Dispelling the myth that innovation is invention & revolution, this text argues that innovators past & present have employed a strategy of technology brokering to source, develop & exploit new ideas. It provides a clear set of recommendations for managing the innovation process in organizations.

The must-read summary of Andrew Hargadon's book: "How Breakthroughs Happen: the Surprising Truth About How Companies Innovate". This complete summary of the ideas from Andrew Hargadon's book "How Breakthroughs Happen" explains how very few business innovations come from a 'lightbulb moment'. In reality, these breakthroughs are the result of 'technology brokering', where the ideas from one industry are implemented into another. In his book, the author explains exactly how this brokering can be done and just how achievable it is. By reading this summary and applying the advice, you will discover how you can make improvements for the future by learning from the past. Added-value of this summary: • Save time • Understand key concepts • Expand your capacity for innovation To learn more, read "How Breakthroughs Happen" which reveals the innovation secrets from some of the world's top companies and how you can have your own breakthrough.

India is known as a country not of innovation but of improvisation-or 'Jugaad', as they say in Hindi. But that has begun to change. We have enough examples in this country of people who have turned industry norms upside down to pull off the impossible in their fields. Eleven such case studies are featured in the book, including: Titan, which came out with the slimmest water-resistant watch in the world; Su-Kam, a power backup company that did not fit into an existing industry but ended up creating a new one; Shantha Biotech, which developed a low-cost Hepatitis-B vaccine and ushered in the biotechnology age in India; Trichy Police, which rewrote policing paradigms to nip extremism and crime in the bud, thus transforming the city. Through the breakthroughs achieved by these organizations, Porus Munshi shows that to do what is considered 'impossible' in your particular industry, you have to be subversive and think differently. In the process, if the existing business model needs to be turned on its head, then so be it!

“An enthusiastic, example-rich argument for innovating in a particular way—by deliberately experimenting and taking small exploratory steps in novel directions. Light, bright, and packed with tidy anecdotes” (The Wall Street Journal). What do Apple CEO Steve Jobs, comedian Chris Rock, prize-winning architect Frank Gehry, and the story developers at Pixar films all have in common? Bestselling author Peter Sims found that rather than start with a big idea or plan a whole project in advance, they make a methodical series of little bets, learning critical information from lots of little failures and from small but significant wins. Reporting on a fascinating range of research, from the psychology of creative blocks to the influential field of design thinking, Sims offers engaging and illuminating accounts of breakthrough innovators at work, and a whole new way of thinking about how to navigate uncertain situations and unleash our untapped creative powers.

The pressure to generate big ideas can feel overwhelming. We know that bold innovations are critical in these disruptive and competitive times, but when it comes to breakthrough thinking, we often freeze up. Instead of shooting for a $10-billion payday or a Nobel Prize, the most prolific innovators focus on Big Little Breakthroughs—small creative acts that unlock massive rewards over time. By cultivating daily micro-innovations, individuals and organizations are better equipped to tackle tough challenges and seize transformational opportunities. How did a convicted drug dealer launch and scale a massively successful fitness company? What core mindset drove LEGO to become the largest toy company in the world? How did a Pakistani couple challenge the global athletic shoe industry? What simple habits led Lady Gaga, Banksy, and Lin-Manuel Miranda to their remarkable success? Big Little Breakthroughs isn’t just for propeller-head inventors, fancy-pants CEOs, or hoodie-donning tech billionaires. Rather, it’s a surpassingly simple system to help everyday people become everyday innovators.

Having a difficult relationship can be extremely painful. When couple therapist Eva Berlander inspires us to celebrate our conflicts, she wants to motivate us to see our conflicts from a new perspective, so that we can find a way to rewire our brains, establish deep contact and experience real love. We can actually make use of conflicts to build a better relationship. You Can Make it Happen is a book based on the new Interpersonal Neurobiology Research (IPNB) on how the brain works and describes a clear communication model for couples. We also meet the fictitious couple Lisa and Michael. Endorsements: "Every couple wanders through the wilderness and every couple knows despair. Couples therapist Eva Berlander has walked that road with determination, grace and grit. In YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN, she shares a wealth of knowledge and experience as a therapist, a wife, and a wise guide. She has the profound perspective that the difficult chapters in the life of two committed partners are essential to the unfolding of two mature, differentiated, truly loving adults." - Hedy Schleifer PhD, is the director of Schleifer & Associates Relationship Builders in Miami, Florida. A certified Imago Relationship Therapist and seasoned Imago trainer, she also founded Encounter-Centered Couple Therapy. "We are so fortunate that Eva Berlander has put her magical methods in this book for couples, individuals and anyone interested in understanding and improving love relationships. She has shared her own transformational love story which gives hope and the promise of happiness to us all." - Pat Love, Ed.D., author, The Truth About Love. "Eva Berlander brings the riches of her personal and professional experience to this highly personable, clear, honest and hopeful approach to adult intimacy. Simply put: "she get's it." Every couple wanting to deepen or save their relationship should read it. - Esther Perel, author of Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence Eva Berlander's integration of contemporary marriage therapies with the brain sciences will help all her readers, couples and therapists, better understand what happens in our brains when we fall in and out of love. Additionally, the interweaving of theory and extensive case illustrations make clear how we can use our brains to change our experience and thus our relationships. I recommend the book to therapists who work with couples as well as to couples who can use these instruments to work with each other." - Harville Hendrix, Ph. D. Author: Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples and Receiving Love. "This is a gem of a book written by an expert in Relationship Therapy. Eva Berlander illuminates her ideas with clear and vivid examples- most movingly from her own story. You will be glad you read it, as will your clients." -Jette Simon, Psychologist. Director of the Washington DC Training Institute for Couples Therapy

