Business Innovation & Creativity

Most books dealing with change management focus on how companies reach their corporate goals, instead of on what individual leaders must do. Filling this need, Leading Business Change: A Practical Guide to Transforming Your Organization is an easy and fun read that will inspire you to think more closely about how you implement change as a leader. The book presents...

Digitalisation has had an overwhelming impact on the workplace in recent years, making it more associable, editable, interactive, programmable, traceable, communicable, and distributable. However, this change brings substantial shifts in work processes. New technologies almost always lead to new work arrangements and collaborative engagements, thereby disrupting the information environment and altering equilibria at work. Information Literacy and the Digitalisation of...

Digitalisation has had an overwhelming impact on the workplace in recent years, making it more associable, editable, interactive, programmable, traceable, communicable, and distributable. However, this change comes with substantial alterations to ways of working. New technologies almost always translate into new work processes, work arrangements, collaborative engagements, and thus disrupt the information environment and consolidate equilibria at work. Information Literacy...

Foreword by Professor Annemaree Lloyd, Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of Borås. Today’s society is characterised by quick technological developments and constant changes to our information environments. One of the biggest changes has been on our workplace environments, where technological developments have automated work processes that were previously done by manual labour, whilst new professions and work...

Foreword by Professor Annemaree Lloyd, Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of Boras Today’s society is characterised by quick technological developments and constant changes to our information environments. One of the biggest changes has been on our workplace environments where technological developments have automated work processes that were previously done by manual labour, whilst new professions and work...

The United Nations, Australia Post, and governments in the UK, Finland, Taiwan, France, Brazil, and Israel are just a few of the organizations and groups utilising design to drive social change. Grounded by a global survey in sectors as diverse as public health, urban planning, economic development, education, humanitarian response, cultural heritage, and civil rights, Design for Social Innovation captures...

The United Nations, Australia Post, and governments in the UK, Finland, Taiwan, France, Brazil, and Israel are just a few of the organisations and groups utilising design to drive social change. Grounded by a global survey in sectors as diverse as public health, urban planning, economic development, education, humanitarian response, cultural heritage, and civil rights, Design for Social Innovation captures...

The world we live in is increasingly complex. It throws up complex problems. This book is about tackling them. At ThinkPlace, we’ve pioneered the application of design thinking to complex challenges like climate change, family violence and global malnutrition. We work globally with governments, organisations and communities using a methodology – the Design System™ outlined in this book – that...

The untold story behind one of the most controversial album releases in modern music history, for fans of the Wu-Tang Clan, hip-hop music, and all those interested in the music industry. Take a kid with a dream. A legendary hip hop group. 6 years of secret recordings. A casing worthy of a king. A single artefact. Hallowed establishment institutions. An...

Three unassailable facts will strike you as soon as you start to read The Future of Innovation: One: innovation is the new mantra; whether you're involved in teaching art and design, new product development for a blue-chip consumer brand or responsible for providing public services to citizens; Two: understanding innovation requires multiple perspectives; from culture and mindset, social and commercial...

Everything you know about leadership is about to expire. The old rulebook is dead. Leadership is no longer just about managing people—it's about managing chaos. In sixty razor-sharp, micro-learning lessons, veteran CEO and Apprentice interviewer Mike Soutar gives you the strategic courage to lead through disruption and a rapidly evolving business world. This book strips away outdated and abstract theories,...

Ever wondered why some people seem to thrive on the unknown while others struggle? Unlock the secret to innovation with Everything is a Prototype. This guide dismantles the fear of failure, redefining it as a stepping stone to success in any field. It reveals how historical misunderstandings about making mistakes have stifled creativity and offers a new perspective: deliberate error-making...

This book is for innovators, design strategists, entrepreneurs, and everyone who feels the pain of the struggle at some point while managing the distractions and noise that can block us from reaching our full creative potential. Creative Struggle is Real is an interactive journey with creative guidance and making tools to bring you closer to your unique creative capacities so...

