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Night Vision: How the World's Wisest Leaders See What Everyone Else Misses

by Dr Peter Eric Jones ...

What if the greatest threat to your leadership isn't what you can't do — but what you can't see?The shelves are full of books on what leaders should do. Execute. Inspire. Delegate. Communicate. But almost none address the skill that makes all the others work: how leaders see.Drawing on more than three decades of experience as a Fortune 500 executive, organizational leadership consultant, executive ... Read more

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What if the greatest threat to your leadership isn't what you can't do — but what you can't see?The shelves are full of books on what leaders should do. Execute. Inspire. Delegate. Communicate. But almost none address the skill that makes all the others work: how leaders see.Drawing on more than three decades of experience as a Fortune 500 executive, organizational leadership consultant, executive
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Modelling climate change impacts on agricultural systems

by Professor Claas Nendel, Dr Roland Baatz, Dr Sevim Seda Yamaç, Dr P. B. I. Akponikpe, Dr F. M. Akinseye, Dr M. Ly, Dr E. C. Timpong-Jones, Dr I. Hathie, Dr S. G. K. Adiku, Dr Michael Berg-Mohnicke0, Dr Gohar Ghazaryan1, Dr Sander Janssen2, Dr Pierre Martre3, Dr Cheryl Porter4, Dr Carlos D. Messina5, Dr Mark Cooper6, Dr Ian P. Holman7, Dr Paula A. Harrison8, Dr Jacques-Eric Bergez9, Dr Fulu Tao0, Dr Taru Palosuo1, Dr Reimund Paul Rötter2, Professor Davide Cammarano3, Dr Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Pullens4, Dr Ryan G. McGuire5, Dr Shannon M. McLaughlin6, Dr Tanisha L. Waring7, Dr Kayley D. Barnes8, Dr Sharon A. Huws9, Dr Julie Constantin0, Professor Nigel D. Scollan1, Dr Myriam Adam2, Dr Gatien Falconnier3, Dr David Berre4, Dr Katrien Descheemaeker5, Dr Juliette Lairez6, Dr Louise Leroux7, Dr Charlotte Weil8, Dr Justin A. Johnson9, Dr Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer0, Dr Philippe Debaeke1, Dr Ignacio Pérez Domínguez2, Dr Jordan Hristov3, Dr Christian Elleby4, Dr Thomas Fellmann5, Dr Andrea Toreti6, Dr Thomas Chatzopoulos7, Dr Ana Luisa Barbosa8, Dr Frank Dentener9, Dr Arnout van Soesbergen0, Dr Fiona Jones1, Dr Hélène Raynal2, Professor Mirek Trnka3, Dr Rudolf Brázdil4, Dr Lorenzo Brilli5, Dr Hannah C. von Czettritz und Neuhaus6, Dr Sergi Costafreda-Aumedes7, Dr Petr Dobrovolný8, Dr Petr Holub9, Dr Karel Klem0, Dr Matthias Kuhnert1, Dr Luisa Leolini2, Dr Sophie Plassin3, Dr Marco Moriondo4, Dr Nina Muntean5, Prof. Jørgen Eivind Olesen6, Dr Markéta Podbradská7, Dr Vera Potopová8, Dr Petr Štpánek9, Dr Otmar Urban0, Dr Peter Zander1, Professor Bruno Basso2, Dr Neville Millar3, Dr Magali Willaume4, Dr Lydia Price5, Professor Fábio R. Marin6, Dr Ivo Zution Gonçalves7, Dr Francisco J Meza8, Dr Néstor M. Riaño H.9, Dr Andrés J. Peña Q0, Dr Alexandre B. Heinneman1, Dr Nereu A. Streck2, Dr Alencar Jr Zanon3, Dr Murilo S. Vianna4, Dr Raphael Martin5, Dr Evandro H. F. Silva6, Dr Nilson A. Vieira Jr7, Dr Enli Wang8, Dr Edmar Teixeira9, Dr Bangyou Zheng0, Dr Neal Hughes1, Dr Karine Chenu2, Dr James Hunt3, Dr Afshin Ghahramani4, Dr Andries B. Potgieter5, Dr Junqi Zhu6, Dr Rogerio Cichota7, Dr Neil Huth8, Dr Soora Naresh Kumar9, Dr Bing Liu00, Dr Zi Ye01, Dr Yuan Cao02, Dr Bo Liu03, Professor Yan Zhu04, Dr Ehsan Eyshi Rezaei05, Dr Dilys MacCarthy06 ...

