$4 Per Gallon Gas = Energy Innovation
June 7, 2011
Long lines at the gas pump weren’t the only product of the twin energy crises of the 1970s. A legislative push toward energy conservation and innovation were also born as a result. And that’s why one expert believes the skyrocketing price of oil will do the same in 2011. “History has proven that innovation in the energy industry has almost always been driven by high consumer prices,” said Robert Brands, a veteran corporate executive who now consults with companies worldwide and author of Robert’s... Read more »
The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America’s Leading Design Firm
July 3, 2009
Author: Tom Kelley, Jonathan Littman, and Tom Peters Date Published: 1/16/2001 Price: $19.77 Random Page from the Book Editorial Review Consumer Review Summary Description: In this book Tom Kelley, general manager of the Silicon Valley based design firm IDEO, takes readers behind the scenes of this wildly imaginative and energized company to reveal the strategies and secrets it uses to turn out hit after hit. Read More →
The Ten Faces of Innovation: IDEO’s Strategies for Defeating the Devil’s Advocate and Driving Creativity Throughout Your Organization
July 3, 2009
Author: Thomas Kelley and Jonathan Littman Date Published: 10/18/2005 Price: $19.77 Random Page from the Book Editorial Review Consumer Review Summary Description: Filled with engaging stories of how companies like Kraft, Procter and Gamble, Cargill and Samsung have incorporated IDEO’s thinking to transform the customer experience, THE TEN FACES OF INNOVATION is an extraordinary guide to nurturing and sustaining a culture of continuous innovation and renewal. Read More →
Getting to Innovation: How Asking the Right Questions Generates the Great Ideas Your Company Needs
June 3, 2009
Author: Arthur B. VanGundy Date Published: 7/16/2007 Price: $21.86 Random Page from the Book Editorial Review Consumer Review Summary Description: This is the first book to present innovation and entrepreneurship as a purposeful and systematic discipline that explains and analyzes the challenges and opportunities of America’s new entrepreneurial economy. Superbly practical, Innovation and Entrepreneurship explains what established businesses, public service institutions, and new ventures need... Read more »
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
June 3, 2009
Author: Peter F. Drucker Date Published: 5/09/2006 Price: $13.25 Random Page from the Book Editorial Review Consumer Review Summary Description: This is the first book to present innovation and entrepreneurship as a purposeful and systematic discipline that explains and analyzes the challenges and opportunities of America’s new entrepreneurial economy. Superbly practical, Innovation and Entrepreneurship explains what established businesses, public service institutions, and new ventures need... Read more »
A Leader Becomes a Leader: Inspirational Stories of Leadership for a New Generation
June 3, 2009
Author: J. Kevin Sheehan Date Published: 9/25/2007 Price: $24.95 Random Page from the Book Editorial Review Consumer Review Summary Description: Take a journey, and discover how some of the most consequential leaders of the last century developed into the people that we remember, and find inside this book the metaphoric struggles that make or break us on our own paths to leadership. The book is distinguished in the variety of leadership segments and iconic figures it represents. They include Abraham... Read more »
Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days
June 3, 2009
Author: Jessica Livingston Date Published: 1/22/2007 Price: $11.69 Random Page from the Book Editorial Review Consumer Review Summary Description: Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days is a collection of interviews with founders of famous technology companies about what happened in the very earliest days. These people are celebrities now. What was it like when they were just a couple friends with an idea? Founders like Steve Wozniak (Apple), Caterina Fake (Flickr), Mitch Kapor (Lotus),... Read more »
The Myths of Innovation
June 3, 2009
Author: Scott Berkun Date Published: 5/15/2007 Price: $16.49 Random Page from the Book Editorial Review Consumer Review Summary Description: Scott Berkun takes a careful look at innovation history, including the software and Internet Age, to reveal how ideas truly become successful innovations-truths that people can apply to today’s challenges. Using dozens of examples from the history of technology, business, and the arts, you’ll learn how to convert the knowledge you have into ideas that... Read more »
Innovation Evolution
