Engineering Business

How cocoa farming has helped these women farmers improve their livelihoods and increase income

The world is moving towards trillions of connected devices that in a few years will be not smartphones, but virtually anything - most of which has never been connected before. This connecting the unconnected will enable the Internet of Things - the rise of which is both exciting and confusing. The authors evaluate the opportunities that emerge as a result of the Internet of Things focusing on the impact to individuals, industries and societies.

In their effort to build the world's first and largest commercial green rooftop farm, the founders of Brooklyn Grange learned a lot about building and sustaining a business while never losing sight of their mission: to serve their community by providing delicious organic food and changing the way people think about what they eat. But their story is about more than just farming. It serves as an inspirational and instructional guide for anyone looking to start a business that is successful while making a positive impact.

The market is changing, and more requirements are coming. How do I meet them? What do ESG, TCFD, NZ, CN, ISO mean? How do they help me? How will acting on the climate bring opportunities to my organization? The Planet is facing a climate crisis and the 6th great extinction at the same time. People are facing the biggest transformation since the Internet and smartphones—a Phase Change—in this decade. How can my organization ensure its Profits? This book describes strategies—smart climate moves—to address these challenges.

Are you looking for ways to harness virtual classroom challenges into opportunities for faster growth and more profound connections? In this book, you will find practical strategies to help you cultivate resilience and build a healthy and robust mind-set in a virtual learning environment. These strategies will also help prepare your students to succeed in online teaching and learning with an adaptive and resilient mind-set. After all, you want to harness this global challenge into a growth opportunity for both you and your students.

Today's unprecedented pace of change leaves many people wondering what new technologies are doing to our lives. Has social media robbed us of our privacy and fed us with false information? Are the decisions about our health, security and finances made by computer programs inexplicable and biased? Will these algorithms become so complex that we can no longer control them? Are robots going to take our jobs? John Browne presents an impassioned defence of progress and innovation and argues that we need not and must not put the brakes on technological advance.

Without a strong grasp of performance metrics, a company can have no clear, quantitative indication of its performance improvement. Six Sigma Business Scorecard offers a unique approach to measuring performance. Listeners will learn how to track their improvements in operations and financials - and make critical adjustments if such improvements are not up to expectations - using Six Sigma. This much-needed second edition of Six Sigma Business Scorecard delivers an innovative Execution Map allowing you to implement, reap, and quantify the many advantages of Six Sigma.

Can you reverse climate change and promote social justice while generating a profit? Richard Walker shows you how it's both possible and valuable to "do it right". Walker runs a £3bn business that is affecting real change in the most unlikely but critical sector: the supermarket. From restricting single-use plastic to eradicating palm oil from products, his quest is to find purpose with profit for his business.

Toyota would like us to think that Mother Nature drives a Prius, Ford wants us to Join the Green Revolution,” and McDonald’s has painted its golden arches green. But are big brands and the celebrities endorsing them really as green as they claim? In The Greenwash Effect, Guy Pearse looks behind the corporate façade in the tradition of Fast Food Nation and No Logo - and what he finds will startle you.

In my book, I make the case that customer experience is not just a differentiator it is the reason your organization exists. Profits and long-term growth are by-products of delighting customers. Whether you support customers through a call center or you are an army of one you will learn how to create an environment that is intentional about delighting customers. We will explore the three vital components to achieve this liberating structures, data driven technology and empowered people.

This is not your typical sustainability book. It doesn't waste time throwing the usual suspects under the bus, blaming them for all of our problems, and leaving you feeling angry. Instead, it directly asks you to accept that there will always be people to blame for why things aren't the way you wish...and helps you become a master at dealing with them anyway!

Success at Dominating Apps

Did you know that there are things you must avoid when creating an app and it’s due mainly to design complexity and certain restriction? Mobile users are exposed to most of this information in social forums, which can only be to your advantage, but there is more... Social forum is not the only place, as taking a tour of the websites of the entire branded phone available on the market is certainly an eye opener...

A concise introductory guide to the business continuity management systems (BCMS) standard ISO 22301:2012.

The purpose of this audiobook, Crack Me in 3 Months, is to impress upon you the listener who is interested or currently going through Cisco training, to understand that the training is hard, the goal is high, and failure is not an option. The objective here is to encourage, support, and ask that you crack me in three months. While Cisco training is difficult, yet rewarding, no candidate is Cisco certified unless you pass the proctored Cisco exam. This audiobook will deliver our message of hope, support , understanding, and encouragement.

Believe! Education, employment, media, retail, relationships, and almost every industry and aspect of life has been impacted by the Internet. Internetism is simply to strengthen your belief that the Internet will make the world a better place - For you, your family, your community, and everyone.

The definition of a proxy as they concern us is a web page that allows users to access websites that are restricted by the user’s network administrator. Some anonymous proxies encrypt your Web communications, protecting you from routine monitoring or even dedicated surveillance. We are going to be creating proxies that filter websites, and provide the user with the capability to anonymously surfing the web. Don’t let this technical jargon confuse you, it's really very simple! Find out all here.

We are living in the age of experience. With the proliferation of tools that allow better and more holistic design of customer experience and employee experience, comes an increased ability to measure, analyze, and optimize. This new age of increased integration means that successful CX and EX involves many teams and departments within an organization to become successful.

Right now in America, there are about two million homes with solar panels. Considering there are about 90 million single-family homes, that doesn’t seem like a lot. But consider this: We’re now on track to start adding a million new solar-powered systems each year. It’s taken a while to get here, but solar energy is increasingly becoming a popular option to power the home of the future.

During my research and writing I was fortunate to discover managers in a variety of businesses who actually understand and practice the awesome power of dignifying and respecting the people who depend on the businesses for their livelihoods and on whom the businesses depend on for their existence - the perfect win-win. In addition the profiled managers are totally convinced that dignity is the root cause of their firms' profitability and sustainability. I think you'll enjoy meeting them and profit from their insights.

Tudo que um profissional precisa saber para produzir, narrar, revisar e até mesmo empreender no mercado de audiolivros. Na parte técnica, os princípios de áudio e acústica, os equipamentos mais adequados, os principais plug-ins e programas de edição, além dos caminhos mais fáceis para editar, mixar e finalizar o produto.