A Model for a Better Future


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Supermodel, spokeswoman, athlete, and mom Kim Alexis shares her story and the convictions she's developed.




Three Horizons


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A practical framework for thinking about the future... and an exploration of 'future consciousness' and how to develop it




Designing Your Life


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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • At last, a book that shows you how to build—design—a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage • “Life has questions. They have answers.” —The New York Times Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home—at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding or the chair you are sitting in. Everything in our lives was designed by someone. And every design starts with a problem that a designer or team of designers seeks to solve. In this book, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans show us how design thinking can help us create a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of who or where we are, what we do or have done for a living, or how young or old we are. The same design thinking responsible for amazing technology, products, and spaces can be used to design and build your career and your life, a life of fulfillment and joy, constantly creative and productive, one that always holds the possibility of surprise.




Creating the Health Care Team of the Future


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One way to significantly improve the delivery of health care is to teach the health professionals who provide care to work together, to communicate with each other across professional boundaries, and to start to think and act like a team that has the patient at its center. The team-based care movement is at the heart of major changes in medical education and will become an element in the new accreditation standards.Through its Centre for Interprofessional Education, the pioneering approach in this area taken by the University of Toronto has attracted international attention. The role of the Centre for IPE, a formal partnership between the University of Toronto and the Toronto Academic Health Sciences Network, is to create a hub for the university and the many teaching hospitals where all core parties can be actively engaged in redesigning this new model of health care. In Creating the Health Care Team of the Future, Sioban Nelson, Maria Tassone, and Brian D. Hodges give a brief background of the Toronto Model and provide a step-by-step guide to developing an IPE program.




Subscribed


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SHORTLISTED FOR THE CMI MANAGEMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARD Today's consumers prefer the advantages of access over the hassles of ownership. It's not just internet services like Netflix and Spotify; even industrial firms like GE and Caterpillar are reinventing themselves as solutions providers. Whether you sell software, clothes, insurance, or industrial machines, you need to master the transition to the subscription model. Adapting to the subscription economy takes more than just deciding to sell subscriptions instead of products. You'll have to reinvent your company from the inside out -- from your accounting to your entire IT architecture. No matter how large or small your company, Subscribed gives you a practical, step-by-step framework to rebuild your business around a customer-centric, recurring revenue model.In ten years, we'll be subscribing to everything: information technology, transportation, retail, healthcare, even housing. Informed by insights straight from the servers of Zuora, the world's largest subscription finance platform, Subscribed is the book that explains how this shift really works -- and how business leaders can prepare and prosper.




INNOVATOR’S ADVANTAGE Disruptive Business Model for the Future


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In today's fast-paced and ever changing world, traditional business models face unprecedented challenges. The rules of the game are constantly shifting, and companies must adapt or risk becoming irrelevant. It is a time of immense uncertainty, but also of incredible opportunity for those willing to embrace innovation and disruption. "The Innovator's Advantage:Disruptive Business Models for the Future" is not just another book on innovation. It is a call to action, a guidebook, and a source of inspiration for individuals and organizations ready to redefine their strategies and unleash their true potential. In these pages, we explore the critical tole of disruptive business models and how they can propel organizations into the forefront of their industries. Drawing on extensive research and real-world examples, we unveil the secrets behind successful disruptive business models. We delve into the mindset, the strategies, and the practical steps necessary toembrace innovation and create lasting impact. Whether you are an entrepreneur setting out on a new venture or an executive seeking to transform your organization, this book offers invaluable insights to guide you on your journey. In "The Innovator'sAdvantage," we challenge conventional wisdom and invite readers to question long-standing assumptions. We explore how disruptive technologies, changing customer demands, and evolving market dynamics are reshaping entire industries. Through compelling stories of both triumphs and failures, we illustrate the importance of continuously adapting and seeking new ways to create value. This book is not limited to a specific sector or audience. It is intended for anyone who seeks to seize the opportunities presented by disruption. We aim to demystify innovation and make it approachable for everyone, empowering individuals and organizations to capitalize on the incredible potential that lies within each one of us. As we embark on this journey together, we invite you to open your mind, challenge your own beliefs, and embrace the power of innovation. It's time to disrupt the status quo, to reimagine what's possible, and to create a better future for ourselves and the world around us. "The Innovator's Advantage: Disruptive Business Models for the Future" is a roadmap for those ready to embrace the unpredictable, to navigate uncertainty, and to shape the future rather than be shaped by it. We hope that the insights and strategies presented within these pages will empower and inspire you on your own journey of innovation and disruption. Let us embark on this transformative adventure together! Best regards, Hannarong Shamsub, Ph.D.




Artificial Intelligence for a Better Future


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This open access book proposes a novel approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI) ethics. AI offers many advantages: better and faster medical diagnoses, improved business processes and efficiency, and the automation of boring work. But undesirable and ethically problematic consequences are possible too: biases and discrimination, breaches of privacy and security, and societal distortions such as unemployment, economic exploitation and weakened democratic processes. There is even a prospect, ultimately, of super-intelligent machines replacing humans. The key question, then, is: how can we benefit from AI while addressing its ethical problems? This book presents an innovative answer to the question by presenting a different perspective on AI and its ethical consequences. Instead of looking at individual AI techniques, applications or ethical issues, we can understand AI as a system of ecosystems, consisting of numerous interdependent technologies, applications and stakeholders. Developing this idea, the book explores how AI ecosystems can be shaped to foster human flourishing. Drawing on rich empirical insights and detailed conceptual analysis, it suggests practical measures to ensure that AI is used to make the world a better place.




Demystifying Climate Models


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This book demystifies the models we use to simulate present and future climates, allowing readers to better understand how to use climate model results. In order to predict the future trajectory of the Earth’s climate, climate-system simulation models are necessary. When and how do we trust climate model predictions? The book offers a framework for answering this question. It provides readers with a basic primer on climate and climate change, and offers non-technical explanations for how climate models are constructed, why they are uncertain, and what level of confidence we should place in them. It presents current results and the key uncertainties concerning them. Uncertainty is not a weakness but understanding uncertainty is a strength and a key part of using any model, including climate models. Case studies of how climate model output has been used and how it might be used in the future are provided. The ultimate goal of this book is to promote a better understanding of the structure and uncertainties of climate models among users, including scientists, engineers and policymakers.




Back to the Future of Education


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The Future of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Observing, Understanding, and Modeling


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Improved observations of the atmospheric boundary layer (BL) and its interactions with the ocean, land, and ice surfaces have great potential to advance science on a number of fronts, from improving forecasts of severe storms and air quality to constraining estimates of trace gas emissions and transport. Understanding the BL is a crucial component of model advancements, and increased societal demands for extended weather impact forecasts (from hours to months and beyond) highlight the need to advance Earth system modeling and prediction. New observing technologies and approaches (including in situ and ground-based, airborne, and satellite remote sensing) have the potential to radically increase the density of observations and allow new types of variables to be measured within the BL, which will have broad scientific and societal benefits. In October 2017, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop to explore the future of BL observations and their role in improving modeling and forecasting capabilities. Workshop participants discussed the science and applications drivers for BL observation, emerging technology to improve observation capabilities, and strategies for the future. This publication summarizes presentations and discussions from the workshop.