Great by Choice Jim Collins 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. Great by Choice distinguishes itself from Collins’s prior work by its focus not just on performance‚ but also on the type of unstable
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Jared Diamond is a biologist whose area of expertise is birds. His studies took him to Papua New Guinea‚ where he utilized his skills to study all of the bird species inhabiting the island. One day‚ a PNG inhabitant‚ Yali‚ came up and asked Diamond a question: “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo‚ but we black people had little cargo of our own?” Diamond argues that the answer to Yali’s question wasn’t racial inequality like so many people assume it is. Diamond began his research
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Jared Diamond argues that the ultimate explanation for why Europeans became a global powerhouse in the 15th and 16th centuries instead of the Chinese is because European civilization was established upon rainfalls – wheat and grain‚ which will develop anyplace‚ as long as parts of the year rains. Which this permitted farming groups‚ towns‚ villages and in the long run urban areas to rise self-rulingly‚ all over Europe. In making this argument‚ Diamond deemphasizes important political‚ cultural‚ technological
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capture the essence of what I create‚ whether it is a person‚ an object‚ or anything you can imagine….”‚ says Jared Emerson. Jared Emerson has gained attention for his innovative artistic talent. While he states he loves all medias as well as topics‚ his most recognized artistic expressions are created by using only his hands‚ paint‚ and a canvas where he creates amazing portraits. Jared is truly a unique performance artist whose talent is quickly becoming recognized on a national scale. As the
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Jared Diamond’s article‚ “The Arrow of Disease” explains how the Native Americans living in the New World became victimized by germs from the Europeans.The main argument or question that is‚ is why didn’t the New World Indian’s germs pass on to the Spanish invaders as they crossed the Atlantic back to Europe. In this article‚ Jared supports the claim that the Europeans have been already immune to the viruses and diseases. He takes it all the way back when Europeans had the plague outbreak‚ measles
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‘’Guns‚ Germs and Steel’’ By Jared Diamond explores a brief history of the human world and how it has become what it is today. When Jared Diamond takes a visit to New Guinea‚ he is encountered by a local politician on the beach whose name is Yali‚ and as they walked and talked together‚ Yali asked a simple question “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but we black people had little cargo of our own?’’ .That question made Jared go on the journey of his
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Nacho Libre was directed by Jared Hess and written by Jared and Jerusha Hess and Mike White. Jared Hess was born on July 18‚ 1979 in Glendale‚ Arizona. He is a writer and actor‚ known for Napoleon Dynamite (2004)‚ Nacho Libre (2006) and Gentlemen Broncos (2009). Jerusha Hess was born on July 12‚ 1980 in Olathe‚ Kansas‚ she is a writer and producer‚ known for her contribution to Napoleon Dynamite (2004)‚ Nacho Libre (2006) and Austen land (2013). She is married to Jared Hess. Mike White was born on
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Jared Diamond explains why geographic luck is the leading cause to an unequal world which gave certain countries advantages and other’s disadvantages. Have you ever wondered why some parts of the world are much more developed than others? Well‚ to find the answer‚ we’ll have to trace this question all the way back to ancient times. Jared Diamond explains that the reason for this revolves around geographic luck‚ to be more specific; the shapes of the continents‚ steel‚ horses and writing are primary
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Prologue Jared Morgan sat on the edge of his bed sharpening his knife. Only sounds of the wind were heard from outside of his door. His blond hair hung in front of his worried green eyes as he glanced every so often out his window. Suddenly‚ a thud broke the silence. He got up‚ sheathed his knife in the dark brown scabbard in his belt and walked over to the window. The woman that was once outside enjoying the night sky was not. He looked down and saw her body lying on the ground‚ her throat slit
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The article‚ Guns‚ Germs and Steel‚ written by Jared Diamond‚ is an argument about how and why things happened differently in history in different continents. It’s about looking deeper into why things happened the way they did. Why did western Eurasian societies become more powerful? What enabled these parts of the world to develop more quickly and in turn be able to conquer less developed societies around the world? The important message to grasp from this article is not about how certain continents
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