If we can carry in our pockets more computing power than the Apollo program needed to put a man on the moon, why can't we solve problems like climate change, famine, or poverty? The answer lies, in part, in the distinctive challenges of creating innovations that address today's pressing environmental and social problems. In this groundbreaking book, Andrew Hargadon shows why sustainable innovation—the development of financially viable products that support a healthy environment and communities—is so difficult when compared to creating the next internet ventures or mobile apps that disregard these criteria. While other books treat innovation across sectors equally, Hargadon argues that most effective innovation strategies hinge on attention to the context in which they are pursued. Instead of relying on a stale set of "best practices," executives must craft their own strategies based on the particulars of their industries and markets. But, there are some rules of the road that foster a triple bottom line; this book provides a research-based framework that outlines the critical capabilities necessary to drive sustainable innovation: a long-term commitment, nexus work, science and policy expertise, recombinant innovation, and robust design. Sustainable Innovation draws on a wide range of historical and contemporary examples to show business readers and their companies how to stand on the shoulders of successful pioneers.

“The ‘inside-the-box approach’ can reveal key opportunities for innovation that are hiding in plain sight” (Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive). The traditional attitude toward creativity in the American business world is to “think outside the box”—to brainstorm without restraint in hopes of coming up with a breakthrough idea, often in moments of crisis. Sometimes it works, but it’s a problem-specific solution that does nothing to engender creative thinking more generally. Inside the Box demonstrates Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT), which systemizes creativity as part of the corporate culture. This counterintuitive and powerfully effective approach to creativity requires thinking inside the box, working in one’s familiar world to create new ideas independent of specific problems. SIT’s techniques and principles have instilled creative thinking into such companies as Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, and other industry leaders. Inside the Box shows how corporations have successfully used SIT in business settings as diverse as medicine, technology, new product development, and food packaging. Dozens of books discuss how to make creative thinking part of a corporate culture, but none takes the innovative and unconventional approach of Inside the Box. With “inside the box” thinking, companies of any size can become sufficiently creative to solve problems even before they develop and to innovate on an ongoing basis. It’s a system that works! “Boyd and Goldenberg explain the basic building blocks for creativity and by doing so help all of us better express our potential” (Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational).

In this new paperback edition of the classic bestseller, you'll be taken on a hilarious, fast-paced ride through the history of ideas. Author Scott Berkun will show you how to transcend the false stories that many business experts, scientists, and much of pop culture foolishly use to guide their thinking about how ideas change the world. With four new chapters on putting the ideas in the book to work, updated references and over 50 corrections and improvements, now is the time to get past the myths, and change the world. You'll have fun while you learn: Where ideas come from The true history of history Why most people don't like ideas How great managers make ideas thrive The importance of problem finding The simple plan (new for paperback) Since its initial publication, this classic bestseller has been discussed on NPR, MSNBC, CNBC, and at Yale University, MIT, Carnegie Mellon University, Microsoft, Apple, Intel, Google, Amazon.com, and other major media, corporations, and universities around the world. It has changed the way thousands of leaders and creators understand the world. Now in an updated and expanded paperback edition, it's a fantastic time to explore or rediscover this powerful view of the world of ideas. "Sets us free to try and change the world."--Guy Kawasaki, Author of Art of The Start "Small, simple, powerful: an innovative book about innovation."--Don Norman, author of Design of Everyday Things "Insightful, inspiring, evocative, and just plain fun to read. It's totally great."--John Seely Brown, Former Director, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) "Methodically and entertainingly dismantling the cliches that surround the process of innovation."--Scott Rosenberg, author of Dreaming in Code; cofounder of Salon.com "Will inspire you to come up with breakthrough ideas of your own."--Alan Cooper, Father of Visual Basic and author of The Inmates are Running the Asylum "Brimming with insights and historical examples, Berkun's book not only debunks widely held myths about innovation, it also points the ways toward making your new ideas stick."--Tom Kelley, GM, IDEO; author of The Ten Faces of Innovation