Books about innovation: creating new products, changing how a company works and staying ahead of disruption. The authors are founders, product leaders, executives and consultants who led the changes they describe.
This list holds 34 books published between 2015 and 2026, 1 with an audiobook edition. A book is on it only when innovation is a central subject of the book, judged from the book's own description, not when it comes up in passing. The most-rated on Amazon come first.
The Inside Story of Blockbuster's Inevitable Bust
Alan Payne · 2021
How does an iconic brand die? For more than two decades, Blockbuster was America’s favorite way to watch movies. Millions of customers visited more than eight thousand stores around the globe every week, providing more data about movie audiences than anyone…
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Delivering Key Outcomes with Vision-Led Product Management
Ben Foster · 2020
Rapid iteration, A/B testing, and growth hacking, these buzzwords have everyone’s attention in product management today. But while they dominate the current discussion, something even more significant has been lost in their limelight: long-term value creation…
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A Manual for Thriving in the Corporate Entrepreneurial Underground
Gregory Larkin · 2018
Every corporation should be more afraid of extinction than change, but few are. A company’s most talented innovators, “corporate intrapreneurs”, often can’t break the cycle of stale, destructive habits. Until now. In This Might Get Me Fired, innovator and…
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A Book for Disruptors
Dave Jilk · 2021 · Audiobook
"I would not know how to live, if I were not a seer of what is to come. A seer, a purposer, a creator, a future itself, and a bridge to the future..." FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE, PATRON PHILOSOPHER OF TODAY’S DISRUPTIVE ENTREPRENEURS His favorite personality was a…
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Bob Moesta · 2022
If you’re an innovator or entrepreneur, you challenge precedent and disrupt the status quo. You trust that the result is worth the struggle and embrace change because it could equal progress. You have blind faith. You know that success isn’t reserved for the…
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David DeWolf
In the digital economy, businesses need to adapt quickly to satisfy customers’ constant demands for new and updated products. But too many organizations are held back by antiquated IT mindsets that separate developmental groups from the rest of the team. To…
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Jedidiah Yueh
With cyclonic technologies like AI and automation sweeping the globe, established industries can be shaken up or taken down in less time and with less effort than ever before. Businesses big and small need a revolutionary, not evolutionary, digital strategy.…
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Mona Patel · 2015
“Why not? What if? If those questions give you pause, it might be because you’ve been carrying around the wrong frame. In this personal book, Mona Patel wants to outfit you with a new way of seeing and working.” -Seth Godin, Author of Your Turn“Part business…
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Kirk Drake
In recent decades, credit unions have seen unprecedented threats, due in large part to an eighty-year-old business model and an inability to adapt quickly to a digital economy. But Kirk Drake has devised a powerful plan to revitalize these noble institutions…
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Joanna Martinez
Business change is often out of our control and can be very unsettling. But turmoil also creates opportunity. In A Guide to Positive Disruption, Joanna Martinez gives you the tips, tricks, and tools to become an effective agent of constructive change. She…
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The Six Strategic Drivers for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Alessandro Lanteri · 2019
As a business leader, you need to make decisions that set your company up for success, now and in the future. The challenge? In this fast-changing world, the rules of strategy are being rewritten and the go-to solutions you once relied on are no longer…
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Gregg Garrett · 2018
The rapid convergence of computing and telecommunications technologies into products, better known as the Internet of Things, coupled with strong human behavioral change has created the emergence of a technological discontinuity that is disrupting all…
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Joseph Kopser
It's an exciting and challenging time to lead. Globalization and technology are increasing the frequency of catalyst events - which trigger big changes with broad-reaching effects - ranging from innovations to socioeconomic crises. The consequences of these…
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A Changemaker's Guide to the Exponential Revolution
Nick Davis · 2020
Every day, legacy business models and traditional best practices are transforming around us, driven by technologies like AI, blockchain, 5G, and quantum computing that are radically altering our future vision. As a leader and innovator, you’re facing an…
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Dion Stewart
Transforming a company’s digital product development capabilities is a monumental task that can leave even the most seasoned leaders feeling completely overwhelmed. Traditional approaches to training often fail to have their desired impact. Instead of…
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Fabrice Testa · 2021
All across the planet, entrepreneurs and innovators are actively working to solve humanity’s toughest problems. If you are an inventor, trailblazer, or game-changer who dreams of making the world a better place through crazy ideas with extraordinary results…
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Ben Zifkin
