Category Archive: Books

Book: Imagine by Jonah Lehrer

Did you know that the most creative companies have centralized bathrooms? That brainstorming meetings are a terrible idea? That the color blue can help you double your creative output? From the New York Times best-selling… Continue reading

Book: This Is Service Design Thinking

This is Service Design Thinking introduces an inter-disciplinary approach to designing services. Service design is a bit of a buzzword these days and has gained a lot of interest from various fields. This book,… Continue reading

Book – Velocity: The Seven New Laws For A World Gone Digital

Digital technology is changing the way we do business in every way imaginable and if there is anything worth knowing about how to use it to innovate and grow, Stefan Olander and Ajaz… Continue reading

Her Idea: An Illustrated Allegory about Procrastination and the Creative Process

The question of where good ideas come fromand how creativity works has long fascinated artists and scientists alike, but the mostbelievable and useful of answers often seem to spring from experience and intuition. The Australian designer and… Continue reading

Book: Business Model Generation

Business Model Generation is a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers striving to defy outmoded business models and design tomorrow’s enterprises. If your organization needs to adapt to harsh new realities, but you… Continue reading

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty? In studying the leaders who’ve had the greatest influence in the world,… Continue reading

The future of the book from IDEO

Some folks in the New York office of IDEO have been thinking about the future of the book and how it shows up as an experience on tablets. They would love to get… Continue reading

Paul Sahre Creates Stunning Boxed Set Of Malcolm Gladwell’s Classics

For “Malcolm Gladwell: Collected,” designer Paul Sahre and illustrator Brian Rea created a consistent graphic language for the author’s best-selling books. Love him or hate him, Malcolm Gladwell has made an indelible impact… Continue reading

10 Books to Gift the Geeky Creative in Your Life

  The Progress Principle, by Teresa Amabile & Steven Kramer After studying 12,000 diary entries provided by 238 employees at 7 companies, seasoned creativity researchers Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer found that progress… Continue reading

Richard Branson: “Screw Business As Usual”

In this book I’ll share some great stories about people who are already leading the way. We’ve learned a great deal from some of these pioneers as the Virgin Group continues on its… Continue reading