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The new question: Ten years after the worldwide bestseller Good to Great, Jim Collins returns to ask: Why do some companies thrive in uncertainty, even chaos, and others do not? In Great by Choice, Collins and his colleague, Morten T. Hansen, enumerate the principles for building a truly great enterprise in unpredictable, tumultuous, and fast-moving times. The new study: Great by Choice distinguishes itself from Collins’s prior work by its focus on the type of unstable environments faced by leaders today.

Why do some people perform better at work than others? This deceptively simple question continues to confound professionals in all sectors of the workforce. Now, after a unique, five-year study of more than 5,000 managers and employees, Morten Hansen reveals the answers in his "Seven Work Smarter Practices" that can be applied by anyone looking to maximize their time and performance. Each of Hansen's seven practices is highlighted by inspiring stories from individuals in his comprehensive study.

Language is perhaps humanity’s most astonishing capacity - and one that remains poorly understood. In The Language Game, cognitive scientists Morten H. Christiansen and Nick Chater show us where generations of scientists seeking the rules of language got it wrong. Language isn’t about hardwired grammars but about near-total freedom, something like a game of charades, with the only requirement being a desire to understand and be understood.  

Ten years after the worldwide best seller Good to Great, Jim Collins returns with another ground-breaking work, this time to ask: Why do some companies thrive in uncertainty, even chaos, and others do not? Based on nine years of research, buttressed by rigorous analysis and infused with engaging stories, Collins and his colleague, Morten Hansen, enumerate the principles for building a truly great enterprise in unpredictable, tumultuous, and fast-moving times.

With more than 50,000 copies sold in Denmark, this book has been on the bestseller list since its publication in 2017. Barack Obama used a secret competitive advantage to win two elections. Companies such as Google, Amazon and Novo Nordisk use the same insight to stir up innovation, increase compliance, improve the work environment and sell more products. And successful management groups in the C20 index have started using it as their preferred strategy. But what kind of insight are we talking about here? The answer is - behavioural design.

Morten Storm was an unlikely Jihadi. A six-foot-one red-haired Dane, Storm spent his teens in and out of trouble. A book about the Prophet Mohammed prompted his conversion to Islam, and Storm sought purpose in a community of believers. He attended a militant madrasah in Yemen, named his son Osama, and became close friends with Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born terrorist cleric. But after a decade of Jihadi life, he not only repudiated extremism but, in a quest for atonement, became a double agent for the CIA and British and Danish intelligence.

In the great depths surrounding the Lofoten islands in Norway lives the infamous Greenland shark. At 26 feet in length and weighing more than a ton, it is truly a beast to behold. But the shark is not just known for its size alone: Its meat contains a toxin that, when consumed, has been known to make people drunk and hallucinatory.

En un mundo ideal, nuestra vida laboral sería completamente satisfactoria y motivadora. Pero, ¿y si estás comprometido en un empleo cuando tu corazón ya no lo está? ¿O qué ocurre si la misión de tu empresa parece no estar en sintonía con tu trabajo? Este libro te ayudará a darle un sentido a tu trabajo, a recuperar la pasión por lo que haces, a crear tu propio propósito y ayudar a tus empleados a que encuentren el suyo, a dar sentido a un trabajo que no es tu vocación, a hacer que el trabajo de tu equipo sea signifcativo y a fomentar el emprendimiento con propósito.

What is language? Why do we have it? Where does it come from? Why does that matter? Upending centuries of scholarship (including, most recently, Chomsky and Pinker) The Language Game shows how people learn to talk not by acquiring fixed meanings and rules, but by picking up, reusing and recombining countless linguistic fragments in novel ways.

People First er podcasten hvor vi deep-diver på hvordan progressive og moderne virksomheder skaber exceptionelle resultater ved at sætte mennesker først. Her vil vi interviewe mennesker, der har konkrete erfaringer og noget på hjertet for nysgerrigt forsøge at lære af dem. Episode efter epsiode prøver vi med podcasten at skabe et samlet billede som forhåbentlig kan inspirere dig til at sætte... ja, People First!

Is it possible to change your thoughts and see possibilities rather than limitations? Is it possible to change your perspective on your life’s greatest problems? This is what Morten Bonde investigates in his book Sentenced to Blindness - Now What? A Journey from Hopelessness Street to Possibility Road. With research into the human mind, the practice of mindfulness behavior and meditation, and four challenges in four months to reprogram his subconscious mind, he shares how he decided to become greater than his greatest life-challenge: Blindness!

