Download or read book Undisruptable written by Aidan McCullen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-03-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understand the barriers to change and cultivate a reinvention mindset that will make you impervious to disruption In our world of incessant change, we are all threatened by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity—at the individual and organizational levels. Undisruptable will give you a new lens through which to consider change as an opportunity rather than an obstacle. You’ll be inspired to consider the big questions of today: What does the future hold? What does the exponential growth of technology mean for the world of work? What does a changing job market mean for future generations? What do waves of disruption mean for business leaders? Society is evolving at breakneck speed. What does this mean for all of us? Read Undisruptable to bridge the chaos and build the resilience you need to move forward. While we cannot see into the future, there are repeatable patterns that we can understand. Undisruptable demystifies the principles of change through a blend of analogies, innovation frameworks and exemplars of change such as Fujifilm and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The first step to becoming undisputable is to realize that evolution is a natural part of life, and nature provides many examples. Undisruptable will help you to: Understand the principles of change Overcome the barriers to change See change as an opportunity and not an obstacle Utilize simple frameworks and examples to guide you on your transformation By the end of this book, you will have the essential tools and techniques to foster a reinvention mindset that will help you and your organization to become Undisruptable. This book is part of a 3-part series. Part 2 looks at the biases and mental obstacles that prevent change. Part 3 examines the best ways to communicate change within an organization. PRAISE FOR UNDISRUPTABLE “Aidan McCullen has lived a fascinating life of major change. In his book, ‘Undisruptable’; he brings us a method for making sense of the external world, and an accessible and visual approach to letting go of the past, and welcoming the future with a mindset of permanent reinvention. It is a timely, thoughtful book, well worth reading.” – Dee Hock, founder and CEO Emeritus of VISA and author of One from Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization “As the poet Paul Valery said, 'the future is not what is used to be'. Organizations across the board must come to grips with permanent reinvention as their needed way of being. Aidan McCullen's gifted storytelling will inspire you and get you on your way to permanent reinvention.” – Mark Johnson, co-founder Innosight and author Lead from the Future “This book teaches the mindset—the lens of clarity—that we all must develop in order to be undisruptable in a future of chilling disruption.” – Bob Johansen author Full-Spectrum Thinking, Distinguished Fellow, Institute for the Future “The snake may slough off its tail, but there's nothing to be sloughed off with this book. Former professional rugby player Aidan McCullen knows how not to be defeated by victory. He knows how to disrupt himself. He knows what it means to be Undisruptable.” – Whitney Johnson, author of Disrupt Yourself “Aidan McCullen shows us how to embrace a mindset of permanent reinvention. By reading this book, you will learn how to shed o

Download or read book The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S as told to his brother written by David Levithan and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author David Levithan takes young readers on twisting journey through truth, reality, and fantasy and belief. Aidan disappeared for six days. Six agonizing days of searches and police and questions and constant vigils. Then, just as suddenly as he vanished, Aidan reappears. Where has he been? The story he tells is simply. . . impossible. But it's the story Aidan is sticking to. His brother, Lucas, wants to believe him. But Lucas is aware of what other people, including their parents, are saying: that Aidan is making it all up to disguise the fact that he ran away. When the kids in school hear Aidan's story, they taunt him. But still Aidan clings to his story. And as he becomes more of an outcast, Lucas becomes more and more concerned. Being on Aidan's side would mean believing in the impossible. But how can you believe in the impossible when everything and everybody is telling you not to?

Download or read book Crow Talk written by Eileen Garvin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nationally bestselling author of The Music of Bees Eileen Garvin returns with a moving story of hope, healing, and unexpected friendship set amidst the wild natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest. Frankie O’Neill and Anne Ryan would seem to have nothing in common. Frankie is a lonely ornithologist struggling to salvage her dissertation on the spotted owl following a rift with her advisor. Anne is an Irish musician far from home and family, raising her five-year-old son, Aiden, who refuses to speak. At Beauty Bay, a community of summer homes nestled on the shores of June Lake, in the remote foothills of Mount Adams, it’s off-season with most houses shuttered for the fall. But Frankie, adrift, returns to the rundown caretaker’s cottage that has been in the hardworking O'Neill family for generations—a beloved place and a constant reminder of the family she has lost. And Anne, in the wake of a tragedy that has disrupted her career and silenced her music, has fled to the neighboring house, a showy summer home owned by her husband's wealthy family. When Frankie finds an injured baby crow in the forest, little does she realize that the charming bird will bring all three lost souls—Frankie, Anne, and Aiden—together on a journey toward hope, healing, and rediscovering joy. Crow Talk is an achingly beautiful story of love, grief, friendship, and the healing power of nature in the darkest of times.

