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  The Airbus A380 - A History

  Graham M. Simons

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  The Airbus A380 is a commemorative volume preserving the history of this iconic craft in words and images from aviation writer and historian Graham Simons. 
   
  Every seven minutes, an A380 takes off or lands somewhere in the world.  
   
  The Airbus was initially designed and developed in order to provide a contender to the Boeing’s growing monopoly of the skies in the biggest large-aircraft market in the world. Ambitious in design, the undertaking seemed mammoth. Yet scores of aviation engineers and pilots worked to get the design off the ground and the Airbus in our skies. This double-decker, wide-body, 4 engine jet airliner promised to redefine expectations when it came to commercial flight.  
   
  In The Airbus A380, Graham Simons provides an impressively illustrated narrative history of the craft, its achievements, and the legacy it looks set to provide to a new generation of aviation engineers, enthusiasts and passengers. Operated by airlines such as Emirates, Singapore Airlines, Quantas, and Lufthansa, the story of the A380 could be said to represent the story of modern-day travel itself, characterized by major technological advances across the world that constantly push the boundaries of expectation.

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  Self-Awareness

  Harvard Business Review

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  Self-awareness is the bedrock of emotional intelligence that enables you to see your talents, shortcomings, and potential. But you won't be able to achieve true self-awareness with the usual quarterly feedback and self-reflection alone.This book will teach you how to understand your thoughts and emotions, how to persuade your colleagues to share what they really think of you, and why self-awareness will spark more productive and rewarding relationships with your employees and bosses.This volume includes the work of: Daniel Goleman, Robert Steven Kaplan, and Susan David.HOW TO BE HUMAN AT WORK.The HBR Emotional Intelligence series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

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  A Thousand Barrels a Second -...

  Peter Tertzakian

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  In 2006, world oil consumption will exceed one thousand barrels per second. The news marks an important change that will have a far-reaching impact on world economies, investments, and business profitability.
  
   
  In A Thousand Barrels a Second, Chief Energy Economist of ARC Financial Peter Tertzakian examines the future of oil and offers insights into what it will take to rebalance our energy needs and seize new opportunities. He answers the top questions asked by business leaders, policy makers, investors, and concerned citizens as we approach the coming break point:
  
   Are today's high oil and gas prices part of a routine business cycle, or are there more profound forces at play?
  
  Are hybrid vehicles our only solution against high gasoline prices?
  
  Is China's growing thirst for energy sustainable?
  
  Which government policies work and which do not?
  
  Will nuclear power and coal save the day-again?
  
  
  
   
  Tertzakian also offers a realistic, informed look into the future of our energy supply chains and how our consumption patterns may evolve, revealing how governments, businesses, and even individuals can meet the coming challenges with better solutions and innovations.

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  The Burnout Challenge - Managing...

  Christina Maslach, Michael P....

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  Two pioneering researchers identify key causes of workplace burnout and reveal what managers can do to promote increased productivity and health.Citing a wealth of research data and drawing on illustrative anecdotes, The Burnout Challenge shows how organizations can change to promote sustainable productivity. Christina Maslach and Michael P. Leiter provide useful tools for identifying the signs of employee burnout, most often exhaustion, cynicism, and ineffectiveness. They also advise managers on assembling and interpreting worker self-evaluation surveys, which can reveal workplace problems and potential solutions. And when it comes to implementing change, Maslach and Leiter offer practical, evidence-driven guidance. The key, they argue, is to begin with less-taxing changes that employees nonetheless find meaningful, seeding the ground for more thorough reforms in the future.Experts estimate that more than $500 billion and 550 million workhours are lost annually to on-the-job stress, much of it caused by dysfunctional work environments. As priorities and policies shift across workplaces, The Burnout Challenge provides pragmatic, creative, and cost-effective solutions to improve employee efficiency, health, and happiness.

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  The Technologized Investor -...

  Ashby H.B. Monk, Dane Rook

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  “A detailed, cogent road map for organizations such as pension funds to harness technology and truly invest for the long-term.” ―Eric Schmidt, former CEO, Google  Silver Medal Winner, 2021 Axiom Business Book Awards   Institutional Investors underpin our capitalist world, and could play a major role in addressing some of the greatest challenges to society—such as climate change, the ballooning wealth gap, declining infrastructure, aging populations, and the need for stable funding for the sciences and arts. Advanced technology can help institutional investors deliver the funds needed to tackle these grave challenges.   The Technologized Investor is a practical guide showing how institutional investors can gain the capabilities for deep innovation by reorienting their strategies and organizations around advanced technology. It dissects why technology has historically failed institutional investors and recommends realistic changes that they can make to unlock technological superpowers. Grounded in the actual experiences of institutional investors from around the globe, it’s a unique reference manual for practitioners on how to reboot their organizations for long-term performance.    The book walks readers through many detailed frameworks for analyzing how well new technologies fit with their organization’s goals and resources, as well as how to make the organization itself more robust to technological change. It also envisions the ways that the durable empowerment of institutional investors enables them to achieve their long-term objectives. Based on first-hand empirical analysis, the book will help institutional investors to rethink their perspectives on the role of technology in their organizations, and the future possibilities it can unlock.

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  Bulletproof Problem Solving -...

  Charles Conn, Robert McLean

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  Complex problem solving is the core skill for twenty-first-century teamsComplex problem solving is at the very top of the list of essential skills for career progression in the modern world. But how problem solving is taught in our schools, universities, businesses and organizations comes up short. In Bulletproof Problem Solving: The One Skill That Changes Everything you'll learn the seven-step systematic approach to creative problem solving developed in top consulting firms that will work in any field or industry, turning you into a highly sought-after bulletproof problem solver who can tackle challenges that others balk at.The problem-solving technique outlined in this audiobook is based on a highly visual, logic-tree method that can be applied to everything from everyday decisions to strategic issues in business to global social challenges. The authors, with decades of experience at McKinsey and Company, provide thirty detailed, real-world examples, so you can see exactly how the technique works in action. With this bulletproof approach to defining, unpacking, understanding, and ultimately solving problems, you'll have a personal superpower for developing compelling solutions in your workplace.

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