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Don't find fault, find a remedy. ~ Henry Ford Companies are driven to create a highly-effective human performance culture; they must have a strategy to ensure all activities include a healthy appreciation for—and recognition of human performance. Remedy: The Formula for an Evolving Human Performance Culture bringsa broad overview of human performance to the workplace. Five contributors discuss their findings from diverse industrial sectors and a broad spectrum of human performance-related fields spanning a cumulative 150 years. Organized in three distinct parts, Remedy stands out as a rigorous, experience-based collective of knowledge, which provides an authoritative compendium of principles and best practices to improve productivity, performance, and safety in the workplace—featuring five best-in-field thinkers and practitioners across several disciplines—each building on core areas to improve human performance through first understanding the concept. The pages that follow show how to analyze and improve quality and safety with the use of instructional design and training, intervention, implementation, and measured evaluation. Remedy is intended for human performance improvement practitioners – managers and executives – working in industries prioritizing safety and error reduction. Leaders in energy, aviation, medicine, construction, etc., will find clear examples and critical points for leaders in the Human Performance industry who are having difficulty introducing or sustaining human performance in their organization. *** David Bowman, Todd Brumfield, Ken Hallaran, James Merlo, and Dave Sowers make up the Executive Team at KnowledgeVine. With 150-plus years of experience within the Human Performance (HP) Industry, the team has compiled their best practices into REMEDY: The Formula for an Evolving Human Performance Culture. Founded in 2014, KnowledgeVine is committed to reducing the frequency and severity of workplace errors by helping organizations across the United States implement Human Performance Improvement technologies. KnowledgeVine has taught HP and leadership methodologies to numerous industries, including utility generation facilities, electrical distribution and transmission, control centers, oil and gas pipelines, vegetation companies, public service groups, and the medical industry. KnowledgeVine has trained tens of thousands of individuals engaged in HP culture. KnowledgeVine has adapted Human Performance to various industries and leverages the latest technology to help its clients achieve a safe, efficient, and evolving work environment. If you are interested in learning more about their training and technologies, please visit www.knowledgevine.com. Read less

Would you like to sleep on a cookie or eat a book? No, Silly! playfully embraces a toddler’s exploration of classic childhood activities. What do you like to do? This interactive, playful picture book invites toddlers to join the fun as they identify which activities are “right” (learning letters, playing with trucks) and which are “wrong” (riding on beds, sleeping on cookies, eating books). From the wonderfully routine to the hilariously ridiculous, an array of childhood activities fill the pages of this picture book, all the way to its cozy, tender ending.

A pair of rough cops hunts for a career-making arrest in this first novel of the “hip, violent and funny” trilogy set in Southeast London (Publishers Weekly). After four decades at the precinct, and close to forcible retirement, all London’s Chief Inspector Roberts has to show for it is a hateful daughter, a faithless wife, and a dwindling bank account. With his partner, the bullying Irish Detective Sergeant Brant, Roberts is still looking for every cop’s badge of honor: the White Arrest—that career-changing bust that could make them chat show heroes. Or least wipe their dirty slates clean. And they have a lot to work with right now . . . A racist Death Wish–inspired street gang is lynching drug dealers from Brixton lampposts. And in the quiet suburb of Balham, a bat-wielding lunatic has been bashing in the skulls of a schoolboys’ cricket team. With any luck Roberts and Brant will make the front page—by any means necessary. With two unforgettable—and arguably irredeemable—tough London cops, award-winning author Ken Bruen again proves he’s “become the crime novelist to read” (George Pelecanos).

The "hugely satisfying" story (The Boston Globe) of one man’s search for the truth about his brother—and himself. David Dornstein was twenty-five years old, with dreams of becoming a great writer, when he boarded Pan Am Flight 103 on December 21, 1988. Thirty-eight minutes after takeoff, a terrorist bomb ripped the plane apart over Lockerbie, Scotland. Almost a decade later, Ken Dornstein set out to solve the riddle of his older brother’s life, using the notebooks and manuscripts that David left behind. In the process, he also began to create a new life of his own.

