covers a comprehensive methodology for undertaking the management transfer of agricultural irrigation systems to water users organizations, including an examination of several past experiences in different countries. The material and concepts presented herein are based mostly upon the work and experience of the authors, who have worked in irrigation water management, training, operation & maintenance, and irrigation system management transfer in more than 20 countries. Most of the ideas contained herein have matured over the years, yet some generic modifications are continually made to improve the process, as are site-specific adaptations to local conditions and situations. It is proposed that the processes espoused in this book might be generally applicable to transfers of irrigation system management in most cases, although the nomenclature and some details will vary from one place to another.
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Farmer Participation and Irrigation Organization (Westview Studies in Water Policy and Management)
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