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Author Sandra Janoff , Marvin Weisbord
Future Search is among the best-established and most effective methods for enabling people to make and implement ambitious plans. It has been used to redesign IKEA's product pipeline in Sweden, develop an integrated economic development plan in Northern Irelan....
Release Date 2010/10 -
Author Dimitri Uzunidis
INNOVATION IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY SET Coordinated by Dimitri UzunidisSystemic innovation is based on business networks and new business models in a global economy integrated by flows of knowledge, capital, and goods. The authors of this book consider the theory that innovations act as systems....
Release Date 2020/11 -
Author Greg Orme
The world is spinning so fast it’s difficult to keep up. Two hundred and fifty years ago the Industrial Revolution replaced our arms and legs at work. The fourth Industrial Revolution is now replacing our brains.This technological shift is engulfing organisations and people. It’s challenging the ver....
Release Date 2019/11 -
Ambition: Why It's Good to Want More and How to Get It
Author Rachel Bridge
Be bold. Be brave. Embrace your ambition.Ever have that nagging feeling that you are better than the sum of your current achievements? Do you have a secret desire to be achieving much more, to change the world or to reach the top of your game?Then it is time to use....
Release Date 2016/03 -
Critical Philosophy of Innovation and the Innovator
The major innovations which have occurred between the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century represent a fresh challenge to the responsibility of innovators. Innovators have disrupted, and continue to disrupt the world through the growth of technology, DNA sequencing, genetic en.... -
Creative People Must Be Stopped: Six Ways We Kill Innovation (Without Even Trying)
Author David A. Owens
A framework for overcoming the six types of innovation killersEverybody wants innovation—or do they? Creative People Must Be Stopped shows how individuals and organizations sabotage their own best intentions to encourage "outside the box" thinking. It shows that the....
Release Date 2011/11 -
Author Robert B. Tucker
Innovation isn't something you do after you get your work done. It's how you do your work.Organizations all over the world are shedding jobs in record numbers. Yet today, they are desperately in need of people with the abilities and skills to think ahead of the cu....
Release Date 2010/10 -
Frontiers in Social Innovation
Author Neil Malhotra
The one book you need to make a difference in the world.Social innovation and social entrepreneurship are rising forces. As the extent of the world's systemic challenges becomes clear—from climate change to income inequality to food security to healthcare and beyond—more and more of the best and br....
Release Date 2022/03 -
Author Richard Owen , Mario Pansera
Innovation, often tempered by the language of inclusion, has become an indispensable element of contemporary development policy and practice in the so-called Global South. Driven by multinational companies, public–private partnerships and social enterprises, “innov....
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The GAME of Innovation: Conquer Challenges. Level Up Your Team. Play to Win
Author David Cutler
As a leader, how do you discover and implement breakthrough opportunities? Gamify challenges. Level up your team. And play to WIN. Unveiling a comprehensive approach to extraordinary problem-solving, The GAME of Innovation offers all you need to meet challenges head on and seize the competitive edg....
Release Date 2022/03 -
Creating a Culture of Innovation: Design an Optimal Environment to Create and Execute New Ideas
Deconstruct the history of patterns of innovation in business and connect them to existing and failed attempts in management consultancies, engineering, web technologies and academic institutions. This book shows you how to create an optimal environment at work for growth and innovation.Many large-s.... -
Author Estelle Vallier
Forged at the heart of international political bodies by expert researchers, the innovation cluster concept has been incorporated into most public policies in industrialized countries. Based largely on the ideas behind the success of Silicon Valley, several imitative attempts have been made ....
Release Date 2021/12 -
Author Sarah Burnett
The journey towards the autonomous enterprise has begun; there are already companies operating in a highly automated way and with artificial intelligence (AI) solutions offering compelling returns on investment. More organisations will be joining their ranks. With a workforce of machines that are au....
Release Date 2022/02 -
Author Anthony Tarantino
Explore the dramatic changes brought on by the new manufacturing technologies of Industry 4.0In Smart Manufacturing, The Lean Six Sigma Way, Dr. Anthony Tarantino delivers an insightful and eye-opening exploration of the ways the Fourth Industrial Revolution is dramatically changing the way we manuf....
Release Date 2022/05 -
The Business Model Navigator, 2nd Edition
Author Oliver Gassmann , Karolin Frankenberger , Michaela Choudury , Michaela Csik
Prof. Dr. Oliver Gassmann is Full Professor and Director at the Institute of Technology Management at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Prior to this, he was leading corporate research within the Schindler Group. Gassmann has been recognized as one of the most active innovation scholars (IA....
Release Date 2020/08 -
Resolving Conflict: Ten Steps for Turning Negatives into Positives
Author Harold Scharlatt
Conflict is inevitable, in everyday life and especially in today's increasingly nonhierarchical organizations-in the workplace. So what has always been a key leadership skill, conflict resolution, has become even more critical. But too often, leaders receive littl....
Release Date 2016/05 -
Innovation in the Cultural and Creative Industries
Author Estelle Pellegrin-Boucher , Pierre Roy
Technological innovations, sociological and consumer trends, and growing internationalization are transforming the cultural and creative industries (CCIs). These changes present new challenges for CCIs that require original and inventive answers. Innovation in the C....
Release Date 2020/01 -
Author Luis Gallardo
“Luis Gallardo expertly guides the reader in understanding the complexity of today’s corporate world and lucidly highlights what the roads to successful and high performance leadership involve. The author’s broad views, based on his solid knowledge as a longstanding....
Release Date 2012/10 -
Getting Innovation Right: How Leaders Leverage Inflection Points to Drive Success
Author Seth Kahan
Real-world strategies for uncovering potential and capitalizing on opportunityInnovation is worth little unless it generates lasting success, and gaining measurable results from new ideas requires more than creative risk-taking. Successful innovation demands a tacti....
Release Date 2013/03 -
Author David Crosswhite , Peter Skarzynski
A step-by-step guide to successfully transforming any organizationIt is well recognized that succeeding at innovation is fundamental in today's hyper-competitive global marketplace. It is the only way to outperform current and emerging competitors sustainably. But ....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Author David Nurse
Deliver innovative results like clockwork with this repeatable formula for creativity-on-demandHave you ever sat down at your desk with an impossible deadline or an insurmountable obstacle staring you directly in the face and an expectation that you’ll come up with a groundbreaking idea and solution....
Release Date 2021/12 -
Practical Innovation in Government
Author Alan G Robinson , Dean M. Schroeder
This book is a comprehensive guide to an exciting new approach that managers at any level can use to transform their corners of government.Whether people want more government or less, everyone wants an efficient government. Traditional thinking is that this requires a government to be run more like ....
Release Date 2022/07 -
Driving Growth Through Innovation, 2nd Edition
Author Robert B. Tucker
For many companies, mastering “innovation” is a daunting challenge yet an urgent necessity. In this groundbreaking book, corporate innovation guru Robert B. Tucker offers a practical, straightforward approach you can use to design and implement a systematic, gr....
Release Date 2008/03