A definitive reframing of the economic, institutional, and intellectual history of the managerial era. The twentieth century was the managerial century in the United States. An organisational transformation, from entrepreneurial to managerial capitalism, brought forth what became a dominant narrative: that administrative coordination by trained professional managers is essential to the efficient running of organisations both public and private. And...

Great ideas are all around us, waiting to be discovered. Here's how to find them. We're used to imagining creativity as a lightbulb moment—sudden, mysterious, reserved for the gifted few. But what if ideas aren't conjured from thin air? What if they're discovered—more like precious artefacts that we unearth and refine? In How Great Ideas Happen, cognitive scientist George Newman...

Responsible AI isn't just a technical challenge – it's a leadership imperative. This book offers essential guidance for anyone navigating the promise of deploying AI at scale. Read this book to understand how. Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and bestselling author of Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future Grounded, up-to-date, thorough, actionable – you could read...

Using the practical and accessible AI Navigator framework, you'll discover how to effectively embed AI into your strategy, get your employees on board, and prepare your organisation to become an AI leader. AI Will Replace You shows how organisations can let go of their fear of AI and instead embrace this technology as a lever for growth. Authors: Maarten Verschuere...

Changing the world and making a profit can go hand in hand. The Bestselling Business Book The Financial Times Best Economics Books of 2020 Updated with a new chapter A Must Read Book From The Godfather Of Impact Investing - Forbes A powerful case for a movement that is gaining traction in society - Andrew Jack, The Financial Times Impact's...

When it comes to innovation and creative thinking, we are still catching up with the ancient Greeks. Between 800 and 300 BCE, they changed the world with astonishing inventions - democracy, the alphabet, philosophy, logic, rhetoric, mathematical proof, rational medicine, coins, architectural canons, drama, lifelike sculpture, and competitive athletics. None of this happened by accident. Recognising the power of the...

If you want to be the best, you have to have the right skillset. From generating ideas and creating business plans to sales and marketing, The Ultimate Startup Book is a dynamic collection of tools, techniques, and strategies for success. Discover the main themes and key ideas you need and bring it all together with practical exercises. This is your...

Every business leader should read it immediately - Emma Gannon, author of The Multi-Hyphen Method A book that made my brain fizz - Bruce Daisley, VP EMEA, Twitter We are about to enter an Age of Creativity that requires a new set of skills. Creative Superpowers introduces you to four creative superpowers that will help solve your biggest business problems...

Catalyse creative intelligence with a game-changing kit to ignite insights and innovations. A practical guide for change-makers wanting to tap imagination and amp-up creativity. Whether you are a rigid analytical thinker or an accomplished creative mind, over the course of these pages, you'll learn to use creativity to create, diverge from, and converge into new inventive pathways, finding innovative approaches...

Our Next Reality does a fantastic job of giving a balanced and insightful analysis to some of the most pressing questions our society will face in the near future. The material is data driven, digestible, and very actionable. RAY KURZWEIL, Author/Entrepreneur/Futurist A wide-reaching exploration of the intersections between AI, VR, and AR: it's a mind-opener, and a source of reflection...

Innovation and Entrepreneurship 3rd Edition is an accessible text on innovation and entrepreneurship aimed specifically at undergraduate students studying business and management studies, but also those on engineering and science degrees with management courses. The text applies key theories and research on innovation and entrepreneurship and then reviews and synthesises those theories and research to apply them in a much...

We live in a challenging, complex, interconnected, and unpredictable world beset by a range of seemingly insoluble problems. But, says Michael Fullan—an internationally acclaimed authority on organisational change—we have an increasing understanding of how to tackle complex change. This involves developing a new kind of leader: one who recognises what is needed to bring about deep and lasting changes in...

_______________ 'Through original interviews, a smart use of source material, and a wonderfully easy-going style, Blumenthal gives a full portrait of Jobs ...This is a smart book about a smart subject by a smart writer' - Ilene Cooper, American Library Journal _______________ Inventor. Visionary. Genius. Dropout. Adopted. Steve Jobs was the founder of Apple, and he was all of these...

