Business Innovation & Creativity

The rapid rise of immersive wellness experiences has revolutionised the way individuals approach their physical, mental, and emotional well-being. From spa retreats to virtual reality meditations, these experiences offer unique opportunities to deeply enhance one's sense of self and connection to the world. As more people seek comprehensive wellness solutions, the demand for well-researched and practical guidance in this area...

Historically, companies have engaged in sustainable practices like recycling and refurbishing, but Green Technology and the Circular Economy: Towards a Sustainable Future provides modern, actionable strategies for reshaping operations. With these insights, businesses can minimise their environmental impact and maximise innovation in a rapidly evolving world. Green Technology and the Circular Economy explores the transformative potential of the circular economy...

Follow-Up Freak: Stand Out, Follow Up, Win Big What do high-performers, trusted advisors, and industry leaders all have in common? They follow up—fast, often, and with purpose. In Follow-Up Freak, entrepreneur and executive strategist Todd Mezrah shares the follow-up system that's helped him close billion-dollar deals, build enduring client relationships, and become a trusted name in executive consulting. This isn't...

Sustainable development is a dynamic field with continuous advancements. However, it also faces emerging challenges that require sparks of innovation to address them. There is a need to innovate and rethink solutions to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) by 2030. To both inspire and educate, the editors have brought together a collection of case studies and systematic...

This book examines how strategic thinking is evolving in response to the realities of the digital economy. Traditional strategy frameworks, built for slower, more stable environments, no longer capture the complexity of today’s business landscape, where innovation is constant, data is abundant, and competition is shaped by digital platforms and ecosystems. Focusing on the global digital banking sector—one of the...

The swift ascent of digital technologies has heralded a new era of transformation, particularly evident in the realms of travel and accommodation. Destination Data: Charting the Course for Transformative Travel Experiences is a pioneering anthology, meticulously curated from a myriad of global perspectives. In a world increasingly entwined with the digital landscape, this collaborative effort unfolds as an indispensable guide...

Turn sustainability into a strategic advantage that strengthens competitiveness and drives innovation. Competitive Sustainability is a practical guide for CEOs, board directors, senior leaders and sustainability strategists who need to embed sustainability at the core of business performance. Written by award-winning experts Alexis Eyre and Paul Randle, this book reframes sustainability as a source of commercial strength rather than a...

How can business leaders adopt sustainable practices while maintaining their competitive advantage? Explore a fresh and innovative stance on the future of sustainability where professionals can embrace commerciality with this essential guide. Despite decades of corporate efforts and successes such as the large-scale financing and deployment of renewable technologies, from the planet's perspective, business is failing to change at the...

The book is dedicated to current issues in business innovation strategies towards a sustainable future. It offers multidisciplinary perspectives on business innovation strategies and sustainability practices, integrating related theory and practice of AI, technology adoption, management, marketing, sustainable supply chain management, and other corporate sustainability strategies. The chapters incorporate evidence from more recent research projects regarding corporate business model transformation...

What does it mean to innovate? What skills are needed? What thought processes are involved? Answers to these questions can be found in the real-life stories of Agents of Innovation. Louis Jacques Filion and chapter co-authors Rico J. Baldegger, Candido Borges, Fernando Dolabela, Joëlle Hafsi, and Francine Richer present six fascinating case histories of three different types of agents of...

Fintech continues to revolutionise financial services. Financial Technology shows you how to navigate this increasingly decentralised, personalised, and automated environment. This new textbook strikes a balance between academic depth and commercial relevance in examining the advantages and challenges of these changes through the lens of various analytical frameworks. Financial Technology demystifies key technologies, such as blockchains, APIs, AI, machine learning,...

You've never really made it in fashion. Nobody cares how good you used to be. It's about today and tomorrow. Describing his journey from leaving school at fifteen with undiagnosed dyslexia to his life-changing accident that would end his dream of becoming a racing cyclist, Sir Paul's journey has been anything but conventional. From his immersion in the strange new...

