Jennifer James Collection

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Collection of four DVD training programswith Jennifer James

See "related product" links at the bottom of this page for details about each of the programs included in this series.

Jennifer James, Ph.D. is one of the top organizational speakers in the corporate and educational communities. Her lectures are designed to help people understand and manage the rapidly changing workplace.

She is an urban cultural anthropologist and was an academic researcher and lecturer for twenty years.

During the last twelve years of her academic career, she was a professor at the University of Washington Medical School.

Now, for the first time, we've bundled all four of her top-rated training programs into The Jennifer James Collection.

The Jennifer James Collection consists of the following programs:

• Framing the Future
• Survival Skills for the Future
• Windows of Change
• Workout for the Mind

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Framing the Future (26 Minutes)

In Framing the Future, Jennifer James uses her unique skills to help us understand the incredible life/work changes that are affecting all of us.

In addition to providing you tools for coping with change, Dr. James illustrates four major factors working to create these revolutionary changes:

• Technology: The pace of technological change is dizzying; learn how we're coping.
• Economics: We are truly entering a new economy driven by this technology.
• Demographics: Learn how age, ethnicity and gender are changing the demographics of the work force.
• Culture: Technology, economics and demographics are forcing us into a cultural transformation.

Learning Points

• Show It and Tell It to Sell It
• Be Creative
• Engage Your Customer
• Entertain 'Em
• Ask for the Business

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Survival Skills for the Future (22 Minutes)

Jennifer James will teach you the skills that you and your organization need to succeed. Her witty approach incorporates cultural metaphors such as The Lone Ranger and Sleeping Beauty to illustrate essential points.

You'll get an opportunity to understand what influences and affects your world and business today. Learn how to use perspective, energy and safety to think one step ahead - and to use distinctly different ways of thinking in order to solve old problems.

Key Learning Points

• Understand what change is
• See how change affects each of us
• Learn steps for managing change

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Windows of Change (25 Minutes)

In this program, Dr. James offers you a definition of change and gives you the tools to manage it. She explores natural responses to change such as fear, resistance and denial.

Using a "window" analogy Jennifer James demonstrates the different phases of change and shows you how to be more confident when confronting change and taking risks.

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Workout for the Mind (97 Minutes)

Technological, organizational and cultural change can be frightening, as well as tremendously personal. In her latest lecture, Dr. Jennifer James provides you with a framework for incorporating these changes into your life.

As you watch this program, you will learn how to use perspective and history as a way of helping you understand where you are and where you're going.

Drawing from the work in her top-selling book, Thinking in the Future Tense, Jennifer James will give you five skills for managing in today's rapidly changing world.

The 5 Skills:

• Skill 1: Seeing with New Eyes
• Skill 2: Recognizing the Future
• Skill 3: Harnessing the Power of Myths and Symbols
• Skill 4: Mastering New Forms of Intelligence
• Skill 5: Doing More with Less-Harnessing Energy
  

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The Jennifer James Collection Includes:

• Framing the Future (26 Minutes)
  - Leader’s Guide
• Survival Skills for the Future (22 Minutes)
  - Leader’s Guide
• Windows of Change (25 Minutes)
  - Leader’s Guide
• Workout for the Mind (97 Minutes)
  - Leader’s Guide
• A copy of the book "Thinking In The Future Tense" by Jennifer James (while supplies last)

Running Time: 170 minutes
Copyright Date: 1996

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• Motivational

Uses

• Special Offers and Combo Packages
• Innovation

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