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In Dreaming the Future, Kenny Ausubel leads us into that possible new world and introduces... ]]> Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:49:00 -0700 3337 2013-06-10 http://www.ncreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/_516z1y6phpl-1370897390.jpg http://www.ncreview.com/activisism/who-stole-the-american-dream http://www.ncreview.com/activisism/who-stole-the-american-dream Pulitzer Prize winner Hedrick Smith’s new book is an extraordinary achievement, an eye-opening account of how, over the past four decades, the American Dream has been dismantled and we became two Americas. In his bestselling The Russians, Smith took millions of readers inside the Soviet Union. 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This new edition of Information is Beautiful has been revised... ]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 17:46:00 -0700 3297 2013-05-24 http://www.ncreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/_iib-cover-uk-250-1369417617.png http://www.ncreview.com/activisism/2012-state-of-the-future http://www.ncreview.com/activisism/2012-state-of-the-future The 2012 State of the Future is a concise, readable overview of the global situation, problems, solutions, and prospects for the future. It covers the global landscape with two-page overviews with regional considerations of 15 global challenges such as energy, food, science & technology, ethics, development, water, organized crime, health, decisionmaking, gender relations, demographics, war & peace, and others.... ]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 16:52:00 -0700 3296 2013-05-24 http://www.ncreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/_2012sof-1369414379.jpg http://www.ncreview.com/conscious-business/leadership-and-the-new-science-discovering-order-in-a-chaotic-world http://www.ncreview.com/conscious-business/leadership-and-the-new-science-discovering-order-in-a-chaotic-world Leadership and the New Science launched a revolution by demonstrating that ideas drawn from quantum physics, chaos theory, and molecular biology could improve organizational performance. Margaret Wheatley called for free-flowing information, individual empowerment, relationship networks, and organizational change that evolves organically -- ideas that have become commonplace. Now Wheatley's updated classic, based on her experiences with these ideas in... ]]> Sat, 18 May 2013 16:52:00 -0700 3279 2013-05-18 http://www.ncreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/_51c1tfrrpcl-1368895977.jpg