Climate change is a key threat to agriculture. Modelling is fundamental to assessing its potential impacts. This collection summarises the wealth of research on improving climate impact models and their use in assessing impacts on different regions.Modelling climate change impacts on agricultural systems reviews research on developing models in areas such as improving data flows, incorporating ... Read more

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Climate change is a key threat to agriculture. Modelling is fundamental to assessing its potential impacts. This collection summarises the wealth of research on improving climate impact models and their use in assessing impacts on different regions.Modelling climate change impacts on agricultural systems reviews research on developing models in areas such as improving data flows, incorporating
... Read more
Slow Media

Sensibility, Process, and Technology

by Mary Erickson, Jennifer L. Adams, Judy Battaglia, Peter Bush, Benjamin Cline, Sarah Davis, Eric Hahn, Elizabeth B. Jones, Ryan Louis, Ryan McCullough0, Derek Moscato1, Lawrence Mullen2, Susan A. Sci3, Dr. Erik Gustafson4 ...

Series series Bloomsbury Studies in Communication and Storytelling
This edited volume focuses on slow media, an approach that fosters intentional and thoughtful engagement with media of all forms. Contributors explore our individual and community relations with analog and digital media by critiquing current power structures underpinning contemporary media sensibilities, processes, and technologies. Through these critiques, the authors pose crucial questions ... Read more

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This edited volume focuses on slow media, an approach that fosters intentional and thoughtful engagement with media of all forms. Contributors explore our individual and community relations with analog and digital media by critiquing current power structures underpinning contemporary media sensibilities, processes, and technologies. Through these critiques, the authors pose crucial questions
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Climate Change and Food Systems: Global Assessments and Implications for Food Security and Trade

by FAOoftheUN ...

This book collects the findings of a group of scientists and economists who have taken stock of climate change impacts on food and agriculture at global and regional levels over the past two decades. The evidence presented describes how global warming will impact where and how food is produced and discusses the significant consequences for food security, health and nutrition, water scarcity and ... Read more

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This book collects the findings of a group of scientists and economists who have taken stock of climate change impacts on food and agriculture at global and regional levels over the past two decades. The evidence presented describes how global warming will impact where and how food is produced and discusses the significant consequences for food security, health and nutrition, water scarcity and
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The Leadership Challenge

How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations

by James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner ...

Series series J-B Leadership Challenge: Kouzes/Posner
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe latest edition of the gold-standard guide for leadership developmentIn the new seventh edition of The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations, best-selling leadership authors and business scholars James Kouzes and Barry Posner deliver an essential strategic playbook for effective leadership. The book’s actionable advice is grounded ... Read more

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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe latest edition of the gold-standard guide for leadership developmentIn the new seventh edition of The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations, best-selling leadership authors and business scholars James Kouzes and Barry Posner deliver an essential strategic playbook for effective leadership. The book’s actionable advice is grounded
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Handbook Of Climate Change And Agroecosystems: The Agricultural Model Intercomparison And Improvement Project (Agmip) Integrated Crop And Economic Assessments â€” Joint Publication With Asa, Cssa, And Sssa (In 2 Parts)

by Daniel Hillel, Cynthia Rosenzweig ...

Series Book 3 - Icp Series On Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation, And Mitigation
“Top agricultural scientists from around the world have taken up the challenge of sustainable agriculture, with the specific focus on integrating agronomic, climatological, biophysical and socio-economic perspectives and processes. Every chapter (of the Handbook) contributes to addressing the growing food-security challenges facing the world.”Foreword by Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth ... Read more

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“Top agricultural scientists from around the world have taken up the challenge of sustainable agriculture, with the specific focus on integrating agronomic, climatological, biophysical and socio-economic perspectives and processes. Every chapter (of the Handbook) contributes to addressing the growing food-security challenges facing the world.”Foreword by Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth
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Creative People Must Be Stopped

6 Ways We Kill Innovation (Without Even Trying)

by David A Owens ...