What is the secret ingredient in every billion-dollar product, from the iPhone to ChatGPT? Simplicity. Humans love simplicity; it's a deep-seated obsession. In a world of increasing chaos, Apple has built the world's most valuable company on this single principle. In It Just Works, top-level Apple veteran Neil West distils the company's approach into a clear, actionable guide for leaders,...

What is the secret ingredient in every billion-dollar product, from the iPhone to ChatGPT? Simplicity. Humans love simplicity; it's a deep-seated obsession. In a world of increasing chaos, Apple has built the world's most valuable company on this single principle. In It Just Works, top-level Apple veteran Neil West distils the company's approach into a clear, actionable guide for leaders,...

From award-winning Financial Times journalist Sarah O'Connor, a deeply reported investigation into how AI and robotics are transforming the way we work. A tsunami of change, we are told, is sweeping the economy as robots and AI threaten to take over tasks done by humans. But while we worry that we're robotising our work, what if the real risk is...

How the Apple Store changed shopping forever – one customer at a time. In Shop Different: A Retail Story, visionary retailer Ron Johnson reveals the untold story of how he and Steve Jobs created the Apple store. From the first store’s opening to a global empire of over 500 locations, Johnson shares a behind-the-scenes look at iconic moments, including the...

As AI transforms business faster than ever, mid and senior-level negotiators must blend cutting-edge technology with emotional intelligence to lead complex conversations and close deals that last. Tim Castle, a renowned negotiation expert, presents his Magnetic Influence framework to help you build authentic connection in a digital, automated world. Through practical storytelling and proven strategies, you'll learn how to use...

Continuous change calls for continuous innovation. If you read nothing else on innovation, read this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles that will help you invest in your best innovation bets, learn from setbacks, and bring bold new offerings to market. This book will inspire you to: Know your customers' 'jobs to...

Taking the best elements of a product-management approach and applying them to HR activity can transform the people function. This book shows you how. Written for all HR professionals and business leaders, Built for People explains how to improve workforce and business performance by developing people-centred ways of working, evidence-based decision making, and a culture of continuous feedback and iteration....

Slicing through blunt theories of supply and demand, Callon presents a rigorously researched but counterintuitive model of how everyday market activity gets produced. If you're convinced you know what a market is, think again. In his long-awaited study, French sociologist and engineer Michel Callon takes us to the heart of markets, to the unsung processes that allow innovations to become...

A miscellany of actual patents for wonderfully bizarre inventions, Brilliantly Bad is a salute to what the human mind can achieve – even if it probably shouldn’t. This collection of the strangest ideas ever patented, ranging from the bizarre and baffling to the oh so close to genius, is a true celebration of human ingenuity in all its (occasionally) pointless...

Most people spend their lives solving small problems—following rules they never question, chasing goals they didn't choose, and accepting limits that don't actually exist. If you've ever felt you were meant to play a bigger game, this book shows you how. In Counterintuitive, Naveen Jain—serial entrepreneur, philanthropist, and founder of multiple billion-dollar companies—reveals the way of thinking that allowed him...

A revelatory model that explains how we buy, sell, work and live. 'Fun, profound, and bursting with important insights.' Tim Harford For over a century, anthropologists have immersed themselves in unfamiliar cultures, uncovering the hidden rituals that govern how people act. Now, a new generation of anthropologists are using these methods in a different context— to illuminate the behaviour of...

To get the best answer—in business, in life—you have to ask the best possible question. Innovation expert Warren Berger shows that this ability is both an art and a science. It may be the most underappreciated tool at our disposal, one we learn to use well in infancy—and then abandon as we grow older. Critical to learning, innovation, success, even...

How digital technology is upending the traditional creative industries—and why that might be a good thing. The digital revolution poses a mortal threat to the major creative industries—music, publishing, television, and the movies. The ease with which digital files can be copied and distributed has unleashed a wave of piracy with disastrous effects on revenue. Cheap, easy self-publishing is eroding...

A conversational and inspirational exploration of DEI in the workplace, sharing lessons from myself and others on how we can create a more equitable and inclusive world for all. Tiny Rice Grains explores the human side of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). Given the business case that diverse and inclusive organisations thrive and drive better performance, the question begs to...

