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Embezzlement and High Treason Louis XIV's France: The Trial of Nicolas Fouquet
by Vincent J. PittsA look at life in the court of King Louis XIV, the politics of the time, and the trial of a man who knew too much for his own good.From 1661 to 1664, France was mesmerized by the arrest and trial of Nicolas Fouquet, the country’s superintendent of finance. Prosecuted on trumped-up charges of embezzlement, mismanagement of funds, and high treason, Fouquet managed to exonerate himself from all the major charges over the course of three long years, in the process embarrassing and infuriating Louis XIV. The young king overturned the court’s decision and sentenced Fouquet to lifelong imprisonment in a remote fortress in the Alps.A dramatic critique of absolute monarchy in pre-revolutionary France, Embezzlement and High Treason in Louis XIV’s France tells the gripping tale of an overly ambitious man who rose rapidly in the state hierarchy—then overreached. Vincent J. Pitts uses the trial as a lens through which to explore the inner workings of the court of Louis XIV, who rightly feared that Fouquet would expose the tawdry financial dealings of the king’s late mentor and prime minister, Cardinal Mazarin.“A compelling account of a political drama in mid-seventeenth century France, but it is also a window into the process by which rule of law gradually became established . . . [and] I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.” —EH.Net“Pitts’s book examines the show trial of Fouquet, and…the political process that created such an unfair outcome for a man who is often seen as one of the most well-known scapegoats in French history. Pitts has succeeded masterfully in weaving a powerful narrative that exposes convoluted corruption and mismanagement of ancient régime France.” —Renaissance Quarterly
Embezzlement and High Treason in Louis XIV's France: The Trial of Nicolas Fouquet
by Vincent J. PittsLouis XIV’s vendetta against his disgraced finance minister exposed dark truths about the state's finances.From 1661 to 1664, France was mesmerized by the arrest and trial of Nicolas Fouquet, the country’s superintendent of finance. Prosecuted on trumped-up charges of embezzlement, mismanagement of funds, and high treason, Fouquet managed to exonerate himself from all of the major charges over the course of three long years, in the process embarrassing and infuriating Louis XIV. The young king overturned the court’s decision and sentenced Fouquet to lifelong imprisonment in a remote fortress in the Alps.A dramatic critique of absolute monarchy in pre-revolutionary France, Embezzlement and High Treason in Louis XIV's France tells the gripping tale of an overly ambitious man who rose rapidly in the state hierarchy—then overreached. Vincent J. Pitts uses the trial as a lens through which to explore the inner workings of the court of Louis XIV, who rightly feared that Fouquet would expose the tawdry financial dealings of the king's late mentor and prime minister, Cardinal Mazarin.
Embodied Design in Innovation und Kommunikation: Durch erlebensbezogenes Denken neue Handlungsräume entdecken – Theorie und Praxis
by Judith PapadopoulosDieses Buch beschreibt einen neuen Gestaltungsansatz für Organisationen, der körperlich-emotionale Einflüsse in Innovationsprozessen und in der Kommunikation berücksichtigt, und vermittelt das Zusammenspiel von Körper und Kognition wissenschaftlich und praxisorientiert zugleich. Alles, was wir tun und erleben, hat mit unserem Körper zu tun: Wir sprinten in einem Projekt, wir haben ein schlechtes Bauchgefühl, Finanzsysteme machen schlapp und die Politik krankt. Solche Metaphern drücken aus, dass Wahrnehmungen körperliche Erlebensprozesse sind. Diese wiederum haben großen Einfluss auf kognitive und neurologische Vorgänge, die kreatives Denken erst ermöglichen und anstoßen. Und wenn wir dieses erlebensbezogene Denken fördern, entdecken wir folglich neue Handlungsmöglichkeiten. Die Autorin liefert eine fundierte Anleitung für das praktische Vorgehen, um neue Produkte und Dienstleistungen auf mehreren Ebenen wirkungsvoll zu gestalten, Innovationen von Beginn an zu unterstützen und neue Handlungsräume für Kommunikationsstrategien zu finden. Die einzelnen Phasen des Gestaltungsprozesses werden anschaulich beschrieben. Dabei fließen aktuelle wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse aus der Kognitionslinguistik ein, und erprobte Methoden, Hilfsmittel und Anwendungsbeispiele von Embodied Design werden vorgestellt.Ein Buch für Geschäftsführer, Innovationsverantwortliche, Change-Manager, Marketing- und Vertriebsexperten, Organisationskommunikatoren sowie interessierte Studierende, die neue Wege beschreiten wollen.
