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There is a persistent and incorrect idea, reinforced by countless film misrepresentations, that Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were always staid and dull British chaps of middle years (or older), with Holmes a spry, cranky, and impatient eccentric, and Watson a white-haired and portly Boobus Brittanicus, a la Nigel Bruce. Students of the true and Canonical Sherlock Holmes know this to be a falsehood. When we first meet them on January 1, 1881, Holmes is still 26 years old (although he will turn 27 in just a few days), and Watson, already a wounded war veteran, is only 28.

Design-oriented firms such as Apple and IDEO have demonstrated how design thinking can directly affect business results. Yet most managers lack a real sense of how to put this new approach to use for issues other than product development and sales growth. Solving Problems with Design Thinking details 10 real-world examples of managers who successfully applied design methods at 3M, Toyota, IBM, Intuit, and SAP; entrepreneurial start-ups such as MeYou Health; and government and social sector organizations.

Kennedy’s Horror Collection series continues with Book 15. Once again, he has collected stories from authors from all over the world, and this time, they have been selected specifically from the LGBTQIA+ community. As always, only the best made the cut, and have been gathered here for your listening pleasure. Sit back, relax, and get ready for some of the best scary stories you will listen to this year.

O tajm-menedzhmente mozhno pisat' i chitat' beskonechno, no vremeni vsjo ravno ne budet hvatat'. Chtoby za 24 chasa v sutki uspet' prozhit' celuju zhizn' i ne zhalet' ob upushhennom vremeni, slushajte jetu knigu. Zdes' vy najdete obzory samyh dejstvennyh metodik upravlenija vremenem i motivirujushhie citaty na sluchaj, kogda zahochetsja vybit'sja iz grafika.

"Cheloveka nel'zja nichemu nauchit', mozhno lish' pomoch' najti emu jeto v sebe", - skazal kogda-to Galilej. V jetoj knige sobrany idei, mysli i sovety vydajushhihsja ljudej, kotorye pomogut vam luchshe uznat' samogo sebja, pochuvstvovat' ogromnyj potencial vnutri i obresti zheleznuju uverennost' v tom, chto vy smozhete stat' tem, kem hotite byt'.

A psych professor's podcast about danger, deception, and desire. From the ugly truth about rage rooms and our unhealthy obsession with serial killers, to the ancestral wisdom of goosebumps and the science behind why we keep playing the lottery, join Dr. Kevin Bennett—Penn State University Beaver Campus Teaching Professor, Psychology Today contributor, and fellow at the Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health (UD/MH)—as we unmask the power of danger, deception, and desire through sensational stories and savvy behavioral science.