“…He is a senior partner and managing director at Ogilvy & Mather, one of the world's largest advertising and communications agencies.Within four years, Bowman's practice was able to deliver more than $5 million in incremental fees and win industry awards for strategy, creativity, and brand effectiveness. In this forward-looking and invaluable resource, Bowman shows you how to recognize this huge, underserved market. …”

“…Trying to nail that BHAG. All on a go forward basis. These are only a few examples of the jargon-ridden language that is too often the mainstay of business communication. …”

“…Author Amantha Imber holds a PhD in organisational psychology, and has been called upon by a multinational roster of forward-thinking companies—such as Google, Disney, LEGO and Virgin—to improve innovation at all levels. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Work Hard, Play Hard -- Failing Forward Mindset -- Embracing Risk -- Considerations for Leaders -- Chapter 4 Prepare, Practice, Plan for Contingencies -- The A-10 Warthog -- On Hog Driving -- The Art of Chair Flying -- Flying the Warthog -- A Nation at War -- The Jet Doesn't Know the Difference -- Preparing for Potholes -- Red Flag Leadership -- Considerations for Leaders -- Chapter 5 Wiggle Your Fingers and Toes -- The Global War on Terrorism -- Pressure to Perform -- Ready for Combat -- We Got You Covered -- Slower Is Faster -- Calm in the Chaos -- Considerations for Leaders -- Chapter 6 Empower Your Wingmen -- On the Precipice of War -- Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003 -- 20 March 2003 (Personal Journal Excerpt) -- 27 March 2003 (Personal Journal Excerpt) -- 30 March 03 (Personal Journal Excerpt) -- 2 April 03 (Personal Journal Excerpt) -- 6 April 03 (Personal Journal Excerpt) -- Seizing the Moment -- It's Still About the Team -- Trust and Empowerment -- Considerations for Leaders -- Chapter 7 The Fighter Pilot Debrief -- Owning Accountability -- The Combat Debrief -- The Aftermath -- Back in the Air…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Making the Ask -- What the Fundraising -- Who You Are and Why We're Here -- Fundraisers -- Sector Leaders -- The First Step Forward -- Alignment Fundraising -- What Is Possible with Alignment Fundraising -- Inside What the Fundraising -- Acknowledging Underlying Systemic Issues -- Case Studies and Research -- Part I The Problem -- Chapter 1 A Critical Tipping Point -- Giving in the Gilded Age -- Taxes and Nonprofits -- Systemic Inequities: Then and Now -- The Decline in Giving -- The Staffing Crisis -- They Aren't Separate Problems -- Chapter 2 Show Me the Money (But Don't Talk About It) -- Unpacking Scarcity Mindset -- Scarcity Myth 1: There Is Never Enough Money -- Scarcity Myth 2: We Must Compete for Resources -- Scarcity Myth 3: We Should Operate with Minimal Overhead -- The Impact of Scarcity Mindset on Funder Relationships -- Transactional Fundraising -- The Road to Transactional Fundraising -- Moving Beyond Transactional Fundraising -- Case Study: Ben Houghton -- Chapter 3 This Job Feels Awful -- From Discomfort to Burnout -- What Causes Discomfort? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The practicalities of radicalisation -- Researching radicalisation -- The practitioner's perspective -- Exposure -- Acceptance -- Idée fixe -- Dissemination -- The gut feeling -- Policy versus practitioner -- Where does the buck stop? -- Moving forward with radicalisation: practitioner-led recommendations -- Summary -- References -- 7 Restorative justice for preventing and countering violent extremism: some reflections from the Basque Country -- Introduction -- The political harm on pluralism: society as an indirect victim to be restored -- Balancing confidentiality and social echo to extend restorative justice beyond interpersonal relations -- Victims' needs: reparation through social prevention -- Young generations as engaged post-witnesses, part of the conflict community -- Challenges in the involvement of young generations in restorative processes to prevent further political violence -- Restorative cities for promoting peaceful and just democracies -- Summary -- Notes -- References -- PART IV Thinking critically about evidence-based practice -- 8 Role of academic researchers in preventing and countering violent extremism policy and practice -- Introduction -- Academic research(ers) and policy making -- Policy relevance in terrorism studies -- Use and position of academic research in preventing