Download or read book Alpha Aidan s Rejection written by Eron Ofure and published by StarNovel (HK) Co., Limited. This book was released on 2024-09-20 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How long have we been mates?" Aidan barked. "Four weeks," l cried, tears rolling down my face and neck. "And how many times were we intimate, Tara?" My lungs tightened in my chest as l whispered. "Once." "And we were being safe, so why do you think this lie would stick?" Venom dripped from his next words. "Get out of my life because the next time you show up, l will kill you." *** It wasn't exactly a one-night stand, but the possibility of a pregnancy was almost non-existent even though he was my mate. When l mustered the courage to break the news to Aidan Graham, my Alpha, and the father, he denied me. He severed our bond, cheated on me, rubbed it in my face, and plotted my death, and my only option was to run. Nine years later, my daughter walks into my office with a man, and the scent l recognize all too well fills my lungs. She says. "Mommy! I found you this handsome man!" The match my baby girl just made for me...is to my ex Alpha mate. I have been broken in the past, so how do l make this work for my daughter? Can l still try even when Aidan ropes us into a web of secrets, and deceit, and brings me to a past l wished to bury forever?

Download or read book How to Make Friends and Not Incinerate People written by Devin Harnois and published by October Night Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Shadow Valley, a town hidden from the world — and full of monsters. Students at the high school learn how to control their supernatural powers alongside regular classes. Graduation means the freedom to go out into the human world. Failure means being trapped in town for good. Aiden discovers a new world when his changeling powers manifest. Forced to move to Shadow Valley, he struggles with the fear of his powers and his strange classmates. When he meets bad boy Dylan, a dragonkin, they begin an unlikely friendship. But something dark stalks their dreams, tempting them with their heart’s desire. When Dylan makes a dangerous choice, will Aiden’s friendship be enough to save him?

Download or read book Outrush written by Errin Stevens and published by Errin Stevens. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maya’s headlong rush into marriage isn’t working out… and it isn’t the only collision course she’s on these days. Her saltwater distractions aside, her father-in-law wants her gunned down for reasons unknown, and her pesky bodyguard – when he’s around – seems intent on drowning her in want and regret. Maya is desperate to hold onto any small part of herself she understands. When escape becomes her only option, she finds herself in a race against a past – and a man – she can’t outrun.

Download or read book Best Debut Short Stories 2024 written by and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2024-11-26 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential annual guide to the newest voices in literature, selected by Sindya Bhanoo, Ayşegül Savaş, and Sidik Fofana Best Debut Short Stories celebrates the most promising short story writers today. Selected by a panel of distinguished judges, these twelve stories are the 2024 winners of the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers, which recognizes outstanding debuts published in literary magazines.

Download or read book The Nanny written by Lana Ferguson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-04-11 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman discovers the father of the child she is nannying may be her biggest (Only)Fan in this steamy contemporary romance by Lana Ferguson. Suddenly unemployed and on the brink of eviction, Cassie Evans is left with two choices: get a new job (and fast) or fire up her long-untouched OnlyFans account. But the job market is terrible, and as for OnlyFans. . . . Well, there are reasons she can’t go back. Just when all hope seems lost, an ad for a live-in nanny position seems like the solution to all her problems. It’s almost too perfect—until she meets her would-be employer. Aiden Reid, executive chef and DILF extraordinaire, is far from the stuffy single dad Cassie was imagining. He shocks her when he tells her she’s the most qualified applicant he’s met in weeks, practically begging her to take the job. With hands that make her hindbrain howl and eyes that scream sex, the idea of living under the same roof as Aiden feels dangerous, but with no other option, she decides to stay with him and his adorably tenacious daughter, Sophie. Cassie soon discovers that Aiden is not a stranger at all, but instead someone who is very familiar with her—or at least, her body. Given that he doesn’t remember her, Cassie is faced with what feels like an impossible situation. As their relationship heats to temperatures hotter than any kitchen Aiden has ever worked in, Cassie struggles with telling Aiden the truth, and the more terrifying possibility—losing the best chance at happiness she’s ever had.

