In Future Driven, David Geurin describes how to conquer the status quo, create authentic learning, and help your students thrive in an unpredictable world. He shares how to simultaneously be more committed to your mission while being more flexible with your methods. You'll discover strategies to help students learn transferable skills. And you'll find ways to inspire creative, adaptable learning. Ultimately, you'll invest in tomorrow by helping your students become world changers today. Future Driven is a passionate, compelling forecast that urges all educators to engage smartly with what is coming. Teaching learners in this era of knowledge abundance requires teachers to take risks and for leaders to embrace change. A future focus, combined with action today, will ensure students are prepared for whatever they face. We need to have a long-term perspective and so do our students. If we are going to prepare students for an increasingly complex and uncertain world, schools must be future-driven organizations. And if you are going to make a lasting difference and create a better tomorrow for students, you are needed as a future-driven educator. It's time to push your limits and push the limits of others too. Future Driven will challenge you to move forward boldly to prepare students for a rapidly changing world. #FutureDriven

In order to promote the sustainable development of renewable energy and renewable-energy-driven technologies, Renewable-Energy-Driven Future: Technologies, Modelling, Applications, Sustainability and Policies provides a comprehensive view of the advanced renewable technologies and the benefits of utilizing renewable energy sources. Discussing the ways for promoting the sustainable development of renewable energy from the perspectives of technology, modelling, application, sustainability and policy, this book includes the advanced renewable-energy-driven technologies, the models for renewable energy planning and integration, the innovative applications of renewable energy sources, decision-support tools for sustainability assessment and ranking of renewable energy systems, and the regulations and policies of renewable energy. This book can benefit the researchers and experts of renewable energy by helping them to have a holistic view of renewable energy. It can also benefit the policymakers and decision-makers by helping them to make informed decisions. Presents the advanced renewable-energy-driven technologies and the innovative applications of renewable energy sources Develops the models for the efficient use of renewable energy, decision-making and the investigation of its climate and economic benefits Investigates the sustainability of renewable energy systems Features the regulations and policies of renewable energy

In "Feature-Driven Development Unleashed: Mastering the Art of Efficient and Collaborative Software Engineering," Michael R. Bennett offers a deep dive into the transformative world of Feature-Driven Development (FDD). This book serves as a comprehensive guide, meticulously detailing how FDD revolutionizes the approach to software engineering by prioritizing feature-centric methodologies that enhance efficiency and foster collaboration among teams. Bennett skillfully demystifies the core principles of FDD, providing readers with a clear roadmap for implementing this agile framework within their own projects. Through a blend of theoretical insights and practical examples, the book illustrates the seamless integration of FDD into the modern software development lifecycle, emphasizing its capacity to streamline processes and reduce time-to-market for new features. Beyond a mere introduction to FDD, Bennett delves into advanced strategies, tools, and best practices that empower software engineers and project managers to harness the full potential of FDD. He addresses common challenges encountered in adopting FDD and offers actionable solutions, ensuring readers are well-equipped to navigate the complexities of modern software projects. "Feature-Driven Development Unleashed" is not just a manual for implementing FDD; it's a manifesto for a more collaborative, efficient, and effective approach to software engineering. Whether you're new to FDD or looking to refine your existing practices, Bennett's insights will inspire you to unleash the power of features in driving your software development success.

Software development today is embracing events and streaming data, which optimizes not only how technology interacts but also how businesses integrate with one another to meet customer needs. This phenomenon, called flow, consists of patterns and standards that determine which activity and related data is communicated between parties over the internet. This book explores critical implications of that evolution: What happens when events and data streams help you discover new activity sources to enhance existing businesses or drive new markets? What technologies and architectural patterns can position your company for opportunities enabled by flow? James Urquhart, global field CTO at VMware, guides enterprise architects, software developers, and product managers through the process. Learn the benefits of flow dynamics when businesses, governments, and other institutions integrate via events and data streams Understand the value chain for flow integration through Wardley mapping visualization and promise theory modeling Walk through basic concepts behind today's event-driven systems marketplace Learn how today's integration patterns will influence the real-time events flow in the future Explore why companies should architect and build software today to take advantage of flow in coming years

We are Trading Away Our Future and most economists have been caught with their heads in the sand. They think that the trade deficits are the result of free market forces. But the trade deficits are caused by foreign government currency manipulations and the foolish subsidies that the US tax system gives to foreign savings. The American People know that something is wrong. They know that the Chinese and Japanese governments manipulate their currencies to steal American industries. They are intrigued by Governor Huckabee's endorsement of the Fair Tax, a proposal that would abolish the IRS, renew American investment, Strengthen the dollar, and help solve the trade deficits. If nothing is done, then resolutely nondemocratic China will replace the United States as the world's premier power. In this book the Richmans explain solutions that are within our grasp. It is not yet too late!

Does every one inside the box think the same? No differentiation? No evolving levels? Then too where do those who think outside of the box, go? Back to the original box to go through further iterations? Not likely; after all they have outgrown their box. Like Adam they have tasted the fruit of knowledge and they are banished from the box of Eden. What happens to them? They fall into history and evolution. Each generation reenacts the drama of their thinking birth and emergence from the fetal paradisiacal box. Each one is doomed to further—perhaps endless—development. Each one is blessed and cursed forever with restlessness—with endless curiosity—and with the haunting memory of their original and archetypal release from the box of limited thought. Boxology: Thinking and Working Inside, Outside, and Beyond the Box and the Cubicle offers the answers to these and other questions in the realm of education.

How to use finance as a tool to build a more equitable and sustainable society. Money defines our present and will shape our future. Every investment decision we make adds a chapter to the story of what our world will look like. Although the idea of mission-based finance has been around for decades, there is a gap between organizations' stated intention to "do good" and meaningful impact. Still, some are succeeding. In Just Money, Katrin Kaufer and Lillian Steponaitis take readers on a global tour of financial institutions that use finance as a force for good.