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50 Must-Read Books For Every Innovator

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Here are 50 books I’ve found to be indispensable as an Innovation Practitioner

What Customers Want – Tony Ulwick

The Innovator’s Dilemma – Clayton Christensen

The Innovator’s Solution – Clayton Christensen & Michael Raynor

Competing Against Luck – Clayton Christensen, Taddy Hall, Karen Dillon & David S. Duncan

The Innovator’s DNA – Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen & Clayton Christensen

Seeing What’s Next – Clayton Christensen, Scott Anthony & Erik Roth

Harvard Business Review – On Innovation – Multiple Authors

Innovation to the Core – Peter Skarzynski & Rowan Gibson

Innovation: The Five Disciplines for Creating What Customers Want – Curtis Carlson & William Wilmot

The Innovator’s Field Guide – Peter Skarzynski & David Crosswhite

Strategic Innovation – Nancy Tennant Snyder & Deborah Duarte

Service Innovation: How to go from Customer Needs to Breakthrough Services – Lance Bettencourt

The Other Side of Innovation – Vijay Govindarajan & Chris Trimble

Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators – Vijay Govindarajan & Chris Trimble

Beyond the Idea: How to Execute Innovation in any Organization –  Vijay Govindarajan & Chris Trimble

Where Good Ideas Come From – Steven Johnson

How Breakthroughs Happen – Andrew Hargadon

Leading the Revolution: Leading the Revolution: How to Thrive in Turbulent Times by Making Innovation a Way of Life – Gary Hamel

Ten Types of Innovation – Doblin

Ten Faces of Innovation – Tom Kelley and Jonathan Littman

Design Thinking: Design Thinking: Integrating Innovation, Customer Experience, and Brand Value – Thomas Lockwood

The Three Rules: How Exceptional Companies Think – Michael Raynor & Mumtaz Ahmed

The Innovator’s Way – Robert Dunham & John Seely Brown

Design Driven Innovation – Roberto Verganti

Innovate Like Edison – Michael J. Gelb & Sarah Miller Caldicott

Edison and the Business of Innovation – Andre Millard

Edison on Innovation – Alan Axelrod

Lightening in a Bottle: The Proven System to Create New Ideas and Products That Work – David Minter

Making Innovation Work – Tony Davila, Marc J. Epstein & Robert D. Shelton

The Innovator’s Manifesto – Michael Raynor

The Circle of Innovation: You Can’t Shrink Your Way to Greatness – Tom Peters

Borrowing Brilliance: The Six Steps to Business Innovation by Building on the Ideas of Others – David Kord Murray

The Myths of Innovation – Scott Berkun

Robert’s Rules of Innovation – Robert F. Brands

The Rules of Innovation – Bart Huthwaite

Closing the Innovation Gap – Judy Estrin

The Reinventors: How Extraordinary Companies Pursue Radical Continuous Change – Jason Jennings

Re-th!nk – Ric Merrifield

Innovation You – Jeff DeGraff

Flash Foresight – David Burrus & John David Mann

The Science of Serendipity: How to Unlock the Promise of Innovation – Matt Kingdon

Mindset – Carol S. Dweck

Look @ More: A Proven Approach to Innovation, Growth and Change – Andy Stefanovich

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

Think Better: An Innovator’s Guide to Productive Thinking – Tim Hurson

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die – Chip Heath & Dan Heath

Switch: How to Change Things when Change is Hard – Chip Heath & Dan Heath

Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Live and Work – Chip Heath & Dan Heath

Contagious: Why Things Catch On – Jonah Berger

Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries – Peter Sims

I know I’ve probably left some great ones off this list – So let me know thoughts and share your favorites!

Woody Bendle50 Must-Read Books For Every Innovator

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