USA TODAY BESTSELLER “Think of this book as your personal guide for moving into the leadership spot you dream about—without losing yourself in the web of workplace lies and half-truths women too frequently fall for.” —Forbes A master class “filled with the wisdom that exponentially transforms your career and life” (Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper), 15 Lies Women Are Told at...

An inspirational personal development book from Sunday Times bestselling author James Patterson and renowned leadership expert Patrick Leddin, PhD, that shows readers how to proactively use disruption for positive change. The record-breaking literary legend - Mel Robbins The instant NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER from James Patterson and renowned leadership expert Patrick Leddin, PhD, that shows readers how to proactively use...

Winner of the Leadership Book of the Year 2024, as awarded by the UK's Institute of Leadership A book that helps make sense of the megatrends playing out in the world today and, as a result, how individuals can future-proof their businesses and careers. In the context of work, consider two headlines that we face on a regular basis. Firstly,...

Healthcare is broken-but we can fix it. Our current system is plagued by staggering costs, inadequate outcomes, and pervasive inequities. How can we deliver long-overdue change and make this system work for everyone? In this groundbreaking book, Halle Tecco provides an insider's guide to transforming our healthcare system through innovation. Drawing from her extensive experience as an entrepreneur, investor, and...

Managing innovation is like competing in an Olympic Pentathlon—excellent performance in one sport will not win you the medal. This textbook explores how top performance in five key areas—ideation, prioritisation, implementation, strategy, and people and organisation—is essential to success in today’s ever-changing business landscape. Structured around the authors’ original Innovation Pentathlon framework, the book explains what innovation is, why it...

A modern framework for practical innovation—from individual ideas to an innovative organisational culture. Everyone says that innovation is important. The problem is that no one tells you how to be innovative. Innovation is a State of Mind sets out a step-by-step guide to creating innovative ideas and putting them into action. You'll learn how to generate more ideas with greater...

AI for Business is a practical guide for leaders who want to harness the power of artificial intelligence without getting lost in the hype. Drawing on decades of experience at the intersection of cutting-edge research, public policy, and industry transformation, Jon Whittle shows how AI can create real, human-centred value in your organisation. With clarity and pragmatism, the book demystifies...

In every organisation, digital transformation is a key activity to ensure you are keeping up with your competitors. However, plenty of organisations have failed to take advantage of the business improvement that technology can offer. The Practical Guide to Digital Transformation cuts through the hype and provides the essentials for successfully improving your organisation through technology. A productive digital transformation...

Many companies claim to prize innovation but struggle to support it in practice. CEOs call innovation their number-one priority in surveys, yet their employees say they are frequently frustrated in their efforts to create change. The biggest reason for this disconnect? Playing it safe. Leaders and organisations want to implement new ideas, but too often they are held back by...

Companies everywhere are investing significant resources into building AI projects and services that they hope will transform their business. In order to deliver real results, data and AI leaders need to build a strong business-oriented enterprise AI program. Leading Enterprise AI Programs is an essential guide to establishing and directing an agile, ethical, and business-focused enterprise AI program. It provides...

An accessible and indispensable guide for anyone that wants to build an exceptional life from The Huffington Post's Entrepreneur of the Year and Forbes 30 Under 30 honouree Timothy Armoo. In What's Stopping You?, Timo Armoo reveals the secrets behind his meteoric rise from a council estate on Old Kent Road to collaborating with global giants like Nike and the...

From the wheel to gene editing, new ideas shape our world. In this dazzling, surprising and always entertaining book, bestselling author Andrew Leigh tells the story of innovation. Innovation shapes almost every corner of our lives, yet we rarely pause to notice it. Someone had to invent nails and wheelbarrows; alphabets and books; glass windows and windscreen wipers; tin cans...

Everything you want to achieve in life requires you to take risks, push beyond your comfort zone and build trust with others. Our first instinct is often to avoid risk altogether, but that only creates a chasm between what we want to achieve and what we're willing to do to get there.To bridge that divide, we need a way to...

