Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Websites, Start-Ups, and Web Services -- Kaggle -- Other Start-Ups -- Hardware Considerations -- The Art and Science of Predictive Analytics -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 5 Case Studies: The Big Rewards of Big Data -- Quantcast: A Small Big Data Company -- Steps: A Big Evolution -- Buy Your Audience -- Results -- Lessons -- Explorys: The Human Case for Big Data -- Better Healthcare through Hadoop -- Steps -- Results -- Lessons -- NASA: How Contests, Gamification, and OpenInnovation Enable Big Data -- Background -- Examples -- A Sample Challenge -- Lessons -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 6 Taking the Big Plunge -- Before Starting -- Infonomics Revisited -- Big Data Tools Don't Cleanse Bad Data -- The Big Question: Is the Organization Ready? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Real‐World Applications -- Challenges and Future Research -- Analysis Challenges -- Scale Challenges -- Sensitivity Challenge -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- Locations, Events, Actions, Participants, and Things in the Three Little Pigs -- Edges in the Three Little Pigs Graph -- References -- Chapter 7 A Neural Network Model of Motivated Decision‐Making in Everyday Social Behavior -- Introduction -- Overview -- Constraint Satisfaction Processing -- Theoretical Background -- Motivational Systems -- Situations -- Interoceptive or Bodily State -- Wanting -- Competition Among Motives -- Motivation Changes Dynamically -- Neural Network Implementation -- General Processing in the Network -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8 Dealing with Culture as Inherited Information -- Galton's Problem as a Core Feature of Cultural Theory -- How to Correct for Treelike Inheritance of Traits Across Groups -- Early Attempts to Correct Galton's Problem -- More Recent Attempts to Correct Galton's Problem -- Example Applications -- Dealing with Nonindependence in Less Treelike Network Structures -- Determining Which Network Is Most Important for a Cultural Trait -- Correcting for Network Nonindependence When Testing Trait-Trait Correlations -- Example Applications -- Future Directions for Formal Modeling of Culture -- Improved Network Autoregression Implementations -- A Global Data Set of Expected Nonindependence to Solve Galton's Problem -- Better Collection of Behavioral Trait Variation Across Populations -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 9 Social Media, Global Connections, and Information Environments: Building Complex Understandings of Multi‐Actor Interactions -- A New Setting of Hyperconnectivity -- The Information Environment -- Social Media in the Information Environment -- Integrative Approaches to Understanding Human Behavior -- Muddy the Waters…”

“…In this book the focus is on the Quaternary because it is during this geological period that the modern vegetation formations developed into their current configurations against a backdrop of high magnitude global climate change (glacial-interglacial cycles), human evolution, and a growing human land-use footprint. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- The Champion Leader -- People Come First -- Putting People First for Better Organizational Results -- Building a Modern, Authentic Culture to Benefit Employees -- Solidifying Your Champion Leader Foundation -- Your Playbook for Emotionally Intelligent Leadership -- Chapter 1 Leadership Connection Perfection (Lead with Emotional Intelligence and Bring People Together to Achieve Incredible Results) -- The Connection Success Formula: Empathy + Candor + Authenticity + Assertiveness = Victory -- Empathy -- Candor -- Authenticity -- Assertiveness -- Emotionalizing Your Connection -- Connect Like TED -- Chapter 2 You (Championship Leadership Starts with Mastering Self-Awareness) -- Building Your Foundation of Emotional Intelligence -- Self-Awareness -- An Understanding of Needs and Wants -- Empathy -- Championing the Success and Drive of Your Team -- Optimism -- Adaptability -- Your Self-Awareness Game Plan -- Receiving Feedback and Maintaining Appointments with Yourself -- Managing Energy, Outlets, and Burnout -- Affirmations, Mindfulness, and Visualization -- The Power of Belief -- Inspiring Belief -- Championing Your Growth with Self-Confidence and Self-Advocacy -- Solidifying Your Structure -- Chapter 3 Why (Discover the Purpose and Motivating Factors That Drive High-Performing Teams) -- Motivating Factors (for You and Your Employees) -- Building Connections with Individualization -- The Science Behind Emotional Intelligence -- Altruism, Connection, and Commitment -- Resilience -- Inspiring Change -- The Next One -- Chapter 4 Your Organization (Use Empathy and Social Skills to Make Everyone around You Better) -- A Story to Tell -- Making a One-on-One Connection -- Influence and Impact -- Cultivating an Organizational Growth Mindset -- Creating a Culture of Connection -- 1. …”

