Books with author Michael Robertson Jr

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.

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.

Wizards, skeletons, spells, sorcerers, and dragons &Mac222;ll this second lavishly produced children's book by acclaimed New Yorker-cover artist Michael Roberts. In verse and in cutout collages, Roberts takes children on a mystical journey through the alphabet from "Abracadabra" to "Zombies." For each letter in the alphabet, Roberts composes a full-page image created with scissors and colored paper. Across from each image, Roberts contributes a poem, ranging from the epigrammatic to the mini-epic. The poem for the letter Y goes like this: I met a yeti in Tibet. Took him home to be a pet. Ate my friends and family. Think he's saving me for tea. Then there's the one about Mabel the witch, the sneezing dragon, Pumpkin Man, and eyeball stew.... Mumbo Jumbo tickles and chills older kids with its witty verse and helps younger children learn the alphabet by matching up letters and pictures.

NEW 20th Anniversary Edition! The Jungle ABC is an extraordinary and intriguing introduction to the letters of the alphabet. Each letter is featured in a double-page spread with lavish cut-outs of animals in an African landscape. It's a surprising and unforgettable setting for learning ABCs.From antelope to zebra, Michael Roberts’ colorful, lively, and wonderfully graphic cut-out paper collages for The Jungle ABC are a feast for the eyes. Roberts, the former fashion director at The New Yorker magazine, has also been fashion editor at the London Sunday Times, design director of British Vogue, and Paris editor of Vanity Fair. His clever, vibrant, eye-catching images have been seen in magazines around the world. Roberts created all new images for this stunning classic book for all ages. With a foreword by Iman.

A high voltage line had draped itself accross the conversion vans roof, like a cobra twisting in agony spiting fire and spraying sparks.The structure shuttered from the seven thousand volts of pure energy.Inside Jennifer was moving through one DNA strand after another at faster than light. Just as she reached the place of santuary, a pathway snaked out touching her. Darkness enveloped her as she screemed for Evan.Reacting to the horrific pain pouring out of the speakers.The yellow glow of the two headlamps blinked out a death like S.O.S. Evan looked at Terry for the first time,as if he'd just lost his best friend.

When Tom's father Vic dies suddenly, Tom is left with the daunting task of restoring and opening the old resort, a dream the two had shared for years. He could choose to walk away, leaving his childhood dreams behind knowing he couldn't do it alone. Then there was Kim. She was a pretty woman with no place left to go. Vic had invited her to help open the resort before Tom came home. Leaving everything behind, she jumped at the chance to put her education in business to good use. With Vics death, she was now facing unemployment and homelessness. If Tom was anything like his father, surely he would ask her to stay and help finish what Vic had started. First, both Tom and Kim would have to meet and work through their own pasts to get to the future. If only Tom was like his father...

Terry buys a news paper for Evan, his grandpa, and the next thing he knows, a womans voice is talking to them both in grandpa's van! A rocket from China lies at the bottom of the ocean between Japan and the Phillipines.Two hundred miles in space, The Eyes of Proteus, the worlds most advanced military satellite is circling, but only Jennifer has that light touch capable of using it's platform to secretely search the depths of the sea, leaving Evan to wonder; 'Who in the world knows I have Jennifer'. A retired computer hacker, a teenage boy who loves the Detroit Tigers, and a customized van, who's captains chair, truly is one! .hat's almost out of this world, just ask Jennifer!" CHECK OUT THE NEW SEQUEL: "JENNIFER LIVES", After getting struck with over seven thousand volts, Jennifer sees herself as something more than the sum of her programming!

Each letter in this extraordinary alphabet menagerie is an original cut-out paper collage that shows children the alphabet while dazzling readers of all ages with its wit and artistry. Roberts is probably best known for the evocative collage covers he has created for the New Yorker magazine, where he is the Visual Fashion Director. The supermodel Iman, a native of Somalia has written the introduction. 64 pages; 37 full-page color illustrated plates; 10.5 x 13.5 inches.