Performance Studies

Verstehe die unbewusste Körpersprache und alltäglichen Rituale, die unsere soziale Wirklichkeit ununterbrochen formen. Dieses fesselnde Kultur-Sachbuch verwandelt scheinbar banale Gesten – vom Nicken in der U-Bahn bis zum Händedruck im Bewerbungsgespräch – in ein greifbares Studium...

Master the hidden social dynamics of everyday life with this lively guide to human behavior and embodied culture. Whether you are commuting through a crowded city, scrolling past online challenges, or sitting at a family dinner, every human action is a stage waiting to be analyzed. Satisfy your...

Melbourne, Australia. As bushfires rage outside the city, three women watch a performance of a Beckett play. Margot is a successful professor, preoccupied by her fraught relationship with her ailing husband. Ivy is a philanthropist with a troubled past, distracted by the snoring man beside her. Summer is a young theatre usher, anxious about the safety of her girlfriend in the fire zone. As the performance unfolds, so does each woman's story. By the time the curtain falls, they will all have a new understanding of the world beyond the stage.

There's a bewildering array of management tools out there. And they all promise to help you excel at the toughest parts of your job: defining your organization's strategic direction, managing customers and costs, and boosting workforce performance. But just 30 percent of these tools deliver as intended. Why? As Jeremy Hope and Steve Player reveal in Beyond Performance Management, while many tools are sound in theory, they're misused by most organizations. For example, executives buy and implement a tool without first asking, "What problem are we trying to solve?" 

Business profitability and growth are primary factors in determining business strategy and goals. By utilizing and integrating the two power tools of risk management and key performance indicators you can position your organization to move toward a proactive management style that supports these goals. This book provides practical guidance on how your company can incorporate this approach without utilizing large dollar expenditure for consulting fees and/or internal resources.

Decodifica la interacción social y revela la sociología oculta en los rituales cotidianos que dirigen nuestra identidad. Ideal para mentes curiosas que buscan un aprendizaje revelador durante sus trayectos diarios, esta experiencia sonora transformará radicalmente tu percepción del entorno...

Reclaim your mental clarity and master deep work in a noisy world designed to steal your focus and productivity. Whether you are commuting to a demanding job, studying for critical exams, or fighting daily overwhelm, this empowering audio experience provides a neuroscience-backed roadmap to...