Embodied Leadership
by Pete HamillWe don't need leaders who know about leadership - we need leaders who embody the capacity to lead in the midst of ambiguity and complexity. The concept of embodied leadership is derived from somatic coaching, a unique approach that brings the body forward as an advocate in creating a place for change and transformation. It brings together language, action, feeling and meaning and is based on the idea that the mind and body are inextricably linked: to develop one, you must cultivate the other. Embodied Leadership deconstructs our thinking about the body using key discoveries in neuroscience to demonstrate the uses and benefits of a somatic approach, particularity in the area of emotional intelligence.There are practical exercises throughout to develop embodied leadership skills and personal development.
Embodied Time: Temporal Cues in Built Spaces
by Kevin NuteThe word time occurs more than seven times as often as space in written English, yet in the design of the indoor environments where we now spend most of our lives these priorities are typically reversed, with time often being little more than an afterthought. Embodied Time endeavors to correct that imbalance by demonstrating how built environments can be designed to evoke positive recollections of the past, interactions with the present, and anticipations of the future.
Embodiment and Professional Education: Body, Practice, Pedagogy (Debating Higher Education: Philosophical Perspectives #8)
by Stephen Loftus Elizabeth Anne KinsellaThis book draws attention to the ways in which an awareness of, and sensitivity to, embodiment can enlighten educational practices. It explores discourses from a range of thinkers, including Merleau-Ponty, Gadamer, Bakhtin, Haraway and Ahmed to name a few. The book argues that attention to embodiment can help us to reimagine the goals of education in ways that fit more coherently with human concerns and that offer the chance to provide education that is more holistic and grounded in our corporeality. Theories of embodiment can be used to modify education at the level of curriculum and at the level of pedagogy. This can help us design educational interventions that fit more naturally with how humans are inclined to learn and thus make educational experiences more meaningful. Attention to embodiment allows us to appreciate the extent to which the body appropriates a professional practice and the extent to which a professional practice appropriates the body of the learner. It shows how greater sensitivity to the body can enliven and enlighten our educational practices, especially in professional education.
Embodiment, Political Economy and Human Flourishing: An Embodied Cognition Approach to Economic Life
by Carsten Herrmann-Pillath Frédéric BassoThis book presents embodied economics as a foundational alternative to behavioral economics and other projects integrating economics and psychology inspired by the computational paradigm. The 20th century witnessed the disembodiment of economic models through the intensification of mathematization and formal abstraction in economics. Even proponents of an embodied approach to cognition, such as Hayek, paradoxically championed the abstract market order as a disembodied superhuman intelligence. In the wake of groundbreaking perspectives in cognitive and social sciences, which have helped to rethink the fundamental building blocks of economics, agency and institutions, this title takes a radical turn towards embodiment. Reinstating economics as political economy, embodied economics motivates a critique of capitalism based on the analysis of disembodiment through abstraction and reactivates key critical insights into the anthropology put forward by the young Marx about contemporary economics and its conceptualizations of money, property, and labor. Based on this analysis, the authors envision a concrete utopia for an economic order centered on human dignity and care for life on Earth. This book contributes to recent discussions about behavioral, experimental and neuroeconomics and addresses a transdisciplinary audience in the social and behavioral sciences, philosophy, and the humanities.
Embodying Exchange: Materiality, Morality and Global Commodity Chains in Andean Commerce (The Human Economy #11)
by Juliane MüllerAddressing the infrastructural, legal and moral complexities in contemporary world trade, this book uses an ethnographic analysis of the interface of multinational brand manufacturers and popular traders in the Bolivian Andes. It offers a situated account of traders’ understanding of regulatory principles, and traces commercial dynamics beyond the limits of what we define as economic. It aims to humanize our understanding of the economy by grounding it in everyday life and morality.
