“…Drawing on real-world examples of successes and failures of large-scale cloud spenders, this book outlines a road map for building a culture of FinOps in your organization. …”

“…You can't control what happens to your business, but you can absolutely control how you react, and how you turn bumps in the road into ramps to the sky. Anthony Scaramucci has been there and done that, again and again, and has ultimately come out on top; in this book, he shares what he wishes he knew then. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Machine generated contents note: Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1 The Critical Role of Business Insight The Disruptive Nature of Data An Unconventional Look at Conventional "Wisdom" Innovating at the Speed of Data Weighing Risk and Bringing the Better Part of "Gut Instinct" Back into the Equation People, Process, Technology, and Culture Starting the Journey Notes Chapter 2 The Journey: Taking the First Steps toward Transforming Your Organization Different Approaches Juggling Multiple Challenges How to Deal with Challenges Effectively Executive Sponsorship: Critical to Success Understanding Current Capabilities Aligning Capabilities with Business Objectives Let's Start the Journey Taking the First Steps to Transforming Your Organization Note Chapter 3 Challenged Organizations: When Rugged Individualism and Department Silos Aren't Enough Getting Along One Day at a Time: Organizations at the Individual Level When "Have It Your Way" Isn't a Good Thing Superhighways and Dirt Roads Consolidated, but Not Cohesive: Organizations at the Departmental Level Subject Matter Experts and Gatekeepers Understanding the True Consequences of the Challenged Levels Business Transformation Strategy Objectives for Challenged Organizations Notes Chapter 4 Foundational Organizations: Making the Leap to an Enterprise-Wide Approach The Possibilities That Come with Patience Seeing the Value across the Enterprise How an Enterprise Level Organization Functions Big Data: The Big Opportunity for Enterprise Level Organizations Don't Let Up Continuous Improvement Required Business Transformation Strategy Objectives for Foundational Organizations Chapter 5 Progressive Organizations: Harnessing the Power of Information to Achieve Market Advantage and Expand Their Business Offerings Optimization: The Easiest Business Case of All Toward Innovation and Beyond Business Transformation Strategy Objectives for Progressive Organizations Chapter 6 Centers of Excellence: The Key to Accelerate Organizational Transformation The 10,000-Foot View of Information A Quick Look at the Key Responsibilities of a CoE CoEs and the Levels of Maturity How Should CoEs Be Organized? …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 1.5 What will Happen in the Meantime? The Road to Full-unemployment Equilibrium -- References -- 2 Possible Policy Solutions to Counteract the Rise of Technological Unemployment and Its Consequences -- 2.1 Taxing Robots, Subsidizing Human Workers -- 2.2 Boosting Education and/or Professional Training -- 2.3 Reducing Per-capita Working Hours -- 2.4 Quotas... -- 2.5 ...and the Tradable Permits Approach -- 2.6 Employment Protection Legislation and Unemployment Benefits -- 2.7 Collectivizing Firms (or Similar Policies) -- 2.8 Universal Basic Income -- References -- 3 Basic Income -- 3.1 Basic Income and Its History -- 3.2 Basic Income as a Welfare Instrument -- 3.3 Basic Income and labor Supply -- 3.4 Basic Income as an Instrument for Counteracting Technological Unemployment -- 3.5 Creative Work, Prosocial Behavior, and Basic Income -- 3.6 Is Basic Income Financially Sustainable? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Fragments de l'histoire des Franco-Manitobaines de 1916 à 1947 -- The Universitys New Clothes: Morality Tales for Feminists in Modem Academe -- Gender Equity in the Canadian Sport Council: The New Voice for the Sport Community -- Part II: Women at Work - Partie II : Femmes et travail -- Feminisms, Feminizing, and Democratization in Canadian Unions -- Intersecting Multiple Sites of Marginalization: The Work of Feminizing within an Educational Workers' Union -- La création de nos propres institutions : une voie à emprunter -- Part III: Reinventing Ourselves at Any Age - Partie III : Réinventons nos vies -- Girl Guides of Canada: The Feminist Promise in the "Promise and Law -- Dancing the Road to Success: Metro Dance and Women -- Place aux actrices sociales! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction / Simon Ditchfield -- Silk Road Christians and the translation of culture in Tang China / Scott Fitzgerald Johnson -- The language of baptism in early Anglo-Saxon England: the case for Old English / Miriam Adan Jones -- Translating St. …”

“…Found in Dunhuang at the beginning of the last century, the discovery and first publication of the so-called Traitémanichéen with French translation by Édouard Chavannes and Paul Pelliot (1911) was a sensation as it proved for the first time to Western scholars that the religion of Mani reached China from Iraq via Central Asia in the Tang period thanks to the Silk Road. This first-ever critical edition with English translation of the full document with revised editions of parallels in Parthian, Sogdian and Uyghur (Old Turkish) from Turfan by a team of experts is a major contribution to Manichaean scholarship. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- How to Tell the True Problem from a Distracting Tangent -- Confronting the Smartphone Problem -- Starting Small Is Still Starting -- The Power of Irimi -- Chapter 7: 呼吸Kokyu: Breath-Power -- Kokyu-Ho: Knocking Someone Over with Only a Breath -- Time to Get Uncomfortable -- One Way to Get Past Your Anxiety -- Breathing While You Work -- How to Take Control of Your Day -- Risking Failure to Succeed -- Real Risk, Real Rewards -- Creating Emotional Exhale Moments -- Try It Yourself-Today -- Chapter 8: 合気Aiki: Unity -- What I Should Have Known -- Harmony in Action -- Using Aiki in Daily Life -- Try It Yourself -- Use What You Have -- The Road Less Traveled -- Start with Self-Awareness -- Embrace Your Weaknesses -- Adapt, Improvise, and Overcome -- Do Your Own Self-Assessment -- Finding a Way -- Chapter 9: 残心Zanshin: Calm Awareness -- Real-Life Daredevils -- The Skill That Gives Spies Their Edge -- An Exercise in Zanshin -- Moments of Calm Awareness -- Prepared for the Unexpected -- Developing Zanshin -- A Moment of Truth -- The Power of Zanshin -- Chapter 10: 和Wa: Harmony -- Why the Finns Are Different -- Fighting for Peace -- Harmonious Hiring -- The New Polaroid: Winning through Cooperation -- Harmonious Progress -- Understanding How Progress Really Works -- The Honorable No -- The Honorable No That Saved My Company-and My Sanity -- Conclusion 澄み切りSumi-Kiri: Clarity of Mind and Body -- Clarity of Mind and Body -- The Road to Acceptance -- Listening to the Inner Voice -- Clearing the Way for Action -- My Teacher -- Duty and Obligation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.2 The Spread of Latin Writing in Londinium -- 3.3 The Spread of Writing Materials in Londinium -- 4 Conclusions -- 6: Mobility, Roads, and Milestones: Aspects of the Use of Latin in the Roman Empire -- 1 Setting the Scene: A Sanctuary at the Edge of the North Sea -- 2 Some Considerations on Context and Methods -- 3 The Significance of the Traffic Infrastructure and Mobility (a Short Overview) -- 4 Road Inscriptions and Milestones -- 5 The Celtic leuga -- 6 Concluding Thoughts -- 7: Learning Latin in the Roman Army -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Numbers -- 3 Documents Written in Latin -- 4 Who Needed to Know Latin? …”