Bøger af Michael McGrath

One Month. A lot can happen in a short space of time. There were thirty-one days in July 2014 like there are in all Julys - Limerick was no different. From the outside, Dolly Roche, Dillon Keyes and Abby Carey lead lives no different from other people either. But just how far can a seemingly common life push the boundaries of the human condition? Behind the quiet eyes of the everyday, how spectacular can those fireworks shine in the mind of the beholder? Drawing influence from Modernist and Post-Modernist literature, The Clock Tower is a journey through our everyday experience of reality and the surreal - displaying that within the mind of every person, a colourful and expansive narrative is forever unfolding.

THE LOST WISDOM OF OUR ANCIENT DRUIDS.The Druid Tradition lay at the heart of Ireland before history began. It is ancient yet ever new. The source of Druidry is in the Divine. tus it explains our very existence now and after death. Our druid ancestors knew that the flow of energy from the sun, sunspot activity and the telluric force of earth energies all influence human life. This higher knowledge, the lost science of the druids, was eroded but the ancient wisdom tradition remains.Here an hereditary druid of Ireland delves into the mysteries to reveal a great intellectual wealth of druidic metaphysics and a wisdom of astonishing sophistication.

A collection of over 70 contemporary photographs by Irish born photographer, Michael McGrath. The photographs have been gathered from across North America and Europe and are divided into seven distinct parts or themes. These are;"Angels in the Architecture - Marveling at humanity's desire to emulate heaven on earth""People - Those complex creatures who make up our society""Places - Places to visit""Flora - Plants and Trees""Panoramas - Wide views of the world""Competition - Recent competitive entries" and"Miscellany - A collection of unrelated photographs".The purpose of this book is to raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) a charitable body funding research to find a cure and better treatments for Type 1 Diabetes and support those living with it.

Since 1994 when I first published the concepts of product-platform strategy, Product Strategy for High Technology Companies (McGraw Hill, 2001) has become a mainstay of strategy in many industries, particularly for high-technology companies. Some of the most successful companies implemented a product-platform strategy, and many of those who didn't failed as a result. In this new book, as well as others in this series, I expand and update these concepts, adding new lessons learned in the past decade, and illustrate them with current examples. Since there are several new concepts and so many great examples, I've decided to update Product Strategy through a series of new books, each focused on a particular product strategy topic. This first book, Understanding and Applying Product-Platform Strategy, starts with the core underlying concepts of platform strategy, based on workshops I have been giving around the world over the last few years. There are several new concepts that I added or expanded on in this book. The concept of platform layers expands on original concept of elements in complex platforms. As product platforms evolved to be more complex, organizing them into layers became logical. Platform robustness is introduced to address the issue that not all platforms are created equal, and this builds on the concept of vectors of differentiation in my original book. Competitive advantage can come from having a more robust product-platform strategy than a competitor. The issues around a platform as part of an ecosystem are now more relevant and discussed in more detail. This has become increasingly important, as more companies have implemented platform strategies that are linked with others. Also as more companies have leveraged product-platforms into new markets, the concepts of derivative platforms have become more important. So we will examine derivative platforms in more detail.

Don Quixote continues to inspire and to challenge its readers. The universal appeal of the novel, however, has distanced its hero from its author and its author from his own life. This discussion of the novel's Catholic identity, therefore, returns Cervantes's hero to Cervantes's text and Cervantes to the events that shaped his life.

Offers an insight into how leaders such as Microsoft, Intel and others - continue their dominance in a competitive marketplace. This book provides strategies and techniques that include: an examination of the Core Strategic Vision and Market Platform Plan Frameworks; and, case studies examining 14 strategies: what worked and what didn't.