The logical and enduring way to innovate.Conventional wisdom today says that to survive, companies must move beyond incremental, sustaining innovation and invest in some form of radical innovation. "Disrupt yourself or be disrupted!" is the relentless message company leaders hear. The Power of Little Ideas argues there's a "third way" that is neither sustaining nor disruptive. This low-risk, high-reward strategy is an approach to innovation that all compan...

Does it seem you’ve formulated a rock-solid strategy, yet your firm still can’t get ahead? If so, construct a solid foundation for business execution-an IT infrastructure and digitized business processes to automate your company’s core capabilities. In Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution, authors Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill, and David C. Robertson show you how.The key? Make tough decisions about which processes you must execute well, th...

Sometimes radical yet always applicable, Brick by Brick abounds with real-world lessons for unleashing breakthrough innovation in your organization, using LEGO--which experienced one of the most remarkable business transformations in recent history--as a business model.As LEGO failed to keep pace with the revolutionary changes in kids' lives and began sliding into irrelevance, the company's leaders implemented some of the business world's most widely espou...

After decades of extraordinary successes as a multicultural society, new debates are bubbling to the surface in Canada. The contributors to this volume examine the conflict between equality rights, as embedded in the Charter, and multiculturalism as policy and practice, and ask which charter value should trump which and under what circumstances? The opening essay deliberately sharpens the conflict among religion, culture, and equality rights and proposes to shift some of the existing bound...

Global consumption of meat and other animal-derived products has risen drastically in the last 50 years. At the same time, the livestock sector has come under scrutiny for its reliance on feed sources which carry a significant environmental impact. Alternative animal feed ingredients are seen as an increasingly popular option to meet this growing demand, whilst also ensuring that food is produced more sustainably.Developing alternative animal feed ingredients

Bertie Brundle is a very rich man. He has everything anyone could want – but his special passion is his collection of costly pearls, and when he discovers the Lost Pearl of Kullimoor in a junk shop, his life is turned upside down...Bertie's Quest for the perfect pearl is a children's contemporary Bible story based on the parable: The Pearl of Great Price. It is children's fiction, written to be read by children, or read to children.It is a Pocket Sized Parable – a Christian...

The Quiet Man Roars is the enthralling story of David Robertson, one of the finest attacking full-backs Scotland has produced in the last 30 years. Spotted as a schoolboy, Robertson signed as an apprentice with Aberdeen in the early 1980s. Initially a winger, a series of unfortunate events saw David selected at left-back for a youth game and he never looked back. He made his debut for Aberdeen at 17 and was snapped up by Rangers for just shy of £1m at age 22. David was an integral part of ...

'Collaborative Ministry' has become a 'buzz phrase' in the church, following on from phrases such as 'every member ministry' and 'the priesthood of all believers'. It is referred to by those who speak and write about leadership, the Church and outreach, but what exactly does it mean? And does it fit with existing leadership structures?This book comprehensively explores the theology and practice of this style of 'being church', considering the implications for churches both large and...

First published by BRF (2005), this book aims to restore our vision of God's created purpose for marriage. It allows the Bible to shed light on both our inherited cultural values and our contemporary Christian assumptions. Linking with the vows in the Marriage Service, it examines biblical principles and challenges current practice. The book also unpacks difficult issues such as cohabitation, divorce and remarriage.Entertaining, thought provoking and stimulating, this book can be r...

When Richard Dawkins published 'The God Delusion', David Robertson wanted there to be an intelligent Christian response. After some ill thought through interventions in the media it was obvious that no one was really going to answer the real issues so David Robertson wrote an open letter to Richard Dawkins on his church website. This has found its way into Richard Dawkins' website, where it generated the largest response of any posting up to that time. Since then it has been the source of con...

In a bright and cheerful house, a sweet little girl named Molly lives. Molly is six years old and has a younger brother named Wilson. Molly and Wilson love to play together, but when it's time for bed, Molly struggles to fall asleep.One night, as Molly lies in bed, she hears a soft melody coming from her room. She sits up and hears her keyboard, who is named Peter Piano, playing all by himself! Molly is surprised but also excited. ...

Many Christians are fearful of engaging in conversation with atheists—believing that they will be hostile to Christian beliefs and conversations about the Bible. How can we share God's love with people who don't even believe he's there?!This short book is designed to help both Christians and whole churches understand more about the questions and issues that atheists of various kinds have about Christian faith, and to reach out to them with the good news of the gospel.