New Innovations

Seeing What's Next is a framework for predicting industry winners and losers. Every day, individuals take action based on how they believe innovation will change industries. Yet these beliefs are largely based on guesswork and incomplete data, and can lead to costly errors in judgment. Internationally renowned innovation expert Clayton M. Christensen and his research partners, Scott D. Anthony and Erik A. Roth, present this guide for predicting outcomes in the evolution of any industry.

Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.

The world's innovation economy is broken. If you have an idea, depending on who you are or where you live, you might never get a shot. A handful of people in a handful of cities are deciding, behind closed doors, which entrepreneurs get a shot to succeed. The determining factor? Potential profit. In The Innovation Blind Spot, venture capitalist Ross Baird demonstrates how to fix the problem by helping us find better ideas, looking at people, places, and industries often overlooked.

If you have been nurturing a Great Idea and wondered how to Launch a Brand, how to Launch a Product or about Launching a Venture, this is the Book for you. I wrote this book because, like you, the best ideas come to you as a way to fill some unmet need in your life. “Necessity is the mother of all invention” is never more accurate than when you brilliantly think up an innovation, invention, or service that will make your life easier, more fun, or just plain smart. Like many of you, I was standing in my kitchen after going through my usual morning routine one mundane Monday when ...

Based on years of solid neuroscience, quantum mechanics, complex systems theory, social science and leadership research, The New Science of Radical Innovation: The Six Competencies Leaders Need to Win in a Complex World demonstrates the ins and outs of the leadership competencies you need to jump-start and sustain radical innovation in your organization, leading to success and the results you want.

You're not just a business leader or an aspiring entrepreneur; you are a changemaker with the potential to drive significant impact. However, navigating the intricate paths of social entrepreneurship can feel daunting without a comprehensive roadmap. Inside this handbook, you'll uncover a step-by-step guide to transforming your innovative ideas into successful ventures while making a positive impact.

Bridging the gap between tech mania and the experience of being inside the human body, Dawn of the New Everything is a look at what it means to be human at a moment of unprecedented technological possibility. Through a fascinating look back over his life in technology, Jaron Lanier, an interdisciplinary scientist and father of the term virtual reality, exposes VR's ability to illuminate and amplify our understanding of our species and gives listeners a new perspective on how the brain and body connect to the world.

Frustrated by the high costs and difficulty of accepting credit card payments, McKelvey joined his friend Jack Dorsey (the cofounder of Twitter) to launch Square, a startup that would enable small merchants to accept credit card payments on their mobile phones. The Innovation Stack is a thrilling business narrative that's much bigger than the story of Square. It is an irreverent first-person look inside the world of entrepreneurship, and a call to action for all of us to find the entrepreneur within ourselves and identify and fix unsolved problems - one crazy idea at a time.

An indispensable guide for individuals seeking to gain a comprehensive understanding of the core concepts of marketing. The goal of this book is to provide a clear and concise overview of key frameworks and models that are essential for developing effective marketing strategies, making it an ideal resource for students, entrepreneurs, managers, and educators. Written in a crisp and easy-to-read format, the book covers a wide range of topics, including branding, product development, pricing strategies, and more. Besides covering the core marketing concepts, we show you how to leverage the ...

"The Future Has Already Happened: Gen AI and the New World Order" is a visionary exploration of the seismic shifts brought about by Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) across various facets of human life. This book delves into the profound ways in which GenAI is reshaping the foundations of society, from transforming traditional industries and redefining the concept of work to revolutionizing education and challenging our ethical frameworks. At the heart of this narrative is a critical examination of how GenAI, bolstered by advancements in quantum computing and synthetic data, is ...

This book stitches together a complete design journey from beginning to end, guiding listeners (you) step-by-step in a practical way from the initial spark of an idea all the way to scaling it into a better business. Design a Better Business includes a comprehensive set of tools (over twenty total!) and skills that will help you harness opportunity from uncertainty by building the right team(s) and balancing your point of view against new findings from the outside world.

From two leading experts in education and entrepreneurship, an urgent call for the radical reimagining of American education so that we better equip students for the realities of the 21st-century economy.

How can great companies do everything right - identify real customer needs, deliver excellent innovations, beat their competitors to market - and still fail? The sad truth is that many companies fail because they focus too intensely on their own innovations, and then neglect the innovation ecosystems on which their success depends. In our increasingly interdependent world, winning requires more than just delivering on your own promises. It means ensuring that a host of partners - some visible, some hidden - deliver on their promises, too.

In the new edition of this fascinating book, a book that has appeared on MSNBC, CNBC, Slashdot.org, Lifehacker.com and in the New York Times, best-selling author Scott Berkun pulls the best lessons from the history of innovation, including the recent software and web age, to reveal powerful and surprising truths about how ideas become successful innovations - truths people can easily apply to the challenges of today.

The 2020 pandemic was the tipping point bringing new challenges for supply chains all over the world. Recent surveys show that 20% of the retail business will not survive the next 5 years and over 50% of customers shopping online for groceries, clothes, and other items, will not go back to brick and mortar stores after the pandemic. Changes in the economy, society, and technology are quickly redefining the way businesses operate. Companies that fail to adapt to the New Normal, may not survive in the long run. This book discusses the latest trends and brings examples of advanced strategies ...

What if the secrets to living longer were finally within our reach? What if the future of humanity meant not just adding years to life but adding life to those years? The New Longevity takes you on an exhilarating journey into the not-so-distant future, where artificial intelligence has transformed how we age, thrive, and connect. Meet John Anders, a trailblazer in the longevity movement, whose story is woven into the fabric of humanity’s boldest quest: unlocking the full potential of human life. Through groundbreaking AI-driven advancements in healthcare, personalized nutrition, and ...

From Thomas Edison to Steve Jobs, the "nail it then scale it" method is based on pattern recognition of the timeless principles and key practices used by successful entrepreneurs to repeatedly innovate. These processes and principles have now been distilled into a handbook to guide entrepreneurs and innovative product managers to victory. Stop following conventional wisdom, and join the few entrepreneurs that can consistently take their innovative idea all the way to a successful company launch.

Unleashing Abundant Energy offers a timely and in-depth exploration of our complex energy landscape. With his extensive experience in the field, Thomas provides a thought leader's perspective on the challenges and opportunities in rapidly doubling the global energy production. He delves into crucial technologies and strategies, such as AI-driven waste management and bioenergy with carbon capture, as well as the evolving roles of nuclear, wind, and solar energy.

Global technological trends come and go. In this book, Mehran Gul maps the recent waves of technological advancement up until the current moment, as the model shifts from a system where many products are designed in the United States and assembled in China, to one where billion-dollar companies are springing up in places like China, Korea, Singapore, India and continental Europe, and innovation becomes a far more global game.

Chris Anderson takes you to the front lines of a new industrial revolution as today’s entrepreneurs, using open source design and 3-D printing, bring manufacturing to the desktop. In an age of custom-fabricated, do-it-yourself product design and creation, the collective potential of a million garage tinkerers and enthusiasts is about to be unleashed, driving a resurgence of American manufacturing. A generation of "Makers" using the Web’s innovation model will help drive the next big wave in the global economy, as the new technologies of digital design and rapid prototyping gives everyone the power to invent.