Embodying Integral Development: A Holistic Approach (Transformation and Innovation)
by Ronnie LessemIn this fourth and final volume of the CARE-ing for Integral Development series, Ronnie Lessem integrates all that has come before in terms of: Community activation; Awakening integral consciousness; and institutionalized Research. Here he focuses on individual and community development alongside that of the organization or society, and sets it in the context of an integral economy. The four critical success factors identified in recognizing and releasing integral development aligned with CARE are: GROUNDING – linking up with and building upon existing local and global movements for socio-economic development; EMERGENCE – maintaining interconnected focus; NAVIGATING – locating and developing GENE-ius in a particular community/society; EFFECTING – committing to resolving an issue and identifying the most fertile development path. Embodying Integral Development offers a comprehensive system of accreditation. Supported by examples and illustrations of CARE, this book makes a case for Integral Development as a whole. It argues that it is a qualitative means of self-assessment rather than a quantitative one, focused on engagement, immersion and interpretation, as well as evaluation, rather than empirical verification.
Embracing Empathy: A Universal Approach To Person-Centred, Empathic Healthcare Encounters
by Philip Cotton Stewart W. Mercer Annemieke P. BikkerThis highly practical, user-friendly guide is based on a broad definition of relational empathy in the clinical context. With a clear focus on understanding the patient's situation, perspective and feelings, and communicating and acting on that understanding in beneficial way, the book establishes the flexible, person-centred CARE Approach.Connecti
Embracing Ethnography: Doing Contextualised Construction Research
by David Oswald Léon Olde ScholtenhuisThis book calls for those interested in robust construction research to embrace ethnography – in all its forms, including rapid ethnographies, ethnographic-action research, autoethnography, as well as longer-term ethnographies.The diversification of ethnographic approaches, as well as ethnographers, will lead to rich insights that can advance the industry theoretically and practically. We share experiences, key considerations and recommendations from leading construction ethnographic researchers from around the world to provide discussion, reflection and understanding into doing ethnography in the construction industry.This book is aimed at academics, students, consultants, editors, reviewers, policymakers, funders and others interested in robust research in the construction industry and built environment but will also be useful for those undertaking research within organisations in other industries.
Embracing New Perspectives in History, Social Sciences, and Education: Proceedings of the International Conference on History, Social Sciences, and Education (ICHSE 2021), Malang, Indonesia, 11 September 2021
by Francis M. Navarro Ronal Ridhoi Arif Subekti HariyonoThis book provides a collection of articles resulting from the International Conference on History, Social Sciences, and Education (ICHSE), which was held on 11 September 2021. The Department of History of Malang State University choose "Embracing New Perspectives in History, Social Sciences, and Education" as the main topic, and elaborates on five subthemes: 1) new trends in historical research; 2) formulation of new perspectives in history, social sciences, and education; 3) transdisciplinary research in history, social sciences, and education; 4) innovations in historical and social science learning during pandemics; 5) New ideas in the research and practice of social sciences and education. This seminar was open to international academics.This book presents new perspectives on methodology, methods, theory, and themes on history, social sciences, and education research from various perspectives on methodology and historiography. Now, history is not only about politics, economy and military, but also about environment, social, education, culinary, and so on. This book will be useful for students, historians, and the general public, in recording the development of Indonesian historical writing perspectives.
Embracing New Principles: Imagining the Future of Management
by Gary Hamel Bill BreenEmbracing fresh principles is a foundational part of a systematic approach to reinventing management. This chapter addresses the challenge of adaptability--the central imperative to competitive success in a world of accelerating change. This chapter was originally published as chapter 8 of "The Future of Management."
