About the author Author’s acknowledgements Publisher’s acknowledgements Introduction How to use this book? What is innovation? part one: Your creative self Nurturing your creative genius Seeing what others do not see Becoming a more powerful innovator Giving up old ideas for better ideas part two: Leading innovators Building a better, bigger brain Organising people for innovation Creating powerful innovation culture Motivating innovators part three: Creating innovation Using the power of (creative) rebels Making new ideas useful Grinding your way from insight to (successful) innovation Measuring (unmeasurable) innovation

INNOVATION IN ACTION   The Innovation Book is your roadmap to creating powerful innovations that deliver success in a competitive world.   It answers the following questions: ·    How do you become a more innovative thinker? ·    How do you lead and manage creative people? ·    How can you use innovation tools to get the best results? ·    How can you engage people with innovation? ·    How do you avoid pitfalls, problems and roadblocks?   With a practical bite-size format, The Innovation Book helps you tackle the really important challenges and start seizing the most valuable opportunities today.   "Inspired, ambitious and complete – a must-read for anyone interested in innovation, creativity and invention." Tom McMail, ex-Microsoft Strategic Collaborations Director & Academic Innovations Manager   “Strips big ideas down to their essence, making the complicated understandable and turning the theoretical into real-world practical. Recommended.” Broc Edwards, SVP, Director of Learning and Leadership