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Privatization has been on the right-wing agenda for years. Health care, schools, Social Security, public lands, the military, prisons-all are considered fair game. Through stories, analysis, impassioned argument-even song lyrics-Si Kahn and Elizabeth Minnich show that corporations are, by their very nature, unable to fulfill effectively what have traditionally been the responsibilities of government. They make a powerful case that the market is not the measure of all things, and that a vital public sector is an indispensable component of a healthy democracy.

A revealing and practical guide to community organizing that pulls together the accumulated lessons, strategies, and secrets from Si Kahn's 44 years of experience at the forefront of many civil rights, labor rights, and other social justice battles.

Crossing Boundaries is a transformative travel book about how meaningful encounters across cultures can change the way we see the world—and one another.

Drawing from Aziz Abu Sarah’s journey from a former Palestinian radical in Jerusalem to a globally recognized peacebuilder and National Geographic explorer, this book shows how travel can become a practice of empathy, dialogue, and human connection. Its central idea is powerful and accessible: Transformative, responsible travel does not have to start overseas. It can begin in your own neighborhood, with the choice to step beyond familiarity and meet people different from yourself.

Blending memoir, cultural insight, conflict resolution, and practical travel strategy, Abu Sarah reframes travel as more than sightseeing. He invites readers to move beyond museums, monuments, and surface-level itineraries in order to experience communities through conversation, curiosity, and mutual respect. Through stories shaped by Jerusalem, Israel and Palestine, Ireland and Northern Ireland, Vietnam, and other places marked by division, Crossing Boundaries explores how travel can challenge stereotypes, reduce prejudice, and create lasting relationships rooted in dignity and understanding.

At its heart, Crossing Boundaries offers a vision of travel as a tool for healing in a polarized world. Abu Sarah shows readers how to make travel more intentional, inclusive, and transformative by helping them

• meet people naturally and safely;
• design inclusive, community-centered itineraries;
• support local economies through conscious spending;
• navigate discomfort, misunderstanding, and setbacks with empathy;
• move beyond stereotypes and inherited assumptions;
• build authentic cross-cultural relationships;
• practice responsible, sustainable, values-driven travel; and
• discover shared humanity across political, religious, and social divides.

Perfect for readers interested in purposeful travel, cultural immersion, peacebuilding, ethical tourism, social impact, and personal growth, this book speaks to both first-time travelers and experienced explorers who want deeper, more human-centered journeys. It will especially resonate with readers looking for books about intercultural dialogue, sustainable travel, belonging, reconciliation, and shared humanity.

Crossing Boundaries is a transformative travel book about how meaningful encounters across cultures can change the way we see the world—and one another.

Drawing from Aziz Abu Sarah’s journey from a former Palestinian radical in Jerusalem to a globally recognized peacebuilder and National Geographic explorer, this book shows how travel can become a practice of empathy, dialogue, and human connection. Its central idea is powerful and accessible: Transformative, responsible travel does not have to start overseas. It can begin in your own neighborhood, with the choice to step beyond familiarity and meet people different from yourself.

Blending memoir, cultural insight, conflict resolution, and practical travel strategy, Abu Sarah reframes travel as more than sightseeing. He invites readers to move beyond museums, monuments, and surface-level itineraries in order to experience communities through conversation, curiosity, and mutual respect. Through stories shaped by Jerusalem, Israel and Palestine, Ireland and Northern Ireland, Vietnam, and other places marked by division, Crossing Boundaries explores how travel can challenge stereotypes, reduce prejudice, and create lasting relationships rooted in dignity and understanding.

At its heart, Crossing Boundaries offers a vision of travel as a tool for healing in a polarized world. Abu Sarah shows readers how to make travel more intentional, inclusive, and transformative by helping them

• meet people naturally and safely;
• design inclusive, community-centered itineraries;
• support local economies through conscious spending;
• navigate discomfort, misunderstanding, and setbacks with empathy;
• move beyond stereotypes and inherited assumptions;
• build authentic cross-cultural relationships;
• practice responsible, sustainable, values-driven travel; and
• discover shared humanity across political, religious, and social divides.

