The Method To The Madness

This book is ideal for the thousands of teachers who entered the profession in the last ten years and taught prescribed curriculum geared toward end of year bubble testing. Its intent is to empower districts and their teachers to create their own (free!) curriculum that will exceed the expectations of Common Core assessments, as well as create life-long learners that are college and career ready. By employing inquiry based units of study that insist on the use of iconic literature at the center, students will be more prepared for what awaits them with Common Core exams.

Parameswaran Iyer, former Secretary to the Government of India, is best known for leading the implementation of the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship programme, which became the world's largest sanitation revolution. But Iyer is not your typical bureaucrat. With a far-from-usual career combining two distinguished tenures in the government and an eventful stint outside it, he likes to describe himself as an uncommon 'Insider-Outsider-Insider'. In Method in the Madness, he reflects on the unique path he chose - from cracking the IAS to becoming a globe-trotting World Bank technocrat, to playing the role of a coach to his professional tennis-playing children, to finally returning to India and implementing the SBM. Written with humour and wisdom, this is an inspiring read full of key management insights, practical career advice, and valuable life lessons that will resonate with readers across age groups and professions.

Outer Origin examines the individual, social, and spiritual implications of ectogenesis, also known as artificial womb technology. Formerly considered the topic of science fiction, such devices are currently being developed and will soon be a medical reality. This book offers readers information on the status of this technology and considers the ways in which it may one day fully replace human gestation. Ectogenesis has previously been assessed with the future child in mind, but this book, instead, envisions what it might mean for women. It explores the value of pregnancy and childbirth in the twenty-first century and questions the notion that artificial wombs will lead to full equality of the sexes. Outer Origin seeks to elevate the maternal experience by reflecting on the meaning of reproductive technology in our lives. People everywhere must ponder the significance of what has heretofore been their most common link—shared natality and birth. If not, Homo sapiens will enter a deep dive into the unknown—that of not being of woman born.

The way a leader leads impacts the quality of life and the future of others. Great leadership enhances people's personal and professional lives and helps organizations retain and strengthen their workforce. Look throughout society and identify organizations with a low personnel turnover rate and a loyal workforce; great leadership resides within. Great leaders understand they exist for others, not themselves. Amazingly, people search for ways to become better leaders without going to the only perfect source for leading other people. This book will reveal God's words as applied to every leader's challenges at every level encountered when leading people. Everything necessary to becoming the leader others deserve is addressed by God's word. This book pulls back the veil to see just how much God has to say about being a leader. Be prepared to be amazed at God's guidance about being a leader. This book provides every ingredient required to take any and every leader, at any and every level of leadership-to-leadership greatness. It's not hard and it's not complicated. It requires only one motive to achieve leadership greatness. The motive of leadership greatness is that I'm in This For You!