Everyone can be creative. This book helps you find and use your creativity.

"The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur is a unique collection of 366 inspirational meditations for entrepreneurs informed by the curated thoughts and powerful writing of a collection of American authors. It is built on the successful daily devotional model, and is arranged in a calendar format featuring a brief reading from the public domain works of Transcendentalist literature and beyond. The readings are followed by a reflection from the author based on...

Using his CreativityWorks framework, creativity and innovation expert Bernhard Schroeder explains how to break out of your mental box, reignite natural curiosity, and move step-by-step through a set of exercises that help individuals and teams. --

A manual for survival and success that asks the most important question today's leaders, in any industry, can ask themselves: What would Google do? To demonstrate how to emulate Google, Jarvis lays out his laws of what he calls "the new Google century," including such insights as: Think distributed; Become a platform; Join the post-scarcity, open-source, gift economy; The middleman has died; Your worst customers are your best friends and your best...

A unique behind-the-scenes look at the groundbreaking methodology that today's most in-demand innovation factory uses to create some of the boldest products and successfully bring them to market. Today, innovation is seen by business leaders and the media alike as the key to growth, a burning issue in every company, from startups to the Fortune 500. And in that space, Fahrenheit 212 is viewed as a high-performance innovation SWAT team, able to...

Describes the practices that make successful business visionaries, including detecting change early, developing a coherent vision based on emerging trends, and creating scenarios that make game-changing products and strategies. --Publisher's description.

"This is a manifesto about ideas. Big ideas, small ideas, and outlandish ideas. Ideas that innovate, ideas that disrupt markets, and especially ideas that irritate. More than ideas, though, Mad Genius is about how ideas are born and the role they play in entrepreneurial thinking. This is a manifesto for managers who want to become leaders and leaders, who want to blow up mediocrity. Because whether you work in a traditional business, a nonprofit service...

"Creativity is the key driver of innovation, but too many teams and projects are organized in ways that stifle new ideas. It's your job as a manager to create the right conditions for creativity to thrive-and to be part of the process yourself. Fortunately, anyone can use a method-driven approach to teach and learn to be more creative. The HBR Guide to Unlocking Creativity will show you how to design a work environment that allows you and your team...