This charming story about a penguin colony in Antarctica illustrates key truths about how we deal with the issue of change: handle the challenge well and you can prosper greatly; handle it poorly and you put yourself at risk. The penguins are living happily on their iceberg as they have done for many years. Then one curious penguin discovers a...

Innovation doesn't just happen. You need to lead it. Discover the three critical roles leaders must play in driving and scaling innovation.Constant tech disruption. Unrelenting economic volatility. Radically shifting demographics and work norms. More than ever, we need to innovate amid these daunting global challenges. But do we have the leaders and the leadership it takes to make this innovation...

Many businesses are rooted in creating desirable products and services for users, but fail to consider the consumer. How can they create products and services that work for users? This book has the answers. User experience research, also known as UX research, focuses on understanding user behaviours, needs and motivations through a range of observational techniques, task analysis and other...

Post Growth Innovation explores innovation in post-growth debates, examining the narratives, processes, and practices needed to move beyond the growth imperative. It bridges the gap in understanding the implications of technological and scientific advancements in a society that challenges economic growth as its central focus.

Understanding Decentralized Finance demystifies DeFi, locating the integration points between decentralised and centralised finance to help finance professionals unlock valuable opportunities. DeFi - the next evolution of cryptocurrency - has brought a new wave of investors into the world of finance. As fintechs and financial institutions seek to integrate with DeFi, this book explores its history, its present context, and...

Redefining Information Security shows security and technology leaders how to build a security-driven culture that not only safeguards but actively propels businesses forward, enabling innovation and growth in the face of an evolving digital business and threat landscape. This book pioneers a transformative approach that shields organizations from risks but also actively leverages them to drive competitive advantages. Redefining Information...

Reduce financial exclusion, improve social impact, meet regulatory compliance and tap into market opportunities with Inclusive Finance. Financial institutions are under growing pressure from their customers, regulators and employees to play more active roles in supporting ESG transformation. Inclusive Finance reviews what is currently socially broken in the existing financial system and identifies opportunities for how incumbent players, fintech start-ups,...

Understand and harness the power of artificial intelligence to drive growth and innovation with this comprehensive guide. As AI continues to evolve, it is increasingly important for businesses to make informed decisions about how to use AI to drive success and growth. Artificial Intelligence for Business aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of AI and its applications in business, making...

How do you know if you're using artificial intelligence efficiently in your company? What are the benefits of implementing an AI strategy in your organization? With the rapid adoption of AI across all industries, it is vital that leaders ensure their organizations remain competitive and innovative. Bestselling author and futurist, Bernard Marr, provides a comprehensive overview of AI's impact on...

Approach the future as a conversation, not a declaration. How can you be prepared for what's next when emerging trends constantly threaten to turn your strategic plan on its head? The world of business is experiencing a state of hyperchange influenced by global movements, disruptive technologies, political uprisings and new consumer expectations. If your world is turned upside down, will...

Most companies today have innovation envy. They yearn to come up with a game-changing innovation like Apple's iPod, or create an entirely new category like Facebook. Many make genuine efforts to be innovative—they spend on R&D, bring in creative designers, and hire innovation consultants. But they get disappointing results. Why? In The Design of Business, Roger Martin offers a compelling...

A dangerous journey into the violent world of creative conflict. Safety not guaranteed. Creative conflict is the world’s most powerful ideation technique. It’s an essential requirement for breakthrough-thinking and the secret behind every invention and innovation ever made. Are you overwhelmed by problems that need solving? Stuck looking for ideas? Pressured by deadlines and worried you don’t have a creative...

How can businesses balance profit with social motives? This accessible resource teaches students how to start a social enterprise and lead change for positive impact. Social Entrepreneurship in Practice balances theoretical underpinnings with a focus on developing social entrepreneurship skills to create and manage a social entrepreneurial venture. It provides a road map and practical tools for starting a successful...

An engaging, solutions-oriented look at how cities and nations can better foster innovation and equality. From San Francisco to Shanghai, many of the world's most innovative places are highly unequal, with the benefits going to a small few. Rather than simply asking how we can create more high-tech cities and nations, Innovation for the Masses focuses on what we can...