Perfect for readers interested in purposeful travel, cultural immersion, peacebuilding, ethical tourism, social impact, and personal growth, this book speaks to both first-time travelers and experienced explorers who want deeper, more human-centered journeys. It will especially resonate with readers looking for books about intercultural dialogue, sustainable travel, belonging, reconciliation, and shared humanity.

Crossing Boundaries is a transformative travel book about how meaningful encounters across cultures can change the way we see the world—and one another.

Drawing from Aziz Abu Sarah’s journey from a former Palestinian radical in Jerusalem to a globally recognized peacebuilder and National Geographic explorer, this book shows how travel can become a practice of empathy, dialogue, and human connection. Its central idea is powerful and accessible: Transformative, responsible travel does not have to start overseas. It can begin in your own neighborhood, with the choice to step beyond familiarity and meet people different from yourself.

Blending memoir, cultural insight, conflict resolution, and practical travel strategy, Abu Sarah reframes travel as more than sightseeing. He invites readers to move beyond museums, monuments, and surface-level itineraries in order to experience communities through conversation, curiosity, and mutual respect. Through stories shaped by Jerusalem, Israel and Palestine, Ireland and Northern Ireland, Vietnam, and other places marked by division, Crossing Boundaries explores how travel can challenge stereotypes, reduce prejudice, and create lasting relationships rooted in dignity and understanding.

At its heart, Crossing Boundaries offers a vision of travel as a tool for healing in a polarized world. Abu Sarah shows readers how to make travel more intentional, inclusive, and transformative by helping them

• meet people naturally and safely;
• design inclusive, community-centered itineraries;
• support local economies through conscious spending;
• navigate discomfort, misunderstanding, and setbacks with empathy;
• move beyond stereotypes and inherited assumptions;
• build authentic cross-cultural relationships;
• practice responsible, sustainable, values-driven travel; and
• discover shared humanity across political, religious, and social divides.

Perfect for readers interested in purposeful travel, cultural immersion, peacebuilding, ethical tourism, social impact, and personal growth, this book speaks to both first-time travelers and experienced explorers who want deeper, more human-centered journeys. It will especially resonate with readers looking for books about intercultural dialogue, sustainable travel, belonging, reconciliation, and shared humanity.

Is Social Security really going bust, and what does that mean to me? If I hire an immigrant, am I hurting a native-born worker? Why does the stock market go up when employment declines? Should I give that homeless guy a buck? What's a “living wage”? How much can presidents really affect economic outcomes? What does the Federal Reserve Bank really do? And when the pundits say the economy's doing so well, why do I still feel so squeezed?

If you'd like some straight answers, premier economist Jared Bernstein is here to help. In Crunch he responds to dozens of questions he has fielded from working Americans, questions that directly relate to the bottom-line, dollars-and-cents concerns of real people. Chances are if there's a stumper you've always wanted to ask an economist, it's solved in this book.

Bernstein is fed up with “Darth Vaders with PhDs” who use their supposed expertise to intimidate average citizens and turn economics into a tool for the rich and powerful. In the pages of Crunch, Bernstein lays bare the dark secret of economics: it's not an objective scientific discipline. It's a set of decisions about the best way to organize our society to produce and distribute resources and opportunities. And we all can, and must, participate in these decisions. “America is a democracy,” he writes. “And in a democracy all of us, not just the elites and their scholarly shock troops, get to weigh in on biggies like this.”

Our economy will be only as fair as we can make it. In this lively and irreverent tour through everyday economic mysteries, Bernstein helps us decode economic ”analysis,” navigate through murky ethical quandaries, and make sound economic decisions that reflect our deepest aspirations for ourselves, our families, and our country.

