Bøger af Andrew Edwards

In a world filled with constant change and evolving priorities, finding your North Star, your guiding light, is essential for navigating the turbulent seas of business and life. "Charting Your North Star" is your compass to help you establish a clear and inspiring vision and guide your team or organization towards a brighter future. This comprehensive guide takes you on a journey through the intricacies of vision crafting, empathy building, and workshop facilitation.Section 1: The Purpose and Value of a North Star VisionIn this section, we explore the very essence of a North Star Vision, differentiating it from mission statements. Discover why it's a fundamental key to your success. Learn how to kick off your vision-setting journey and the value of ice breaker activities. "What's your superpower?" - an exciting activity that sets the stage for self-discovery and collaboration.Section 2: Collecting Insight to Build a VisionUnderstanding the types of visions is crucial. This section delves into how to use empathy to build a vision, whether it's for products, services, or teams. Engage in an empathy mapping exercise and fast forward to envision the future, exploring new perspectives and ideas.Section 3: Writing an Actionable Vision StatementCrafting a powerful vision statement is the heart of your North Star journey. Uncover the magic behind a breakthrough vision and use the "Breakthrough Vision Blueprint" activity to guide your vision's development. Engage your users and stakeholders, fostering collaboration and alignment. Learn how to check in with stakeholders and define what will guide your ship towards success.Section 4: Plan Brilliant WorkshopsTo turn your vision into reality, you need to rally your team around it. Learn how to get attendees in the right mindset, facilitating like a pro with expert tips. Find workshop recipes, including "Kick Off," "Set the Vision," and "Get Feedback" workshops that ensure your vision remains front and center. Conclude your journey with the "Key Takeaways" section, summarizing the essential points and providing a roadmap for applying these insights."Charting Your North Star" is your comprehensive guide to achieving your goals and leading your team with clarity, purpose, and inspiration. Whether you are an aspiring entrepreneur, a seasoned executive, or a community leader, this book will equip you with the tools and knowledge needed to set a compelling vision, gather insights, and plan and conduct effective workshops.Embrace the power of a North Star Vision and transform your future with confidence. Take the first step in steering your ship towards success by purchasing "Charting Your North Star" today. Your voyage to a brighter, more purposeful future begins now.

Design Thinking has been a popular approach to problem-solving that helps entrepreneurs, teams, and leaders to drive meaningful change. This book is a go-to resource for understanding the core principles of Design Thinking, as well as its power in business. Using this book, readers will learn how to leverage the 5-step framework, leadership principles, empathy mapping, user insight and more to design effective and impactful solutions. Beyond the technical aspects, people can also discover how to build an inspired culture and meaningful relationships around their work.By reading this book you'll be able to unlock the power of Design Thinking and turn it into practical solutions that are tailored to your specific needs. Entrepreneurs, teams, and leaders get an in-depth look into Design Thinking and how it can be used to create a real impact on their business and in the world. Through concrete, specific examples, readers can gain insight into the process, learn how to translate user insight into actionable strategies, and find out how to implement Design Thinking in an effective and efficient way.This book will give you the competitive edge to use Design Thinking in the most effective way and drive lasting, meaningful results. So, if you're ready to start thinking differently, this is the book for you! Get your copy of What is Design Thinking, and Why is it so Popular? and unlock the power of Design Thinking to transform your business.

Andrew Edwards chronicles the uncertainty of the 2008-2012 recession through his own adventures in temp work. Through a haze of mindless jobs in droning mail rooms, handling deaf senior citizens on the phone, parading about in costume, and bizarre encounters in places most people would not visit, Andrew takes stock of our collective lot in recounting employment for only the bravest, or most desperate among us. Part documentary, part social experiment, part modern history, this work assists in defining life in the United States against the backdrop of global economic uncertainty. Andrew's distinctive voice shines through the text, as his dry wit punctuates the narrative, giving readers insight into his unusual experiences.

As a Soviet-style collapse unfolds in America, Grayson, equal parts philosopher and warrior but legitimately neither, makes a death-bed promise to watch over a couple with a child on the way. Driven by his own severe loss, he must make good on his promise, and carry the psychic consequences as he races headlong into the fallout of our imploding civilization. Set in the hallucinatory desert southwest, populated with hunter-killer teams, awash with refugees, third-country mercenaries, and hostile, conspiring elites, King of Dogs pits the beauty of language and western philosophical ideals against the deep depravity and violent decay of our times. Balancing elements of the apocalyptic, epic, western, and crime sub-genres with more ambitious, literary sentence-to-sentence writing and substructure, King of Dogs will appeal to readers who enjoy the aesthetics of Cormac McCarthy, as well as those who appreciate the challenge and reward found in writers as diverse as Joseph Conrad, Charles Bowden, and Paul Harding.