Why is it so hard to stick with the choices we want to make? We decide to be healthier, but snack all afternoon. We resolve to prioritise family time, but end up working late into the evening. Change is hard - even when we really want, or need, to make it. In What We Value, award-winning brain researcher Emily Falk...

Now with a new preface and a reading guide, The Medici Effect is a timeless classic that will help you reach your innovative peak. Why do so many world-changing insights come from people with little or no related experience? Charles Darwin was a geologist when he proposed the theory of evolution. And it was an astronomer who finally explained what...

Fearless, innovative, driven and daring. These are the qualities of a disruptor: a business that is willing to take risks to achieve incredible success. In The Disruptors, leading business journalist Sally Percy investigates the stories behind some of the world's most innovative businesses, which took unconventional and trailblazing approaches to overcome the competition and achieve success. Spotify, Nintendo, TikTok and...

SHORTLISTED: Business Book Awards 2022 - Start Up/Scale Up Times have changed: you can launch a successful enterprise with your phone, sell through social media and tap into a whole world of opportunities. Unprepared to Entrepreneur is an honest guide to launching your own business, sharing real stories from real people who have tested, failed, and won at business. It...

In Think Bigger, Sheena S. Iyengar—an acclaimed author and expert in the science of choice—answers a timeless question with enormous implications for problems of all kinds across the world: "How can I get my best ideas?" Iyengar provides essential tools to spark creative thinking and help us make our most meaningful choices. She draws from recent advances in neuro- and...

Discover why not taking a risk is the biggest risk of all. In The Upside of Disruption: The Path To Leading and Thriving in the Unknown, renowned disruption thinker and best-selling author Terence Mauri delivers a compelling set of mindset shifts for today's unique leadership challenges. In the book, you'll find the future-ready insights and tools you need to lead...

Revitalise your team's creativity and overcome negativity with this inspiring guide to building unstoppable momentum for your transformative ideas. In today's high-stakes world of R&D and innovation, the difference between a groundbreaking idea and a stagnant project often rests on your team's approach to criticism and opposition. John Wolpert, a seasoned tech innovator, brings you The Two But Rule: Turn...

Increase customer attraction, acquisition and retention by using technology to create seamless, effective and joined-up marketing. It can be hard to know where to begin with the sheer number of platforms and solutions available to marketers today, as well as to use martech to its full potential. The Martech Handbook provides a clear and step-by-step framework for understanding and selecting...

Innovation requires more than a eureka moment. The vast majority of new product ideas never make it to market. Typically, this is because of the failure to address a real problem that a customer has experienced and is willing to pay to have solved. What do people and businesses need to know about the realities of innovating in order to...

If innovation is a race: Who wins? Who loses? Who gets eliminated? And how is it possible to stay ahead of the game? The Innovation Race takes readers on a lively global adventure to explore the current state of innovation. Along the way, best-selling authors Andrew and Gaia Grant search for clues on how to stay ahead in the race...

A practical guide to innovation strategies based on fact, not feeling. The Innovation Formula delivers strategies for building a culture where innovation can thrive, based on actual scientific research. Author Amantha Imber holds a PhD in organisational psychology and has been called upon by a multinational roster of forward-thinking companies—such as Google, Disney, LEGO, and Virgin—to improve innovation at all...

Overcome the obstacles in the way of women entrepreneurs and founders In The Future Built by Women, Startup Product Leader of Riveter and veteran keynote speaker, Brooke Markevicius, delivers a compelling guide to entrepreneurship for women. With a particular focus on the technology sector, the author shares her fascinating and relevant experiences as a company founder. She explains the four...

With focus and a clear mind, we can achieve almost anything. But we are constantly subjected to a deluge of distractions, from endless notification pings to anxiety and self-doubt. The Focus Fix explores how you can reset your mindset in order to reclaim your focus and achieve incredible results. In this fascinating book, leading creativity expert Chris Griffiths and journalist...

