Bücher von Karen Martin

Value stream mapping - an essential but underused methodology - is a proven approach to help you visualize and resolve disconnects, redundancies, and gaps in your value delivery system. In this detailed guide, the authors present a practical way to deeply understand how work gets done - in any environment - and how to design improved work systems.

'Why have I not heard about this before? you mean the world's going to end this year and I've only just found out!' A feeling of panic hits Evie, 'Where's my notebook? I must make a list!' Whilst Evie works through the list of things she wants to achieve before the world ends, her mother harbors a troubling secret, shared only with her best friend. After fulfilling her own ambition in Borneo, she decides the possibility of a happy future lies in her own hands ... doesn't it? This fictitional story reveals the parellel lives of a mother and daughter over a year, as they approach 'the end of the world'. Both humerous and sad, the book will touch a range of emotions of women (and men!) of all ages.

When Cressida falls pregnant, her overwhelming fear is she will pass on her father's violent DNA. It takes an ancient matriarchal culture to teach her otherwise.Dancing the Labyrinth moves between contemporary and ancient Crete in this tale of a young woman from an abusive background who discovers the veiled history of Europe's most advanced civilization of the Bronze Age - the Minoans. Decision-making was never a strong suit, but following the unexpected death of her parents, Cressida follows the sirens call to Crete. Sheltering in a cave during a storm, Cressida comes across a trove of ancient Minoan paintings. She learns about Pythia, a Minoan High-Priestess who established a women's community to safeguard their worship from an encroaching religion ordained by men. Cressida shares her discovery with Angela, a local archaeologist, and together they try to decipher the images to understand Pythia's story. Angela is convinced the images from the cave are more than pictures of the past but hold a message for future generations. She encourages Cressida to challenge the narrative of her past to create a new future infused with hope.Dancing the Labyrinth is a young woman's odyssey. It is a celebration of women's history, courage, friendship and hope.