Big Retailers. Big Brands. Big Changes. The world of commerce is dramatically changing. The age of big retailers and big brands is giving way to a new type of commerce that is driven by unstoppable changes in technology and the economy. As a result, “craft…
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Jonathan Goldhill
You know how to run your own business, right? But do you know the secrets of scale and innovation to take the company to the next level? According to Deloitte, the next generation of family business leaders intend to make changes when they take over:80% say…
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Uli Grothe · 2017
If you want to future-proof your business, you need to challenge the status quo. Rocking the Ship enables you to create and implement groundbreaking innovations. You will... • Understand why your company struggles to create business innovations • Learn…
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Chris Denson
If everyone followed the rules, Grace Hopper would've never invented the computer, George Lucas wouldn't have visited a galaxy far, far away, and Colonel Sanders would still be pumping gas. True innovators think way outside the box--stomping it down and tap…
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Mark Sisson · 2016
A Clear Guide for Insurance Agents to Survive and Thrive The insurance industry has experienced unprecedented disruption in the last decade. What was once a static, reliable career path is riddled with increased government regulation, competition and…
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Andrew Gaule
New technologies are changing the world. When corporates ignore them, they miss opportunities and open themselves up to being disrupted. But for companies willing to incorporate Innovative New Value Chains®, these advances can secure the future of the…
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Alex Castro · 2019
There’s no lack of good ideas in today’s business world, yet 50% of them are doomed to failure. Executives will often greenlight a strategic initiative based on a business case and financial analyses alone, with no idea whether their company has the ability…
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Lessons from Banking's Biggest Digital Transformation
Ralph Hamers · 2026
When institutions reinvent themselves, the hardest work happens behind closed doors, this book opens them. In an era of relentless technological disruption accelerated by AI, corporate leaders face a daunting challenge: how to remain competitive while…
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P Scott Bening · 2023
Ever wondered how Tide Pods were invented? Who came up with the soluble film that made biodegradable unit dose detergent possible?P. Scott Bening’s bestselling Formulating Solutions, newly updated with even more take-to-the-bank insights, shares Scott’s…
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by Aaron Alfini (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
Aaron Alfini · 2023
Hey, Trailblazer! You're about to embark on the remarkable journey of steering your business through the digital age. Heard the whispers of impending technological disruption and felt a slight unease? Are you concerned that your organization might be left in…
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by Brian Ardinger (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
Brian Ardinger · 2022
The pace of change is accelerating. Repeatable success in a world of hyper-uncertainty requires a constant cycle of innovation, with a reliable process for transforming new ideas into valuable outcomes. Based on years of experience working with the likes of…
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Driving Entrepreneurial Innovation in Large CPG Organizations
Carolina Sasson · 2022
LONG FORM: As an innovator in a large company working hard to drive growth and deliver products consumers love, your size is an advantage, one that you can leverage for incredible results. But when it comes to innovation, you can’t rely on big-company…
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Nick Donofrio · 2022
Guiseppe D’Onofrio emigrated to America in 1904, becoming a hatmaker in Beacon, New York’s Italian ghetto. His third son, Nicholas Joseph Donofrio, served as an aircraft mechanic in World War II, returning home to become a guard at a hospital for the…
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by Mike Stemple (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
Mike Stemple · 2022
Why do large corporations struggle with innovation, yet startups seem to excel at it? In Innovating Innovation! Why Corporate Innovation Struggles in the Age of the Entrepreneur, serial entrepreneur-turned-corporate innovation expert Mike Stemple reveals that…
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Corinna Lathan · 2022
“I hope that Cori’s belief in each one of us as a maker and inventor, and her examples of how technology and business can be fundamentally humanist, will be motivating and inspiring to many people, particularly those who are still choosing their path.” -…
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by Kate Price (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
Kate Price · 2022
What if innovation were easier? Imagine if people could work at their full potential and collaborate to create novel solutions to some of the world’s biggest issues? One of the biggest challenges facing leaders of life science organizations is how to foster…
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Daniel Elizalde · 2022
Most new enterprise software products fail to generate a profit. They fail not because of technical challenges, lack of funding, or market conditions. Instead, new products fail because most companies build products that don't solve a market need, and…
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Nisa Amoils
Technological innovation is exploding, and venture capitalists are continually looking to invest in the next big thing. But while female pioneers are making remarkable strides across a wide range of emerging tech fields, from robotics to virtual reality to…
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