Bøger af Ian Woodward

Why are i-pods and mobile phones fashion accessories? Why do people spend thousands remodelling their perfectly functional kitchen? Why do people crave shoes or handbags? Is our desire for objects unhealthy, or irrational? This book offers a systematic overview of the diverse ways of studying the material as culture.

In this first major study of the captivating life of Audrey Hepburn, Ian Woodward uncovers the truly sensational story of one of Hollywood's most enduring legends. Ranked number 50 in Empire Magazine's 'Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time', her appeal as a screen icon is set to last for years to come.From her roles in such legendary films as Breakfast at Tiffany's and her Oscar-winning performance in Roman Holiday, to her lovers and the pain of losing a child, this revealing biography is essential reading for Hepburn and film fans alike.

This collection analyses the remaking of culture and music spaces during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Its central focus is how cultural producers negotiated radically disrupted and uncertain conditions by creating, designing and curating new objects and events, and through making alternative combinations of practices and spaces.

From a dream team of business leadership experts-including INSEAD professors and mega-bestselling author Ram Charan-this Power Pack helps transform any business in our unprecedented times of change Advanced technologies, upstart entrants, demographic shifts, new world orders, and a global pandemic have put many businesses out of business. CEOs and managers can spin their wheels trying to figure out what works and what doesn't-or they can take the "phoenix" approach. Based on reams of research into effective leadership during times of disruption and crisis, The Phoenix Encounter Method provides a radical new leadership strategic thinking approach to transform business as we know it. Then, the companion to this breakthrough work, The Phoenix Encounter Method: Implementation Guide walks readers through the process steps of executing this leadership method throughout their organization in a practical, hands-on way. This power pack makes both books available to corporate leaders, academics, consultants and executive trainers at a discounted price. The main book asks business leaders to imagine burning their business to the ground, throwing themselves into a "firestorm of change," and turning upheaval into advantage. The implementation guide then walks readers through the process of executing the action steps this leadership method needs throughout their organization in a practical, hands-on way. With both books, readers will learn that they can then rise, phoenix-like, from the ashes-stronger than ever.

The hands-on playbook for transforming your business with today's most radically effective leadership thinking In The Phoenix Encounter Method, a dream team of INSEAD professors together with the legendary Ram Charan and provided a radical new game plan for transforming any organization. It's about figuratively "burning your business to the ground," turning the upheaval to your advantage, and rising from the ashes stronger than ever. Their method isn't conventional, and it can be daunting-but it works. Now, the authors provide the play-by-play manual you need to implement their strategic thinking approach for maximum impact. Written in full alignment with the original book, The Phoenix Encounter Method Implementation Guide walks you through the three phases to create a future-ready organization:Phoenix Seeking: confront old mindsets, identify new threats and opportunities, prepare for the Encounter battlefield to come. Phoenix Burning: enter the battlefield of Extreme Attack and Horizon Defense, where you apply Encounter tools of Proactive Scanning and the rituals for Completely Opposite Viewpoints Debates, including Radical Ideation and the Separation Imperative to generate a wider set of options.Phoenix Rising: turn battlefield insights into a Future-Facing Blueprint, as well as analysis, planning, and execution work. Whether you're a corporate leader, academic, consultant, or executive trainer, The Phoenix Encounter Method Implementation Guide provides everything you need to embrace the firestorm of change raging through today's business world, to drive revenue, profits, and long-term sustainability.

A radical new leadership strategy to transform business as we know it from a dream team of INSEAD professors and mega-bestselling author Ram Charan The business landscape is littered with the wreckage of companies that crashed and burned when an apocalypse came in the shape of new competitive technologies, upstart entrants, demographic shifts, and new world orders. Who can feel safe in firestorm change? The authors of The Phoenix Encounter Method don t advise safety. In fact, their method of leadership thinking requires you to imagine burning your business to the ground throwing yourself into a firestorm change and turning the upheaval to your organization s advantage. It can then rise, phoenix-like, from the ashes, stronger and more powerful than ever. Written with a sense of urgency and purposefully radical provocation, The Phoenix Encounter Method represents the forward thinking of legendary business guru Ram Charan and professors from the senior global leadership program of INSEAD, one of the world s top graduate business schools. The resulting methodology, based on analysis of thousands of articles, studies, reports, and academic and business practice, was field tested in real-life Phoenix Encounters conducted with more than fifteen hundred senior executives from startups and family businesses to legacy companies representing a broad range of industry and sectors in both developed and developing economies. Whatever your sector or industry, if you re responsible for your organization s ability to use change as a transformative opportunity, you ll appreciate the dramatic impact The Phoenix Encounter Method will have on you, your leadership, and your organization.

A short, authoritative and critical guide to a much-debated concept in social science. From the history of cosmopolitanism to the "cosmopolitan turn" in contemporary society, this book is a must for students attempting to understand human interaction in a postmodern world.

Cultural Sociology: An Introduction is the first dedicated student textbook to address cultural sociology as a legitimate model for sociological thinking and research. Highly renowned authors present a rich overview of major sociological themes and the various empirical applications of cultural sociology.