I "Ét liv Én tid Ét menneske" stiller filosoffen og lederen Morten Albæk spørgsmålet, hvordan det kan lade sig gøre, at vi som et af verdens rigeste og mest lykkelige folkeslag samtidig kan være så hårdt ramt på vores mentale velbefindende, målt på antallet af mennesker, der lider af stress, angst og depression. Undervejs gør han op med begrebet work-life balance og forestillingen om, at en skarpere adskillelse mellem arbejde og fritid kan løse problemet.

Sundhedsstyrelsen at hver femte dansker lider af kroniske smerter. Men hvad er kroniske smerter? Og kan man behandle dem? Kan man selv være skyld i smerterne? Og er nogle smerter psykiske? Alt det og meget mere kan du høre i denne serie hvor jeg også fortæller jeg om de tips og tricks, der jeg har givet til patienter gennem mere end to årtier. Hvis behandlingen af kroniske smerter er som at få et kørekort til livet på trods af smerter, så er denne podcast din teoriundervisning. God lyttelyst! ----- OM ----- Morten Høgh (PhD, MSc Pain og Specialist i Sportsfysioterapi) er lektor på ...

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En morgen, tre måneder efter det forbrændte lig af hans hustru blev fundet i et sommerhus i Nordsjælland, vågner Daniel Fischer og opdager at alle lyde er forsvundet. Ting står ikke hvor de stod i går, og solen skinner gennem vinduer, den aldrig før har skinnet gennem. På gaden er der ingen mennesker, og rådhuset er styrtet sammen. Mærkeligst er dog at der indløber en besked om at hans hustrus telefon er blevet tændt i Paris.

Hop med i podcasten Drømmevillaen hvor vi søger inspiration fra alle aktører i nybyggermarkedet. Vi taler med andre nybyggere - hører om up's and down's og deres bedste anbefalinger. Vi inviterer producenterne ind - for at blive inspireret til nye og bedre løsninger. Og så taler vi naturligvis også med håndværkerne - det er jo dem, der får det hele til at ske. Mit navn er Morten Dalum - sammen med min hustru skal vi igang med at bygge vores Drømmevilla. Podcasten her bruger vi til at lære af andre, så vores drømme kan blive opfyldt.

Natten mellem den 27. og 28. september 1994 befandt danskere Morten Boje Hviid sig på færgen Estonia, der forliste under en storm på Østersøen og trak 852 med sig i dybet. Morten Bøje Hviid overlevede som en af de få forliste. Men overlevelsen kom med en pris. I "Jeg ville overleve" beskriver Morten Boje Hviid, hvordan han kæmpede sig tilbage til hverdagen efter katastrofen. Morten Boje Hviid (f. 1966) er en dansk socialdemokrat og politisk rådgiver.

You are smart and you enjoy your life and professional career...but sometimes you misunderstand a colleague, a friend, or your spouse, or they misunderstand you. This makes both of you frustrated, and it acts as a precursor to conflict, which can negatively affect your relationships and success at work. In the worst-case scenario, it can lead to unfulfilling relationships and a lack of well-being in your workplace.

"I Kasper Hjulmand - Fodbolddrømmer" får vi den fulde historie om forløbet op til Kasper Hjulmands ansættelse som dansk landstræner i 2019. Og siden da har forfatteren Morten Glinvad fulgt Hjulmand gennem det år, hvor han gemte sig væk fra offentligheden, mens han ventede på at tiltræde som landstræner i sommeren 2020. I den tid har Hjulmand udforsket selve fodboldens tilstand gennem besøg hos nogle af verdens største trænere og klubber. Og han har forsøgt at forstå identiteten i det land, han nu skal repræsentere som landstræner.

He was the Western convert who would plunge deep inside al-Qaeda. He named his first son Osama after 9/11 and became a Jihadist. But then - after a sudden loss of faith - Morten Storm made a life-changing decision. He became a double agent and joined the CIA, MI6 and MI5. Filled with hair-raising close calls and deception, Storm's story builds to the climactic finale when he must betray his friend and mentor al-Awlaki - al-Qaeda's biggest threat to the West.