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Suggested Reading List for the Innovation Practitioner

(The books listed in bold are “must reads.”)
  1. Adizes, Ichak. Corporate Lifecycles: How and Why Corporations Grow and Die and What To Do About It. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1989.
  2. Afuah, Allan. Innovation Management. Oxford University Press, New York, NY. 2003.
  3. Bean, Roger and Radford, Russell. The Business of Innovation: Managing the Corporate Imagination for Maximum Results. Amacom, New York, NY. 2002.
  4. Berkun, Scott. The Myths of Innovation. O’Reilly Media, Inc, Sebastapol, CA, 2007.
  5. Berman, Bruce, ed. From Ideas to Assets: Investing Wisely in Intellectual Property. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
    New York, NY, 2002.
  6. Block, Zenas, and MacMillan, Ian C. Corporate Venturing: Creating New Businesses Within the Firm. Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, 1993.
  7. Brown, John Seeley et al. Storytelling in Organizations: Why Storytelling is Transforming 21st Century Organizations and Management. Elsevier, Oxford, UK. 2005.
  8. Buderi, Robert. Engines of Tomorrow: How the World's Best Companies Are Using Their Research Labs to Win the Future. Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 2000.
  9. Cameron, Julia. The Artist’s Way. Penguin Putnam Inc., New York, NY, 2002.
  10. Cheverton, Richard E., et al. The Maverick Way: Profiting from the Power of the Corporate Misfit. Maverick Way Publishing, La Palma, CA, 2000.
  11. Chesbrough, Henry. Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology. Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, 2003.
  12. Christensen, Clayton M. The Innovator's Solution. Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, 2003.
  13. Christensen, Clayton M. The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, 1997.
  14. Christensen, Clayton M. Seeing What’s Next: Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change. Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, 2004.
  15. Clippinger III, John Henry, ed. The Biology of Business: Decoding the Natural Laws of Enterprise. Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, CA, 1999.
  16. Collins, Jim, and Porras, Jerry I. Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies. Harper Collins, New York, NY, 1994.
  17. Collins, Jim. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap. . ..and Others Don't. HarperCollins Publishers Inc., New York, NY, 2001.
  18. Conant, Jennet. Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science that Changed the Course of World War II. Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 2002.
  19. Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention. HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY, 1996.
  20. Davis, Julie L., and Harrison, Suzanne S. Edison in the Boardroom. John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY. 2001.
  21. DeBono, Edward. Serious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Create New Ideas. Harper Collins, New York, NY. 1992.
  22. DeBono, Edward. Six Thinking Hats. Little, Brown and Company, Toronto, Canada. 1985.
  23. de Gues, Arie. The Living Company: Habits for Survival in a Turbulent Business Environment. Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, 1997.
  24. Drucker, Peter F. Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Practice and Principles. Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, NY, 1985.
  25. Erickson, Gary, with Lorentzen, Lois. Raising the Bar: Integrity and Passion in Life and Business. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA. 2004.
  26. Foster, Richard. Innovation: The Attacker's Advantage. Summit Books, New York, NY, 1986.
  27. Fukuyama, Francis. Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity. Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 1995.
  28. Gardner, Howard. Changing Minds: The Art and Science of Changing Our Own and Other People’s Minds. Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, 2004.
  29. Gladwell, Malcolm. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. Little, Brown and Company. New York, NY, 2005.
  30. Gladwell, Malcolm. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. Little, Brown and Company. New York, NY, 2000.
  31. Goldratt, Eliyahu M., and Cox, Jeff. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement. North River Press, Inc. Croton-on-Hudson, NY, 1984.
  32. Graham, Margaret B.W., and Shuldiner, Alec T. Corning and the Craft of Innovation. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 2001.
  33. Grudin, Robert. The Grace of Great Things: Creativity and Innovation. Ticknor & Fields, New York, NY, 1990.
  34. Handy, Charles. The Elephant and the Flea: Reflections of a Reluctant Capitalist. Harvard Business School Press. Boston, MA, 2001.
  35. Harbison, John R. and Pekar, Jr., Peter. Smart Alliances: A Practical Guide to Repeatable Success. Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, CA 1998.
  36. Hawken, Paul. Growing a Business. Fireside/Simon &Schuster, New York, NY, 1987.
  37. Johansson, Frans. The Medici Effect: Breakthrough Insights at the Intersection of Ideas, Concepts & Cultures. Harvard Business School Press. Boston, MA, 2004.
  38. Johnston, Jr., Robert E., and Bate, J. Douglas. The Power of Strategy Innovation. Amacom, New York, NY. 2003.
  39. Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. The Change Masters: Innovation for Productivity in the American Corporation. Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 1983.
  40. Katz, Ralph. The Human Side of Managing Technological Innovation. Oxford University Press, New York, NY. 2004
  41. Kelley, Tom. The Art of Innovation. Doubleday. New York, NY, 2001.
  42. Kennedy, Michael N. Product Development for the Lean Enterprise. The Oaklea Press, Richmond, VA. 2003.
  43. Kleiner, Art. The Age of Heretics: Heroes, Outlaws and the Forerunners of Corporate Change. Bantam Doubleday Del Publishing Group, Inc. New York, NY. 1996.
