The aim of this book is to help readers prioritize their emissions-related actions so they can focus their efforts on things that work for them (recognizing that we are in a cost-of-living crisis as well as a climate crisis) and that can make a real difference. The book includes more than 100 carbon-saving actions and money-saving tips as well as ideas for living a healthier lifestyle.
Why are today’s businesses as they are? Building on WH Beable’s Romance of Great Businesses, a description of 32 significant companies published a century ago, this book explores how some British commercial icons started, evolved and then coped with an ever-more-complex economic environment. Who were those Victorian entrepreneurs? How did their beliefs influence their work? What is their legacy? What has been lost and what gained?
The modern economic history of Japan is an extraordinary tale. The country rose over the course of just a hundred and twenty odd years from outright backwardness to the elite tier of the most advanced economies. This was a unique achievement, and one realised despite the nation succumbing to a damaging interlude of ugly totalitarianism and subsequently suffering the most demoralising of military defeats. This book – written in an accessible style by the author of the highly successful The Tyranny of Nostalgia – tells that story.
Circle Back! is a tongue-in-cheek A–Z guide to the weird and often perplexing world of corporate jargon. Covering every term from ‘across the detail’ to ‘wheelhouse’, it will help you navigate the linguistic minefield of any office or online meeting and provide you with a comprehensive dictionary of today’s most used business buzzwords while also poking fun at our bizarre and collective compliance in using a completely different vocabulary while at work. To pre-order a copy, see the full description below.
In Inflation Is About More Than Money, Brian Griffiths charts recent history and policy developments with regard to inflation. He sees inflation as a moral problem: a form of taxation and deceit that those in positions of authority should always seek to address.
This book is the first that provides a comprehensive overview of the law of net zero and nature positive. While the book focuses on England and Wales, it also sets out the wider domestic and international context and relevant law, including the principal domestic and European legislation, in particular the Climate Change Act 2008 and the Environment Act 2021, and how legal obligations in respect of net zero and nature positive translate across different sectors of the economy.
Failures of digital systems cause service outages and data breaches that are now of a number and scale that has major negative effects on the economy and society, internationally. As our dependence on digital systems for services continues to increase, it becomes ever more important to reduce the consequences of errors and outages in these systems. This book provides decision makers in the private, government and not-for-profit sectors with both the motivation to take action and the methods to achieve IT service resilience.
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Inspired by the new approach to interreligious dialogue that has arisen from the work of Catholic popes, theologians and lay activists over the past half a century, Dialogues, Disputes and Dreams among Jews, Christians and Muslims seeks to lay the foundations of a new approach to dialogue between the three Abrahamic faiths.
This book describes the types of interaction we should expect from the next generation of public services, the digital platforms and infrastructure they will be built with, and the public sector design values needed to make them a reality. Including 30 illustrated design patterns, 10 strategic interventions, and global examples of emerging patterns in digital government.
This book provides a cradle to grave guide to the process of construction industry adjudication from the perspective of the adjudicator. It covers the whole process of adjudication, from the initial enquiry through case management, the conduct of the proceedings, the production of the Decision and post-Decision matters. The purpose is to provide a resource for aspiring and practising adjudicators, both in the UK and internationally.
Surviving and Thriving in the Age of AI is specifically designed for busy professionals, leaders and decision makers. It is organized to allow you to gain valuable insights quickly and on demand. Above all, the content is grounded in real-world experience and practical applications within the context of digital transformation, ensuring its relevance to everyone who is embarking on a digital journey. Each topic concludes with thought-provoking questions and actionable steps to guide your personal exploration of AI and its implications.
This book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand and navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of digital property and mortgage transactions. It offers a nuanced understanding of the transformative forces that are shaping the digital property market, and it provides a stark warning to market incumbents on the need to evolve their business models, their technology and their cybersecurity capabilities.
This is the definitive reference work for construction law practitioners internationally. In three volumes it provides the most comprehensive treatment of the major issues arising out of construction and engineering projects, with extensive references to case law, statutes and regulations, standard forms of contract and legal commentary.
This book argues that the European Union can, in cooperation with others, play a crucial role in averting a regressive world.
Throughout history, it has been those brave enough to puncture the prevailing groupthink who have propelled society forward. But they are in shockingly short supply today. In this collection of original essays, Brendan O’Neill remakes the case for heresy – and commits a few heresies of his own along the way.
Where did woke come from? And whose interests does it serve? This is a book about how a once fringe set of ideas took our elites by storm, and why this is bad news. The book argues that we have much more in common than the woke would have us believe – and that it is time to come together to forge a freer, more democratic and truly egalitarian future.
