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My innovation books
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1. Ignore Everybody by Hugh MacLeod

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	"Good cartoons. Some powerful messages given in a way they can be taken. Needs re-reading."

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2. Are Your Lights On? How to Figure Out What the Problem Really Is by Donald C. Gause and Gerald M. Weinberg

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	"The great Jerry Weinberg on good form. Deceptively simple."

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3. Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace by Gordon MacKenzie

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	"You either love it or hate it. Another book that needs thinking about and returning to."

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4. The Elegant Solution: Toyota's Formula for Mastering Innovation by Matthew May

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	"Real practical insight in how an innovative organisation functions. Focus on design."

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5. The Toyota Product Development System: Integrating People, Process, and Technology by James Morgan

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	"Good book on the famous Toyota Production System, with good insights."

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6. The Process Edge: Creating Value Where It Counts by Peter G.W. Keen

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	"Sensible, well-written book on using process improvement to create value."

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7. Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: Why Intelligence Increases When You Think Less by Guy Claxton

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	"Book on slower ways of learning and knowing, and what is going on in the undergrowth of our minds."

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8. An Introduction to General Systems Thinking: Silver Anniversary Edition by Gerald M. Weinberg

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	"Classic on systems thinking."

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9. Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-based Management by Jeffrey Pfeffer

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	"Pfeffer and Sutton are individually and collectively great writers on 'what works' in management."

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10. The Act of Creation (Arkana) by Arthur Koestler

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	"I bought an earlier edition of this at 'Cybernetic Serendipity' and it had a big influence. Good on humour and creativity."

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11. The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society (Da Capo Paperback) by Norbert Wiener

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	"A book that had a big influence on me. Heard about cybernetics at school, and it hooked me into systems thinking. One of the great books of the 20th Century."

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12. Design Methods 1980: Seeds of Human Futures by JC JONES

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	"Chris Jones is a wonderful source of learning. This book was a landmark and is still relevant. If you have my copy of the 1st edn. I'd like it back."

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13. Designing Engineers (Inside Technology Series) by Louis L Bucciarelli

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	"This gives real insight into how engineering design really happens."

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14. Slide Rule (Vintage Classics) by Nevil Shute Norway

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	"Neville Shute (Norway) tells of his life as a designer of airships (R100) and aircraft. All designers should read his analysis of R101."

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15. The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small by John Gall

The list author says:
	"Takes its own approach to systems; you'll like it or hate it. Covers much common ground (good intro) but has some important points nobody else has."

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16. More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places by Michael J Mauboussin

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	"Good on cognition and on innovation. Outstanding on complexity."

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17. On The Psychology Of Military Incompetence (Pimlico) by Norman F Dixon

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	"Great stories. Very good on errors of leadership and leaders."

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18. Crucial Decisions: Leadership in Policymaking and Crisis Management by Irving L. Janis

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	"The best attempt at a holistic view of decision making. Nothing else comes close."

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19. Sidewinder: Creative Missile Development at China Lake by Ron Westrum

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	"Great story well told. Ron Westrum one of the best thinkers and writers about organisational climate."

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20. Managing the Unexpected: Resilient Performance in an Age of Uncertainty by Karl E. Weick

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	"Builds on the lessons from High Reliability Organisations to the more general use of managing mindfully"

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21. Corporate Agility.: A Revolutionary New Model for Competing in a Flat World by Charles Grantham

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	"Innovation for the enterprise; HR, IT, floor space."

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22. Utilization-Focused Evaluation by Michael Quinn Patton

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	"(see if you can find the 1st edition second hand; it is short and vibrant) wonderful introduction to the realities of evaluating complex systems and dispeller of myths. Good stories too."

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23. Man-machine systems (Penguin education) by William Thomas Singleton

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	"This all seemed so straightforward in 1974, but we have barely started."

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24. The Colours of Your Mind by Jerry Rhodes

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	"Jerry Rhodes' 'thunks' and effective intelligence are very powerful aids to thought."

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25. ISO 13407:1999, Human-centred design processes for interactive systems by ISO TC 159/SC 4

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	"How to do user-centred design, user-centred innovation. Written for the project manager, but good for other readers. Check whether ISo 9241 Part 210 is published yet."

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The Act of Creation (Arkana)

Design Methods 1980: Seeds of Human Futures

Crucial Decisions: Leadership in Policymaking and Crisis Management

Sidewinder: Creative Missile Development at China Lake

Man-machine systems (Penguin education)

The Colours of Your Mind

ISO 13407:1999, Human-centred design processes for interactive systems

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