books about: innovation     books:     Innovation      Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't Jim Collins Collins Business, 2001 Worth for its price I don't need much to write here as hundreds of people has written review for this book. In simple terms the book is easy to read & understand. Analyze how best companies manage to retain their position by innovative & intelligent leadership. Research is sound & ...             Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions John Kotter, Holger Rathgeber, ... St. Martin's Press, 2006 Great book I have read John Kotter's previous work on leading change so I was curious as to whether his concepts could be effectively conveyed in fable form. To my delight, I discovered that Kotter put his own findings about the power of stories to work to create an engaging ...             Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die Chip Heath, Dan Heath Random House, 2007 A good book for both marketing newcomers and seasoned professionals A great source of inspiration for marketing professionals and anyone else who needs their message to stick. In their organized approach to sticky communication, the brothers Heath take their own advice in writing a Simple, Unexpected, Concrete, Credible, Emotional, ...             The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century Thomas L. Friedman Picador, 2007 Your Guide to Capitalism in the 21st Century This is a fantastic survey of modern globalization- its benefits, dangers, history, major players, affects for all the world's citizens.... mostly from an economic and social standpoint. Friedman covers the "Globalization 3.0" phenomenon, which, rooted in the Internet, ...             Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns Clayton M. Christensen, Curtis W. Johnson, ... McGraw-Hill, 2008 If you have children or grandchildren - you need to buy and read this book Rocket Builders most influential author, Christensen, with his co authors has taken his theory of disruptive innovation and focused on the education sector. The authors do not lay blame but with Christensen's laser sharp analysis, peel back all the root causes of ...             The First Days Of School: How To Be An Effective Teacher Harry K. Wong; Rosemary T. Wong Harry K. Wong Publications, 2004 Great Quality The book that I ordered came very quick, and it is in really great condition. I am really satisfied with the product that I received.             The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life Rosamund Stone Zander, Benjamin Zander Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002 In my top ten of favorite books I read a lot. I average 2-4 non-fiction books a month. Zander's book - The Art of Possibility - is in my top ten list. I read it one or two times every year. It doesn't get old. I was very fortunate to be part of a conference a few years ago where Dr. Zander ...             A Demon of Our Own Design: Markets, Hedge Funds, and the Perils of Financial Innovation Richard Bookstaber Wiley, 2007 Want to understand the current financial crisis? Bookstaber has written a cogent, understandable and witty guide to the structural and human underpinnings of the current financial crisis. While this book requires thoughtful reading, it does not assume that the reader is technically savvy about markets or the ...             Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne Harvard Business School Press, 2005 Strategy will always include opportunity and risk Strategy: 1. In blue oceans, competition is irrelevant because the rules of the game are waiting to be set. Companies need to go beyond competing. To seize new profit and growth opportunities, they also need to create blue oceans. 2. Put the clock forward 20 to ...             Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives John Palfrey, Urs Gasser Basic Books, 2008 Excellent. There is nothing more important than the safety of our children. There is also nothing more important than the education, creativity and innovation that has been, and can still further be, unleashed and harnessed with suitably crafted policies, and incentives, focused ...             The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (Collins Business ... Clayton M. Christensen Collins Business, 2003 Disrupt your competitors, not your customers! With the Innovator's Dilemma, Clayton Christensen delivers a very powerful analysis of the role of innovation in gaining market leadership. The question raised is whether market leadership can be sustained through innovation alone. Indeed, the core of the Innovator's ...             The Game-Changer: How You Can Drive Revenue and Profit Growth with Innovation A.G. Lafley, Ram Charan Crown Business, 2008 Excellent book about customer centricity, segmentation & cultural change This is the story of Procter & Gamble from 2000 till now enriched with anecdotes from other businesses. It is a report of P&G's transformation into a customer-focused enterprise, driven by customer research and new product development. The book is structured around ...             The Future of Management Bill Breen, Gary Hamel Harvard Business School Press, 2007 Absolultely Inspiring I just finished Gary Hamel's latest book, The Future of Management. It is absolutely the most inspiring business book I have ever read. Hamel accurately makes the case that management theory has hardly evolved in the past 50 years. There are plenty of reasons why, but ...             Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning Thomas H. Davenport, Jeanne G. Harris Harvard Business School Press, 2007 Five stars but... for the right audience! I was excited by the title, some of the reviews and rushed to buy this. Read it quite fast and got little disappointed. Probably the correct title could be ''Advocacy for Competing on Analytics''. To be clear, the book is very good if you are: a student, a junior ...             Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build ... Daniel C. Esty, Andrew S. Winston Yale University Press, 2006 Green to Gold Esty and Winston seem to be a perfect duo to write this book. Together they have a very strong and complementing background, ranging from experiences in academics and government to green and strategy consulting. The result is a book that has the right balance of theory ...          products you might be interested in search for books environmental, game-changer, professional, revolutionary, twenty-first, understanding      toavi.com    web we recommend Your Guide to Capitalism in the 21st Century randomly chosen DVD: Stalker