A framework for overcoming the six types of innovation killersEverybody wants innovation—or do they? Creative People Must Be Stopped shows how individuals and organizations sabotage their own best intentions to encourage "outside the box" thinking. It shows that the antidote to this self-defeating behavior is to identify which of the six major types of constraints are hindering innovation: ... Read more

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A framework for overcoming the six types of innovation killersEverybody wants innovation—or do they? Creative People Must Be Stopped shows how individuals and organizations sabotage their own best intentions to encourage "outside the box" thinking. It shows that the antidote to this self-defeating behavior is to identify which of the six major types of constraints are hindering innovation:
... Read more
Handbook Of Climate Change And Agroecosystems: Global And Regional Aspects And Implications â€” Joint Publication With The American Society Of Agronomy

by Daniel Hillel, Cynthia Rosenzweig ...

Series Book 2 - Icp Series On Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation, And Mitigation
Climate change is no longer merely projected to occur in the indeterminate future. It has already begun to be manifested in the weather regimes affecting agroecosystems, food production, and rural livelihoods in many regions around the world. It is a real and growing challenge to the world at large and in particular to the scientific community, which is called upon with increasing urgency to ... Read more

$42.99 USD

Climate change is no longer merely projected to occur in the indeterminate future. It has already begun to be manifested in the weather regimes affecting agroecosystems, food production, and rural livelihoods in many regions around the world. It is a real and growing challenge to the world at large and in particular to the scientific community, which is called upon with increasing urgency to
... Read more
Creative Change

Why We Resist It . . . How We Can Embrace It

by Jennifer Mueller ...

"This book completely changed the way I think about creative innovation. . . . A must read" (Cal Newport, bestselling author of Deep Work).Business leaders say they want creativity and need real innovation in order to thrive. But according to startling research from management professor Jennifer Mueller, these same leaders chronically reject creative solutions, even as they profess commitment to ... Read more

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"This book completely changed the way I think about creative innovation. . . . A must read" (Cal Newport, bestselling author of Deep Work).Business leaders say they want creativity and need real innovation in order to thrive. But according to startling research from management professor Jennifer Mueller, these same leaders chronically reject creative solutions, even as they profess commitment to
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Scientific Review of the Impact of Climate Change on Plant Pests: A Global Challenge to Prevent and Mitigate Plant-Pest Risks in Agriculture, Forestry and Ecosystems

by FAOoftheUN ...

Climate change represents an unprecedented challenge to the world's biosphere and to the global community. It also represents a unique challenge for plant health. Human activities and increased market globalization, coupled with rising temperatures, has led to a situation that is favourable to pest movement and establishment. This scientific review assesses the potential effects of climate change ... Read more

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Climate change represents an unprecedented challenge to the world's biosphere and to the global community. It also represents a unique challenge for plant health. Human activities and increased market globalization, coupled with rising temperatures, has led to a situation that is favourable to pest movement and establishment. This scientific review assesses the potential effects of climate change
... Read more
Wheat Improvement

Food Security in a Changing Climate

Edited by Matthew P. Reynolds, Hans-Joachim Braun ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This open-access textbook provides a comprehensive, up-to-date guide for students and practitioners wishing to access in a single volume the key disciplines and principles of wheat breeding. Wheat is a cornerstone of food security: it is the most widely grown of any crop and provides 20% of all human calories and protein. The authorship of this book includes world class researchers and breeders ... Read more

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This open-access textbook provides a comprehensive, up-to-date guide for students and practitioners wishing to access in a single volume the key disciplines and principles of wheat breeding. Wheat is a cornerstone of food security: it is the most widely grown of any crop and provides 20% of all human calories and protein. The authorship of this book includes world class researchers and breeders
... Read more
See Sooner, Act Faster

How Vigilant Leaders Thrive in an Era of Digital Turbulence

by George S. Day, Paul J. H. Schoemaker ...

Series series Management on the Cutting Edge
How organizations can anticipate threats, spot opportunities, and act faster when the time is right; with rich examples including Adobe, MasterCard, and Amazon.When turbulence is the new normal, an organization's survival depends on vigilant leadership that can anticipate threats, spot opportunities, and act quickly when the time is right. In See Sooner, Act Faster, strategy experts George Day and ... Read more

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How organizations can anticipate threats, spot opportunities, and act faster when the time is right; with rich examples including Adobe, MasterCard, and Amazon.When turbulence is the new normal, an organization's survival depends on vigilant leadership that can anticipate threats, spot opportunities, and act quickly when the time is right. In See Sooner, Act Faster, strategy experts George Day and
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