Disrupt: Think the Unthinkable to Spark Transformation in Your Business
Language: English
Published by Ft Pr, 2010
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- Title
- Disrupt: Think the Unthinkable to Spark Transformation in Your Business
- Author
- Williams, Luke
- Publisher
- Ft Pr
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0137025149
- ISBN 13
- 9780137025145
This book reflects Williams' immense experience creating breakthrough solutions at frog design, one of the world's leading innovation firms. Williams shows how to combine fluid creativity with analytical rigor in a simple, complete, five-stage process for successfully disrupting any market.
You'll learn why the most unexpected ideas draw the least competitors--and offer the greatest potential. Then, using many examples and a case study, you'll walk through every step of transforming disruptive ideas from conception to breakthrough business strategy.
Craft your disruptive hypothesis
Be wrong at the start, to be right at the end
Discover your best disruptive opportunities
Explore the most unexpected corners of your environment
Efficiently shape your disruptive solution
Avoid the resource-killer that is "novelty for novelty's sake"
Make your winning disruptive pitch
Under prepare the obvious, over prepare the unusual
REVIEWS
- Warren Berger, author of Glimmer
"By artfully smashing ideas together--from Schumpeter to Tarantino, business to design--Luke Williams upends the ordinary, providing the reader with a motivational and pragmatic blueprint for innovative thinking."
- Jamyn Edis, Vice-President of Emerging Technology R&D at HBO
"At some time, someone somewhere is going to disrupt your entire industry. Shouldn't it be you? In this easy-to-follow step-by-step guide, Luke Williams reveals a way of thinking that has the power to transform your business. Read this book before your competitors do."
- Cordell Ratzlaff, Director of User-Centered Design, Cisco
"For those companies second guessing their future paths, ponder no longer. Disrupt provides that path, and it may be your real only strategy in today's climate."
- Andy Stefanovich, Chief Curator and Provocateur, Prophet
"I've observed Luke's process of disruptive thinking generate remarkably innovative solutions. I hope that many more companies will disrupt their existing innovation processes to benefit as well. They'll be glad they did!"
- Peter N. Golder, Professor of Marketing, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
"Luke Williams is the master at unleashing big thoughts. His book, Disrupt, shows us how to do what sometimes seems impossible--conceiving and executing bold ideas with massive potential. At the Nike Foundation, we've put Luke's principles to work and had tremendous results."
- Stuart Hogue, Director, Systems at Scale, Nike Foundation
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About the Author
Williams is a Fellow at frog design, one of the world's most influential innovation companies. He is also Adjunct Professor of Innovation at NYU Stern School of Business. He has been invited to speak worldwide, and his views have been featured in BusinessWeek, Fast Company, and NPR (National Public Radio). He lives in New York.
Luke Williams is a leading consultant, educator, and speaker specializing in disruptive thinking and innovation strategy. For more than a decade, he has worked internationally with industry leaders like American Express, GE, Sony, Crocs, Virgin, Disney, and Hewlett-Packard, to develop new products, services, and brands.
Williams is a Fellow at frog design, one of the worlds most influential innovation companies. He is also Adjunct Professor of Innovation at NYU Stern School of Business. He has been invited to speak worldwide, and his views have been featured in BusinessWeek, Fast Company, and NPR (National Public Radio). He lives in New York.
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