Donald Mitchell Knihy

Organizations, like people, are creatures of habit. They tend to approach problems in predictable ways. This revolutionary book argues that such ingrained habits, which often masquerade as efficient procedures, actually obstruct growth.The 2,000 Percent Solution introduces "stallbusting," a process that shows you how to recognize typical stalls (like poor communications, disbelief, misconceptions, procrastination, tradition and bureaucracy) and how to overcome them. Through unorthodox examples ranging from the sinking of the Titanic to sketches attributed to Leonardo da Vinci for a bicycle, The 2,000 Percent Solution redirects knee-jerk reactions onto more productive paths. In addition, you'll learn about a new set of thought processes for designing and implementing solutions that will reap benefits 20 times greater or faster than the same tired "normal" solutions. Packed with specific examples, advice and questions to help you improve your organization's process weaknesses, you'll learn how to go beyond today's best practices into the uncharted realm of what needs to be imagined and accomplished.

Offers a thorough and perceptive treatment of modern English trust law Uniquely combines textbook and casebook in one compact volume Uses questions and problems at the end of each chapter to promote analysis and discussion Investigates the "grey" areas often favoured by examiners Illuminates the nature of the English trust concept with comparative references to foreign jurisdictions Illustrates text with excerpts from cases, statutes, articles, Government White Papers, Charity Commissioners' Reports and Decisions and Attorney-General's Guidelines

This book on flower painting looks at the genre from its earliest manifestation as an expensive, luxury product to the psychological images of Van Gogh and the twentieth century.Flowers is one volume in a new series exploring the traditions that determine the way artist present their subject matter. An understanding of these tradition is essential to the enjoyment of the Old Masters and often - perhaps surprisingly - modern art also.