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"The "made in China" label has long dominated the lower end of the US manufacturing industry, effectively squeezing it out of existence. That's old news. What most people don't know is that China's global reach now extends much further. Chinese companies have entered higher-end markets-technology, financial services, transportation, energy - and are emerging as powerhouse multinationals. "In the Shadow of the Dragon" is a meticulously researched expose of the most competitive companies in China. Based on interviews with Chinese business leaders and original case studies, the book provides: profiles of key players; insights into subtle yet powerful strategies used to gain market dominance; an understanding of the Chinese approach to going global; analysis of the Chinese way of innovation; and advice on competing head-to-head or forming alliances with Chinese partners. Part primer, part survival guide, "In the Shadow of the Dragon" is the first book to lay bare the challenges looming ahead."

"Unimaginative. Risk-adverse. Prone to group think. These are not just empty complaints about today's employees. A recent article in "Newsweek" found solid data that proves a 'creativity crisis' is plaguing organizations in all industries. Yet creativity the ability to generate unique ideas and combine them into the best result is the bed rock of success for companies and their people. Fortunately, it's a skill that can be learned. "The Critical Thinking Tool Kit" aims to rekindle the creativity buried inside everyone. The book's 35 hands on activities and ready-to-use assessments are designed to improve creative and analytical thinking skills. Team members work on producing divergent ideas, and then fine tune their skills to pinpoint the ones that best benefit an organization. And they'll learn to do it in real-life speed quickly! The training exercises in "The Critical Thinking Tool Kit" offer an invigorating departure from the routine with the potential for big payoffs in the form of enhanced 'on-your-feet' thinking, innovative problemsolving, and profitable idea generation from everyone on the team."

"Contrary to popular opinion, brainstorming isn't magic. Truly productive brainstorming sessions are dependent on the ability of the leader to create the right environment and let his or her people's ideas flow. Filled with clear, concise guidance and quick, easily implemented techniques, this book provides supervisors, managers, and team leaders the fun, proven activities they need to get idea-packed brainstorming sessions started, and keep them going. Readers will discover how to: ask questions that provoke responses and inspire creativity; react to and record ideas in a way that encourages participants and prompts more input; sort and categorize lengthy lists; evaluate ideas; prioritize the most useful concepts and expand on them; and more. Containing sample dialogues, as well as resources for virtual team brainstorming, this indispensible book gives readers the activities they need to generate great ideas, fast."

"The Corporate Startup is a practical guide for established companies that aspire to develop and sustain their innovation capabilities. - The world around us is changing rapidly. There is now more pressure on established companies to innovate. - The challenge most companies face is how to develop new products for new markets, while managing their core business at the same time. - The principles and practices outlined in this book provide companies with a blueprint of how to manage innovation while they execute on their core business. - The Corporate Startup provides frameworks, visualizations, templates, tools and methods that can be easily applied to develop new products and business models.This book helps organisations of all sizes to manage innovation. This playbook uses illustrated step-by- step guides to lead the reader through the processes to create an ecosystem that nurtures innovation at every level in a business. - Jury CMI Management Book of the Year. Big companies need to innovate or die. The question is how. Companies need a playbook; a process by which they can start the process of transforming their organizations into innovation engines. The Corporate Startup is that playbook. It provides a proven methodology --applying Lean Startup principles and more-- for building a culture of innovation. - Ben Yoskovitz, Co-Author of Lean Analytics and Founding Partner at Highline BET"

"Innovation design presents an approach to designing shared value for businesses, non-profit organizations, end-users and society. The societal and economic challenges we are currently facing, such as the aging population, energy scarcity and environmental issues, are not just threats but are also great opportunities for organizations. Innovation Design shows how organizations can contribute to the process of generating value for society by finding true solutions to these challenges. And at the same time it describes how they can capture value for themselves in business ecosystems that care for both people and planet.This book covers, creating meaningful innovations that improve quality of life, engage users and provide value for organizations and other stakeholders, guiding the creation of shared value throughout the innovation process, with a practical and integrative approach towards value that connects ideas from economics, psychology, sociology and ecology, designing new business models and business ecosystems to deliver sustainable benefits for all the involved parties and stakeholders, addressing both tangible and intangible value."

"The book describes and analyses the new environment for innovation, it does this with an emphasis on yet uncharted regions within the field of practice-based innovation, coming up with guidelines for innovation policy measures needed in order to realise this. While it focuses on these policies it also takes into account multi-actor innovation processes, user-driven innovation, "related variety" and many other aspects; aspects such as, just to name a few: communicating creative processes and distributing practice-based innovation; then there is creativity itself, encompassing new fields of knowledge and expertise. The authors go on to describe value networks, showing how to make practice-based innovations, explaining innovation diffusion and absorptive capacity. The book presents new insights as well as the latest research related to the frequently used term "innovation". Definitions are put forward, giving, by way of examples, a detailed description of concepts we draw upon when using these. Innovation as a concept is constantly being subdivided into increasingly finer distinctions, which, in turn, determine the discourse. The book takes a close look at these, further taking into account the challenges as well as the opportunities inherent in developing practice-based innovation procedures and policies of global importance, never losing sight of advancing long-term effectiveness."

"As an acknowledged guru in the field of creativity and innovation, Arthur VanGundy has inspired businesses in a variety of industries to generate more original, cutting-edge ideas. Getting to Innovation is a detailed guide to achieving the critical first step in formulating creative and useful ideas--i.e., asking the right questions that define the challenges facing any organization. Readers will discover: How to write positioning and rationale statements for each challenge How to link together multiple objectives in priority frameworks The top 10 techniques for generating creative ideas Tips for designing and running brainstorming retreats Advice on how to select the best ideas from the many that have been generated When it comes to true innovation, it's not formulating the great ideas, but asking the right questions that will ultimately lead to results. Getting to Innovation offers the tools to help every company tap into its most inspired thinking."

"This book draws on a detailed history of a largeGerman company (HELLA ), now active in over 35 countries, employing 34,000 people and with asales turnover of around EURO6,4bn."