Embracing Organisational Development and Change: An Interdisciplinary Approach Based on Social Constructionism, Systems Thinking, and Complexity Science (Springer Texts in Business and Economics)
by Antonie van NistelrooijThis book focuses on human behavioural processes and describes them from an interdisciplinary perspective. It introduces readers to the main theories and approaches in the field of organisational development and change (ODC), and discusses their relevance and purpose with a clear focus on improving how readers perceive and handle change. The book is tailor-made for business students without any background in the humanities, helping them to conceptualise organisational development and change, and to practically organise interventions to increase organisational effectiveness. The book’s goal is to help future managers and consultants recognise and handle the ‘full situation’, which includes purposes, people and relationships. Furthermore, it elaborates on those theories and instruments that can deliver real benefits to real people working in real fuzzy and complex circumstances, and includes several practical cases focusing on the role of the interventionist.
Embracing Senior Leadership: Three Critical Factors Needed to Reach the C-Suite and Thrive
by James BrowningWhy do so many leaders reach the senior level and fail? Simply, most are unprepared for the unique leadership roles and responsibilities a senior role requires. They hadn’t mastered the three critical factors necessary to reach the senior level and
Embracing Sustainability Management Through Excellence in Services: Selected papers from the 26th Excellence In Services International Conference, University of West Scotland, Paisley, 2023 (Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics)
by Maria Vincenza Ciasullo Jacques Martin Federico BrunettiThis book provides a comprehensive overview, including critical aspects of and opportunities for effective sustainability management in today’s unpredictable and fragile business landscapes. Presenting the outcomes of the 26th Excellence in Services International Conference, held in Paisely, UK, on August 31–September 1, 2023, the book brings together both selected research contributions and numerous best-practice examples in sustainability management. As such, it will help managers to improve their sustainability-related decision-making processes at various levels of the business ecosystem and integrate service excellence as a new way of thinking.
Embracing Uncertainty: How writers, musicians and artists thrive in an unpredictable world
by Margaret HeffernanMost people hate and fear uncertainty. It causes such stress and anxiety that we often choose certain surrender over doubt, becoming passive, dependent, addicted—and more anxious than ever. Doubling down on the certainties promised by technology and micro-management only makes things worse, leaving no opportunity for innovation, adaptation or invention. Artists live with uncertainty constantly—but instead of waiting for the future, they run towards making it, with agency and freedom. What can we learn from them, about facing into a future that grows more uncertain daily? At a time when organizations of all kinds crave innovation but complain their people lack creativity and initiative, the arts have never been so essential to our future. We may not all be artists, but we can learn to think like them. Margaret Heffernan makes a compelling argument for the vital integration of art into all aspects of our lives and for artists to guide us with their stamina, freedom and endurance.
Embracing Uncertainty: The Essence of Leadership
by Robert J. DeKoch Phillip G ClampittThis guide offers a different approach from the misleading formulae for success offered by much self-help business literature. The authors believe that in today's turbulent competitive environment, it is necessary to embrace uncertainty and set more realistic expectations.
Embracing Workplace Religious Diversity and Inclusion: Key Challenges and Solutions (Palgrave Studies in Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Indigenization in Business)
by Ed HasanThis book highlights the key contemporary issues and challenges relating to workplace religious diversity and inclusion. Challenging organizations to take religion and religious inclusion in the workplace seriously, it explores multiple perspectives and themes – from workplace stigma and employment discrimination, to strategic diversity and inclusion management. The author focuses on integrating theory and practice in examining emerging religious inclusion issues in the workplace, providing insights based on real-world case studies from around the world.
Embracing a City, The Kresge Foundation in Detroit: 1993-2017
by Tony Proscio M. A. FarberThe book provides a behind-the-scenes look into the unlikely partnerships, unique collaborations, variety of financial tools and bold bets led by The Kresge Foundation during a 13-year period in Detroit to foster a sustainable and equitable recovery for the city and all of its residents. The authors originally imagined the book contents as four individual case studies. In preparation, they performed an exhaustive review of Kresge Foundation historical documents and a comprehensive scan of media coverage and journalistic commentary about Detroit’s recovery. They also conducted more than four dozen interviews with the individuals who participated in, witnessed or otherwise impacted the changing tide in the city of Detroit during this period. Once assembled, the authors agreed that – assembling together in context with one another – the content could serve as an important snapshot of some of the positive forces and extreme undercurrents at play in Detroit during this extraordinary time in the city.