Download or read book Good Dog Scholastic Gold written by Dan Gemeinhart and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed author of The Honest Truth delivers his most emotionally powerful novel yet. Brodie was a good dog. And good dogs go to heaven.Except Brodie can't move on. Not just yet. As wonderful as his glimpse of the afterlife is, he can't forget the boy he left behind. The boy he loved, and who loved him in return.The boy who's still in danger.So Brodie breaks the rules of heaven. He returns to Earth as a spirit. With the help of two other lost souls -- lovable pitbull Tuck and surly housecat Patsy -- he is determined to find his boy and to save him. Even if it costs him paradise. Even if he loses his eternal soul.Because it's what a good dog would do.

Download or read book Elementaro written by David Vos and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aiden Greensboro and David De Young are best friends and brothers. One day Aiden discovers that he is an Elementaro: a soldier of the ancient goddess Gaia. Elementaros are environmental defenders with only one goal: to kill the monstrous Cronotians who are trying to enslave the human race with their superior technology. David De Young is a technological savant, seemingly capable of building anything. Ready to go to M.I.T. and escape his abusive father, he discovers he is a Cronotian: soldiers of the ancient god Cronos with only one purpose: to kill the Elementaros: environmental terrorists determined to set humanity back to the stone age. Each of them is convinced their side is righteous and just, and their enemy is a set of evil terrorists, until they are thrust back together...

Download or read book The Things You Teach Me written by Shan R.K and published by Shan R.K. This book was released on 2023-02-14 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story that's Suspenseful and Seductive with cruel intentions and a world based on love, lies and deceit. Two men, one woman and the Secrets they keep, the lies they tell, and the love they choose. I once had to make a choice, stay she said, and we'll figure it out together, or go, and protect her, protect us. Dainy Hallow is/was my first love. We had a connection we were both too young to understand. I chose to go, and for twelve months I left her alone. But now I'm back and Dainy is no longer mine. The things you teach me is a coming of age, suspenseful love-triangle about two bestfriends who are inlove with the same girl, and a dead woman who turns their lives upside down. The book is a story about love, beauty, heartbreak and the consequences of choices. Sabatian's journey through his own mind and turmoil of his heart will leave you captivated until the very end. Get your copy today and be transported to a world of love, beauty and deadly lies.

Download or read book Tame the Flame written by Susan Griscom and published by Susan Griscom. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "He lost his memory. She lost him." In a town full of magic, mayhem, and murder, magical side effects aren't unheard of. Unfortunately, it's Addison's lover, Cael who is affected, and the fallout is significant. As a result of some mind-altering misfire, Cael no longer remembers Addison or the love they shared; he's only aware of his duty to his mentor and the Sectorium. Addie's family and friends think she should keep the past a secret so Cael won't feel pressured into having feelings he can't remember, but Addie is crushed. She's not only lost her lover - the man with whom she shared a passion so intense it was one for the ages - but someone has stolen a powerful magical artifact that she was tasked with protecting. Her world has literally been turned upside-down, and her friend Aiden showing an inordinate amount of interest in her isn't helping. Can Addie and Cael work together to uncover the secret of the missing crystal and stop it from falling into the wrong hands while rekindling their passion, or does fate have other things in store for them? Previously published as A Secret Fate, and has been given a new title and new cover to better manifest the true spirit of the book.

Download or read book Falling written by John Connor and published by Orion. This book was released on 2011-04-21 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning thriller that sees Yorkshire-based DC Karen Sharpe brought to the very edge of her sanity. A year and a half ago DC Karen Sharpe was the victim of a terrifying crime. Desperately trying to shelter from its effects she has been working simple fraud and theft cases in West Yorkshire CID. But the brutal murder of a young pregnant woman threatens the precarious wall she has built around herself. Drafted onto the squad to deal with the victim's six-year-old child, Karen finds herself overwhelmed by the devastating nature of the attack. As nightmares from her past start to reoccur, her relationships with those closest to her begin to crack under the strain. An illicit relationship with her boss promises escape: a new beginning without the trappings of past horrors and guilt. But life has a savage lesson in store for her. As West Yorkshire erupts in a summer of explosive race riots, events tip Karen into the depths of the very world she has been fleeing.

