This section outlines some resources for further exploration to help you improve ideas and develop a clever mindset committed to constant learning.
RESOURCE GUIDE
- Jeff Howe, a contributing editor to Wired magazine, first coined the term ‘crowdsourcing’ in a June 2006 article. Check out his blog: crowdsourcing.com.
- Don Tapscott, a well-known business thinker, is a proponent for mass collaboration in his book, Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (2007, Atlantic Books).
- A useful guide to crowdsourcing sites for small businesses: www.designhill.com/design-blog/top-10-best-crowdsourcing-sites-of-2016-for-your-business/.
- Hear from Professor Rita McGrath, faculty at Columbia Business School Executive Education, on why companies should think about the notion of failure differently: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUKyxa4EPG0&feature=youtu.be.
- A good article which outlines some thought-provoking questions for how to effectively use SCAMPER: www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newCT_02.htm.
- Want to develop a more reflective way of seeing them sign up for one of the Writing Our Way Home e-courses: www.writingourwayhome.com/e-courses/.
- Keep an ‘I done’ list. Spending a few moments reflecting on what you achieved increases your energy as it releases happy endorphins in your brain. Making progress – even small wins – on meaningful work is a powerful motivator.
- Check out ‘The Busy Person’s Guide to the Done List’: http://try.idonethis.com/the-busy-persons-guide-done-list/.
FURTHER READING
There are plenty of books available on all the subjects listed here. Here are a few to help expand your thinking.
Risk and failure
Schulz, K. (2011) Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error. Ecco.
Sundheim, D. (2013) Taking Smart Risks: How Sharp Leaders Win When Stakes Are High. McGraw-Hill Education.
Weinzimmer, L.G. and McConoughey (2012) The Wisdom of Failure: How to Learn the Tough Leadership Lessons Without Paying the Price. Jossey-Bass.
Company case studies
Snyder, N. and Duarte, D.L. (2008) Unleashing Innovation: How Whirlpool Transformed an Industry. Jossey-Bass.
Womack, J., Jones, D. and Roos, D. (2007) The Story of Lean Production: Toyota’s Secret Weapon in the Global Car Wars That Is Now Revolutionizing World Industry. Free Press.
Agile and lean thinking
Imai, M. (2012) Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense Approach to a Continuous Improvement Strategy. McGraw-Hill Education.
Meyer, P. (2015) The Agility Shift: Creating Agile and Effective Leaders, Teams and Organisations. Routledge.
Womack, J. and Jones, D. (2003) Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation. Productivity Press.
Learning and reflection
Amabile, T. (2011) The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work. Harvard Business Review Press.
Duhigg, C. (2014) The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business. Random House Trade Paperbacks.
Kegan, R. and Laskow Lahey, L. (2016) An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organisation. Harvard Business Review Press.
Senge, P. (2006) The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization. Doubleday.
Wheatley, M. (2006) Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World. Berrett-Koehler Publishers.