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Innovation can take you from failure to success, but if you need a helping hand then Think Like An Innovator can help you.

With over 70 different leaders, innovators and business people, each covered in 500 words or less, you'll find out:

·    Who they are – a brief bio about the person

·    Their Challenge – the issue they faced and why it was a challenge

·    Their Innovation – the innovative solution they proposed

·    Lessons for you – insights for you on how to apply their innovation to your life

Split in to 8 categories, you can find inspiration from: 

Artists - e.g. David Bowie, J K Rowling, Pablo Picasso 

Business Leaders - e.g. Jeff Bezos, Levi Strauss, Sidney Bernstein

Genius' - e.g. Beethoven, Michelangelo, Shakespeare   

Inventors - e.g. Johannes Gutenberg, Louis Braille, Thomas Edison  

Mavericks - e.g. Anita Roddick, Nelson, Steve Jobs

Pioneers - e.g. Dick Fosbury, Florence Nightingale, Marconi 

Scientists - e.g. Alexander Fleming, Charles Darwin, Galilleo

Visionaries - e.g. John F Kennedy, Oprah Winfrey, Walt Disney  

 

Think Like An Innovator is full of inspiring insights to transform your working day.

 

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9781292011905 The Innovation Book

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  • Copyright 2017
  • Dimensions: 216X138
  • Pages: 296
  • Edition: 1st
  • Book
  • ISBN-10: 1-292-14223-5
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-292-14223-4

Think Like An Innovator has been officially shortlisted in 'The Commuters Read' category for the 2018 Management Book of the Year prize which has just been announced by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and the British Library.

Innovation can take you from failure to success, but if you need a helping hand then Think Like An Innovator can help you.

With over 70 different leaders, innovators and business people, each covered in 500 words or less, you'll find out:

· Who they are – a brief bio about the person

· Their Challenge – the issue they faced and why it was a challenge

· Their Innovation – the innovative solution they proposed

· Lessons for you – insights for you on how to apply their innovation to your life

Split in to 8 categories, you can find inspiration from:

Artists - e.g. David Bowie, J K Rowling, Pablo Picasso

Business Leaders - e.g. Jeff Bezos, Levi Strauss, Sidney Bernstein

Genius' - e.g. Beethoven, Michelangelo, Shakespeare

Inventors - e.g. Johannes Gutenberg, Louis Braille, Thomas Edison

Mavericks - e.g. Anita Roddick, Nelson, Steve Jobs

Pioneers - e.g. Dick Fosbury, Florence Nightingale, Marconi

Scientists - e.g. Alexander Fleming, Charles Darwin, Galilleo

Visionaries - e.g. John F Kennedy, Oprah Winfrey, Walt Disney

Think Like An Innovator is full of inspiring insights to transform your working day.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Artist

Chapter 1 - David Bowie

Chapter 2 - Freddie Mercury

Chapter 3 - Hans Christian Andersen

Chapter 4 - J K Rowling

Chapter 5 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Chapter 6 - Madonna

Chapter 7 - Miles Davis

Chapter 8 - Pablo Picasso

Chapter 9 - Roy Lichtenstein

Chapter 10 - Salvador Dali

Chapter 11 - Woody Allen

Business Leader

Chapter 12 - Akio Morita

Chapter 13 - Anne Mulcahy

Chapter 14 - Clarence Birdseye

Chapter 15 - Daniel Peter

Chapter 16 - Ingvar Kamprad

Chapter 17 - Jeff Bezos

Chapter 18 - Levi Strauss

Chapter 19 - Ray Kroc

Chapter 20 - Ricardo Semmler

Chapter 21 - Rob McEwen

Chapter 22 - Sidney Bernstein

Chapter 23 - Sir Charles Dunstone

Chapter 24 - Soichiro Honda

Chapter 25 - Zhang Ruimin

Genius

Chapter 26 - Beethoven

Chapter 27 - Michelangelo

Chapter 28 - Mozart

Chapter 29 - Pythagoras

Chapter 30 - William Shakespeare

Inventor

Chapter 31 - Eric Migicovsky

Chapter 32 - George de Mestral

Chapter 33 - Hiram Maxim

Chapter 34 - Johannes Gutenberg

Chapter 35 - John Harrison

Chapter 36 - John Sipe

Chapter 37 - Jorge Odon

Chapter 38 - Louis Braille

Chapter 39 - Martin Cooper

Chapter 40 - Nick D’Aloisio

Chapter 41 - Percy Spencer

Chapter 42- Ted Hoff

Chapter 43 - Thomas Edison

Chapter 44 - Trevor Baylis

Maverick

Chapter 45 - Anita Roddick

Chapter 46 - Don Estridge

Chapter 47 - Hannibal

Chapter 48 - Jonathan Swift

Chapter 49 - Nelson

Chapter 50 - Phil Romano

Chapter 51 - Steve Jobs

Pioneer

Chapter 52 - Auguste Escoffier

Chapter 53 - Dick Fosbury

Chapter 54 - Florence Nightingale

Chapter 55 - Gustave Eiffel

Chapter 56 - Hedy Lamarr

Chapter 57 - Marconi

Chapter 58 - Muhammed Yunus

Chapter 59 - Travis Kalanick

Scientist

Chapter 60 - Alexander Fleming

Chapter 61 - Alexander Graham Bell

Chapter 62 - Archimedes

Chapter 63 - Charles Darwin

Chapter 64 - Dmitri Mendeleev

Chapter 65 - Edward Jenner

Chapter 66 - Edwin Land

Chapter 67 - Galilleo

Chapter 68 - Govindappa Venkataswamy

Chapter 69 - Joseph Lister

Chapter 70 - Marie Curie

Visionary

Chapter 71 - Elon Musk

Chapter 72 - John F Kennedy

Chapter 73 - Mahatma Gandhi

Chapter 74 - Oprah Winfrey

Chapter 75 - Walt Disney

Chapter 76 - Zhao Kuangyin

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