Inspiration for Innovation: 101 Lessons for Innovators - Softcover

BIS Publishers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9063694962 ISBN 13: 9789063694968

Publisher: BIS Publishers, 2019

Synopsis

In 101 short columns, Inspiration for Innovation offers practical insights and tips on you to become a successful innovator. In an inviting and jargon-free tone, this book inspires, surprises and teaches you how to be an innovator bit by bit.

With the use of an expedition metaphor, it shows the key elements achieving a strategic mindset: timing, breaking patterns, understanding customers, creating a culture for innovation, and implementing innovation projects successfully. It's a wonderfully designed book to inspire yourself or to buy as a gift for other people. The 101 lessons in this book make you dream, think and act like a successful innovator.

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About the Author

Gijs van Wulfen (1960, based in The Netherlands) is a recognised authority and worldwide keynote speaker on innovation. He was chosen as one of the first LinkedIn Influencers and over 270,000 people across the globe are following his notably engaging, prolific, and insightful posts. In 2014 Gijs came sixth in the international Top 40 Innovation Bloggers. Gijs furthermore founded the FORTH innovation method, which provides structure to the chaotic start of innovation while still fostering creative thinking.
Gijs is the author of the recent innovation bestseller, The Innovation Expedition, published in English (2013), Russian (2014), Turkish (2014), Dutch (2014), Chinese (2015), and Japanese (2015). More than 25,000 books have been sold, making it one of Amazons' top ten bestselling innovation books of recent years.

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1 Successful Innovation is a Matter of Willpower

Innovators have to be open. They have to be able to imagine things that others cannot. But crucially, they are willing to take social risks to do things that others might disapprove of. You have to stick out your neck.

When you share your ideas with others you will probably get a lot of negative reactions like: No, it’s always done this way... No, customers won’t like that! No, we don’t have time for this… No, it’s not possible... No, it's too expensive! No, let’s be realistic… No, that’s not logical… No, we need to do more research… No, there's no budget… No, the finance department won’t agree... No, the market is not ready yet... No, it might work in other places but not here... No, that's way too risky... No, it doesn't fit our strategy... No, that’s for the future..

The single biggest obstacle in innovation is one small word: ‘no’. In 1928 it was the famous economist Joseph Schumpeter who wrote, “Successful innovation is a feat not of intellect but of will”. Real innovators turn the ‘Nos’ into ‘Yesses’, as innovation does not stop at the first no; that’s the moment it really starts.

Edition details

• Publisher: BIS Publishers
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9063694962
• ISBN 13: 9789063694968
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240