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Agricultural Innovation for Societal Change : Towards Sustainability
Over the centuries, agriculture has developed through technological steps illustrated by various agricultural revolutions.This book describes and analyses significant agricultural changes since the mid-1960s in the context of development, innovation and adoption by revisiting resource-poor farmers in Ethiopia, Sweden and Trinidad and Tobago, and considering overall development changes up to the early 2020s.It is a platform for discussing current issues for future global food security in the context of globalization and free global trade which have influenced economic growth in many countries but also created environmental concerns and a rapid increase in the number of transnational corporations (TNCs).Sustainable food production is now a global priority and therefore ecological footprints must be reduced - this book provides examples of possible technical changes required to achieve this.Reducing greenhouse gas emissions alone is insufficient: political attention must be paid to declining biodiversity, the increasing global exploration of natural resources, demography, increased consumption, waste mountains, expanding migration and antibiotic resistance.Agribusiness TNCs will challenge national governments and international donors in both research and development, increasing competition for leadership.A gradual societal change, incorporating an understanding of biological fundamentals, is necessary for achieving sustainability and for leading us towards the next agricultural revolution.
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Fashion and Sustainability: Design for Change
This book examines how sustainability has the potential to transform both the fashion system and the innovators who work within it. Sustainability is arguably the defining theme of the twenty-first century.The issues in fashion are broad-ranging and include labour abuses, toxic chemicals use and conspicuous consumption, giving rise to an undeniable tension between fashion and sustainability.The book is organized in three parts. The first part is concerned with transforming fashion products across the garment's lifecycle and includes innovation in materials, manufacture, distribution, use and re-use.The second part looks at ideas that are transforming the fashion system at root into something more sustainable, including new business models that reduce material throughput.The third section is concerned with transforming the role of fashion designers and looks to examples where the designer changes from a stylist or creator into a communicator, activist or facilitator.
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Winning Sustainability Strategies : Finding Purpose, Driving Innovation and Executing Change
Despite recent optimism and global initiatives, the implementation of corporate sustainability programs has been slow at best, with less than a third of global companies having developed a clear business case for their approach to sustainability.Presenting numerous award-winning cases and examples from companies such as Unilever, Patagonia, Tumi, DSM and Umicore alongside original ideas based upon 20 years of consulting experience, this book reveals how to design and implement a stronger sense of focus and move sustainability programs forward.This proven combination of purpose, direction and speed is dubbed “Vectoring”. Based upon practitioner cases and data analysis from the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, Vectoring offers a plain-spoken framework to identify the relative position of companies compared to their peers.The framework and its 4 archetypes deliver insights for practitioners to locate inhibitors and overcome them by providing practical suggestions forprocess improvements.This includes designing and executing new sustainability programs, embedding the SDGs within company strategy and assessing the impact of sustainability programs on competitiveness and valuation.Offering directions for CFOs to shift companies from integrated reporting to integrated thinking in order to accelerate their sustainability programs, Winning Sustainability Strategies shows how to achieve purpose with profit and how to do well by doing good.
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Managing Innovation and Change
Building on the success of the Second Edition with 19 new chapters, Managing Innovation and Change showcases the best work of thinkers writing in this area and provides a coherent picture of key ideas and concepts to have emerged from this exciting field.Frequently radical and intentionally provocative in terms of topic and treatment, the book: - covers the increasing diversity of pressures to which modern enterprises are subjected; - reviews some of the more persistent acronyms to which the art of management is increasingly prone; - examines the nature of innovation; - looks at the broader issues surrounding change, and - turns to those attributes of leadership which are consistent with the successful management of innovation and change.
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Why does the acceleration change in cars?
The acceleration in cars changes due to various factors such as changes in speed, road conditions, and the driver's input. When a car accelerates, the engine generates power to propel the vehicle forward, and as the speed increases, the resistance from air and friction from the road also increase, affecting the acceleration. Additionally, changes in road conditions, such as inclines or declines, can also impact the acceleration of a car. Finally, the driver's input, such as pressing the gas pedal or braking, directly affects the acceleration of the car.
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Did Spotify suddenly change its design?
No, Spotify did not suddenly change its design. The company regularly updates its app and web interface to improve user experience and add new features. These updates are typically rolled out gradually to users over time, so some people may notice changes before others. However, these changes are not sudden and are part of Spotify's ongoing efforts to enhance its platform.
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Can you change the game design?
As an AI, I don't have the ability to directly change game designs. However, I can provide suggestions and ideas for game design based on the input and requirements provided. If you have specific changes in mind, I can help brainstorm and discuss potential modifications to the game design. Ultimately, the decision to change the game design would be up to the game developers and designers.
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Will that change if I leave my comfort zone?
Leaving your comfort zone can lead to personal growth and new experiences. It can open up opportunities for learning, self-discovery, and building resilience. By stepping outside of your comfort zone, you may find that your perspective shifts, and you become more adaptable and open to change. Overall, leaving your comfort zone can lead to positive changes in your life.
