Results for "Johnson, David"

A no-BS, real-world guide to solving management problems through systematic thinking, data-driven decisions, and execution that actually works.

Most management books are long on theory and short on execution. Figure It the F*ck Out changes that. David J. Johnson, the battle-tested CEO and founder of...

Thinking Government investigates the key roles and duties of the Canadian federal government and its public services and highlights the policy and program debates that revolve around those responsibilities and obligations.

Political scientists David Johnson and Jan Hancock provide readers a core...

Ten forces reshaping American healthcare and how executives can respond strategically

Now revised and updated, The Coming Healthcare Revolution The 10 Forces That Will Cure America's Health Crisis identifies ten transformative forces dismantling outdated healthcare business models. Written by David...

The most revolutionary model of leadership the world has ever seen was not offered by a pastor, a CEO, a general, or a political visionary, but by a carpenter from Nazareth who washed His followers' feet the night before He died. Jesus did not lead from a position of power. He led from a posture of...

In the Loop: A Political and Economic History of San Antonio, is the culmination of urban historian David Johnson's extensive research into the development of Texas's oldest city. Beginning with San Antonio's formation more than three hundred years ago, Johnson lays out the factors that drove the...

In this accessible book, David Johnson examines the Christian spiritual life using the Book of Confessions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) as a guide. He demonstrates how the Book of Confessions can help us understand what it means to be a Christian and how one goes about living a Christian life...

This book argues that "reason," or "objective thinking," is not a natural product of an enlarged brain or of innate biological tendencies, but a way of learning that contradicts the natural characteristics of being an animal, a mammal, and a primate. Author David Martel Johnson shows how the concept...

The U.S. Army entered World War II unprepared. In addition, lacking Germany's blitzkrieg approach of coordinated armor and air power, the army was organized to fight two wars: one on the ground and one in the air. Previous commentators have blamed Congressional funding and public apathy for the army...

Follow Lincoln’s day-by-day path from peacemaker to war leader as the Union edges toward Civil War.

The months after the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, between March 4 and May 3, 1861, mark one of the most significant periods in American history. Antagonism between the North and South, which had...

After the funeral, as Jack Brown stood by the grave of his father, Bill, his eyes displayed different feelings, true feelings, of anger and disgust towards his father as he muttered, "Rot in hell you old bastard."
Jack couldn't forgive his father for the misery he had caused him and his friend...