Whole New Mind

Author Daniel Pink asserts that right-brained creative thinking will outshine logical and process-oriented thinkers as we move further into the 21st century. Drawing on research and observations from around the world, he states that creative, empathetic, and teaching skills are more often found among individuals who move ahead than those who do not. He identifies six skills that he believes are essential to the creative thinker: design, storytelling, symphony, emoathy, play, and meaning. "Portfolio" exercises at the end of each chapter guide readers through lessons that help them to develop these skills.

This book can be found in HECSA Library:

A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers will Rule the Future
Daniel H. Pink
BF 408 .P49 2006

Handbook of Project-based Management

This book is a complete guide to managing projects in the 21st century. This third edition makes a major change in focus from previous editions, shifting from production and delivering on corporate objectives to managing projects that are intended to result in strategic change. To do this, chapters on leading people through change have been added to traditional topics of managing and measuring performance and project processes. Project governance is also emphasized here, ranging from ways to develop organizational capability to managing programs and portfolios within the organization. This book is a valuable addition to existing project management literature because of its focus on the softer and more personnel-intense aspects of change.

This book can be found in HECSA Library:

The Handbook of Project-based Management: Leading Strategic Change in Organizations
3rd ed.
J. Rodney Turner
HD 69 .P75 T85 2009

Forecast

Since the beginning of the 19th century, the planet has warmed an average of 1.2 degrees, as is predicted to continue warming up to another 10 degrees. This climate change has caused tremendous disruption in habitats. Polar ice is melting causing polar bears to loose their hunting grounds or to drown because too much ice has melted. Deserts are disappearing and some plants in tropical areas are no longer able to thrive. However, formerly barren areas are beginning to become viable farmland. This book discusses the changes that have already occurred around the planet as a result of global warming, but also predicts further change and presents scenarios depicting what the next century may be like around the world.

This book can be found in HECSA Library:

Forecast: The Consequences of Climate Change, from the Amazon to the Arctic, from Darfur to Napa Valley
Stephan Faris
QC 981.8 .C5 F343 2009