Culture Puzzle

Corporate culture is critical to any organizational change effort - this book offers a proven model for identifying and leveraging the essential elements of any culture. In a world that changes at a dizzying pace, what can leaders do to build flexible and adaptive workplaces that inspire people to achieve extraordinary results? According to the authors, the answer lies in recognizing and aligning the elusive forces - or the “puzzling” pieces - that shape an organization’s culture.

In his doctoral research, author Yoram Solomon showed that the factors affecting creativity and productivity the most could be summed up with one word - culture. He published his findings in his book Un-Kill Creativity: How Corporate America Can Out-Innovate Startups. However, he also found that employees play a major role in creating the right culture and should not put the burden solely on management.

In The Gutsy Girl, author Caroline Paul emboldens girls to seek out lives of exhilaration. Once a young scaredy-cat herself, Caroline decided that fear got in the way of the life she wanted - of excitement, confidence, self-reliance, friendship, and fun. She has since flown planes, rafted big rivers, climbed tall mountains, and fought fires as one of the first female firefighters in San Francisco.

Erno Rubik was a child when he first became obsessed with puzzles of all kinds. "Puzzles", he writes, "bring out important qualities in each of us: concentration, curiosity, a sense of play, the eagerness to discover a solution". To Rubik, puzzles aren't just games - they're creativity machines. He encourages us to embrace our inner curiosity and find the puzzles that surround us in our everyday lives. "If you are determined, you will solve them", he writes. Rubik's own puzzle, the Cube, has been solved by millions worldwide for more than 40 years....

For the first time, the Kennections canon is available in one convenient volume, with hundreds of new and updated quizzes. The Complete Kennections is the perfect gift for any Jeopardy! fan, trivia buff, or New York Times “Connections” puzzler.

Cartea lui e și nu e autobiografie, e și nu e joc, e și nu e puzzle. După cinci decenii în care existența aproape că i s-a confundat cu jucăria logică 3D pe care a creat-o din pură curiozitate, Rubik privește în urmă și scrie onest, cu emoție și un strop de umor, despre ce înseamnă să te lași sedus de frumusețea unei probleme, să jubilezi în fața eleganței sau a gingășiei sale, despre cum joaca e unul dintre cele mai serioase lucruri din lume, despre arta de a pune întrebări, despre cum nu complexitatea, ci abia simplitatea e un mister.

Did you know that the world's largest snowflake on record measured 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick? Are you curious about our world's inexplicable mysteries, fascinating history, and captivating facts? Grab this opportunity to nurture your curiosity and entertain with amazing and unbelievable but true facts!