Embracing the Black Swan: How Resilient Organizations Survive and Thrive in the face of Geopolitical and Macroeconomic Risks (Future of Business and Finance)
by Khalil DindarianOur world is becoming ever more complex. Among the geopolitical and macroeconomic issues currently facing mankind, with serious ramifications for our future, are digitalization and technology, climate change, and globalization. Political upheaval, wars, natural disasters, economic recessions, and pandemics, have all had massive negative impacts on our society. In this new world, various governmental and organizational decisionmakers – including managers, international agencies, NGOs, political leaders, economists, science & technology innovators, and medical professionals – must all learn to anticipate and deal with these emergent risks, the integration of which, along with the management of ‘black swan’ events, has assumed paramount importance. This is the huge challenge now facing us. This book, aimed at both academics and practitioners, shows how a framework for resilience can be created to help modern organizations to not only survive but to thrive. The author considers some of the organizations and bodies that can be said to be highly resilient and examines how ‘Resilience Thinking’ affects different disciplines and environments. He addresses the question of how resilience works and how it is applied in practice. The relationship between resilience and other knowledge areas such as complexity theory, strategy, and risk management – from both top-down and bottom-up perspectives – is examined. Situations are identified where there is a particular need for resilience, and an overview of the best ways of implementing a resilience process is offered.
Embracing the Calm in the Chaos: How to Find Success in Business and Life Through Perseverance, Connection, and Collaboration
by Stacy IgelKEEP CALM AND CONQUER YOUR WORLDProtect your ass-ets, from your brand, to your customers, to your cash flow.This book will walk you through the highs and lows of creating a business: how to rise up from the midst of discouragement, what it&’s like to hire and fire employees, collaborations with celebrities and philanthropic organizations, and the rollercoaster ride of making deals and partnerships.Stacy Igel, founder of global impact brand, BOY MEETS GIRL® shares the twenty-year journey of building her company, from the ground up while powering through life&’s challenges. Her book is a realistic, unvarnished look at what it means to be a businessperson, a woman, and a parent. Through Stacy&’s story and the stories of the kick-ass men and women who worked alongside her, you will learn how to:Be authentic and make your voice stand out in the marketplace.Build lasting success, and make a difference—at your own pace, on your own terms.Choose business partners and allies that align with your aspirations.Celebrate each milestone achieved and goal accomplished in your journey.Make a positive impact in your community and beyond. This book is a captivating, practical guide for new entrepreneurs, mompreneurs, and established entrepreneurs looking for insights and inspiration.
Embracing the Future, Powering Growth: An Energy System Renewed for China (Advances in Oil and Gas Exploration & Production)
by Shell International B.V. Development Research Centre of the State Council (DRC) of People’s Republic of ChinaTo build a new energy system is the key towards China's goal of carbon emissions peak and achieving carbon neutrality. The new energy system will reshape the conventional energy system in an integrated and revolutionary way. It will not only bring about major changes in energy production, utilization and consumption, as well as emissions of greenhouse gas (GHG) and local pollutants, but also have profound implications on technological innovation and economic development. Based on quantitative and systematic analysis, this study depicts the energy system by 2030 and by 2060, analyzes the impacts of the energy system on economic and social development, studies and judges the key risk points, and proposes the path and policy system for building a new energy system.This is an open access book.
Embracing the Groundswell: Using Social Technologies to Innovate Faster-With Help from Your Customers
by Charlene Li Josh BernoffProduct development is hard. Why not let your customers help you with it? By embracing the groundswell, your company can become more agile. Why? Because customers don't take long to tell you what they want. And they have ideas your development people and your executives haven't thought of yet. In this chapter, social media strategy leaders Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff explain how to accomplish the most powerful goal of all when it comes to the groundswell-including your customers as collaborators in your company. In these pages, you'll read surprising customer collaboration stories from Del Monte Pet Products, the Canadian grocery retailer Loblaw, the sales application company salesforce.com, and the French bank Credit Mutuel. Here's the bottom line: when you're tapped into the customer community, you get honest and immediate feedback-and that feedback can supercharge innovation. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 9 of "Groundswell, Expanded and Revised Edition: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies."