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Traditional management training prioritizes clarity, predictability and control. In a matrix we need to be able to balance this with the ability to tolerate ambiguity, manage uncertainty and decentralize control. Managers need an expanded toolkit to help them move from the hard to the soft, from the concrete to the ambiguous and back again depending on the situation. Making the Matrix Work helps you develop your matrix mindset and will show you how to establish and engage networks that do not depend on role, control or authority to get things done.

Homeless. No other word better describes our modern-day suffering. It reveals one of our deepest and most painful conditions—not having a sense of belonging. However, Alan Graham, founder of Mobile Loaves & Fishes and Community First! Village, is improving the quality of life for a large...

Practical ideas, tools, and tips for managing yourself, collaborating with others, and leading other people when working in remote, virtual, and hybrid teams, and when working from home. Based on the latest research and over 25 years’ experience training over 100,000 people in remote and virtual working with over 400 leading organizations around the world. Includes the latest learning from the COVID period global mass experiment in remote working.

We all know about magnetism right? But hold the phone! Where does this force come from in the first place? Did magnetism play a role in the creation of the universe? Why is this force important in everything from atomic structure to the way solar flares form?

Radiation? What's that all about then? Where does radiation come from? What does it do? This eBook takes a look at the many different types of radiation including radioactivity, X-rays and other forms of emissions such as cell phone radiation. It also examines the nuclear power industry and the effects that different types of radiation has on living cells. The book is backed up by references to other work on this topic and every term used is explained in a jargon-free, easy to understand fashion. This book would be useful to students and laypersons who need to be better informed on radiation.

This discourse takes a look at some vitamins and what has recently been discovered about how they might function in specific diseases such as prostate and breast cancer as well as neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis. Other 'essential' substances are also discussed. The work contains a wealth of references pertinent to vitamins and is thus an aid to students or anyone who wants to learn more about vitamins and disease states.

This essay is a slight revamp of my original magnetism discourse. It contains some new information and is illustrated. The essay also contains a list of pertinent references and further reading material.

Will the cosmos and all of the matter and subatomic particles it contains finally ebb away into nothing? Will time itself come to an end? For some unexplained reason, the expansion of the cosmos is accelerating. Whilst scientists think they know how the universe and matter came into existence-they aren't so sure how this massive unravelling puzzle will end up. Other questions are discussed such as, what is the half-life of a proton? What happens to matter and its constituent atoms when the universe ebbs to an end? This essay takes a look at these and other fascinating phenomena.

As a result of Paul Dirac and the subsequent work of other quantum physicists, we now know that the void is home to an assortment of so-called 'virtual particles'. We also know that every particle has an antimatter equivalent which, albeit for a fleeting moment, can materialize out of nowhere if given enough energy. This essay takes a look at the world of virtual particles and also discusses some of the theories on how the universe came into being. There is a comprehensive list of references and further reading material.

What exactly is an element? Where did these fragments of matter come from? How did the ancient alchemists give rise to modern day chemistry? How did the Periodic Table of elements come about? Why is it called ‘The Periodic Table’? This essay addresses these questions in a jargon free, light-hearted fashion. Here, I discuss a number of interesting elements and how they have influenced mankind both culturally and superstition-wise. The essay, which also contains a number of ‘interesting’ element-related stories, serves as an introduction to the chemistry of the elements. As such it ...

As of yet, nobody can say for sure precisely how the Universe came into existence? What happens to matter and space when gravity gets superstrong? What are neutron stars and what can these superdense objects, tell us about the nature of matter and how black holes are generated? This short essay addresses these and other objects such as pulsars and magnetars. For students, it is also a source of a number of relevant references on these and related topics.

This essay deals with the topic of death. It covers a number of famous poisoners and the poisons they dispatched to their victims. In addition to the mechanisms of drug action, the subject of apoptosis (programmed cell death) is also discussed. This essay is therefore a resource which can aid students and the layperson interested in drug/toxin action.

This is Part One of my autobiography. This documents my time at the research bench and spans a period of some 35 years. It's packed with stories about my times at various academic institutions and the people who I've known. This tale does contain some science but it's written in a way that should be easy to understand.

Did the Universe really come from nothing? Was there a pre-Big Bang era? Is empty space really devoid of anything? Can space exist without matter? This illustrated essay tackles these questions and discusses the nature of nothingness. It also contains a number of useful references on this subject. There is some humour.

Radiation? What's that all about then? Where does radiation come from? What does it do? This audiobook takes a look at the many different types of radiation including radioactivity, X-rays, and other forms of emissions such as cell phone radiation. It also examines the nuclear power industry and the effects that different types of radiation have on living cells. The book is backed up by references to other works on this topic, and every term used is explained in a jargon-free, easy-to-understand fashion.

What gives matter mass? How did the universe come about? This essay takes a look at these questions as well as discussing such 'things' as virtual particles and the role they play in holding the universe together. It also examines the possible role played by chaos in the genesis of the Universe as we currently understand it.

Why do we age? What are the biological mechanisms which drive senescence? This short essay alludes to the main theories of aging and some recent findings on the topic of the aging process. The essay contains a list of relevant references to other material and will be helpful as a source of background information for biochemistry students as well as laypersons.

Time is something that we all wish we had more of. Yet what exactly is time? How and why did this ‘fourth dimension’ come about? Is it possible for subatomic particles to travel backwards in time? How does gravity affect time? This essay delves into what scientists have discovered about the nature of the mysterious phenomenon we call time.

¿Qué constituye exactamente un átomo? ¿Cómo y por qué se formó el universo a la existencia y cómo terminará todo esto? ¿Qué partículas subatómicas van a constituir el modelo estándar? Este ensayo sirve como punto de entrada a la física nuclear y contiene muchas referencias útiles para otros trabajos sobre este y otros temas relacionados. El ensayo también se ocupa de cosas fascinantes.

When we look out into the depths of the cosmos, we see that matter isn't evenly distributed. Mixed in amongst the nebulae, galaxies, and whatnot, there are regions that contain massive voids. Some voids are billions of light years in length. One has to ask, then, how visible matter came to be so unevenly distributed. Moreover, why does hadronic matter only account for four percent of the stuff that makes up the universe? This audiobook takes a look at what nothingness is and asks the question - where did everything come from in the first place?