Problems remain hidden in organizations for a number of reasons, including fear, organizational complexity, gatekeepers who insulate leaders from problems that are coming up, and finally, an overemphasis on formal analysis in place of intuition and observation. This book lays out the key skills and capabilities required to ensure that problems do not remain hidden in your organization. It explains how leaders can become effective problem finders, unearthing problems before they destroy an organization. The book explains how leaders can become an anthropologist, going out and observe how employees, customers, and suppliers actually behave. It then goes on to present how they can circumvent the gatekeepers, so they can go directly to the source to see and hear the raw data; hunt for patterns, including refining your individual and collective pattern recognition capability; "connect the dots" among issues that may initially seem unrelated, but in fact, have a great deal in common; give front-line employees training in a communication technique; encourage useful mistakes, including create a "Red Pencil Award"; and watch the game film, where leaders reflect systematically on their own organization's conduct and performance, as well as on the behavior and performance of competitors.

Memories define us.

So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep?

Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love—all forgotten overnight. And the one person you trust may be telling you only half the story.

Welcome to Christine’s life.

Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2011: Every day Christine wakes up not knowing where she is. Her memories disappear every time she falls asleep. Her husband, Ben, is a stranger to her, and he's obligated to explain their life together on a daily basis--all the result of a mysterious accident that made Christine an amnesiac. With the encouragement of her doctor, Christine starts a journal to help jog her memory every day. One morning, she opens it and sees that she's written three unexpected and terrifying words: "Don't trust Ben." Suddenly everything her husband has told her falls under suspicion. What kind of accident caused her condition? Who can she trust? Why is Ben lying to her? And, for the reader: Can Christine’s story be trusted? At the heart of S. J. Watson's Before I Go To Sleep is the petrifying question: How can anyone function when they can't even trust themselves? Suspenseful from start to finish, the strength of Watson's writing allows Before I Go to Sleep to transcend the basic premise and present profound questions about memory and identity. One of the best debut literary thrillers in recent years, Before I Go to Sleep deserves to be one of the major blockbusters of the summer. --Miriam Landis

Many books have been written on conservative politics. Many more have been written calling Christians to holiness and spiritual revival. Few, however, have managed to combine a clear explanation of the conservative political perspective with its corresponding personal and spiritual virtue.


In INDIVISIBLE, James Robison, the founder and president of LIFE Outreach International, partners with Jay Richards, Ph.D., a writer who has appeared in both the New York Times and The Washington Post. Together, they tackle tough, controversial political issues facing conservative Christians today, including abortion, stem cell research, education, economics, health care, the environment, judicial activism, marriage, and others. Written to appeal to a broad spectrum of believers, INDIVISIBLE not only argues political questions from a Scriptural standpoint, it also provides simple arguments that Christians can use to support their beliefs in public settings.


Most significantly, Robison and Richards recognize that the point of origin for spiritual and moral transformation is the individual. "We are convinced by historical precedent that long term cultural change requires not merely sound thinking and public good works but rather, God's spiritual and moral transformation of us as individuals, which will then transform our churches, our communities, our culture, and ultimately our politics."



James Robison is the founder and president of LIFE Outreach International, a worldwide Christian relief organization. He is also the host of LIFE Today, a daily syndicated television program that reaches 300 million homes in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia. He is the author of many books, including The Absolutes, True Prosperity, and Living in Love, and has spoken to millions of people through evangelistic crusades since entering public ministry in 1962.


Jay W. Richards, Ph.D., is a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute and the author of many books, including the award-winning Money, Greed, and God and The Privileged Planet. He is the executive director of the documentaries The Call of the Entrepreneur and The Birth of Freedom. He has been featured in the New York Times and the Washington Post and has appeared on Larry King Live. He has also lectured on economic myths to members of the U.S. Congress.

Aurora Night is a travel writer and photographer for See!, the world’s top adventure magazine. Aurora thinks her latest trip, to tropical Costa Rica, will be a routine assignment. But everything changes after she arrives. In between a chocolaty spa treatment, an all-too-exciting raft trip, and a romantically-charged cultural dance, Aurora falls into a mystery. Now, a strange disappearance and a suspicious death lead Aurora on an adventurous journey through the jungle and through her past. Along the way, Aurora uncovers more than the elusive identity of a villain. She also discovers the elusive spirit of a place and the elusive nature of a hero.