In Basic AI, leading futurist David L. Shrier delves deep into the rapidly advancing world of artificial intelligence, delivering fascinating insights and exploring the impact this powerful technology will have on our lives and world. Artificial intelligence is driving workforce disruption on a scale not seen since the Industrial Revolution. In schools and universities, AI technology has forced a re-evaluation...

In this specially combined edition with a new foreword, Academy Award–winning producer Brian Grazer and acclaimed author Charles Fishman blend their insights from bestselling books A Curious Mind and Face to Face to transform the art of connecting with and through curiosity. In A Curious Mind, deemed “a captivating account of how the simple act of asking questions can change...

A tactical guide for nonprofit arts leaders, revealing the entrepreneurial traits that turn creative passion into sustainable success. Entrepreneurial Arts and Cultural Leadership focuses on real-world strategies for developing the entrepreneurial mindset necessary for leading and sustaining nonprofit arts organisations. Bonnie Fogel and Brett Ashley Crawford examine the leadership traits that drive innovation, adaptability, and long-term viability in the ever-evolving...

A powerful guide to transformative entrepreneurship for under-represented people from Eric Collins, host of the award-winning Channel 4 reality business show The Money Maker. At a time when half of Black households in the UK live in persistent poverty—over twice as many as their white counterparts—We Don't Need Permission argues that investing in Black and under-represented entrepreneurs to create successful...

Tracking how design has changed in the previous book Design Transitions has inevitably led the authors to explore how organisations are changing using design. Design is now the key driver of innovation and change within organisations across the globe. It is therefore important to learn how, when and why to use design to drive change in your organisation. Transformations documents...

The BiTS Method consists of a number of proven methods and models that have been shown to help organisations achieve their financial goals by using the 'right' activities and campaigns to generate more money than they cost. What is the BiTS Method anyway? The BiTS Method comprises a number of defined steps, which are executed based on more than twenty...

What if leaders stripped away all preconceptions about how business operates, allowing the organisation to go back to its core and build itself back up to become something new—something so responsive, so innovative and resilient, it becomes virtually non-displaceable in the market? The Regenerative Business sets the stage for what is now only dreamt of by most of today's forward-thinking...

As remote working becomes the norm rather than the exception for many office workers around the globe, The Nowhere Office proposes a radical new way of thinking about work both now and in the future. Offering a strategic and practical guide to negotiating this pivotal moment in the history of work, The Nowhere Office addresses the problems besetting work -...

As remote working becomes the norm rather than the exception for many office workers around the globe, The Nowhere Office proposes a radical new way of thinking about work both now and in the future. Offering a strategic and practical guide to negotiating this pivotal moment in the history of work, The Nowhere Office addresses the problems which beset work...

Get a deeper understanding of the brilliance and limitations of AI, our added human value on creativity, and the future of work in the creative industry. The creative industry is rapidly evolving due to the rise of artificial intelligence. Some fear that the increase in machine-learning technologies could end human creativity. Seema Sharma, a renowned creative director at one of...

Do you find innovation a maze? In creating your new business case, do you find you get stuck by what seem like insurmountable obstacles along the way? This book is a practical guide on how to navigate the innovation maze. It shows four clear routes from different natural innovation starting points and guides you through overcoming the obstacles to successfully...

'A hymn to deviance and "scrappiness" and a rich repository of stories . . . Entertaining' Financial Times 'Original and inspiring' Olivier Sibony, bestselling co-author of Noise 'Helps us live happier, successful, and more fulfilling lives' Jenn Lim, CEO and co-founder of Delivering Happiness and bestselling author of Beyond Happiness Real-world problems need real solutions. Often 'perfect' isn't an option,...

The quintessential handbook on how to co-design. In recent years, co-design has become something of a buzzword. While the term has gained in popularity, its true meaning and practical implementations are not widely understood. Existing resources, such as co-design toolkits, are freely available online but tend to be highly specialised and template-driven, limiting their usefulness for diverse contexts. The team...

In The 4 Day Week, entrepreneur and business innovator Andrew Barnes makes the case for the four-day week as the answer to many of the ills of the 21st-century global economy. Barnes conducted an experiment in his own business, the New Zealand trust company Perpetual Guardian, and asked his staff to design a four-day week that would permit them to...