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Legal Innovation : Conversations about Technology, the Legal Profession and Societal Change
Legal Innovation explores the impact of technology on the legal profession and societal change.Reflecting contributions from an international group of experts, the volume provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges and opportunities facing the legal profession today.With a particular focus on artificial intelligence, the book covers a wide range of topics, from dispute resolution and corporate governance to financial services and regulatory oversight.The conversational style of the chapters makes the content accessible while still maintaining academic rigor.This book is an essential read for policymakers, academics, lawyers, entrepreneurs, regulators and students who are interested in legal innovation and its impact on the legal profession as well as anyone interested in the intersection of law and technology.This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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Understanding the Military Design Movement : War, Change and Innovation
This book explains the history and development of the military design movement, featuring case studies from key modern militaries. Written by a practitioner, the work shows how modern militaries think and arrange actions in time and space for security affairs, and why designers are disrupting, challenging, and reconceptualizing everything previously upheld as sacred on the battlefield.It is the first book to thoroughly explain what military design is, where it came from, and how it works at deep, philosophically grounded levels, and why it is potentially the most controversial development in generations of war fighters.The work explains the tangled origins of commercial design and that of designing modern warfare, the rise of various design movements, and how today’s military forces largely hold to a Newtonian stylization built upon mimicry of natural science infused with earlier medieval and religious inspirations.Why does our species conceptualize war as such, and how do military institutions erect barriers that become so powerful that efforts to design further innovation require entirely novel constructs outside the orthodoxy?The book explains design stories from the Israel Defense Force, the US Army, the US Marine Corps, the Canadian Armed Forces, and the Australian Defence Force for the first time, and includes the theory, doctrine, organizational culture, and key actors involved.Ultimately, this book is about how small communities of practice are challenging the foundations of modern defence thinking. This book will be of much interest to students of military and strategic studies, defence studies, and security studies, as well as design educators and military professionals.
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Understanding the Military Design Movement : War, Change and Innovation
This book explains the history and development of the military design movement, featuring case studies from key modern militaries. Written by a practitioner, the work shows how modern militaries think and arrange actions in time and space for security affairs, and why designers are disrupting, challenging, and reconceptualizing everything previously upheld as sacred on the battlefield.It is the first book to thoroughly explain what military design is, where it came from, and how it works at deep, philosophically grounded levels, and why it is potentially the most controversial development in generations of war fighters.The work explains the tangled origins of commercial design and that of designing modern warfare, the rise of various design movements, and how today’s military forces largely hold to a Newtonian stylization built upon mimicry of natural science infused with earlier medieval and religious inspirations.Why does our species conceptualize war as such, and how do military institutions erect barriers that become so powerful that efforts to design further innovation require entirely novel constructs outside the orthodoxy?The book explains design stories from the Israel Defense Force, the US Army, the US Marine Corps, the Canadian Armed Forces, and the Australian Defence Force for the first time, and includes the theory, doctrine, organizational culture, and key actors involved.Ultimately, this book is about how small communities of practice are challenging the foundations of modern defence thinking. This book will be of much interest to students of military and strategic studies, defence studies, and security studies, as well as design educators and military professionals.
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Organisational Change Management for Sustainability
This book is aimed at providing clarity through a systemic and systematic approach to organisational change management for sustainability.Chapter 2 of the provides an overview of sustainable development and sustainability discourses, focussing on the economic, environmental, social, and time dimensions, as well as their interactions.Chapter 3 explains what organisations are, the types of organisations (civil society, corporations, education, public sector, and hybrid), the levels and system elements (individuals, groups, organisation, and system), attitudes (informational, emotional, and behavioural), the stakeholders that affect and are affected by the organisation, and the interactions between organisations (from competition to collaboration).Chapter 4 focuses on how organisations have been addressing sustainability, divided into 1) efforts to contribute to sustainability (i.e. focussing outside the organisation), and 2) engagement efforts (i.e. those focussing inside the organisation, e.g. through the use of tools, initiatives, and approaches for sustainability, and collaboration).Chapter 5 discusses change, types of change (internal vs. external, proactive vs. reactive, etc.), change strategies, change frameworks, and change for sustainability in organisations.Chapter 6 focusses on three key mechanisms for sustainability: Leadership, Governance, and Assessment and reporting (with examples from Higher Education Institutions, corporations, and public sector organisations).Chapter 7 discusses on the different drivers (internal, connecting, and external) that foster sustainability in organisations.Examples from empirical research are presented. Chapter 8 delves into resistance to change, particularly on the barriers that slow down or stop sustainability in organisations, as well as the strategies to overcome the barriers to change.Examples from empirical research are presented. The seventh chapter focuses on the different strategies that help reduce or eliminate resistance to sustainability in organisations.Examples from empirical research are presented. Chapter 9 focusses on where sustainability efforts have started (incorporation) and how have they been adopted throughout the organisation (institutionalisation).Examples from empirical research are presented. Chapter 10 presents the effects of external stimuli, such as COVID-19 on organisational change management for sustainability.
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How can one change the app design?
One can change the app design by first identifying the specific aspects of the design that need to be changed, such as the layout, color scheme, or user interface elements. Then, they can use design software or tools to make the necessary modifications. It's important to consider the user experience and gather feedback from users to ensure that the changes improve the overall usability and functionality of the app. Finally, the updated design can be implemented and tested to ensure that it meets the desired goals and objectives.
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How does Audi change the sport acceleration of the ESC?
Audi changes the sport acceleration of the ESC (Electronic Stability Control) by adjusting the system's parameters to allow for more aggressive driving dynamics. This means that the ESC will intervene less aggressively when it detects a loss of traction, allowing the driver to maintain more control over the vehicle during high-performance driving. By fine-tuning the ESC settings in sport mode, Audi enhances the driving experience for those seeking a more dynamic and engaging driving experience.
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What does it mean to change the sign of acceleration?
Changing the sign of acceleration means altering the direction in which an object is accelerating. If the sign of acceleration changes from positive to negative, the object is decelerating or slowing down. Conversely, if the sign changes from negative to positive, the object is accelerating or speeding up. This change in sign indicates a shift in the direction of the object's motion.
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Change something in the design of the tattoo.
I would suggest changing the size of the tattoo to make it slightly smaller. This would allow for more flexibility in terms of placement on the body and make it easier to cover up if needed. Additionally, a smaller size could help maintain the integrity of the design over time, as smaller tattoos tend to hold up better as the skin ages. Overall, a smaller size could make the tattoo more versatile and timeless.
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