Is Social Security really going bust, and what does that mean to me? If I hire an immigrant, am I hurting a native-born worker? Why does the stock market go up when employment declines? Should I give that homeless guy a buck? What’s a “living wage”? How much can presidents really affect economic outcomes? What does the Federal Reserve Bank really do? And even when some pundits say the economy’s sound, why do I still feel so squeezed? If you’d like some straight answers, premier economist Jared Bernstein is here to help. In Crunch he responds to dozens of questions he has fielded from working Americans, questions that directly relate to the bottom-line, dollars-and-cents concerns of real people. Chances are if there’s a stumper you’ve always wanted to ask an economist, it’s solved in this book. Bernstein is fed up with “Darth Vaders with PhDs” who use their supposed expertise to intimidate average citizens and turn economics into a tool for the rich and powerful. In the pages of Crunch, Bernstein lays bare the dark secret of economics: it’s not an objective scientific discipline. It’s a set of decisions about the best way to organize our society to produce and distribute resources and opportunities. And we all can, and must, participate in these decisions. “America is a democracy,” he writes. “And in a democracy all of us, not just the elites and their scholarly shock troops, get to weigh in on biggies like this.” To not weigh in, Bernstein insists, is a profoundly political act, one with damaging consequences. Our economy will be only as fair as we can make it. In this lively and irreverent tour through everyday economic mysteries, Bernstein helps us decode economic “analysis,” navigate through murky ethical quandaries, and make sound economicdecisions that reflect our deepest aspirations for ourselves, our families, and our country.

In this lively and irreverent tour through everyday economic mysteries, premier economist Jared Bernstein helps readers decode economic "analysis", navigate through murky ethical quandaries, and make sound economic decisions that reflect their deepest aspirations for themselves, their families, and their country.

Be Your Best Under Pressure!

Learn how elite athletes like Michael Jordan, Sandy Cofax, Tom Glavin, and Pedro Martinez, deal with pressure. In his 15 years as a major league pitching coach, with "Moneyball" Oakland A's, NY Mets, Milwaukee Brewers and Baltimore Orioles, Rick Peterson has coached Hall of Famers, Cy Young winners, and many other elite athletes. In this book, he and bestselling author and leadership expert, Judd Hoekstra make this skill available to everyone. From an insider's perspective, learn how you too can become a Crunch Time performer and perform your best in all situations. With fascinating behind-the-scenes examples from some of the top names in sports and business, Rick and Judd offer six powerful reframing strategies to help you see a pressure situation with a new perspective so that it shifts from a threat that can make you panic to an opportunity for you to shine. With a Forward by "Money Ball”, Billy Beane, EVP, Oakland Athletics.

Be Your Best Under Pressure!

Learn how elite athletes like Michael Jordan, Sandy Cofax, Tom Glavin, and Pedro Martinez, deal with pressure. In his 15 years as a major league pitching coach, with "Moneyball" Oakland A's, NY Mets, Milwaukee Brewers and Baltimore Orioles, Rick Peterson has coached Hall of Famers, Cy Young winners, and many other elite athletes. In this book, he and bestselling author and leadership expert, Judd Hoekstra make this skill available to everyone. From an insider's perspective, learn how you too can become a Crunch Time performer and perform your best in all situations. With fascinating behind-the-scenes examples from some of the top names in sports and business, Rick and Judd offer six powerful reframing strategies to help you see a pressure situation with a new perspective so that it shifts from a threat that can make you panic to an opportunity for you to shine. With a Forward by "Money Ball”, Billy Beane, EVP, Oakland Athletics.

High-pressure situations can make us panic-but if we can change our perspective, what seemed impossible can suddenly become doable. Legendary pitching coach Rick Peterson is a master at this kind of reframing. He and bestselling author and leadership expert, Judd Hoekstra make this skill available to everyone.


Everybody faces high-pressure situations, and in today's fast-paced, hypercompetitive world it's arguably worse than ever. But ace pitching coach Rick Peterson and organization and leadership expert Judd Hoekstra say our ineffective response to pressure often causes us to perform far below our capabilities.

Peterson has less than a minute to help a struggling athlete performing in front of millions and flip from butterflies to boldness. His breakthrough is to use “reframing” to recast any situation from a perceived threat or crisis to a positive opportunity. Using dozens of stories from his long career, he and Hoekstra offer six different ways anyone can get a new perspective that will keep them from striking out when the heat's on. These techniques are explicitly made applicable far beyond the pitching mound-anyone can learn to outthink their brains with the power of reframing.

