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This book will shock you and forever change the way you see innovation. As a serial innovator, Dr. DeArmitt ruthlessly exposes the real problems and gives proven solutions. You can halve your R&D spending and still get far better results. Here's some of what you will learn.
» Proven technique to go from 90% failure to 90% success at converting ideas into profits
» The real reasons why large companies falter and fail plus how to avoid them
» The value of open innovation finally quantified in dollar terms, with shocking results
» Why Apple was the exception and why that must come to an end
» The unsettling truth about risk and reward (don't fire me, I'm innovating)
What sets this book apart? Other books are from famous "innovation experts" but it turns out that they are not really experts at all. They are for the most part, people with no actual experience at bringing ideas to market. This book is the missing piece of the puzzle. You will hear the real problems holding you back and the get answers directly from a serial innovator.
Hear from a genuine innovator who has spent the last 25 years bringing his inventions to market at record speed. There is a chapter for aspiring innovators, advice for managers, CEOs and even board members. This book has something for all parties involved in the quest for innovation. There's no need to be frustrated when the answers are right here and proven to work. This book will tell you how to become dramatically better at turning ideas into profits!
» Proven technique to go from 90% failure to 90% success at converting ideas into profits
» The real reasons why large companies falter and fail plus how to avoid them
» The value of open innovation finally quantified in dollar terms, with shocking results
» Why Apple was the exception and why that must come to an end
» The unsettling truth about risk and reward (don't fire me, I'm innovating)
What sets this book apart? Other books are from famous "innovation experts" but it turns out that they are not really experts at all. They are for the most part, people with no actual experience at bringing ideas to market. This book is the missing piece of the puzzle. You will hear the real problems holding you back and the get answers directly from a serial innovator.
Hear from a genuine innovator who has spent the last 25 years bringing his inventions to market at record speed. There is a chapter for aspiring innovators, advice for managers, CEOs and even board members. This book has something for all parties involved in the quest for innovation. There's no need to be frustrated when the answers are right here and proven to work. This book will tell you how to become dramatically better at turning ideas into profits!
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About the Author:
Chris started inventing as an undergraduate and hasn’t stopped since. He went on to work at major corporations including the Cookson Group UK, Electrolux (Frigidaire) in Sweden, BASF’s headquarters in Germany and then assorted C-level roles in the US. These days, he consults for the Fortune 100, who come to him for breakthrough plastics and materials solutions. As a leading open innovator, his six challenge wins to date place him among the elite few.
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He is a prolific author with many book and encyclopedia chapters, over 40 articles and 14 granted patents. Chris is an award winning presenter, R&D 100 award winner and was inducted as Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Breakthrough innovations include sodium free baking soda, a smart plastic that changes transparency reversibly when heated / cooled, super crystalline plastics and two new rapid prototyping materials amongst many others.
Having worked in different industries, across multiple countries and job functions, he has gained a comprehensive overview of innovation from every angle. Chris has spent his career marveling at how desperately ineffective corporate innovation is. The Innovation Abyss sucks in your money, time, ideas and effort, for no tangible return. Over the last few decades, he has prepared notes for this book, a chilling exposé from an innovation insider.
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"This book is an essential reference for anyone interested in how Innovation really happens. It explains the balanced role of free- and out-of-the-box thinkers, creative mavericks and visionary leaders who lead their people instead of managing them. You will find loads of great examples, thought provoking ideas and the book is full of helpful insights."- Rob Kirschbaum CEO, SakuragiConsult & former VP Innovation at DSM
"I thought that Chris' ideas and opinions were clear and his complaints well-founded. Reading Innovation Abyss felt more like sitting down at the pub to discuss work challenges with a friend as opposed to the more analytical or inspirational contentcommonly seen today. Innovation Abyss is a quick read, but full of helpful feedback to take into consideration."
- Amelia Johannsen, InnovationManagement.se
"Dr. DeArmitt has written an engaging, thoughtful, and provocative book about innovation. He has drawn on his extensive personal experience at companies both large and small, recent research, and many other innovators' experiences. The result is a framework of how companies actually operate in practice today, how that often hampers instead of helps innovation, and a set of suggestions and practical recommendations useable by individuals up to company directors." - Micah Yairi, Co-Founder and CTO, Tactus Technology
"Chris DeArmitt enjoyably relates his adventures as a true innovator in a substantially automated world. He identifies all those structures and procedures we have installed that prevent progress from happening: it is a call for all of us working in any position in a larger organization to get our targets straight. Reading this book will make you laugh and cry. It invites you to start thinking and may even make you act...if you dare...like Chris."- Professor Gerrit Luinstra, University of Hamburg
"Really packed with useful information - with sufficient references to sources, personal and honest - plus useful advice and conclusions, it should be on the Christmas book list of anyone serious about getting results from innovation."- Martin Whitcroft, Solutions Architect, Motorola Solutions
As featured on IdeaConnection and Leading Edge Only!
"This book is an essential reference for anyone interested in how Innovation really happens. It explains the balanced role of free- and out-of-the-box thinkers, creative mavericks and visionary leaders who lead their people instead of managing them. You will find loads of great examples, thought provoking ideas and the book is full of helpful insights."- Rob Kirschbaum CEO, SakuragiConsult & former VP Innovation at DSM
"I thought that Chris' ideas and opinions were clear and his complaints well-founded. Reading Innovation Abyss felt more like sitting down at the pub to discuss work challenges with a friend as opposed to the more analytical or inspirational contentcommonly seen today. Innovation Abyss is a quick read, but full of helpful feedback to take into consideration."
- Amelia Johannsen, InnovationManagement.se
"Dr. DeArmitt has written an engaging, thoughtful, and provocative book about innovation. He has drawn on his extensive personal experience at companies both large and small, recent research, and many other innovators' experiences. The result is a framework of how companies actually operate in practice today, how that often hampers instead of helps innovation, and a set of suggestions and practical recommendations useable by individuals up to company directors." - Micah Yairi, Co-Founder and CTO, Tactus Technology
"Chris DeArmitt enjoyably relates his adventures as a true innovator in a substantially automated world. He identifies all those structures and procedures we have installed that prevent progress from happening: it is a call for all of us working in any position in a larger organization to get our targets straight. Reading this book will make you laugh and cry. It invites you to start thinking and may even make you act...if you dare...like Chris."- Professor Gerrit Luinstra, University of Hamburg
"Really packed with useful information - with sufficient references to sources, personal and honest - plus useful advice and conclusions, it should be on the Christmas book list of anyone serious about getting results from innovation."- Martin Whitcroft, Solutions Architect, Motorola Solutions
As featured on IdeaConnection and Leading Edge Only!
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- PublisherCreatespace Independent Pub
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1533504121
- ISBN 13 9781533504128
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages142
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