Wil jij iets veranderen in je organisatie? Weet je wat er moet gebeuren en wat anderen moeten gaan doen? Maar krijg je het er niet door?

In dit boek gaan we er van uit dat organisatieverandering minder gebaat is bij degelijk onderzoek en overtuigingskracht en meer bij het vermogen om dat onderzoek met de juiste mensen te verrichten.

Als je het onderzoek met in plaats van voor hen inricht, zal je met groepen moeten kunnen werken. Niet alleen met wat in een groep openlijk wordt uitgesproken, m...

Dit boek leert u stap voor stap de ontwerptechnieken van 3D CAD in de bouw vanaf de eerste muur tot en met het maken van eigen families. Eerst maakt u kennis met het proces in vogelvlucht. Vervolgens gaat u aan de slag met verschillende componenten als kolommen, liggers, muren, daken en trappen. Ook leert u uw eigen componenten aan te maken. Daarna komt BIM aan bod met ruimtes, samenwerken, BIM basis ILS en het NL-SfB-afsprakenstelsel. Alle lessen zijn geschreven in een prettig leesbare stijl...

Gezinnen zijn nog belangrijker dan de meeste mensen zich realiseren. De opvoeding van de jeugd bepaalt de toekomstige mentale kracht van onze samenleving. Willen we daadwerkelijk mentale vooruitgang boeken, dan moeten we nú investeren in de ontwikkeling van onze kinderen. We moeten van Nederland een werkelijk gezinsvriendelijke samenleving maken. In dit boek schetst de Denktank Mentale Vooruitgang van Jeugd & Gezin een nieuw en hoopgevend toekomstbeeld van hoe een gezinsvriendelijk Nederland...

Summer 1995: Ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her fathers explosive temper and seek refuge at her mothers ancestral home in Memphis. This is not the first time violence has altered the course of the familys trajectory. Half a century earlier, Joans grandfather built this majestic house in the historic Black neighborhood of Douglass—only to be lynched days after becoming the first Black detective in the city. Joan tries to settle into her new life, but family secrets...

For most children, reading the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm is an essential experience when growing up. Grimm's Fairy Tales collects some of the best-known fairy and folk tales set down by the Brothers Grimm, including "Sleeping Beauty," "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Little Red Riding Hood," "Hansel and Gretel," "The Frog-Prince," and "Rumpelstiltskin."

Step into the unsettling world of Shirley Jackson with a collection of her finest, creepiest short stories, revealing the queen of American gothic at her mesmerising best. This selection includes 'The Lottery', Jackson's masterpiece and one of the most terrifying and iconic stories of the twentieth century. 'An amazing writer ...

If you haven't read her you have missed out on something marvellous' Neil Gaiman

Essential lessons in hospitality for every business, from the former co-owner of legendary restaurant Eleven Madison Park.

Will Guidara was twenty-six when he took the helm of Eleven Madison Park, a struggling two-star brasserie that had never quite lived up to its majestic room. Eleven years later, EMP was named the best restaurant in the world.

How did Guidara pull off this unprecedented transformation? Radical reinvention, a true partnership between the kitchen and the dining room and memo...

Principles of Yacht Design has established itself as the standard book on the subject for practising designers, naval architecture students, discerning boat owners as well as the boatbuilding industry as a whole. The fifth edition is completely revised and expanded. It examines every aspect of the process of yacht and powerboat design.

The new edition includes new findings from recent research in aero and hydrodynamics, as well as covering the most recent changes to building standards. The au...

Uber. Airbnb. Amazon.

Apple. PayPal. All of these companies disrupted their markets when they launched.

Today they are industry leaders. What's the secret to their success? These cutting-edge businesses are built on platforms: two-sided markets that are revolutionising the way we do business. Written by three of the most sought-after experts on platform businesses, Platform Revolution is the first authoritative, fact-based book on platform models.

Whether platforms are connecting sellers and ...

A 10th anniversary deluxe edition of the bestselling book to inspire creativity for artists and creatives of all types: an oversized hardcover with ribbon marker, hand-drawn endpapers, and a new afterword by the author.