While it may not occur to us on a daily basis, there is a widespread cultural tendency towards quick decisions and quick action. This pattern has resulted in many of our society's greatest successes, but even more of its failures. Though the root cause is by no means malicious, we have begun to reward speed over quality, and the negative...

Where can a hospital apply principles from the airline sector? How can a car manufacturer use tools from the video game industry? What can an event organiser learn from the railways? Cross-industry innovation is a clever way to jump-start your innovation efforts by drawing analogies and transferring approaches between contexts, beyond the borders of your own industry, sector, area or...

How to match the right marketing approach to your product, by legendary business thinker Seth Godin. The shiny new marketing technique isn't necessarily the right one to use. According to bestselling author Seth Godin, these new-fangled tactics can be like the toppings at an ice cream parlour. If you start with ice cream, adding cherries and hot fudge and whipped...

Incivility is silently chipping away at people, organisations, and our economy. Slights, insensitivities, and rude behaviours can cut deeply. Moreover, incivility hijacks focus. Even if people want to perform well, they can't. Customers too are less likely to buy from a company with an employee who is perceived as rude. Ultimately, incivility cuts the bottom line. In Mastering Civility, Christine...

The Metaverse is broadly understood as the successor to today's internet, which involves countless interoperable and persistent virtual worlds, and is becoming increasingly integrated into the physical world. This integration is creating a new medium and economy for work, business, entertainment, and innovation. Into the Metaverse is the first essential guide to understanding this ground-breaking platform and the opportunities it...

The present-day business world is competitive, complex, and interconnected. Organisations must innovate to survive. Innovation is an expensive exercise and needs smart people to work on it, those that are not always within your organisation. To succeed, many now co-create with others outside their own organisation. In innovating jointly, organisations struggle with questions on how to capitalise on bright ideas,...

What is inspiration? Can there be a method for finding inspiration? Inspired by Method is both a guide to and a source of inspiration. Designing involves individuality and a systematic approach, which we may apply consciously or subconsciously, depending on the project. The 5D-method for inspiration, created by Alexandra Martini, is an incisive little tool that you can use in...

Inspires you on how to develop an innovative mindset, how to initiate innovation in practice, how to generate new ideas, how to cultivate a culture of innovation, and how to implement innovation projects. Inspiration for Innovation: 101 Lessons for Innovators provides essential guidance for fostering creativity and driving change. Explore the pathways to creative thinking and discover practical methods to...

This new title aims to inspire the next generation to become founders and to equip them with the mindset and tools they need to take the leap to successful entrepreneurship. And that doesn't necessarily mean success in financial terms - but more often is about making a social impact or creating ways to improve people's lives in the longer term....

This book serves as a manual and toolbox and outlines how leaders can become 'ideaDJs'. A perfect ideaDJ mix consists of beauty, value and impact. By creating beauty, the solutions have more elegance in their implementation. It adds more value to all stakeholders, not just shareholders. And finally, the solutions create more sustainable and scalable impact. Great Leaders Mix and...

Going Public is a character-driven narrative centred on the last five years of unparalleled change in how technology startups sell shares to the public. Initial public offerings, or IPOs, are typically the first time retail investors can own a piece of the New Economy companies promising to rewire economic rules. Selling IPOs is also one of the most profitable businesses...

This hands-on guide empowers individuals of all backgrounds to cultivate effective habits for enhancing creativity. Today, leaders and employees are expected to demonstrate increased creativity in their work. However, many lack the skills to be creative on command or challenge conventional thinking. Everyday Innovator provides a practical approach to developing creative skills, boosting confidence and fostering a culture of creativity...

Design Innovation and Integration is more than just a toolkit; it is a guidebook for the industry leaders of tomorrow. By providing a holistic understanding of the approaches, practices, and tools required, it goes beyond creative ideas to integrating design strategically within an organisation. Novel solutions are required to meet complex problems; however, understanding how to make these solutions a...

