An estranged couple must temper their hostilities when their daughter announces that she is pregnant and wants both parents to walk her down the aisle. Forty-year-old Bess Curran is an interior designer who is still lonely and bitter after a traumatic divorce from Michael six years earlier. She and her husband have nothing left to say to each other, and their children, Lisa and Randy, are their only bond. Lisa, anxious for her parents to reconcile,...

This is a fictitious story about the mess that was created in a pharmaceutical CDMO, when an unrealistic business plan was asked to be delivered. It is inspired by events observed in different companies in the contract manufacturing industry, and it provides key lessons around different strategic topics that CDMOs have to deal with.

Los directivos deben saber que hay una riqueza oculta dentro de sus organizaciones y que la pueden encontrar en tres elementos: en su gente, en su creatividad y en la interacción optimizada que se da entre su gente. En 1+1=7, los directivos de las empresas son orientados para descubrir recursos ocultos y aprovechar mejor las inversiones que les permitan obtener un mayor valor y retorno de la inversión (RSI). Según el autor Baldwin Tom, muchos ejecutivos...

Imagine a culture where people are truly connected to their work, to their colleagues, and to their customers. In this story of transformational change, a fictional CEO is struggling to see a way forward in a fiercely competitive industry. At the end of a long day inspiration comes from an unexpected source. Addressing many of today's leadership challenges including strategy creation, customer centricity and team engagement with an engaging story...

There are big plans for a small town in Nevada. When a world-famous architect is commissioned to design a completely enclosed city, he hires a young apprentice named Burke Isadore to translate his sketches into a three-dimensional computer model. The ambitious project is called New Moon City. Burke is a man of his word. When he makes a promise, he intends to keep it. He has promised himself to make a difference in the world, and he sees the new city's...

Digital transformation is much more than building a digital infrastructure to gather and process data. It is about understanding how digital technologies enable the creation of innovative services and products. It is about identifying new competitive positions and business models and thinking critically about how to both create and capture value. Strategy in the Digital Age directly engages these concerns and provides a comprehensive roadmap for planning...

Les architectes, les urbanistes et parfois les architectes de paysage mentionnent dans leurs biographies professionnelles le « design urbain » comme appartenant à leur champ d'expertise. Les architectes, les urbanistes et les architectes de paysage seraient-ils naturellement des designers urbains? Et le design urbain ne serait-il qu'une activité connexe de l'urbanisme, de l'architecture de paysage et plus encore de l’architecture? Cela a été...

Do you dream of a bigger business, leaving your W-2 for your own thing or advancing your marketing or sales career? "Customers are the Answer to Everything" unravels the mystery of getting customers. This book explores and brilliantly illuminates the happy point where customers understand why they should choose you...over and over. Here are just a few discoveries in "Customers are the Answer to Everything": Find out what your customers really need...

Durante las últimas décadas han tenido lugar numerosas iniciativas artísticas en Bogotá, que han logrado cierta visibilidad y significación, gracias a su capacidad de incidir en la producción de espacios públicos, por su papel en la visibilización de sectores marginados de la ciudad, por la participación de sus agentes en las pugnas por la garantía de los derechos culturales de amplias franjas poblacionales, por la profundización de procesos...

"Wedding planner Kelsey McKenna just signed on to a dream gig. She's going to be the "day-of" coordinator at the beautiful Higgens Estate in California wine country. There's only one problem: the wedding was originally planned by Babs Norton, the self-proclaimed Queen of Wine Country Weddings, who the father of the bride has fired. Kelsey decides to clear the air with Babs and make sure there are no hard feelings, but before she can throw herself...