Experimentation is an essential part of innovation. It is the link between generating new ideas and putting them into practice. We are constantly experimenting in our daily lives, and organisations place great value on testing new products, services, and strategies. Yet there is a shortage of actionable guidance on how to design and execute high-quality experiments for practical purposes. This...

A radical shift in perspective to transform your organisation to become more innovative The Design Thinking Playbook is an actionable guide to the future of business. By stepping back and questioning the current mindset, the faults of the status quo stand out in stark relief—and this guide gives you the tools and frameworks you need to kick off a digital...

In this second edition of his bestselling book, author Art Kleiner explores the nature of effective leadership in times of change and defines its importance to the corporation of the future. He describes a heretic as a visionary who creates change in large-scale companies, balancing the contrary truths they can’t deny against their loyalty to their organizations. The Age of...

Innovation principles to bring about meaningful and sustainable growth in your organisation Using a list of more than 2,000 successful innovations, including Cirque du Soleil, early IBM mainframes, the Ford Model-T, and many more, the authors applied a proprietary algorithm and determined ten meaningful groupings—the Ten Types of Innovation—that provided insight into innovation. The Ten Types of Innovation explores these...

Teaming to Innovate explores the essential link between teamwork and innovation. Just as assembly lines revolutionised car production, teaming is crucial to fostering innovation. This book gathers key insights on how to effectively create and nurture a culture of innovation. It addresses fundamental questions: How do you build a culture of innovation? What does this culture look like? How does...

Innovative organisations grow twice as fast, both in employment and sales, as those that fail to innovate. The social benefits of innovation are even greater. This first edition of Strategic Innovation Management is an exciting new addition to the established bestselling texts Managing Innovation and Innovation and Entrepreneurship, written by Joe Tidd and John Bessant. Aimed at students taking courses...

Hackathons—participatory gatherings in which people with various backgrounds and experiences come together to address a challenge or create something new in a limited period of time—have become an important part of today's technological, social, and business landscapes. They originated in IT and have since spread into other fields including medicine, law, biology, environment, education, and civic engagement. How and why...

Build and grow a company ready for the next generation of consumers In Seeding Innovation: The Path to Profit and Purpose in the 21st Century, veteran entrepreneur, award-winning author, global strategist, speaker, and Rice University Innovation and Entrepreneurship professor, Robyn O’Brien, delivers an insightful and data-driven roadmap to authenticity and smart leadership in the face of accelerating technological, environmental, and...

Immersive technologies have the power to radically transform your business. Discover how you can step into the future and gain competitive advantage with Reality Check. Virtual and augmented reality have existed for years, yet most of us rarely use them beyond gaming and tech demos. This book separates hype from reality to uncover how these groundbreaking technologies are transforming our...

Product Development and Management Body of Knowledge Fully-updated Third Edition of the leading study resource for PDMA’s New Product Development Professional certification exam The newly revised and updated Third Edition of PDMA Body of Knowledge (BoK) provides a singular reference for anyone currently involved in, or planning a career in product management and product innovation. It describes a proven framework...

A carbon neutral future is possible - we have the technology to transform the global economy and guard against the worst effects of climate change. So how do we get to net zero? In Possible, entrepreneur and climate tech consultant Chris Goodall tackles sixteen challenges that we must overcome in making a just transition to carbon neutrality. He explores the...

As we face times of rapid social and technological change, the future may seem like a horizon approaching too quickly. In a few years, almost everything will be different: what we do, how we do it, and why we do it; how we produce and consume; how we conduct research; how we teach and learn; how we share information, communicate,...

Break free of the fast-paced, competitive work cycle. Redefine success and build your Momentum to pursue a satisfying and successful career. Leading psychologist and wellbeing expert Lee Chambers has found his success not by overworking within the competitive, fast-paced business world, but by taking an alternative path: one that prioritises wellbeing and embraces uncertainty. This book shows you how to...

National Bestseller! Rethink Your Mindset to Reshape the Future Every company needs leaders who can spot and seize opportunities at a moment’s notice. Every organisation needs leaders who can rally teams around new opportunities. Those who can see important, emerging trends foresee the coming disruption and harness those forces, translating them into actionable insights and motivation to fuel their company’s...