Don't get left behind: learn how to consider long-term and environmental perspectives through strategic design. Get ready to make a difference! This book is your ultimate guide, packed with practical tools and strategies to create positive change. Whether working solo, in a small agency, or a big organisation, you'll learn how to embrace planetary perspectives and think long-term, even in...

Let everyone's voice be truly heard in the co-design process! Societal challenges are urgent and affect everyone, including politicians, citizens, government officials, business professionals, NGOs, designers, and researchers. Understanding and addressing these challenges is difficult because no single stakeholder or organisation is solely responsible. Everything is interconnected and constantly changing, resulting in challenges being neglected and stakeholders being unable or...

'A remarkable and important guide to effecting change in our individual lives, businesses, societies - and beyond' JONAH BERGER, bestselling author of Contagious How did movements like the Arab Spring and Black Lives Matter take off when they did? How did Lord Kitchener recruit 2,000,000 volunteers at the start of World War I? Why did Twitter take hold while Google+...

A collection of insights, guidance and secrets to success from the world's top CEOs. For over five years, Dougal Shaw has been meeting and interviewing business leaders for the BBC series CEO Secrets. More than 200 international chief executives have shared their secrets to success, and this book is the culmination of their insights and expertise. Drawing upon original interviews...

What do great enterprises have in common? What sort of person starts them? A single idea can help you find the next big thing, but it takes time to trawl through hundreds of business books to find inspiration. With insightful commentaries on the landmark writings of old and new, 50 Business Classics presents the great entrepreneur stories, the best management...

New York Times Bestseller Wall Street Journal Bestseller From the world's most influential management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company, this is an insight-packed, revelatory look at how the best CEOs do their jobs based on extensive interviews with today's most successful corporate leaders, including chiefs at Netflix, JPMorgan Chase, General Motors, and Sony. Being a CEO at any of the...

A story about the nature of work, the science of bicycles and the wisdom of children. International businessman Peter Holmes à Court left the executive world and found himself living deep in rural France with only his seven-year-old twin girls for company. Peter was struggling as a single father in a foreign country—unsettled by the sudden move away from a...

How do I start a business on a budget? How do I find my first 100 customers and make my first £100k? How do I build a network and get my business noticed? Whether you want to transform a fledgling side-hustle into a full-time endeavour or simply have an idea that’s keeping you up at night, this is the ultimate...

At some point today you will have to influence or persuade someone—perhaps ask a colleague a favour, negotiate with a contractor, or get your spouse to put out the recycling. In The small BIG, three heavyweights from the world of persuasion science and practice—Steve Martin, Noah Goldstein, and Robert Cialdini—describe how, in today's information-overloaded world, it is now the smallest...

A unique and insightful analysis of the scourge of modern life—admin—its forms, problems, and what we can do to reduce it. The Art of Life Admin will give you many hours of your life back. Scheduling doctor's appointments. Planning a party. Buying a present. Filling out paperwork. These are the kind of secretarial and managerial tasks necessary to run a...

Learn how to open your mind, think the unthinkable, imagine the unimaginable, and plan for the future with creativity and optimism. World-renowned future forecaster, game designer, and New York Times bestselling author Jane McGonigal gives us the tools to imagine the future without fear. How can we be confident about making plans? How might we feel secure despite the future...

A behind-the-scenes look at how tomorrow's hottest startups are being primed for greatness. Twice a year, in the heart of Silicon Valley, a small investment firm called Y Combinator selects an elite group of young entrepreneurs. Months of intense work culminates in Demo Day, when investors and venture capitalists flock to hear their pitches. Any one of them might turn...

The Space Barons is the story of a group of billionaire entrepreneurs who are pouring their fortunes into the epic resurrection of the American space programme. Nearly a half-century after Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, these Space Barons—most notably Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, along with Richard Branson and Paul Allen—are using Silicon Valley-style innovation to dramatically lower the...

Named one of 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime by Amazon Editors An innovation classic. From Steve Jobs to Jeff Bezos, Clay Christensen's work continues to underpin today's most innovative leaders and organizations. The bestselling classic on disruptive innovation, by renowned author Clayton M. Christensen. His work is cited by the world's best-known thought leaders, from...

