Do We Really Need Dad? Today's media would have us think not. From the tyranny of the typical father in an Oprah's Book Club selection to the range of gently moronic fathers portrayed in TV shows like Modern Family, dads in modern culture seem to range from merely tolerable to the root of all evil. Did Dad Do Right By You? The truth is we really like our dads as individuals, even if we have devalued them as a class. In Why We Need Dad, James McQuivey, Ph.D., shares the results of his Finding Fathers study, a survey of 1,000 American adults about their fathers. It turns out that we respect our fathers and learned a lot from them, even if they don't get red-carpet treatment by the media. Can Tomorrow's Dad Be As Good? Diving deeper into the data, McQuivey uncovers the sobering evidence behind what kinds of dads do the best job and shows that if current trends toward halfhearted fathering and fatherlessness continue, we will eventually get what we asked for - the selfsame incompetent fathers that the media have already scripted for us a dozen times over. _______________ Preface to the Workbook Edition This print edition of the eBook Why We Need Dad is designed for engaging the information in the book more deeply. Each chapter has a special section added to it that poses questions and offers exercises for reflecting on your own father or your role as a parent. It is designed to be shared and once filled out and annotated may also be a useful family heirloom complete with stories and memories about your father that you have added. Would also make a wonderful gift for Father's Day.

Why We Need Dad

Parenting & Relationships

McQuivey, James

Family Relationships

Pater Books

Digital Disruption: Unleashing the Next Wave of Innovation

The barriers to entry in your market just vanished. Unexpected competitors are swarming in. Are you ready?  You always knew digital was going to change things, but you didn’t realize how close to home it would hit. In every industry, digital competitors are taking advantage of new platforms, tools, and relationships to undercut competitors, get closer to customers, and disrupt the usual ways of doing business. The only way to compete is to evolve. James McQuivey of Forrester Research has been teaching people how to do this for over a decade. He’s gone into the biggest companies, even in traditional industries like insurance and consumer packaged goods, and changed the way they think about innovation. Now he’s sharing his approach with you. McQuivey will show you how Dr. Hugh Reinhoff of Ferrokin BioSciences disrupted the pharmaceutical industry, streamlining connections with doctors and regulators to bring molecules to market far faster—and then sold out for $100 million. How Charles Teague and his team of four people created Lose It!, a weight loss application that millions have adopted, achieving rapid success and undermining titans like Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig in the process. Regardless of your background and industry, you can learn how to be a digital disruptor too. First, adopt the right mindset: Take risks, invest as cheaply as possible, and build on existing platforms to find the fastest path to solving a customer’s problem. Second, seek the “adjacent possible”—the space just next to yours where new technology creates opportunity. That’s how Benjamin Rubin and Paolo DePetrillo of Zeo created a $100 sleep monitor that does much of what you’d get from a $3,000 sleep lab visit. Finally, disrupt yourself. Use these tools to make parts of your business obsolete before your competitors do. That’s what Tim FitzRandolph did at Disney, creating a game that shot to the top of the app store charts. With the tools in this book you can assess your readiness, learn the disruptive mindset, and innovate rapidly, starting right within your own business.

Business & Money

Industries

BRILLIANCE AUDIO ^

The barriers to entry in your market just vanished. Unexpected competitors are swarming in. Are you ready? You always knew digital was going to change things, but you didn’t realize how close to home it would hit. In every industry, digital competitors are taking advantage of new platforms, tools, and relationships to undercut competitors, get closer to customers, and disrupt the usual ways of doing business. The only way to compete is to evolve. 
James McQuivey of Forrester Research has been teaching people how to do this for over a decade. He’s gone into the biggest companies, even in traditional industries like insurance and consumer packaged goods, and changed the way they think about innovation. Now he’s sharing his approach with you. 
McQuivey will show you how Dr. Hugh Reinhoff of Ferrokin BioSciences disrupted the pharmaceutical industry, streamlining connections with doctors and regulators to bring molecules to market far faster—and then sold out for $100 million. How Charles Teague and his team of four people created Lose It!, a weight loss application that millions have adopted, achieving rapid success and undermining titans like Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig in the process. 
Regardless of your background and industry, you can learn how to be a digital disruptor too. First, adopt the right mindset: Take risks, invest as cheaply as possible, and build on existing platforms to find the fastest path to solving a customer’s problem. 
Second, seek the “adjacent possible”—the space just next to yours where new technology creates opportunity. That’s how Benjamin Rubin and Paolo DePetrillo of Zeo created a $100 sleep monitor that does much of what you’d get from a $3,000 sleep lab visit. 
Finally, disrupt yourself. Use these tools to make parts of your business obsolete before your competitors do. That’s what Tim FitzRandolph did at Disney, creating a game that shot to the top of the app store charts. 
With the tools in this book you can assess your readiness, learn the disruptive mindset, and innovate rapidly, starting right within your own business.

Amazon Publishing

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