A Reporter's Recollections of the Glory Years of Speedway, spanning his life in provincial and national journalism.

A Super Quick guide to beating writing anxiety, providing tools and tips for overcoming blocks, improving productivity and building good assignment writing habits.

Rising up from the heart of the Mediterranean, Sicily has a rich and ancient history spanning over 2,000 years. A bounty prized by invaders from the Greeks, Romans and Vandals to the Byzantines, Arabs and Normans, Sicily's violently beautiful landscapes are haunted by a vibrant mix of cultures and her soil has always been fertile ground for the literary and artistic imagination. This compelling guide uncovers the island's multi-faceted personality through those literary figures who have managed to get under her skin - from Pindar, Cicero and Aeschylus to Shakespeare and Cervantes; DH Lawrence, Coleridge and Oscar Wilde to Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Ezra Pound and Lawrence Durrell; as well as local writers who have defined the modern Italian novel - Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa and Leonardo Sciascia. Through their words and lives we witness the beauty, pain and power of the Sicilian cultural landscape and discover how the potent mix of influences on the island's society has been preserved forever in literature.

Qualifying as a doctorat the tender age of nineteen, John Polidori was employed less than a year later by the poet, Lord Byron, as his travelling physician. In His Master's Reflection;, the authors followPolidori's footsteps as he accompanies Byron through Europe to Switzerland.Fuelled byfriends, Byron finally releases Polidori from his contract, leaving the penniless medic to wander over the Alps on foot to Italy. Unable to establishhimself as a doctor to the expatriate community, he admits defeat and returns to England.Still harbouring literary ambitions, his one chance at fame is cruelly denied when The Vampyre;, the story he wrotein Geneva, is attributed to Byron. Gossip and retelling of events have cast Polidori in the role of a petulant plagiarist. The authors showthat the handsome Polidori was more than just his master's reflection.

Exercise training has greatly helped Andrew Edwards manage his autism, his anxiety levels, and the depression he has experienced in spells throughout his adult life. With this in mind, A Vision of Exercise sees Andrew explore inspiring stories of individuals and organisations - with a particular emphasis on disability sport - who have taken sport and exercise in new, interesting, and valuable directions.With help from the first Welsh footballer to win the European Cup, a Rio 2016 Paralympic Medallist, International Wheelchair Rugby League Players, England International Disability Cricketers, a former European-level Triathlete, and many others, Andrew finds out how the power of exercise can positively influence both body and mind.Andrew also discusses his personal journey with exercise. In particular, the weight loss and health improvements he has achieved since working with Geraint Roberts at Number One Health Strength Performance.The book's foreword is by Sarah Taylor, three-time Ashes winning, and four-time World Cup winning cricketer.Table of ContentsForeword by Sarah TaylorPrologue1. Sabrina Fortune2. Rochdale Mind3. Brickfield Rangers4. Disability Cricket5. Wheelchair Rugby League6. Wheely Good Fitness7. Autism and Exercise8. Cwm Wanderers F.C. Autism Academy9. Wrexham Boxing Club10. Joey Jones11. Charlotte Roach and Rabble12. Rosie Henry13. Lord's Taverners14. My Story15. Melanie's Tale16. Number One Health Strength PerformanceEpilogue

At the age of four, Andrew Edwards was diagnosed with autism. "Go home and watch Rain Man," the specialist told his mother. "In all probability your son will be institutionalised." Determined to prove the specialist wrong, Andrew's mother set out to give her son the best life possible.I've got a Stat for You is an honest and compelling autobiography of one young man's journey to manage his autism and achieve his goals. Raised in a single parent household and encountering bureaucracy, bullying, and a lack of understanding from many around him, Andrew emerged from a turbulent childhood to win a Welsh National Young Volunteer Award, give speeches on his condition, and secure his dream job as a statistician at Manchester United Television.From Wrexham to Buckingham Palace, and incorporating stories of The Simpsons, sport, music, and strange smells - I've got a Stat for You is a powerful and inspirational tale that shows how determination, a positive outlook, and the will to succeed can overcome all odds!

Many books have focused on the rise of, and success of, the Labour party in Wales, but this one focuses on its decline in an understudied part of Wales.

Part of the City Cycling Europe series, this title is aimed primarily at those looking to take casual weekend breaks. It also includes information for hardcore racing enthusiasts and special routes for those wishing to escape the traffic.