And lest I forget... Modesty forbids me to praise my own new book, but let me proudly say that it is an extensive revision of the 4th edition that appeared more than a decade ago, before locavores, molecular cuisine, modernist cuisine, the Food Network and so much more, now included.
In the years since, "performance" has become more complex, now including dozens or even hundreds of quality measures.
The business is more diversified now, including not only real estate development but life sciences and AgTech venture investing, running Davos-like industry meetings on future trends, and promoting corporate social responsibility and philanthropy.
Fortunately, more organizations are now including coral disease monitoring in their survey protocols.
"We are now including more instruments to gather more data while at the same time reducing everything in size".
And more books now include an alcoholic parent or older brother with a drug problem.
More companies now include CSR in their annual performance review (pdf), increasing (or lessening, depending on your point of view) the horror of that exercise.
The crowd had grown to 40 or more and now included children in small tweeds and small Barbour jackets, and a man selling tea and sandwiches from a van.
The retail giant's ongoing efforts to be more inclusive now include a fabulous photoshoot showing off its new swim line.
For example, Sarah Goldrick-Rab, who researches food insecurity for the Wisconsin Hope Lab, which studies ways to make college more accessible, now includes resources for students experiencing food or housing insecurity directly on her class syllabi.