  44. Kuczmarski, Thomas, et al. Innovating the Corporation: Creating Value for Customers and Shareholders. NTC Business Books, Chicago, IL. 2001.
  45. Kuhn, Thomas S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 1962.
  46. Lawrence, Paul R., and Nohria, Nitin. Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA, 2002.
  47. Leifer, Richard, et al. Radical Innovation: How Mature Companies Can Outsmart Upstarts. Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, 2000.
  48. Lendrum, Tony. The Strategic Partnering Handbook, 3rd Edition. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Roseville, Australia, 2000.
  49. Leonard-Barton, Dorothy. Wellsprings of Knowledge: Building and Sustaining the Sources of Innovation. Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, 1995.
  50. Lester, Richard K. and Piore, Michael J. Innovation: The Missing Dimension. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004.
  51. Liker, Jeffrey K. The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World’s Greatest Manufacturer. McGraw-Hill, New York, NY. 2004.
  52. Lynch, Robert Porter. Business Alliances Guide. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, NY, 1993.
  53. Mason, Heidi, and Rohner, Tim. The Venture Imperative: A New Model for Corporate Innovation. Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, 2002.
  54. McGrath, Rita Gunther, and MacMillan, Ian. The Entrepreneurial Mindset: Strategies for Continuously Creating Opportunity in an Age of Uncertainty. Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, 2000.
  55. Meeker, Joseph W. The Comedy of Survival: Literary Ecology and a Play Ethic. The University of Arizona Press. Tucson, AZ, 1997.
  56. Moore, Geoffrey A. Dealing With Darwin: How Great Companies Innovate at Every Phase of Their Evolution. Penguin Group. New York, NY, 2005.
  57. Nonaka, Ikujiro, and Takeuchi, Hirotaka. The Knowledge-Creating Company: How Japanese Companies Create the Dynamics of Innovation. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 1995.
  58. Nonaka, Ikujiro, and Nishiguchi, Toshihiro. Knowledge Emergence: Social, Technical and Evolutionary Dimensions of Knowledge Creation. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 2001.
  59. Packard, David. The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company. Harper Business, New York, NY. 1995.
  60. Page, Scott E. The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. 2007
  61. Porter, Michael E. Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance. The Free Press, New York, NY. 1985.
  62. Prince, George M. The Practice of Creativity. Macmillan Publishing Company, Inc., New York, NY, 1970.
  63. Ries, Al and Laura. The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding: How to Build a Product or Service into a World-Class Brand. Harper Business, New York, NY, 1998.
  64. Rivette, Kevin G., and Kline, David. Rembrandts in the Attic: Unlocking the Hidden Value of Patents. Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, 2000.
  65. Rosenau, Jr., Milton D. Innovation: Managing the Development of Profitable New Products. Lifetime Learning Publications/Wadsworth, Inc. Belmont, CA, 1982.
  66. Schon, Donald A. The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action. Basic Books, Inc. New York, NY, 1983.
  67. Schrage, Michael. Serious Play: How the World’s Best Companies Simulate to Innovate, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, 2000.
  68. Schwartz, Evan I. Juice: The Creative Fuel that Drives World-Class Inventors, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, 2004.
  69. Schwartz, Peter. The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World. Doubleday, New York, NY, 1991.
  70. Senge, Peter M. The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization. Doubleday, New York, NY, 1990.
  71. Slowinski, Gene and Sagal, Matthew W. The Strongest Link. Amacom Books, New York, NY, 2003.
  72. Stewart, Thomas A. Intellectual Capital: The New Wealth of Organizations. Doubleday, New York, NY, 1997.
  73. Sullivan, Patrick H. Profiting from Intellectual Capital: Extracting Value from Innovation. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, NY, 1998.
  74. Sullivan, Patrick H. Value-Driven Intellectual Capital: How to Convert Intangible Corporate Assets into Market Value. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, NY, 2000.
  75. Sulloway, Frank J. Born to Rebel: Birth Order, Family Dynamics and Creative Lives. Pantheon Books, New York, NY. 1996.
  76. Surowiecki, James. The Wisdom of Crowds. Anchor Books, New York, NY. 2004.
  77. Teece, David J. Managing Intellectual Capital. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 2000.
  78. Thomke, Stefan H. Experimentation Matters: Unlocking the Potential of New Technologies for Innovation. Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, 2003.
  79. Tuomi, Ilkka. Networks of Innovation. Oxford University Press, Oxford, England. 2002.
  80. Utterback, James M. Mastering the Dynamics of Innovation: How Companies Can Seize Opportunities in the Face of Technological Change. Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, 1994.
  81. Von Hippel, Eric. The Sources of Innovation. Oxford University Press. New York. NY, 1988.
  82. Waldrop, M. Mitchell. Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos. Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 1992.
  83. Weick, Karl E. Sensemaking in Organizations. Sage Publications. Thousand Oaks, CA. 1995.
  84. Wilber, Ken. A Theory of Everything: An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science and Spirituality. Shambhala Publications, Inc. Boston, MA. 2000.
  85. Winograd, Terry and Flores, Fernando. Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design. Pearson /Addison-Wesley, Indianapolis, IN. 1986.
  86. Zook, Chris with Allen, James. Profit from the Core: Growth Strategy in an Era of Turbulence. Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, 2001.
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