--Cultural Diversity in Organizations provides the most comprehensive base of knowledge yet assembled on the topic of cultural diversity. It captures the enormous complexity of the topic by examining diversity on three levels of analysis-individual, group, and organizational and addressing diversity from multiple perspectives-theory, research, and practice. Winner of the 1994 George R. Terry Book Award given by the National Academy of Management to "the book judged to have made the most outstanding contribution to the advancement of management knowledge

Succeed in Any Culture, in Every Situation

In today's global economy, the ability to interact effectively across cultures is a fundamental job requirement for just about everyone. But it's impossible to learn the customs and traits of every single culture. David Thomas and Kerr Inkson present a universal set of techniques and people skills that will allow you to adapt quickly to, and thrive in, any cultural environment. You'll learn to discard your own culturally based assumptions and pay careful attention, in a mindful and creative way, to cues in cross-cultural situations. The authors show how to apply cultural intelligence in a series of specific situations: making decisions; communicating, negotiating, and resolving conflicts; leading and motivating others; and designing, managing, and contributing to multicultural groups and teams.

This extensively revised third edition has been updated with new stories showing cultural intelligence in action. Thomas and Inkson have broadened the focus beyond business to include organizations of all kinds—nonprofits, governments, educational institutions, and more. And they include a reliable and valid measure of cultural intelligence based on a decade of research by an international team of scholars.

Succeed in Any Culture, in Every Situation

In today's global economy, the ability to interact effectively across cultures is a fundamental job requirement for just about everyone. But it's impossible to learn the customs and traits of every single culture. David Thomas and Kerr Inkson present a universal set of techniques and people skills that will allow you to adapt quickly to, and thrive in, any cultural environment. You'll learn to discard your own culturally based assumptions and pay careful attention, in a mindful and creative way, to cues in cross-cultural situations. The authors show how to apply cultural intelligence in a series of specific situations: making decisions; communicating, negotiating, and resolving conflicts; leading and motivating others; and designing, managing, and contributing to multicultural groups and teams.

This extensively revised third edition has been updated with new stories showing cultural intelligence in action. Thomas and Inkson have broadened the focus beyond business to include organizations of all kinds—nonprofits, governments, educational institutions, and more. And they include a reliable and valid measure of cultural intelligence based on a decade of research by an international team of scholars.

In our ever-expanding globalized world, this classic on navigating intercultural relationships is even more relevant than when it first came out; this new revised edition now focuses on how to actively develop your cultural IQ.


Globalization means that we need to be prepared to interact with people from a wide range of cultures. But it's impossible to learn the particular customs and traits of every culture you might regularly come into contact with. Cultural Intelligence teaches techniques and people skills that will allow you to function effectively in any culture. Instead of providing a laundry list of culturally specific dos and don'ts, Thomas and Inkson show how to disable your “cultural cruise control” and pay attention in a mindful and creative way to cues in cross-cultural situations. Over time, you'll develop a repertoire of skills appropriate to different intercultural settings and be able to choose the right ones for any given interaction-the authors call this ability CQ, or cultural intelligence.

This third edition has been updated throughout and broadens the focus beyond business to include organizations of all kinds-nonprofits, governments, educational institutions, and more. It places a greater emphasis on the active development of CQ and includes a new scale for measuring your CQ level.

This book, the first to treat workplace culture like a garden instead of a construction project, offers a proven framework that transforms toxic environments into thriving ecosystems where all talent flourishes.

Organizations fail when they treat culture like a construction project. They thrive when they treat it like a garden, cultivating conditions for growth rather than engineering behavior through rigid blueprints.

Award-winning consultant Abi Adamson introduces the SERN™ framework (Soil, Exposure, Roots, Nutrients) to guide sustainable cultural transformation. Drawing from her experience working with international clients, including Spotify, Sony Music, and Match Group, Abi shows how to do the following:

• Identify and detoxify the soil poisoning organizational foundations
• Expose who's hoarding the light while others wither in shadows
• Strengthen the root networks where real culture actually lives
• Distribute the nutrients people actually need to thrive (hint: it's not pizza Fridays)

Unlike traditional culture initiatives, focused on compliance and conformity, this framework reveals why expensive transformation efforts keep failing and how to spot “nutrient vampires” draining your best people.

For C-suite leaders, executives, people managers, and anyone who has ever felt invisible at work, this guide offers a sustainable alternative: treating culture as a living ecosystem requiring ongoing cultivation, not a one-time fix.

Because as Abi says, “We bloom together or we wilt alone.”™