CEO Shigetaka Komori's own story of why Fujifilm succeeded where Kodak failed, with hard-won lessons for managers and employees everywhere.

If you aren’t innovating, stagnation isn’t far away. Ministry leaders carry the burden of keeping their organizations lean, focused, and relevant. The stakes are especially high for churches and other organizations that fulfill the Great Commission. When souls are on the line, there’s no room for bureaucratic bloat or sustaining a cumbersome infrastructure. It’s up to the leadership—that’s you—to realize where the organization is in maintenance mode and find ways to innovate even when the growth curve has slowed and the team has started to grow complacent. Using missions disruptor William Carey as an example, Ted Esler shows how you, too, can innovate in ways that change the ministry landscape. Esler will help you keep an eye on your “eccliosystem”—the ecclesial ecosystem in which you exist. You’ll learn about the four stages of organizational culture—disrupting, innovating, sustaining, and stagnating—and gain strategies for staying in that sweet spot where innovations keep coming and stagnation can’t take hold. The gospel of Jesus Christ never grows stale. Don’t let your ministry ever forget it!

In times of crisis, innovation matters more than ever. These challenging events often shine a spotlight on urgent and existing problems, providing professionals with the opportunity to bolster creativity and resilience, boost employee engagement, and pursue new growth. In this course, instructor Simone Ahuja-the founder of global innovation and strategy firm Blood Orange-shows you how to lock into an innovation mindset and prepare to innovate during a crisis. She shares simple tools to make innovation successful during uncertain times by solving key business problems faster and with fewer resources. Plus, she details practical strategies to eliminate innovation barriers and accelerate problem-solving so innovation sticks long after crisis abates.

What has gone wrong in Japan that has led to innovation crisis? Prof. Eiichi Yamaguchi has been committed to answer this question, and his quest has spanned several years and academic disciplines. Initially it appeared as if it had no context, but when he put the pieces together, he realized that it was actually one story. This book is a summary of his research over the last 20 years, especially after he moved out of the field of physics, to which he had devoted 21 years. He felt that it was essential for him to do his bit to save this sinking ship, or it would be disrespectful to the future generation. The book integrates his research on innovation policy, innovation theory, and trans-science. It begins with a detailed story of the innovation of blue LEDs, for which three Japanese scientists received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014. It describes the current innovation and science crises in Japan and presents evidence that the strong international competitiveness of science-based industries in the United States is a result of the invention of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) system. It discusses a new theory of innovation structures, showing the error in Clayton M. Christensen’s argument of “disruptive innovation.” It also proposes a new concept for “paradigm disruptive innovation,” emphasizing that abduction and transilience are essential factors for accomplishing it and that their decline has led to the innovation crisis in Japan. Finally, it analyzes the future vision of the innovation ecosystem, which promotes abduction and transilience, for scientists to develop new science-based industries.

In today’s frenetic, uncertain world, the “same old, same old” routines are perfect ways to go nowhere fast. What has worked for you before—professionally or personally—no longer gets results. Whether you’ve been downsized, reached the end of a long relationship, or found yourself questioning where you are in life, it’s clear you need to change. To innovate. Make it new. Make yourself new. Now, in this invaluable book, the world-renowned “Dean of Innovation,” Jeff DeGraff, shares his tried-and-true techniques on how to reinvent yourself—creatively and with maximum impact. Innovation You reveals DeGraff’s unique four-step program to bolster your ingenuity and remake your life. From forging ahead in a new career to losing weight to finally pursuing that long-held dream, DeGraff’s strategies are effective and easy to follow. Inside you will learn to • Rethink Innovation: Find ways to think outside the box, seek out diverse opinions, and pay attention to the next great trend. • Rethink Your Approach: Use the Competing Values Framework to identify your natural innovation profile—do you compete, collaborate, create, or control?—and then deliberately draw from the other styles to augment your usual tactics. • Rethink Your Methods: Put your reinvention plan in motion—set specific, realistic, and meaningful targets, cultivate relationships with relevant mentors and experts, and try alternate methods to achieve your goals. • Rethink the Journey: Understand that innovation is a process and that progress comes in cycles rather than a quick straight line. Accept uncertainty, question assumptions, and acknowledge areas where you can improve. Full of invigorating ideas, engaging anecdotes, practical wisdom, and inspiring success stories, Innovation You is your personal road map to reach your highest potential—and experience a bold new way of living.

