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You can bring out the best in people! In Be a People Person, America's leadership expert John Maxwell helps you Discover and develop the qualities of an effective "people person." Improve your relationships in every area of life. Understand and help difficult people. Overcome differences and personality traits that can cause friction. Inspire others to…

Una guía práctica para iniciar un cambio en la cultura de tu organización a través de la innovación. Generar un cambio siempre es complicado, generarlo en un ambiente empresarial puede ser una tarea titánica, este libro esta basado en diversas investigaciones, bibliografía, casos de éxito y la experiencia del autor con el fin de brindarte…

Is science beautiful? Yes, argues acclaimed philosopher and historian of science Robert P. Crease in this engaging exploration of history’s most beautiful experiments. The result is an engrossing journey through nearly 2,500 years of scientific innovation. Along the way, we encounter glimpses into the personalities and creative thinking of some of the field’s most interesting…

Before New Journalism, before the waggish cinema of Woody Allen, before the Gonzo World of Hunter S. Thompson, Saturday Night Live, and National Lampoon, there was the legendary Terry Southern—author of Candy and The Magic Christian and the screenwriter of Dr. Strangelove and Easy Rider. Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes, widely recognized as an underground…

The current way of treating people at work has failed. Globally, only 30% of employees are engaged in their jobs, and in this fast-paced world that's just not enough. The world's best companies understand this, and have been quietly treating people differently for nearly two decades. Now you can learn their secrets and discover The…

Normal Accidents analyzes the social side of technological risk. Charles Perrow argues that the conventional engineering approach to ensuring safety--building in more warnings and safeguards--fails because systems complexity makes failures inevitable. He asserts that typical precautions, by adding to complexity, may help create new categories of accidents. (At Chernobyl, tests of a new safety system…

Este libro ofrece una mirada a los procesos de adaptación e integración que actualmente acontecen en el campo educativo como consecuencia de la ubicuidad y prevalencia de la tecnología en la sociedad actual. La denominada revolución digital obliga a los agentes educativos a una profunda reflexión acerca de cómo los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje…

This book helps decision makers grasp the importance, and applicability to business, of the new technologies and extended connectivity of systems that underlie what is becoming known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution: technologies and systems such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, 3D printing, the internet of things, virtual and augmented reality, big data and mobile…

The topic of retirement becomes increasingly compelling as the U.S. population ages. It's easy to find books about how to plan financially for those years after careers end, but Breaking the Watch focuses on the many ways of creating a life, not just making a living, as a retired person. This book follows women and…

Uno de los objetivos clave en el programa de gobierno del Rector Antonio Calvo (julio 2015) es la Innovación Docente. Así, este aspecto consustancial al quehacer del Profesor Universitario se ha integrado en los objetivos del Vicerrectorado de Profesorado e Investigación en los cursos 2015-16 y 2016-17 y continuará en el 2017-18. Lejos de lo…