An abolitionist and a spy, father and son, in the forgotten Western theater of the Civil War The abolitionist legacies of Orville Brown and his son, Spencer, live on in this historic and daring 19th-century account. Journeying apart from each other, but with similar passion, Orville and Spencer’s stories span virtually every major abolitionist event: from the battles of Bleeding Kansas and the establishment of the free-soil movement to the river wars of Memphis, Vicksburg, and Shiloh. Readers will follow Orville west as he struck out for Kansas Territory to help ensure its entry as a free state. But the life of his precocious eldest son, Spencer, serves as an eventful accompaniment to Orville’s own adventures. As a young Navy recruit in the Civil War’s Western theater, Spencer volunteered to go behind enemy lines on numerous occasions. With his bold sleuthing and detailed diaries, Spencer’s life unfolds vividly against the exciting backdrop of the Union and Confederate battle for control of the Mississippi River. The lives of these daring men are a fortifying record of American perseverance.

Never before have Two-Person and Three-Person mechanics been covered by Referee in the same publication. Brought to life with Referee's PlayPicTM and MechaniGramTM illustrations, Basketball Mechanics Illustrated will show you the positions to be in and what you need to look for to make the right call. The portable size makes it a handy tool for both preseason study and in-season reference. Every book comes with a companion CD-ROM that has color images to enhance learning and meetings. With major mechanics changes in 2009 for crews of two and three, every official should have their own copy.

Are you in your element? Feeling on top of your game creatively? Want to know how to maximize your passion and potential? Are our school systems discouraging creativity and favouring academic measurement? The element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion. This groundbreaking new book is all about how every one of us can find our element, connecting with our true talents and fulfilling our creative potential. Creativity expert Ken Robinson believes that we are all born with tremendous natural capacities, but that we lose touch with them as we spend more time in the world. Whether it's a child bored in class, an employee being misused or just someone who feels frustrated but can't quite explain why, too many people don't know what they are really capable of achieving. Education, business and society as a whole are losing out. The Element draws on the stories of a wide range of people - from ex-Beatle Paul McCartney to Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons; from actress Meg Ryan to Broadway choreographer Gillian Lynne; and from writer Arianna Huffington to renowned physicist Richard Feynman and others, including business leaders and athletes - showing how all of them came to recognize their unique talents and were able to make a successful living doing what they love. With a wry sense of humour and a sense of optimism, Ken Robinson looks at the conditions that enable us to find ourselves in the element, and those that stifle that possibility. He shows that age and occupation are no barrier and he argues that there is a urgent need to enhance creativity and innovation by thinking differently about ourselves. 'The world is changing faster that ever in our history. We need to evolve a new appreciation of the importance of nurturing human talent along with an understanding of how talent expresses itself differently in every individual. We need to create an environment - in our schools, in our workplaces, and in our public offices - where every person is inspired to grow creatively'

A thriller pitting a tough government agent and seductive movie star against international criminals plotting an assassination, with a battle inside the Kremlin that will determine the world's future.

After the Floods tells the dramatic story of a small town grappling with environmental risk in the aftermath of two devastating "thousand-year floods." When the waters had receded, Ellicott City found itself facing difficult questions: What can we know about future risks to our communities? What is the meaning of place and history when preservation goals come into conflict with flood protection? What should we protect? Who gets to speak for the community? In Ellicott City's search for answers, we can find important lessons for other small communities that must begin preparing for future climate risks.

Julia Vee and Ken Bebelle's Ebony Gate is a female John Wick story with dragon magic set in contemporary San Francisco’s Chinatown. Download a FREE sneak peek today! Emiko Soong belongs to one of the eight premier magical families of the world. But Emiko never needed any magic. Because she is the Blade of the Soong Clan. Or was. Until she’s drenched in blood in the middle of a market in China, surrounded by bodies and the scent of blood and human waste as a lethal perfume. The Butcher of Beijing now lives a quiet life in San Francisco, importing antiques. But when a shinigami, a god of death itself, calls in a family blood debt, Emiko must recover the Ebony Gate that holds back the hungry ghosts of the Yomi underworld. Or forfeit her soul as the anchor. What's a retired assassin to do but save the City By The Bay from an army of the dead? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.