People are happiest and most productive if they can choose what they work on and who they work with. Self-selecting teams give people that choice. Build well-designed and efficient teams to get the most out of your organization, with step-by-step instructions on how to set up teams quickly and efficiently. This new edition highlights ten years of additional insights, real-world case studies, and adaptations for remote and hybrid environments. Learn from the successes and challenges faced b...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art.Our December 2016 issue (#123) contains:Original stories by Maggie Clark ("A Tower for the Coming World"), Wang Yuan ("Painter of Stars"), Eleanor Arnason ("Checkerboard Planet"), Yukimi Ogawa ("Blue Grey Blue"), and Yosef Lindell ("A Future Far Too Bright").Reprin...

Forever is a monthly science fiction magazine that features previously published stories you might have missed. Edited by the Hugo and World Fantasy Award winning editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, Neil Clarke. Our February 2023 issue features "The Metric" by David Moles, "Patriotic Canadians Will Not Hoard Food!" by Madeline Ashby, and "Dream Interpretation" by Jack Skillingstead. Cover art by Ron Guyatt.

People are happiest and most productive if they can choose what they work on and who they work with. Self-selecting teams give people that choice. Build well-designed and efficient teams to get the most out of your organization, with step-by-step instructions on how to set up teams quickly and efficiently. You'll create a process that works for you, whether you need to form teams from scratch, improve the design of existing teams, or are on the verge of a big team re-shuffle.Discov...

IN ONE SLEEPY VILLAGE, CATS ARE GOING MISSINGBeetle the cat doesn’t particularly care that cats are going in Little Mudwhistle. He’s more interested in filling his belly, having a good long sleep, and winning the heart of that fluffy white cat down the road. But then that fluffy, white cat goes missing.Can Beetle find out what’s going on and rescue his girl?Find out in Beetle’s Big Case.Get your copy now.

In a universe filled with habitable worlds why have we had no contact with extraterrestrial intelligence? David Brin's short story, "The Crystal Spheres," offers a fantastic explanation for the Great Silence. Instead of being late-comers - might humanity have come upon the scene too early? This haunting tale was voted one of the "most beautiful" of the eighties. Winner of the 1985 Hugo Award .

Grab that magic wand! This popular deck of easy-to-perform magic tricks and kid-friendly sleights of hand has been updated with new activities and illustrations.

Managing people is difficult wherever you work. But in the tech industry, where management is also a technical discipline, the learning curve can be brutal—especially when there are few tools, texts, and frameworks to help you. In this practical guide, author Camille Fournier (tech lead turned CTO) takes you through each stage in the journey from engineer to technical manager.From mentoring interns to working with senior staff, you’ll get actionable advice for approaching various o...

A stunning debut novel with an intriguing literary hook: written in part as a letter from a victim to her abductor. Sensitive, sharp, captivating! Gemma, 16, is on layover at Bangkok Airport, en route with her parents to a vacation in Vietnam. She steps away for just a second, to get a cup of coffee. Ty--rugged, tan, too old, oddly familiar--pays for Gemma's drink. And drugs it. They talk. Their hands touch. And before Gemma knows what's happening, Ty takes her. Steals her away. The unknow...

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together short stories from award winning authors and ...

The bestselling CatStronauts series continues in the third book with an un-fur-tunate situation that causes one member of the team to quit!When chief science officer Pom Pom rejoins the CatStronauts on the International Space Station, she has to get to work right away—the Hubba Bubba Telescope isn't working, and CATSUP is losing funding by the day!But as the CatStronauts and Mission Control race to find answers, the unthinkable happens and pilot Waffles is ...

Do you want to be a leader? Or, do you want more leaders on your network marketing team?The strength of your network marketing business is measured in leaders - not in the number of distributors. Leaders are the long-term foundation of your business.Everyone says they want to have more leaders, but how?How does one find leaders?How does one create leaders?What are the things we need to teach ordinary distri...