The subject of “design thinking” is the rage at business schools, throughout corporations, and increasingly in the popular press—due in large part to the work of IDEO, a leading design firm, and its celebrated CEO, Tim Brown, who uses this book to show how the techniques and strategies of design belong at every level of business. The myth of innovation is that brilliant ideas leap fully formed from the minds of geniuses. The reality is that most innovations come from a process of rigoro...

"One of the most significant books in my life." -Obie Fernandez, Author, The Rails Way "Twenty years ago, the first edition of The Pragmatic Programmer completely changed the trajectory of my career. This new edition could do the same for yours." -Mike Cohn, Author of Succeeding with Agile , Agile Estimating and Planning , and User Stories Applied ". .

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De Bosatlas van de duurzaamheid brengt een complex en actueel fenomeen in kaart. De atlas laat zien welke effecten de toenemende invloed van de mens op de aarde heeft. Bijvoorbeeld in de vorm van klimaatverandering, het opraken van grondstoffen, verlies aan biodiversiteit en een tekort aan zoet water. De atlas geeft ook inzicht in de afspraken die er in internationaal verband zijn gemaakt om deze ontwikkelingen een halt toe te roepen, zoals het Klimaatakkoord van Parijs. Maar de nadruk ligt t...

Shooting Incident Reconstruction, Second Edition, offers a thorough explanation of matters from simple to complex to help the reader understand the factors surrounding ballistics, trajectory, and shooting scenes. Forensic scientists, law enforcement, and crime scene investigators are often tasked with reconstruction of events based on crime scene evidence, along with the subsequent analysis of that evidence. The use and misuse of firearms to perpetrate crimes from theft to murder necessitates...

Dit boek gaat over persoonlijk leiderschap. Over invloed uitoefenen op je omgeving en hoe het leven terugpraat. Het biedt een rijke schakering aan unieke levenslessen, die inspireren en uitnodigen om situaties anders te benaderen. Gabriël Anthonio deelt de lessen die hij kreeg van zijn bijzondere zoon, waardoor hij anders is gaan kijken, luisteren, denken en voelen. Niet alleen over leiderschap, maar ook over het leven en hoe hij daar in wil staan. Met dit boek nodigt hij de lezers uit de ve...

This volume provides a comprehensive reference grammar of Gothic, the earliest attested language of the Germanic family (apart from runic inscriptions). It is the first in English to draw on the recently discovered Bologna fragment and Crimean graffiti, in addition to the traditional Bible translation explored in most works to date.

For introductory Nutrition courses for Majors. Move students beyond memorization with a functional approach to nutrition The Science of Nutrition helps students master tough nutrition concepts while providing rich support to save instructors time. This best-selling, thoroughly current, research-based nutrition text is uniquely organized around the highly regarded functional approach, which organizes vitamins and minerals based on their functions within the body and is easily seen in the organ...

In November 2008, John Hattie's ground-breaking book Visible Learning synthesised the results of more than fifteen years research involving millions of students and represented the biggest ever collection of evidence-based research into what actually works in schools to improve learning. Visible Learning for Teachers takes the next step and brings those ground breaking concepts to a completely new audience. Written for students, pre-service and in-service teachers, it explains how to apply th...

With a simple approach to essential information, Rubin's Pathology: Mechanisms of Human Disease? establishes the foundation for medical training and practice and delivers the perfect balance of basic pathology and bedside perspective to confidently and efficiently equip students for clinical success. More accessible than ever, this eighth edition emphasizes the coverage students need most--disease mechanisms, integration of mechanisms into organ system pathology, and application of pathobiolo...