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Creativity & Innovation Book Reviews

If you are looking for books to help you learn more about business creativity, innovation or brainstorming, it's sometimes hard to know where to start. We’ve picked the most valuable books and resources on the topics of innovation strategy, change management, strategic planning, idea-generation techniques, entrepreneurship and creative problem solving to share with you in these book reviews.

Thinking about starting your own venture? Then read Hugh MacLeod's new book, 'Evil Plans'
	Are you a cubicle slave who longs to be their own boss, to take their Really Big Idea and run with it, unencumbered by the shackles of the corporate world? Then you need to pick up Hugh MacLeod's new book, Evil Plans: Having Fun on the Road to World Domination.
	(2/16/2011)

How to be a Brilliant Thinker is a creative problem-solving toolkit in a book
	How to be a Brilliant Thinker: Exercise Your Mind and Find Creative Solutions by Paul Sloane is a practical handbook for anyone who needs to jump-start their thinking in fresh, new directions
	(4/18/2010)

Robert�s Rules of Innovation: Fresh perspectives from an experienced leader
	Robert's Rules of Innovation, a new book from a seasoned leader in the consumer products market, provides a broad and useful overview from an experienced entrepreneur, according to reviewer Jeff Lindsay.
	(4/14/2010)

New book on Design Thinking offers keen insights into how to succeed at innovation
	Roger Martin's new book on Design Thinking appears to be a definitive guide to this new school of innovation thought.
	(12/8/2009)

Archived Book Reviews

The Sticking Point Solution provides fresh thinking for challenging times 5/27/2009
New Seth Godin book, Tribes, contains a wealth of advice for change leaders 11/25/2008
Awake at the Wheel inspires you to manifest your big ideas 5/8/2008
Expect the Unexpected offers a treasure trove of creative inspiration 11/20/2007
The Innovative Leader helps bosses to �get� innovation 10/11/2007
The Medici Effect explores the awesome power of intersectional innovation 10/19/2004
New MindManager for Dummies book is a terrific reference guide 6/22/2004
24/7 Innovation offers clear, compelling roadmap to achieve pervasive innovation 6/16/2004
The Innovator's Solution is an invaluable road map for creating perpetual business growth and innovation 2/25/2004
Think Naked helps businesspeople reconnect with their inner genius 11/11/2003
Creativity Inc. offers valuable advice on achieving enterprise-wide creativity 8/20/2003
New book provides valuable insights into creative leadership, organizational transformation 6/23/2003
The Seeds of Innovation offers a valuable blueprint for innovation management 5/20/2003
Driving Growth Through Innovation: A compelling guidebook to systematic innovation 4/14/2003
A Passion for Ideas provides only limited insights for corporate innovators 3/25/2003
Leading the Revolution helps firms develop new wealth from business concept innovation 10/30/2002
�Jamming� teaches managers how to embrace and drive innovation 9/13/2002
Book Review: Getting Things Done - The Art of Stress-Free Productivity 2/22/2002
Technotrends: helping you develop creative ideas using technology 9/7/2001
Thinkertoys: An essential book for every innovator�s book shelf 9/7/2001
Aha! liberates your creative spirit with fresh insights 9/7/2001
59 Second Mind Map: The busy executive's guide to visual brainstorming 9/7/2001

TOP INNOVATION BOOKS

NEW: Here is a list of the top 10 books on innovation, as ranked by Amazon.com. Use this list to find out what your peers are reading!

1.	Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by Jim Collins
2.	The Ten Faces of Innovation by Thomas Kelley and Jonathan Littman
3.	Seeing What's Next: Using Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change by Erik Roth, Clayton Christensen and Scott Anthony
4.	The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from Ideo, America's Leading Design Firm by Tom Kelley
5.	Making Innovation Work : How to Manage It, Measure It, and Profit from It by Tony Davila, Marc J. Epstein, Robert Shelton
6.	The Medici Effect: Breakthrough Insights at the Intersection of Ideas, Concepts, and Cultures by Frans Johansson
7.	Harvard Business Review on Innovation by Clayton Christensen
8.	Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology by Henry William Chesbrough
9.	Get Back in the Box: Innovation from the Inside Out by Douglas Rushkoff
10.	Harvard Business Review on Breakthrough Thinking by Teresa Amabile

Updated: 5/3/2006

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