and countering violent extremism policy and practice -- Forms of collaboration of researchers and policy makers/practitioners in the preventing and countering violent extremism field -- Sharing knowledge -- Research for policy-making purposes -- Evaluation of preventing and countering violent extremism policies and practices -- Co-designing policies and practices -- Research co-production -- Looking ahead -- Summary -- References -- 9 The Atomwaffen Division: the myth of evidence-based policy on the threat of far-right extremism -- Introduction…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Preface -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 Complex-Valued Adaptive Signal Processing -- 1.1 Introduction -- -- 1.2 Preliminaries -- 1.3 Optimization in the Complex Domain -- 1.4 Widely Linear Adaptive Filtering -- 1.5 Nonlinear Adaptive Filtering with Multilayer Perceptrons -- 1.6 Complex Independent Component Analysis -- 1.7 Summary -- 1.8 Acknowledgment -- 1.9 Problems -- References -- Chapter 2 Robust Estimation Techniques for Complex-Valued Random Vectors -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Statistical Characterization of Complex Random Vectors -- 2.3 Complex Elliptically Symmetric (CES) Distributions -- 2.4 Tools to Compare Estimators -- 2.5 Scatter and Pseudo-Scatter Matrices -- 2.6 Array Processing Examples -- 2.7 MVDR Beamformers Based on M-Estimators -- 2.8 Robust ICA -- 2.9 Conclusion -- 2.10 Problems -- References -- Chapter 3 Turbo Equalization -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Context -- 3.3 Communication Chain -- 3.4 Turbo Decoder: Overview -- 3.5 Forward-Backward Algorithm -- 3.6 Simplified Algorithm: Interference Canceler -- 3.7 Capacity Analysis -- 3.8 Blind Turbo Equalization -- 3.9 Convergence -- 3.10 Multichannel and Multiuser Settings -- 3.11 Concluding Remarks -- 3.12 Problems -- References -- Chapter 4 Subspace Tracking for Signal Processing -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Linear Algebra Review -- 4.3 Observation Model and Problem Statement -- 4.4 Preliminary Example: Oja's Neuron -- 4.5 Subspace Tracking -- 4.6 Eigenvectors Tracking -- 4.7 Convergence and Performance Analysis Issues -- 4.8 Illustrative Examples -- 4.9 Concluding Remarks -- 4.10 Problems -- References -- Chapter 5 Particle Filtering -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Motivation for Use of Particle Filtering -- 5.3 The Basic Idea -- 5.4 The Choice of Proposal Distribution and Resampling -- 5.5 Some Particle Filtering Methods -- 5.6 Handling Constant Parameters -- 5.7 Rao-Blackwellization -- 5.8 Prediction -- 5.9 Smoothing -- 5.10 Convergence Issues -- 5.11 Computational Issues and Hardware Implementation -- 5.12 Acknowledgments…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Unleashing the Potential -- DOM in Motion -- A Detailed Look at the DOM Journey -- Mantras for Success -- Part III Don't Get Disrupted -- Chapter 8 Crisis Creates Opportunity -- Failure Is a Part of Success -- Problems and Solutions -- The IT Disconnect -- Keep It Simple -- Wisdom of Hindsight -- From the Top -- Getting to the Next Level -- Regulatory Stumbling Blocks -- Security Concerns -- Pathways to Growth: A Roundup -- Chapter 9 Outsmarting the Competition -- Disrupt or Be Disrupted -- The Science of Business Platform and Data -- Newest Evolution -- Delivering to Customers -- Devil in the Details -- More Challenges, Platform Solutions -- Game Changers: AI and Machine Learning -- Pathways to Growth: A Roundup -- Chapter 10 DOM in Motion: Business Platform Success -- Platform Power -- Disrupt or Be Disrupted -- The Master -- Similar Challenges -- Part IV The Future Is Here -- Chapter 11 Maintain Your Forward Momentum -- Intelligent Business Platform -- Hyper-Personalization -- Human and Machine -- Full Potential -- Today Is Here -- Internet of Things (IoT) -- Change Is Inevitable -- Blockchain -- Machine Learning as a Service (ML as a Service) -- Deep Learning -- Robotics and Automation -- Looking Ahead -- Pathways to Growth: A Roundup -- Chapter 12 The Decades Ahead -- Future Leaders -- Making the Impossible Possible -- Creative Solutions -- Mantra for the Future: DIEP -- Evolution of Business -- Next-Gen Open Artificial Intelligence -- The Metaverse -- Making Sense of It All -- The Journey -- Digital Evolution -- Business with a Purpose -- Pathways to Growth: A Roundup -- Epilogue -- Endnotes -- Appendix/Rajesh Sinha: A Digital Entrepreneur's Journey -- Purpose first and happiness