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Author: Richard S. Tedlow File Type: mobi An astute diagnosis of one of the biggest problems in business Denial is the unconscious determination that a certain reality is too terrible to contemplate, so therefore it cannot be true. We see it everywhere, from the alcoholic who swears hes just a social drinker to the president who declares mission accomplished when it isnt. In the business world, countless companies get stuck in denial while their challenges escalate into crises. Harvard Business School professor Richard S. Tedlow tackles two essential questions Why do sane, smart leaders often refuse to accept the facts that threaten their companies and careers? And how do we find the courage to resist denial when facing new trends, changing markets, and tough new competitors? Tedlow looks at numerous examples of organizations crippled by denial, including Ford in the era of the Model T and Coca-Cola with its abortive attempt to change its formula. He also explores other companies, such as Intel, Johnson & Johnson, and DuPont, that avoided catastrophe by dealing with harsh realities head-on. Tedlow identifies the leadership skills that are essential to spotting the early signs of denial and taking the actions required to overcome it.

Author: Nancy Marie Brown File Type: epub Much like Greek and Roman mythology, Norse myths are still with us. Famous storytellers from JRR Tolkien to Neil Gaiman have drawn their inspiration from the long-haired, mead-drinking, marauding and pillaging Vikings. Their creator is a thirteenth-century Icelandic chieftain by the name of Snorri Sturluson. Like Homer, Snorri was a bard, writing down and embellishing the folklore and pagan legends of medieval Scandinavia. Unlike Homer, Snorri was a man of the worlda wily political power player, one of the richest men in Iceland who came close to ruling it, and even closer to betraying it In Song of the Vikings, award-winning author Nancy Marie Brown brings Snorri Sturlusons story to lifein a richly textured narrative that draws on newly available sources. **Review [The most influential writer of the Middle Ages] wasnt Chaucer, or Malory or the writers of Arthurian romances buta politically powerful Icelander called Snorri SturlusonSong of the Vikings puts the works and the man togetherHis life deserves to be better known.--Thomas Shippey, The Wall Street Journal An important undertaking...The first English-language book published on Snorri in 30 yearsReaders will feel affected by the loss of this powerful and complicated man.Kirkus Reviews For readers whove long sensed that older winds blow through the works of their beloved Tolkien, Song of the Vikingsis a fitting refresher on Norse mythology. Without stripping these dark tales of their magic, Nancy Marie Brown shows how mere humans shape myths that resonate for centuries--and how one brilliant scoundrel became, for all time, the Homer of the North. --Jeff Sypeck, author of Becoming Charlemagne In medieval Iceland, one of the most remote corners of the known Earth, a very un-Viking Norseman named Snorri Storluson crafted the heroic mythology on which rests everything from Wagners Ring cycle and the Brothers Grimm to Tolkein (who considered Snorris work more central to English literature than Shakespeares) and even the evils of Nazism. In Song of the Vikings, Nancy Marie Brown brings to vivid life this age of poetic Viking skalds, of blood feuds and vengeance raids, of royal intrigue and fierce independence, when the barren, beautiful landscape of the North was haunted by trolls, giants and dragons - all of which Snorri, the most important writer the world ever forgot, captured for eternity.--Scott Weidensaul, author of The First Frontier With wry wit andgraceful prose Nancy Marie Brown takes us back to medieval Iceland and introduces us to perhaps the greatest storyteller of the period, Snorri Sturluson. Her depth of knowledge of the era, the rugged landscape, the Vikings, and their lifestyle is impressive. Pat Shipman, author of To the Heart of the Nile For lovers of Medieval history, Norse legend, and myth in general, Song of the Vikings is a must read. Nancy Marie Brown has transformed her extensive knowledge of thirteenth-century Iceland into an accessible and interesting book. Bravo!--Marilyn Yalom, author of Birth of the Chess Queen and How the French Invented Love Drawing upon her broad knowledge, Nancy Marie Brown not only skillfully situates Snorris powerful voice, his tales and his (mis)deeds, in their context, she also adeptly illuminates his modern appeal and curious afterlife in popular culture. This is a sober, well-informed, and imaginative take on Norse mythology.--Gisli Palsson, author ofTravelling Passions and professor of anthropology, University of Iceland Nancy Marie Brown, a clear and careful writer, has crafted a compelling evocation of Snorri Sturluson in his place and time, the Icelandic-Norse commonwealth of the turbulent thirteenth century. Although Snorri always remains at the center of this tale, Song of the Vikings is in many ways the biography of an entire, unusual people. Medieval Icelanders struggled for hundreds of years with their political allegiance, religious adherence, social structure and their remote island home itself with its awesome challenges to human existence. Furnished nine hundred years ago with the Latin alphabet, Icelanders began writing remarkable narratives of their own lives and of their Norse heritageand clever, wily Snorri has long been considered by many scholars foremost among the medieval authors of Iceland as well as the leading power broker of his day on the island. Nancy Marie Brown concludes her Song of the Vikings in truly constructive fashion with an absorbing essay on the reception of medieval Icelandic literature in the modern world, confirming the indelible signature of this sophisticated people on the texts of our global civilization, from Wagner and Tolkien to Thor (from Marvel Comics) and A.S. Byatt. Like her earlier The Far Traveler, on the expansive journeys of the Norse, Nancy Marie Browns Song of the Vikings belongs in the hands of every discerning student of Western civilization.--Patrick J. Stevens, Curator, the Fiske Icelandic Collection, Cornell University Library About the Author Nancy Marie Brown is the author of highly-praised books of nonfiction, including The Abacus and the Cross and The Far Traveler Voyages of a Viking Woman. She has studied Icelandic literature and culture since 1978. Formerly the editor of the award-winning magazine ResearchPenn State, Brown lives in Vermont, where she keeps four Icelandic horses and an Icelandic sheepdog. She blogs at nancymariebrown.blogspot.com.