Truth About Innovation, The
Pearson Business (Verlag)
978-0-273-71912-0 (ISBN)
increase creativity
encourage collaboration
co-create with customers
overcome indifference
make ideas into money
thrive on change...and much more.
This is the definitive, evidence-based guide to innovations - a set of bedrock principles you can rely on, regardless of your organization, role or title. Drawing on over 15 years of the author's research, consulting, training and writing experience, it can transform the way you manage innovation and the results achieved.
The Truth About Innovation provides the guidance you need to overcome the innovation-related problems that all managers face and at the same time improve your managerial effectiveness.
Part of The Truth About Series, each title covers an entire field of knowledge in a sharp and entertaining way. With approximately 50 honest answers to important questions in every book, you will find yourself thinking ‘aha’ as you read each page.
The Truth and nothing but The Truth.
Max McKeown is a new breed of management guru. Brilliant, young, original and entertaining, he could become the most listened-to British business thinker of the new era. He works as a strategic adviser for four of the five most admired companies in the world and is a well-known speaker on subjects including innovation, engagement, human potential, customer experience, marketing, team building, and competitive advantage. He has been elected to the Customer Service Hall of Fame, been nominated as a Star of Human Resources by Personnel Today, and been featured on national and international radio, television, and newspapers. Max has written six books, including E-Customer; an insight into evolving customer behaviour, Why They Don't Buy; an end-to-end guide to building profitable customer relationships across multiple channels and Unshrink, featuring the myths that stop people doing their best work and a set of new principles to engage their interest and ability.
PREFACE
TRUTH 1: INNOVATION IS NEW STUFF THAT IS MADE USEFUL
TRUTH 2: A BEAUTIFUL IDEA IS NEVER PERFECT
TRUTH 3: A CRISIS IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE
TRUTH 4: A GREAT INNOVATION DESERVES A GREAT NAME
TRUTH 5: ANY FOOL CAN DO EITHER, GENIUS DOES BOTH
TRUTH 6: ALL NEW IDEAS ARE MADE OF OLD IDEAS
TRUTH 7: BET SMALL TO WIN BIG
TRUTH 8: BETTER TO ASK FORGIVENESS THAN PERMISSION
TRUTH 9: CREATIVITY IS A PROCESS NOT AN ACCIDENT
TRUTH 10: CREATIVITY IS ITS OWN REWARD
TRUTH 11: CROWDS ARE MAD, BAD AND ADVANTAGEOUS TO KNOW
TRUTH 12: CUT INNOVATION SOME SLACK
TRUTH 13: CURE APATHY BY SHARING PURPOSE
TRUTH 14: DO WHAT YOUR COMPETITION WON’T
TRUTH 15: DON’T GET LOST IN TRANSLATION
TRUTH 16: DIFFERENT STRUCTURAL STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS
TRUTH 17: EVEN USELESS CAN BE USEFUL
TRUTH 18: EVERY COMPANY NEEDS AN IDEA MARKET
TRUTH 19: EVERYONE CAN LEARN TO THINK BETTER
TRUTH 20: FIND THE BUZZ THAT WORKS FOR YOUR PEOPLE
TRUTH 21: FREE YOUR CHILDREN BEFORE SOMEONE EATS THEM
TRUTH 22: GET YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW
TRUTH 23:GOT TO SHARE MORE TO GET MORE
TRUTH 24:HELL HATH NO FURY LIKE TALENT SPURNED
TRUTH 25:HIRE FOR HOW THEY LEARN, NOT WHAT THEY KNOW
TRUTH 26:HOW MUCH IS THE FUTURE WORTH?
TRUTH 27:IDEAS ARE FRAGILE, HANDLE WITH CARE
TRUTH 28:INNOVATE YOUR WAY OUT OF RECESSION
TRUTH 29:INNOVATION CAN BE MEASURED
TRUTH 30: INNOVATION IS NOT EVERYWHERE
TRUTH 31:IT’S A CULTURAL THING
TRUTH 32:JUST ENOUGH DISUNITY FOR PROGRESS
TRUTH 33:LEADERS GET THE INNOVATION THEY DESERVE
TRUTH 34:LITTLE DIFFERENCES MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE
TRUTH 35:LOOK OUTSIDE FOR A BIGGER BRAIN
TRUTH 36:MADONNA KNOWS MORE THAN YOUR BOSS
TRUTH 37:MEETING OF MINDS NOT MINDLESS MEETINGS
TRUTH 38:MOST THINGS WILL FAIL, GET OVER IT
TRUTH 39:NOT ALL NETWORKS ARE CREATED EQUAL
TRUTH 40:OPEN SPACES, OPEN MINDS
TRUTH 41:PEOPLE JUDGE YOU FIRST, THEN YOUR IDEAS
TRUTH 42:POWER IS ORIGINALITY’S BEST FRIEND
TRUTH 43:QUICK FIXES CAN LEAD TO GREAT INNOVATIONS
TRUTH 44:REINVENTING THE WHEEL IS A GOOD THING
TRUTH 45:SECOND CAN BE BETTER THAN FIRST
TRUTH 46:SOME IDEAS ARE EASIER TO SWALLOW
TRUTH 47:SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GAMBLE EVERYTHING
TRUTH 48:SUCCESS IS AN S-SHAPED CURVE
TRUTH 49:THE IDEAL DESIGN IS THE SIMPLEST DESIGN
TRUTH 50:THIS IS GOING TO HURT
TRUTH 51:UNDERSTAND CHANGE TO MAKE PROGRESS
TRUTH 52:WELCOME TO THE INNOVATION FACTORY
TRUTH 53:WHAT YOU KNOW CAN HURT YOU
TRUTH 54:WHO THE HELL CARES WHERE IT WAS BUILT?
TRUTH 55:YOU CAN’T CONTROL THE WAVES SO LEARN TO SURF
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 18.9.2008 |
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Verlagsort | Harlow |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
Gewicht | 336 g |
Themenwelt | Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management |
ISBN-10 | 0-273-71912-2 / 0273719122 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-273-71912-0 / 9780273719120 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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