When we blend the ideas of Agile Scrum, Andragogy, LEAN, and several learning theorists, we end up with a method for educating that is rapid, efficient, and effective. Scrum has been used in industry for years and has proven itself as a method for rapid learning and meaningful, iterative value creation. Andragogy has been a change in basic assumptions about traditional pedagogical methods. Consequently, this book is targeted more at advanced learners by leveraging andragogical principles. However, these principles can be pushed down to lower levels to the extent applicable. LEAN includes...

If you are not moving forward, you are putting your quality-of-life potential at risk. This book is a must-read for anyone remotely interested in improving their quality of life. If your environment is moving faster than you are then you are losing ground. This book discusses what forward movement is and then goes into detail about the innate abilities that are needed to achieve movement at a pace that matches the reader's schedule, ambitions, and environment. It is about moving as fast as you need to when you want to with the least amount of effort. The ability to move should be a cherished...

Viele Unternehmen waren großartig, sogar Ikonen der Branche, aber leider gibt es sie nicht mehr. Warum nicht? Sie waren großartig, aber nicht gut genug. Oder sie waren eine Zeit lang gut genug, aber dann nicht mehr gut genug. Ja, es ist gut, großartig zu sein, aber ein Unternehmen oder eine Organisation muss kontinuierlich gut genug sein, um alle Interessengruppen kontinuierlich zu versorgen. In vielen Fällen wurden aussterbende Unternehmen durch andere Unternehmen ersetzt, die die gleichen Produkte verkaufen. Was war geschehen? Diese Unternehmen sind nicht deshalb noch im Geschäft, weil...

Many companies have been great, even icons in the industry, but sadly they are not around anymore. Why not? They were great but not good enough. Or, they were good enough for a while, and then they were not good enough. Yes, it is good to be great; however, a firm or organization must be continuously good enough to provide for all stakeholders continually. In many cases, extinct companies were replaced by other companies that sell the same items. What happened? These companies are still in business not because they are great but because they are good enough in the context of the changing...