Monday, May 20, 2013

Summer reading: Innovation and product development

Top Innovation books
  • Brooks; The Mythical Man Month
  • Ulrich; Innovation Tournaments: Creating and Selecting Exceptional Opportunities
  • Kelley; 10 Faces of Innovation: IDEO's Strategies for Defeating the Devil's Advocate and Driving Creativity Throughout Your Organization
  • Clayton Christensen; The Innovator's Dilemma
  • Epstein and Shelton; Making Innovation Work
  • Gouillart; The Power of Co-Creation
  • Lockwood; Design Thinking
  • G. Moore; Dealing with darwin: How Great Companies Innovate at Every Phase of Their Evolution
  • Jonah Lehrer; Imagine - how creativity works
  • Martin; Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage

Top product development books
  • Morgan/Liker; The Toyota Product Development System
  • Boothroyd/Dewhurst/Knight; Product Design for Manufacture and Assembly
  • Weelwright/Clark; Revolutionizing Product Development
  • Ben Rich; Skunkworks
  • Charles Fine; Clockspeed
  • Henry Petroski; Design Paradigms
  • Bill Moggridge; Designing Interactions
  • Ulrich; Product Design and Development
  • Alan Ward; Lean Product and Process Development
(Thanks, Jim)

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