Innovation Strategy

IDEO, the widely admired, award-winning design and development firm that brought the world the Apple mouse, Polaroid's I-Zone instant camera, the Palm V, and hundreds of other cutting-edge products and services, reveals its secrets for fostering a culture and process of continuous innovation.

Leaders already know that innovation calls for a different set of activities, skills, methods, metrics, mind-sets, and leadership approaches. And it is well understood that creating a new business and optimizing an already existing one are two fundamentally different management challenges. The real problem for leaders is doing both simultaneously. How do you meet the performance requirements of the existing business-one that is still thriving-while dramatically reinventing it?

This is the first book to present innovation and entrepreneurship as a purposeful and systematic discipline. It clearly explains and analyzes the challenges and opportunities of America's new entrepreneurial economy. Peter Drucker, the most influential and widely-read thinker and writer on modern organizations, gives us a superbly practical book that explains what established businesses, public service institutions, and new ventures have to know, have to learn, and have to do in today's economy and marketplace.

Ready to make money while you sleep? This groundbreaking guide reveals how to harness the power of artificial intelligence to create sustainable passive income streams. Whether you're new to AI or an experienced entrepreneur, this book provides step-by-step strategies for leveraging cutting-edge tools to automate your income and maximize your earning potential. Discover how to: Identify the most lucrative AI-driven opportunities. Build scalable income streams with minimal effort. Automate your business processes to save time and boost profits. Stay ahead in the evolving AI economy. Packed ...

Unlock the Power of AI: Master Strategy, Innovation, & Growth in the Digital Age Are you prepared to thrive in the AI revolution? In a world where artificial intelligence is transforming business, leadership, education, and problem-solving, success depends on your ability to adapt, innovate, and lead strategically. The AI-Driven Mindset is your step-by-step guide to leveraging AI for business growth, career success, and leadership excellence. Learn how to think strategically, make data-driven decisions, and apply AI-driven problem-solving techniques to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving world...

Discover Secrets to Victory with this Strategic Knowledge Compass, your Ultimate Guide to Winning Wars & Keeping the Peace.Are you ready to master military strategy? Buy this book and you'll immediately get a comprehensive knowledge compass guiding you to winning military strategies from history. Packed with key insights and leadership lessons from the greatest military strategies in history! Discover the secrets to effective deterrence and victory in war, and learn how to apply strategic lessons to any challenge where clear thinking, bold decision-making, and effective execution are ...

Every day major headlines tell the story of a new and better American marketplace. Established corporations have begun reevaluating the quality of their products, the ethics of their supply chains, and how they can give back by donating portions of their profits to meaningful causes. Meanwhile millions of entrepreneurs who want a more responsible and compassionate marketplace have launched a new breed of socially focused business models.

How well does your organization respond to changing market conditions, customer needs, and emerging technologies when building software-based products? This practical guide presents Lean and Agile principles and patterns to help you move fast at scale - and demonstrates why and how to apply these methodologies throughout your organization. Through case studies, you'll learn how successful enterprises have rethought everything from governance and financial management to systems architecture and organizational culture in the pursuit of radically improved performance.

Are you a leader feeling the pressure of the AI revolution but unsure where to begin? You're not alone. Many executives experience a mix of FOMO and uncertainty about artificial intelligence—knowing it's essential but overwhelmed by the complexity and jargon. Now available as an audiobook, this guide is your ultimate roadmap to breaking through those barriers and confidently leveraging AI to fuel your success—all delivered in a clear and engaging narration designed to make learning effortless and enjoyable. This guide breaks down the complexities of AI into bite-sized pieces.

Learning to SOAR (formerly titled: Thin Book of SOAR) is about a generative approach to strategic thinking, planning, and leading that invites any person at any level in an organization to create strategy and strategic plans through shared conversations, collaboration, and a commitment to action. SOAR stands for: strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results. SOAR is a flexible framework and builds on the Appreciative Inquiry philosophy to provide a strategic dialogue process. Examples are provided on how to use SOAR at different organizational levels from individual coaching to teams,...

In a world where healthcare systems are on the brink of a seismic shift, The Visionary Edge is not just a book—it's a leadership playbook for tomorrow. Written by nationally recognized healthcare strategist Sumit Sharma, this groundbreaking work equips forward-thinking leaders with the models, mindsets, and foresight to lead boldly into the future. Blending compelling storytelling with enterprise-level strategy, Sharma takes listeners inside the healthcare systems of 2045, where AI partners with clinicians, decentralized care redefines delivery, and visionary leadership determines success.

We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the best ones to help you toggle between long- and short-term views, manage risk and innovation, and cultivate productive relationships with your staff and your board. This book will inspire you to: navigate the changing global business environment.

Unlock the Secrets to Wealth and Innovation with the Minds of Buffett and Musk! In Think Like Buffett, Act Like Musk, you’ll learn how to combine the timeless investing wisdom of Warren Buffett with the bold innovation and disruptive thinking of Elon Musk. This powerful guide will show you how to build lasting wealth, create world-changing impact, and leave a legacy that transcends time. What You’ll Discover: Master Timeless Financial Strategies: Learn how Buffett’s principles of value investing, patience, and long-term thinking can lay the foundation for consistent wealth growth and ...

Innovative concepts are like living organisms-they require energy and resources to survive. Innovation can only thrive when it emerges from an organization committed to the growth and sustainability of the enterprise. Instead of thinking of cultivating an innovation in isolation, organizations are more successful when they generate a cluster of innovations, manage them side-by-side, and evaluate how they interact as a portfolio of initiatives. Volume 5, the final volume in this detailed reference series, tackles the changing role of strategy, leadership, transformation, sustainability, and ...

Unlock the Power of AI—Without Learning to Code Artificial Intelligence is reshaping every industry—from retail to finance, manufacturing to healthcare. But while the technology evolves rapidly, many business leaders remain unsure how to harness it strategically. AI for Business Leaders bridges the gap between opportunity and execution—empowering you to lead AI initiatives with clarity, confidence, and purpose. Whether you're a CEO, VP, manager, or entrepreneur, this practical guide demystifies AI concepts and focuses on what truly matters: delivering business value. You’ll learn ...

What do people and businesses need to know about the realities of innovating in order to develop products successfully? Lorraine Marchand—a seasoned practitioner who has guided Fortune 500 companies and start-ups on developing and launching new ideas—lays out a step-by-step framework for spurring success. She shares her eight laws of innovation, a formula for driving significant and lasting transformation in any organization. Marchand emphasizes the frame of mind needed to spark the innovation process.

Written by the executive who designed and implemented it, the neuroscientist who helped make it work, and the academic who explains why it works and how to do it, Leading Transformation introduces an innovative yet proven process for creating breakthrough change.

Peter Senge's groundbreaking ideas on building organizations have made him a household name among corporate managers. His theories help businesses to clarify their goals, to defy the odds, to more clearly understand threats, and to recognize new opportunities. He introduces managers to a new source of competitive advantage, and offers a marvelously empowering approach to work.

This book by military strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., is the definitive take on the race for military dominance in the twenty-first century. It shows how militaries that successfully pursue disruptive innovation can gain a major advantage over their rivals, while those that fail to do so risk exposing their countries to great danger.

Our Iceberg Is Melting is a simple fable about doing well in an ever-changing world. Based on the award-winning work of Harvard's John Kotter, it is a story that has been used to help thousands of people and organizations. The fable is about a penguin colony in Antarctica. A group of beautiful emperor penguins live as they have for many years. Then one curious bird discovers a potentially devastating problem threatening their home - and pretty much no one listens to him.