“…Learn why business must invest more—and better—in physical and human infrastructure Discover the critical importance of social inclusion in the future of business Understand why fixing education and the environment are at the top of the priority list Engage with every aspect of society to create the wealth that holds the social fabric together From the smallest shop around the corner to the largest multinational corporation, the variable upon which every facet of business success rests is people. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credits -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: What Data-Centric Machine Learning Is and Why We Need It -- Chapter 1: Exploring Data-Centric Machine Learning -- Understanding data-centric ML -- The origins of data centricity -- The components of ML systems -- Data is the foundational ingredient -- Data-centric versus model-centric ML -- Data centricity is a team sport -- The importance of quality data in ML -- Identifying high-value legal cases with natural language processing -- Predicting cardiac arrests in emergency calls -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 2: From Model-Centric to Data-Centric - ML's Evolution -- Exploring why ML development ended up being mostly model-centric -- The 1940s to 1970s - the early days -- The 1980s to 1990s - the rise of personal computing and the internet -- The 2000s - the rise of tech giants -- 2010-now - big data drives AI innovation -- Model-centricity was the logical evolutionary outcome -- Unlocking the opportunity for small data ML -- Why we need data-centric AI more than ever -- The cascading effects of data quality -- Avoiding data cascades and technical debt -- Summary -- References -- Part 2: The Building Blocks of Data-Centric ML -- Chapter 3: Principles of Data-Centric ML -- Sometimes, all you need is the right data -- Principle 1 - data should be the center of ML development -- A checklist for data-centricity -- Principle 2 - leverage annotators and SMEs effectively -- Direct labeling with human annotators -- Verifying output quality with human annotators -- Codifying labeling rules with programmatic labeling -- Principle 3 - use ML to improve your data -- Principle 4 - follow ethical, responsible, and well-governed ML practices -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 4: Data Labeling Is a Collaborative Process…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Why joy matters to me -- Joy at work -- People, praise, and purpose -- Joy, justice, and a better world -- The future of joy at work -- Who you'll hear from in this book -- Who this book is for -- Chapter 1 Why Business Leaders Should Prioritize Joy at Work -- Joy is your biggest business opportunity -- Joy powers execution -- Joy is critical for all kinds of business -- Joy is the foundation for many key business metrics -- Chapter 2 What the Research Tells Us About Joy -- The joy gap is real -- The joy gap is growing -- We know what triggers joy at work -- We know what's holding us back from joy -- Section One The Three Drivers of Joy at Work -- Chapter 3 People -- Create belonging: It matters more than money -- Create connection points -- Be a people-focused leader -- Think like a gardener and create "human magic" -- Chapter 4 Praise -- Praise autonomous work -- Pair praise with feedback -- Focus on the quality of praise, not the quantity -- Praise individuals, not just groups -- Encourage people to show appreciation for their colleagues -- Use praise to underscore impact -- Chapter 5 Purpose -- Understand your ikigai (a reason for being) -- Find your zest -- Rethink the corporate purpose statement -- Mind the gap -- Personalize purpose -- Section Two Joy in a Post-2020 World: How to Create More Joy -- Chapter 6 Joy in the Hard Times -- Embrace change -- Accept that failure is inevitable -- Acknowledge your mistakes and get real -- Have the courage to be a beginner -- Take time to reflect -- Double down on purpose -- Keep chasing your goosebumps -- Chapter 7 Safe, Seen, Supported, Inspired -- Safe -- Seen -- Supported -- Inspired -- Chapter 8 Virtual and Hybrid Work -- Be aware of how remote work is different than in-person work…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…8.2 Thou Shalt Remember That the Customer Is the One That Pays the Bills -- 8.3 Thou Shalt Never Stop Questioning Everything -- 8.4 Thou Shalt Never End the Improvement Process Because You Think that You Solved the Problem Early -- 8.5 Thou Shalt Always Be Available to Stakeholders, Responding Promptly to Inquiries -- 8.6 Thou Shalt Strive to Meet the Customer Demands Faster, Better, and Cheaper -- 8.7 Thou Shalt Recognize the Importance of the Entire Human Assets to the Process -- 8.8 Thou Shalt Ensure that Improvement Efforts Are Aligned with Corporate Missions and Strategy -- 9 Creating the Goal Statement -- 9.1 Goal Tree -- Part 3 Defining the Boundaries -- 10 Identification of the Supply Chain Partners -- 10.1 Stakeholder Analysis -- 10.2 Voice of the Customer -- 11 The Role of Cross-Functional Teams -- 11.1 Hawthorne Studies -- 11.2 Classical Workplace Teams -- 11.3 Empowered Workplace Teams -- 11.4 The Goal Tree -- 11.4.1 The Evaporating Cloud or Conflict Resolution -- 11.4.2 Mapping -- 11.4.3 Premortem -- 11.4.4 Solutions -- 11.4.5 Team Construction -- 12 Team Roles and Responsibilities -- 12.1 Senior Executive -- 12.2 Executive Committee -- 12.3 Champion (Project) -- 12.4 Process Owner -- 12.5 Master Black Belt -- 12.6 Black Belt -- 12.7 Green Belt -- 12.8 Yellow Belt -- 12.9 White Belt -- Part 4 Identification of the System Constraints -- 13 Establishing the Current Process State -- 13.1 Walk the Walk -- 13.2 Talk the Talk -- 13.3 Take the Gemba Walk -- 13.4 Gemba Walk Key Performance Indicators -- 13.5 The Next Step Upon Completion of the Gemba Walk -- 14 Determining the Future Process State -- 15 Determining the Gap Analysis -- 15.1 Steps to Complete the Gap Analysis -- Part 5 Elevate the System Constraints -- 16 Removing the Non-Value-Added Wastes -- 16.1 Definition of Waste -- 16.1.1 Non-Value-Added Waste #1: Overproduction…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Stage 5: Laggards (16% market share) -- Accelerate take-up of purposeful products with affordable prices -- Case: LED bulbs -- Pricing strategy -- Maintaining or increasing prices of non-purpose-driven products and services in the later stages -- Case: Plastic bottles -- Slowing the growth of environmentally damaging products -- Finding creative alternatives -- Case: The Keurig coffee maker -- Key takeaways -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Behavioral pricing for a better world faster -- The foundations of behavioral pricing -- The "just-noticeable difference" theory -- Key concepts in behavioral pricing -- Leveraging behavioral insights to accelerate adoption -- The price gap -- When less is more -- The say-do gap -- Managing performance perceptions effectively -- Warranties -- Anchoring -- Price framing for online purchases -- Tell the price sooner rather than later -- Key takeaways -- Notes -- Part II: Bringing stakeholders along -- Chapter 5: The role of government policy -- Environment -- Solar panels tax credit -- Electric vehicle tax credit -- Carbon pricing -- Oil subsidies -- Housing subsidies -- Healthcare -- Public health: Covid-19 vaccine pricing strategy -- Food prices and health -- Tobacco tax -- Pharmaceutical drug pricing -- Food and water prices -- Agricultural subsidies -- Water tariffs -- Quality of life -- Key takeaways -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Bringing customers along -- Why do people make pro-social choices? …”

“…Discover the power of KAIZEN to make lasting and powerful change in your organization “Maurer uses his knowledge of the brain and human psychology to show what I have promoted for the past three decades—that continuous improvement is built on the foundation of people courageously using their creativity. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…There is no general or specific guidance for conducting monitoring or evaluation -- Laying the foundations for a robust public policy evaluation system by institutionalising practice -- Providing a statutory framework and general guidance for the conduct of the evaluation -- Streamlining the functioning of the players and strengthening the role of the centre of government in evaluation -- Rationalisation of the players involved in monitoring and clarification of methodologies would enable better use of the results, which is important for crisis recovery. -- Streamline players and organise a single performance dialogue between the centre of government and line ministries -- Establishing appropriate tools for performance dialogue -- Communicate on the monitoring of priority policies in a transparent manner -- Good monitoring and evaluation depends above all on the existence of sufficient skills and capacity within government -- Conclusion and recommendations -- References -- Notes -- 4 Multi-level governance in Haiti -- Introduction: a country marked by strong regional inequalities -- Competences and resources of local authorities: between principles and realities -- The division of powers between the different levels of government -- A historically highly centralised country -- The ambiguity of the legal framework reflects the limits of the consensus on the role of local authorities in Haiti -- The responsibilities of local and regional authorities should be clarified -- The municipal fiscal framework increases regional inequalities and hinders local autonomy -- Empowering local governments for successful decentralisation -- The majority of municipalities depend on transfers and subsidies from the central state -- Good human resource management in local authorities is essential for effective decentralisation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 42 Inertia Destroys, Always Go -- Chapter 43 More Is Not Better -- Part Three The Foundations of a Great Society -- Chapter 44 The Importance of Timing -- Chapter 45 Trusting Our Instincts -- Chapter 46 Freedom -- Chapter 47 Most of Us Never Notice -- Chapter 48 Pro-Cyclicality Can Be Crushing -- Chapter 49 Racism and Discrimination Are the Domain of the Dumb -- Chapter 50 Democracy Depends on Education -- Chapter 51 Physical Safety Is the Cornerstone of a Healthy Society -- Chapter 52 The Hunger for Security -- Chapter 53 Integrated Systems and Intersections -- Chapter 54 Earth Is a Giant, Challenging, and Diverse School -- Chapter 55 Government Is Inherently Dangerous -- Chapter 56 Equality Is Not the Point -- Chapter 57 Government Is a Company and Taxpayers Are the Investors -- Chapter 58 The Persuasion Industry -- Chapter 59 The World Is Self-Correcting -- Chapter 60 Teaching People to Fish -- Chapter 61 The Treadmill of Life Is Moving Too Fast -- Chapter 62 The Truth About Money and Finance -- Chapter 63 Capitalism . . . -- Chapter 64 . . . …”

“…Leading with love and laughter offers powerful dividends: tighter teams, stronger performance, improved morale, greater trust, more creativity, and even better health. While Sutch and Malone cite the science and offer examples, tips, and practices, their larger purpose is to reintroduce the warmth of human interaction and emotion as the foundation of what leadership is all about…”