will follow. . . -- College and Career Choice -- Choice and Direction -- New York, New Life, New Business -- Tough Lessons -- Words of Wisdom -- About the Website…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 11 Shortcomings of Risk Metrics -- The Problem of Stationarity -- Volatility Modelling -- The Gaussian Assumption is Seductive but Dangerous -- Taming Fat Tails and Skewness -- Chapter 12 Ex-Post Evaluation of a Risk Model: Backtesting -- Chapter 13 A Forward-Looking Evaluation of Risk: Stress Testing -- The Return Period -- Historical Stress Scenarios -- Part III Getting Conduct Risk to Scale -- Chapter 14 The Big Picture of Conduct Risk -- Chapter 15 Markers of Conduct Risk -- Chapter 16 Worked Example 7: Building a Conduct Risk Score -- Matching Risk Markers with Conduct Risk Pillars -- Setting Thresholds -- Calculation and Customization of the CRS -- Chapter 17 Fostering a Culture of Appropriate Conduct Outcomes -- Conduct Risk Culture and Behaviours -- Clarifying Good and Bad Behaviours -- Measuring How Far a Risk-Taker is From Good Conduct -- Chapter 18 Worked Example 8: Calculating a Risk-Taker's Conduct Risk Index -- Overview -- Calculation of a Negative Conduct Risk Marker Score -- Scores Aggregation and Full Offsetting -- Positive Conduct Risk Marker Scores -- Calculation of the Overall Scores -- Calculation of the Conduct Risk Index -- Chapter 19 Hot Questions Still Pending -- Chapter 20 Understanding the Root Causes of Poor Conduct -- Clustering Risk-Takers -- In-Depth Analysis of Bad Apples -- Putting a Tangible Value on Diversity and Inclusiveness -- Appendix -- References -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Index -- EULA…”

“…Telecommunications Essentials is best-of-breed in telecommunications publishing and represents the most thorough, comprehensive, and forward-looking resource to date. Both student and practitioner alike will find the unique blend of introductory and advanced material a ‘one-stop-shop.’ …”

“…Packed with legal advice and straight forward explanations this is an essential reference for filmmakers worldwide.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- History of Cryptography -- Modern Cryptography -- We've Covered -- Chapter 3: Components of Cryptography -- Cryptography: Taking a Look Back and Looking Forward -- Encryption -- Visiting an Old Friend -- Dissecting the Caesar Cipher -- We've Covered -- Chapter 4: Algorithms and Ciphers -- A High-Level Look at Algorithms -- Symmetric Algorithms -- Common Symmetric Algorithms -- So What's the Key? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…9 Slaying the dragon: channelling your anger The purpose of anger Healthy vs. unhealthy anger Being assertive vs. being aggressive Repression vs. explosion Understanding the roots of your anger Understanding yourself and your anger better The past is over The CBT approach to anger Learning to channel your anger Be strong, not weak 10 Boosting your confidence and self-esteem How to boost your confidence Remember the change paradox Self-acceptance Cost Benefit Analysis Mindfulness and meditation The way forward The obstacle is the course…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1:The Story in this Book; The Company; The challenges; Provisioning of users; Identity lifecycle procedures; Highly Privileged Accounts (HPA); Password management; Traceability; The solutions; Implement FIM 2010 R2; Start using smart cards; Implement federation; The environment; Moving forward; Summary; Chapter 2:Overview of FIM 2010 R2; The history of FIM 2010 R2; FIM Synchronization Service (FIM Sync); Management Agents; Non-declarative vs. declarative synchronization…”

“…Filled with straight forward strategies in a visual format, it's an essential volume for any designer working in the digital realm…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- The bottom line -- Chapter 7: Moving Your Agile Team Forward -- Where are you in the project timeline? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Reasons for inflation -- Inflation outcome and the Philips curve -- Winners and losers -- Business case for forecasting inflation -- Data-gathering exercise -- Modeling methodology -- Multivariate regression model -- Forward selection model -- Backward selection -- Maximize R -- Univariate model -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Managing Customer Loyalty Using Time Series Data -- Advantages of survival modeling -- Key aspects of survival analysis -- Data structure -- Business problem -- Data preparation and exploration -- Non-parametric procedure analysis -- Survival curve for groups -- Survival curve and covariates -- Parametric procedure analysis -- Semi-parametric procedure analysis -- Summary -- Chapter 7 : Transforming Time Series - Market Basket and Clustering -- Market basket analysis -- Segmentation and clustering -- MBA business problem -- Data preparation for MBA -- Assumptions for MBA -- Analysis of a set size of two -- A segmentation business problem -- Segmentation overview -- Clustering methodologies -- Segmentation suitability in the current scenario -- Segmentation modeling -- Summary -- Other Books You May Enjoy -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Default changepoint detection -- Regularizing changepoints -- Specifying custom changepoint locations -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Additional Regressors -- Technical requirements -- Adding binary regressors -- Adding continuous regressors -- Interpreting the regressor coefficients -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Outliers and Special Events -- Technical requirements -- Correcting outliers that cause seasonality swings -- Correcting outliers that cause wide uncertainty intervals -- Detecting outliers automatically -- Winsorizing -- Standard deviation -- Moving average -- Error standard deviation -- Modeling outliers as special events -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Uncertainty Intervals -- Technical requirements -- Modeling uncertainty in trends -- Modeling uncertainty in seasonality -- Summary -- Section 3: Diagnostics and Evaluation -- Chapter 11: Cross-Validation -- Technical requirements -- Performing k-fold cross-validation -- Performing forward-chaining cross-validation -- Creating the Prophet cross-validation DataFrame -- Parallelizing cross-validation -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Performance Metrics -- Technical requirements -- Understanding Prophet's metrics -- Mean squared error -- Root mean squared error -- Mean absolute error -- Mean absolute percent error -- Median absolute percent error -- Coverage -- Choosing the best metric -- Creating the Prophet performance metrics DataFrame -- Handling irregular cut-offs -- Tuning hyperparameters with grid search -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Productionalizing Prophet -- Technical requirements -- Saving a model -- Updating a fitted model -- Making interactive plots with Plotly -- Plotly forecast plot -- Plotly components plot -- Plotly single component plot -- Plotly seasonality plot -- Summary -- Why subscribe? …”

“…It details how you can create scripts that are in the right industry format, and follow the expected rules for you to put your best foot forward to help you break-in to the trade. This book explains approaches to writing for exterior storytelling (animation, games); interior/exterior storytelling (comics and graphic novels), as well as considerations for non-linear computer games in the shortest, pithiest, and most economical way. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Best Practices for Managing Third-Party Cyber Risk -- Legal and Regulatory Considerations in Third-Party Risk Management -- Sample Questions to ask Third-Party Vendors -- Chapter 7 Summary -- Chapter 8: Cybersecurity Training and Awareness -- Importance of Cybersecurity Awareness for All Employees -- Strategies for Providing Effective Training and Awareness Programs -- More Detail on Effective Training Strategies -- Chapter 8 Summary -- Chapter 9: Cyber Insurance -- Understanding Cyber Insurance -- Key Components of Cyber Insurance -- Evaluating and Purchasing Cyber Insurance -- Managing and Reviewing the Cyber Insurance Policy -- Chapter 9 Summary -- Chapter 10: Conclusion: Moving Forward with Cybersecurity Governance -- The Board's Role in Cybersecurity Governance -- Key Takeaways and Action Items for Board Members -- Chapter 10 Summary -- Appendix A: Checklist of Key Considerations for Board Members -- Appendix B: Sample Questions -- Appendix C: Sample Board Meeting Agenda -- Appendix D: List of Key Vendors -- Appendix E: Cybersecurity Resources -- Appendix F: Cybersecurity Books -- Appendix G: Cybersecurity Podcasts -- Appendix H: Cybersecurity Websites and Blogs -- Appendix I: Tabletop Exercise: Cybersecurity Incident Response -- Appendix J: Articles -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Copyright -- Dedication -- End User License Agreement…”