David Anderson

Achieve rapid acceleration and transformation with the Value Flywheel Effect.Today, every business is a technology business; every leader is a technology leader. As we enter this new era, organizations must learn to harness technology to drive innovation and power change. In The Value Flywheel Effect, David Anderson, Michael O'Reilly, and Mark McCann enable leaders to create an adaptive organization built upon embracing strategic thinking, team focus, and reduced time to value to drive business results and navigate a migration to the modern cloud. Using Wardley Mapping and other sense-making approaches, The Value Flywheel Effect helps organizations anticipate market changes and user needs. As the flywheel starts to turn, each small win builds momentum. This continuous momentum builds situational awareness, breaks new boundaries, and catapults companies to sustainable, long-term success. Learn to understand and utilize the sociotechnical intersection between business, technology, and people with the Value Flywheel Effect. Give your organization the edge it needs to navigate future challenges and build maximum velocity.

In this stirring book, two friends--a black minister and a white businessman--discuss candidly the hang-ups, stereotypes, and sins that inhibit interracial friendships. Some people may think that racism is no longer a problem in our society, but David Anderson and Brent Zuercher make an effective case for just the opposite: both black and white people still harbour wrong assumptions and resentments toward each other. Believing that the church is called to a deeply felt reconciliation between the races, Anderson and Zuercher strive to understand each other. They hash out their differences, giving voice to feelings most of us have had but would never express out loud. The result is a book that provokes thought, arouses emotion, and ultimately spurs actions, stressing that the most effective way of dealing with the many facets of racial reconciliation is through real and connected friendships.

This book presents an indispensable practical guide to best security practices to protect organisations from today’s digital threats. It outlines strategies for identifying vulnerabilities and building robust defences to secure systems, data, financial assets, reputation and customer trust, and ensure business continuity. The reader is furnished with all they need to know in one concise publication without needing to be a tech expert by using clear, everyday terminology, keeping technical jargon to a minimum. The “Useful Tips for Businesses” series of books provide a handy source of reference to business owners, directors and managers on a range of important topics.

In this dramatised edition of The Smart Business Owner, David Anderson puts theory into practice, observing the principles taught in his first book in action in a compelling business story. The Smart Business Owner books demonstrate how you can scale your business, and attain your goals without the fear of burnout, by working smarter, not harder. They explain why the more you delegate, the better your business will perform. And they show you that the worst person you can choose to manage your business is yourself. Step back from the coalface and watch your business grow.

If you’re ambitious and eager to grow your business, this book is for you. Many entrepreneurs hesitate to take the crucial steps necessary to achieve success for fear of burnout, loss of control, and the thought of leaping into the dark. Or they reach a plateau in their growth they can’t seem to break through no matter what they try. This book will show you how to overcome the obstacles holding you back, and how to scale your business and attain your goals by working smarter, not harder. Whether you’ve yet to begin transforming your business, or you know you want to grow but just can’t seem to get any meaningful traction, or you’re already on your way to growth and need some extra advice, this book will help you on your entrepreneurial journey.

Equivariant cohomology has become an indispensable tool in algebraic geometry and in related areas including representation theory, combinatorial and enumerative geometry, and algebraic combinatorics. This text introduces the main ideas of the subject for first- or second-year graduate students in mathematics, as well as researchers working in algebraic geometry or combinatorics. The first six chapters cover the basics: definitions via finite-dimensional approximation spaces, computations in projective space, and the localization theorem. The rest of the text focuses on examples – toric varieties, Grassmannians, and homogeneous spaces – along with applications to Schubert calculus and degeneracy loci. Prerequisites are kept to a minimum, so that one-semester graduate-level courses in algebraic geometry and topology should be sufficient preparation. Featuring numerous exercises, examples, and material that has not previously appeared in textbook form, this book will be a must-have reference and resource for both students and researchers for years to come.