Idealistic travel writer, Aurora Night, is embarking on the adventure of a lifetime—a horse trekking trip into the heart of Patagonian Chile. Before she boards the plane, Aurora’s boss calls to tell her that See! magazine is downsizing. If the young writer is to survive the cuts, she must prove her worth. How? Win a coveted slot in the See Before You Die photo contest. Aurora thinks her prayers are answered when she meets a noble South American horse trainer by the name of Ben. With her faithful camera, Aurora captures a winning image of the mysterious man and his beautiful horse, Mancha. But the forces of deceit and greed are lurking and Aurora soon finds herself lost, alone, and in a race to save not just her job, but the life of a friend. In this story, Aurora is transformed by a cast of ornery and affectionate horses, a hard-working dog, a quiet and wise gaucho, a mother torn between enjoying time to herself or rushing home to her kids, and the captivating horse trainer who questions Aurora’s deepest beliefs. Aurora’s journey through the spectacular and harsh Patagonian landscape is fraught with both beauty and danger. Will she prevail? Or is success about more than winning?

Idealistic travel writer, Aurora Night, is embarking on the adventure of a lifetime—a horse trekking trip into the heart of Patagonian Chile. Before she boards the plane, Aurora’s boss calls to tell her that See! magazine is downsizing. If the young writer is to survive the cuts, she must prove her worth. How? Win a coveted slot in the See Before You Die photo contest. Aurora thinks her prayers are answered when she meets a noble South American horse trainer by the name of Ben. With her faithful camera, Aurora captures a winning image of the mysterious man and his beautiful horse, Mancha. But the forces of deceit and greed are lurking and Aurora soon finds herself lost, alone, and in a race to save not just her job, but the life of a friend. In this story, Aurora is transformed by a cast of ornery and affectionate horses, a hard-working dog, a quiet and wise gaucho, a mother torn between enjoying time to herself or rushing home to her kids, and the captivating horse trainer who questions Aurora’s deepest beliefs. Aurora’s journey through the spectacular and harsh Patagonian landscape is fraught with both beauty and danger. Will she prevail? Or is success about more than winning?

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What if your life was charmed and everything in it was perfect…....
Before.

This is the story of my past. Of what things were like for me when everything was normal. Of what every teenager’s life is like. Clothes. Parties. Boys and summer vacation. What’s so wrong with that?

I liked it. I was happy.

Until things changed. I changed.

I didn’t know that lies and secrets were about to take over my existence. I didn’t know there was someone out there, someone meant just for me. I didn’t know that I was about to go on a journey, a journey that would lead me to the girl I am today.

This is the beginning of the worst year of my life. Would I go back and change things? Erase everything that has happened to go back into these moments?

Not a chance.

This is a story of before.

What if your life was charmed and everything in it was perfect…....
Before.

This is the story of my past. Of what things were like for me when everything was normal. Of what every teenager’s life is like. Clothes. Parties. Boys and summer vacation. What’s so wrong with that?

I liked it. I was happy.

Until things changed. I changed.

I didn’t know that lies and secrets were about to take over my existence. I didn’t know there was someone out there, someone meant just for me. I didn’t know that I was about to go on a journey, a journey that would lead me to the girl I am today.

This is the beginning of the worst year of my life. Would I go back and change things? Erase everything that has happened to go back into these moments?

Not a chance.

This is a story of before.

Psychic chills and thrills from the author of Twenty-Five Years Ago Today, Sink or Swim, and Face-Off. Dawn Christian has been psychic since she was seven years old and has always considered herself an outcast. Even her own mother discourages her talent, so Dawn has kept her abilities quiet and feared a lifetime of loneliness. When she gets involved with a fortuneteller and two teenage girls who share her mysterious perception, Dawn finally belongs to a group. As her intuition strengthens, so does Dawn's self esteem. However, when she learns her new friends may be tied to two freak "accidents" in town, she has an important choice to make - continue developing the talent that makes her special, or challenge the only people who have ever accepted her.

This novel is appropriate for young adults ages 12 and up, or adults.

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.