Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: william b rouse

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  • ESSENTIAL BUSINESS CHALLENGES
    WILLIAM B. ROUSE
    Society seems increasingly complex, in part due to constant “breaking news,” likes, tweets, etc. Considerable change is being entertained, or at least debated. Significant decisions are required. Decision-making lately has been flawed, laced with contention, hesitancy, and poor outcomes. The author has long helped clients and sponsors to understand complexity, address needs for...

    $1,040.00

  • INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS
    WILLIAM B ROUSE
    This book is about geography, economics, society, and innovation. Why did different regions evolve in different ways? What caused economic priorities and activities to go in one direction or another? The author believes that happenstance played a relatively minor role in this process. There were and are driving forces, as well as success factors. In each ecosystem, ambitious im...

    $1,040.00

  • THE POWER OF GAMES
    WILLIAM B ROUSE
    Games have long played a central role in society – actually a central role in the animal kingdom. Their play provides primary behavioral mechanisms that enable animals to learn and socialize. Indeed, "play" is a core animal activity. The principal focus of this book is on how games foster human playing, learning, and competing, including how we can design games to do this bette...

    $860.00

  • FROM HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN TO HUMAN-CENTERED SOCIETY
    WILLIAM B. ROUSE
    A human-centered society creatively balances investments in sources of innovation, while also governing in a manner that eventually limits exploitation by originators once innovations have proven their value in the marketplace, broadly defined to include both private and public constituencies. The desired balance requires society to invest in constituencies to be able to create...

    $920.00

  • BIGGER PICTURES FOR INNOVATION
    WILLIAM B. ROUSE
    This book comprises a set of stories about being an engineer for many decades and the lessons the author learned from research and practice. These lessons focus on people and organizations, often enabled by technology. The settings range from airplanes, power plants, and communication networks to ecosystems that enable education, healthcare, and transportation. All of these set...

    $920.00

  • HEALTH AND WELL-BEING RISKS FOR ORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLE
    WILLIAM B. ROUSE
    From climate disasters to technological disruptions, society faces an unprecedented wave of risks that threaten global stability and economic security. Each year, over 20 million people die due to pollution, disease, accidents, and environmental hazards, while millions more suffer long-term health effects. Yet, within these challenges lie vast business opportunities for industr...

    $980.00

  • INNOVATIONS FOR TRANSFORMATION
    WILLIAM B. ROUSE
    This book chronicles how four resort cities (Asheville, Aspen, Key West and Laguna Beach) addressed failing economic situations to reinvent themselves and prosper. The author explores bottom-up reinventions of local community value propositions, often driven by economic forces that require reinvention due to declining or disappearing traditional economic opportunities. The auth...

    $960.00