- Draws on the author's interviews with 100 of the world's greatest innovators
- Provides insights into what drives successful innovators and what makes innovations take off, with advice on how to apply them yourself
- Places the author's findings in the context of today's global digital economy, with practical advice on how to make the most of its opportunities and avoid the pitfalls
- Online Resources: a bonus chapter on the key to innovation
Innovation
How Innovators Think, Act and Change Our World
Innovation introduces readers to the global pioneers whose ideas and products have driven the changes that have revolutionised our world in every field.
Key features at a glance
EAN: 9780749469665
Edition: 1
Published:
Format: 235x158
264 pages
About the book
Any organisation looking to succeed in the global digital economy of today - and tomorrow - must innovate. Innovation introduces the global pioneers whose ideas and products have driven the changes that have revolutionised our world in every field. It showcases the pioneers who have broken the mould and led the pack in every field from business and technology to food, fashion, culture and healthcare. Drawing on exclusive interviews with more than 100 leading innovators from around the world, Innovation highlights the common denominators linking these highly creative people. It presents the inside track on who's done what, how they did it, what drives them on, and why innovation is so critical to individuals, businesses and to society as a whole. This book is a fascinating, fast-paced read and more importantly, it will empower you and your business to be more innovative too.
Online supporting resources for this book include a bonus chapter on the key to innovation.
About the authors
Kim Chandler McDonald
Kim Chandler McDonald is Executive Vice President of KimmiC, a company she co-founded with her husband Michael, which specializes in adaptive approaches, robust technologies and leading edge innovations. A thought leader, sought after speaker and advisory board member, Kim is an advocate for disruptive approaches and transformational trends such as Flat World Navigation, meHealth and empowered endusers. Kim Chandler McDonald has built and maintains a far-reaching network of global thought leaders. As the world's first, branded, Flat World Navigator, Kim was included in the inaugural 'LinkedIn Power Profiles - Australia' list of 2012. Formerly, Kim was immersed in media as a writer and editor for national and international newspapers and magazines as well as being one of the host/producers of the award winning English Breakfast radio show. Kim specialises in interviewing international thought leaders and influencers - in particular those who she'd like to share a bottle of bubbles with. She loves chocolate, champagne and beer - but not together - usually...
More about Kim Chandler McDonald
Kim Chandler McDonald has underlined not just how important innovation is to us presently, but how integral it will be to us in the future - both in the short term and long term. It is not often that a book appears which reaches across so many frontiers of experience and expertise as it extends an inter-generational bridge between such a wide range of ideas, inspirations and innovational thinking. I would suggest this book be core reference reading for any student of innovation and entrepreneurship - whether they are leading up to university study, in a graduate program, or partaking in the university of life.
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