“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).

This is a practical book which shows how innovation can be a lifeline in a severe downturn. The authors reconnect people, teams and organizations to create constant renewal of talent and motivation.

Are you an entrepreneur or a change leader and need to create the right product and business value amid market conditions that are constantly changing? Would you like to know how can your company thrive in times of crisis and find the new business opportunities that will enable you to continue to lead your market? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you have found the right book for you. Testimonials "A delightful guide full of important insights for those of us who want to create winning products during uncertain times. Read this book- and learn from one of the best!" Kimberly Harvey, Google "Adi has been invaluable in helping us form our Product Vision. The outcome of our work was different from what I thought it would be, AND better." Yaron Shapira, Amazon "I've learned a lot from Adi, and look forward to continued learning from her." Avinoam Zelenko, LinkedIn "Adi has the rare ability to take an idea, understand it swiftly and easily turn in to a successful product." Itamar Bartuv, Fiverr Let's face it, your market and clients are rapidly changing. And if you're not keeping up, you'll be left far behind in a short period of time. Innovation is hard, especially for bigger companies, which are not tech natively. Companies are struggling to innovate as the technological landscape keeps on evolving quickly. The average age of an S&P 500 company is under 20 years, down from 60 years in the 1950s. The reason is simple to grasp. Either they failed to innovate or didn't know how to. When you understand the need for innovation, and have the required know-how, you can implement it with relative ease. Innovation is especially relevant in times of crisis like the one we are facing currently. It is when entire businesses are being transformed to keep up with new and emerging realities. This book is an indispensable guide that answers the relevant burning dilemma of how businesses can turn crises into opportunities and innovate in times of uncertainty. Here are the issues which this thorough and practical book will address: Why is innovation the best tool to survive and thrive during crisis Starting with your customers in mind, everything else follows Shifts in the market/ customers' needs during this crisis and how they impact you A practical and proven formula to re-inventing your business value and creating the right products for a changing market What it takes for companies to chart a way forward and stay ahead of the competition Growing your company in times of crisis and staying ahead ..... And much more! As a key bonus, the author of this practical guide would like to encourage you to contact her to share your thoughts/ dilemmas in a changing market or discuss changes in your market and what could be done. Being an expert in strategy, design, and innovation, the author understands your specific concerns and has, therefore, made this book a hands on step-by-step guide to follow so you can implement proven innovation processes, a day after you read it, in your company and implement new solutions to re-invent your value, products and services. You are not expected to be an expert on the subject. However, you do need to be passionate and committed to having your company succeed even in times of change or crisis. So, if you want your company to be a market leader and grow in times of uncertainty and change, scroll up and click the "Add to Cart" button and let's get started!

How and when do military innovations take place? Do they proceed differently during times of peace and times of war? In Winning the Next War, Stephen Peter Rosen argues that armies and navies are not forever doomed to "fight the last war." Rather, they are able to respond to shifts in the international strategic situation. He also discusses the changing relationship between the civilian innovator and the military bureaucrat. In peacetime, Rosen finds, innovation has been the product of analysis and the politics of military promotion, in a process that has slowly but successfully built military capabilities critical to American military success. In wartime, by contrast, innovation has been constrained by the fog of war and the urgency of combat needs. Rosen draws his principal evidence from U.S. military policy between 1905 and 1960, though he also discusses the British army's experience with the battle tank during World War I.