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Shaun Coffey (Scientist CEO and NED) connects people, ideas & experience to shape a world that works for all - observing, reflecting, seeking better questions.

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Book Cover for: Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--And How to Think Deeply Again, Johann Hari

Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--And How to Think Deeply Again

Johann Hari
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Will you finish reading the story? Will you even open it? We live in the most distracted time in human history. Can we reclaim our attention spans? Stolen Focus: Johann Hari explains how your attention has been stolen - Vox https://t.co/ugbM5ZJclL

Paperback, 2023

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall

Hilary Mantel
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Curiosity yields insight. “Insight cannot be taken back. You cannot return to the moment you were in before.” —Hilary Mantel (Wolf Hall) A must read post from ⁦@hjarche⁩ https://t.co/1IJJE7bGvp

Paperback, 2021

$20.99$10.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Leaders Make the Future: Ten New Leadership Skills for an Uncertain World (Second edition, Revised and Expanded) (16pt Large Print Edition), Bob Johansen

Leaders Make the Future: Ten New Leadership Skills for an Uncertain World (Second edition, Revised and Expanded) (16pt Large Print Edition)

Bob Johansen
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In his 2012 book Leaders Make the Future, Bob Johansen builds on this idea to suggest that being normal may be a disadvantage in abnormal times - those more familiar with chaos are likely to have an advantage in managing the volatility, uncertainty, and complexity, and ambiguity.

Paperback, Large Print, 2015

$50.99$25.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: Listening to People: A Practical Guide to Interviewing, Participant Observation, Data Analysis, and Writing It All Up, Annette Lareau

Listening to People: A Practical Guide to Interviewing, Participant Observation, Data Analysis, and Writing It All Up

Annette Lareau
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A Practical Guide to Interviewing, Participant Observation, Data Analysis, and Writing It All Up by Annette Lareau | Impact of Social Sciences https://t.co/fxPRN41unS

Paperback, 2021

$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth, James Lovelock

Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth

James Lovelock
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RIP….James Lovelock, creator of Gaia hypothesis, dies on 103rd birthday The scientist was best known for his theory that the Earth is a self-regulating community of organisms https://t.co/7WRuF4IfzR

Paperback, 2016

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Descent Of Man, Charles Darwin

The Descent Of Man

Charles Darwin
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Enjoying a new look at the contribution of Charles Darwin, and his reluctance to write The Descent of Man https://t.co/GHqD8AXDO7

Paperback, 2017

$12.89$6.45 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Calvin and Hobbes, Bill Watterson

Calvin and Hobbes

Bill Watterson
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May 20, 1990: Advice on Life and Creative Integrity from Calvin and Hobbes Creator Bill Watterson – The Marginalian https://t.co/BAej9uiI8L

Paperback, 1987

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (Dsm-5-Tr(r)), American Psychiatric Association

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (Dsm-5-Tr(r))

American Psychiatric Association
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“Oddly enough, there’s no name in the DSM for the compulsion to diagnose people.” —- Richard Powers in Bewilderment. P.5 DSM = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.  American Psychiatric Association

Paperback, 2022

$170.00$145.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us, Seth Godin

Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us

Seth Godin
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“Criticism, without constructive feedback, is a potent dream-killer because it only shuts someone down and does not give them encouragement or a way forward” Lesson from TRIBES by Seth Godin

Hardcover, 2008

$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Descent of Man, Charles Darwin

The Descent of Man

Charles Darwin
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Enjoying a new look at the contribution of Charles Darwin, and his reluctance to write The Descent of Man https://t.co/GHqD8AXDO7

Paperback, 2010

$10.95$5.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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