Download or read book Mary of Cosmos written by Jeffrey Aaron Miller and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epic conclusion to the story that began with Mary of the Aether and continued with Mary of Shadows and Mary of Starlight. One enemy remains, a creature more devious, cunning and cruel than any Devourer. Mary the Lightbearer will face this enemy in a last world-shattering battle that will change the fate of universes. But it is a battle like no other against an evil force greater than anything Mary has ever known. The truth about many things will be revealed, and no one will ever be the same.

Download or read book Darkness Has Fallen written by Samantha Cook and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My name is Ethan Turner and I was thrust into this life by no will of my own, and now I am what I am...I am not perfect-I never have been-but I will fight evil whether it lives within me or I come face-to-face with it. The changes a teen goes through are tough. And as a senior, I stressed over planning my future. But that was nothing compared to what I would face and the future that waited for me. Whether by chance or fate, the change happened suddenly. I woke burning with thirst and a desire to understand the impossible. A girl, a very intoxicating girl, was there to help. Tabitha had saved my life. She fed me, taught me, but had to send me out on my own, without friends, without family, and worst of all, without her. My life was cursed and my body marked. Those were the things that brought others to me, others like myself-vampires. But although I rejected what I had become and the desires that came with it, I knew I had to accept their help. I have a wedding to stop. The family of my seductive angel intends for her to marry a power-hungry German with unchecked ambitions. That will happen over my dead body, or rather, my ashes. And my plan will turn this crazy world upside down when "Darkness Has Fallen."

Download or read book Dark Obsession written by Sarah Piper and published by Two Gnomes Media. This book was released on 2020-12-04 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vicious demonic plot. A curse decades in the making. An epic love that burns hotter than all of it… Charlotte... All Charley’s nightmares are real. Demons. Dark witches. Her murderous uncle. With her soul bound to an ancient demon lord and her sister taken captive by a monster, hope is in short supply. But Charley will not go down without a fight. Not when it comes to her sister, and not when it comes to the vampire king who’s claimed her heart. Even if it means siding with a brutal enemy from her past. Even if it means making a choice that will alter the course of her life… for eternity. Dorian... Dorian never wanted his father’s crown or the secrets that came with it. He never wanted to fall in love with the seductive stranger he’d ravaged in a closet, either. But fate had other plans. Now, with the enemies of House Redthorne lurking in every shadow, demons threatening to destroy his city, and an ancient lord of hell laying claim on the woman who’s set Dorian’s very soul on fire, the vampire king has only one mission: Burn. Them. All. Even if it means betraying his father’s memory. Even if it means making the darkest sacrifice of his immortal life...

Download or read book Sweet Little Spies written by Lexi Blake and published by DLZ Entertainment LLC. This book was released on 2024-09-17 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since he was a kid, Aidan O’Donnell has known two things about the world. Tristan is his best friend, and Carys is the love of his life. Sharing her with Tristan was oddly easy. They both loved her deeply, and they never cared what anyone else thought. They were a team and everything was wonderful. Until the day it ended. Carys Taggart has spent the last year and a half of her life living a lie. A lie Tristan forced on them all. She understands that it was meant to protect her and Aidan, but lately when Tristan says he doesn’t love her, it feels more like the truth. The wedding she’s dreamed of has been put off far longer than he promised. When he asks her and Aidan for another delay, she’s ready to move on without him. Tristan Dean-Miles has a good plan and the best of intentions. Go undercover as a ruthless arms dealer so he can find a deadly bombmaker at the top of the agency’s wanted list. It might be taking longer than expected, but he’s so close he can taste it. Unfortunately, getting this close meant getting in way too deep. He knows he will succeed, but if he can’t convince the love of his life and his best friend that he’s worth the wait, his victory will cost him everything.