{"id":130,"date":"2016-12-09T13:01:28","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T07:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/?p=130"},"modified":"2016-12-09T13:01:28","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T07:31:28","slug":"new-additions-december-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/?p=130","title":{"rendered":"New additions December 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have added the below listed books to our collection this month. Every month we keep adding to our collection, the latest and the best in the category.<\/p>\n

All new additions to our library are timely and relevant to our focused categories. We have 19 categories we focus on, which you can see on our website –\u00a0www.vcenterlibrary.org<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0.<\/p>\n

If any member wishes to talk on any of these books or topics and have an interactive discussion on it, we could arrange to have it here on a Saturday.\u00a0 It could be a 1 or 2 hour session. Do let me know if you are interested or let me have your views on this. You may email me for any clarification.<\/p>\n

New Additions<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you for being late \u2026 by Thomas Friedman (Penguin 2016)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Thomas Friedman exposes the tectonic movements that are reshaping the world today and explains how to get the most out of them\u2026\u2026 It is a work of contemporary history that serves as field manual for how to think about this era of accelerations. It is also an argument for \u2018being late\u2019 \u2013 for pausing to appreciate this amazing historical epoch we are passing through and reflecting on its possibilities and dangers.<\/p>\n

Reviews \u2013 NY Times <\/a><\/p>\n

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The Decision Book: Fifty Models for Strategic Thinking \u2026 Mikael Krogerus, Roman Tschappeler (Profile Books 2011) \u2013 c01\/2773<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>This book is for anyone who has to deal with people on a daily basis \u2013 a teacher, a professor, a manager or a team leader. It is in a workbook with plenty of illustrations. The models can be filled in, developed and improved. Whether one needs to prepare for a presentation or carry out an annual performance review, whether a difficult decision lies ahead or reassess business ideas \u2013 this book is a guide.<\/p>\n

Google Books<\/a><\/p>\n

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Crowdsourced Health: How What You Do On The Internet Will Improve Medicine \u2026 by Elad Yom-Tov (MIT Press 2016)
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Most of us have gone online to search for information on health.\u2026. Yom Tov shows how the information collected can benefit humanity without sacrificing individual privacy. He tells of how computer scientists can scour search-engine data to improve public health \u2026..<\/p>\n

MIT Press<\/a><\/p>\n

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