Both Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg came to Google as seasoned Silicon Valley business executives, but over the course of a decade, they came to see the wisdom in Coach John Wooden's observation that 'it's what you learn after you know it all that counts'. As they helped grow Google from a young start-up to a global icon, they relearned...

The follow-up to the 2 million-copy-selling Losing My Virginity, documenting the incredible last twenty years in Sir Richard Branson's life. PAPERBACK EDITION FULLY UPDATED WITH FOUR NEW CHAPTERS After creating more than a dozen billion-dollar businesses from scratch and breaking scores of world records, wouldn't you think you'd done it all? Not Sir Richard Branson. Having brought the Virgin brand...

Lead meaningful and positive change in your organisation with the ultimate guide to implementing diversity and inclusion. Of the very few Fortune 500 companies that share diversity data, 72% of their senior executives are white men. And it's been proven that companies with more diverse management teams have nearly 20% higher revenues. Surely you don't want to be left behind?...

A jargon-free guide to every aspect of business, covering types of companies, finance, marketing, and more. This brilliant book explains and explores the essential terms and key concepts in the world of business, finance, and company management. If you're perplexed by profit margins, confused by cash flow, or baffled by balance sheets, all your questions and many more are answered...

A revelatory model that explains how we buy, sell, work and live. Absolutely brilliant. - Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow Meet the business anthropologists seeking to explain how we buy, sell, work and think. From supermarkets to factories, trading floors to tech firms, their methods are revealing the hidden codes that define our lives. The result is...

New in Penguin paperback, New York Times bestselling author Dan Heath asks what happens when we take our thinking upstream and try to prevent problems before they happen. Informs, engages and, above all, entertains - Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of The Power of Habit When we shift our energies upstream, we stop dealing with symptoms and we start fixing problems....

New York Times bestselling author Dan Heath asks what happens when we take our thinking upstream and try to prevent problems before they happen. When we shift our energies upstream, we stop dealing with the symptoms of problems and we start fixing problems. If we can stop crimes from being committed, we do not need to work to 'solve' crimes....

The long-awaited follow-up to bestselling business bible The Lean Startup—taking the startup revolution to all organisations. With his million-copy bestseller The Lean Startup, Eric Ries launched a global movement. Concepts like minimal viable product, A/B testing, and 'pivoting' changed the language of business. Now he turns his attention to companies of all sizes and shows how the startup ethos can...

A guide to discovering an outsider's secret business weapon and how to use it, from Ciera Rogers, founder of a seven-figure earning brand. From the fashion mogul and entrepreneur behind Babes, an empowering memoir about turning what makes you different into the foundation of your success. Ciera Rogers is known for being an "Outsider"—and she likes it that way. As...

A Survival Guide for Entrepreneurial Success from Harvard Professor, Tom Eisenmann The handbook for entrepreneurial success from Harvard University's Tom Eisenmann, PhD. Why do most startups fail? Eisenmann has focused his research, and his MBA class at Harvard University, on the mistakes and missteps of entrepreneurs and founders for the past decade. For the first time, he reveals his findings,...

The ultimate guide to redesigning your organisation, from the global thought-leader on the future of work. NAMED IN FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BUSINESS BOOKS OF 2022 We are experiencing the greatest global shift in the world of work for a century. So, how do we make the most of this unique opportunity and radically redesign the way we work, forever? Professor...

The New York Times bestselling author of The Four delivers a timely, urgent analysis of the winners and losers in business in a post-pandemic world. The Covid-19 outbreak has turned bedrooms into offices, pitted young against old, and widened the gaps between rich and poor, red and blue, mask-wearers and mask-haters. Some businesses, like Amazon and video conference software maker...

The ultimate guide to gaining advantage in an uncertain world Mandatory reading. Not just for company founders and leaders, but for anyone wanting to succeed in our ever-changing world. — Keith Ferrazzi What separates the world's most successful entrepreneurs and business tycoons from the rest? It's not their superhuman intelligence. It's something more fundamental — they understand how to turn...