The Myths of Innovation

The Myths of Innovation Review

The Myths of Innovation Overview

In this new paperback edition of the classic bestseller, you'll be taken on a hilarious, fast-paced ride through the history of ideas. Author Scott Berkun will show you how to transcend the false stories that many business experts, scientists, and much of pop culture foolishly use to guide their thinking about how ideas change the world. With four new chapters on putting the ideas in the book to work, updated references and over 50 corrections and improvements, now is the time to get past the myths, and change the world.

You'll have fun while you learn:

* Where ideas come from
* The true history of history
* Why most people don't like ideas
* How great managers make ideas thrive
* The importance of problem finding
* The simple plan (new for paperback)

Since its initial publication, this classic bestseller has been discussed on NPR, MSNBC, CNBC, and at Yale University, MIT, Carnegie Mellon University, Microsoft, Apple, Intel, Google, Amazon.com, and other major media, corporations, and universities around the world. It has changed the way thousands of leaders and creators understand the world. Now in an updated and expanded paperback edition, it's a fantastic time to explore or rediscover this powerful view of the world of ideas.

"Small, simple, powerful: an innovative book about innovation." -Don Norman, author of Design of Everyday Things

"Insightful, inspiring, evocative, and just plain fun to read... It's totally great." -John Seely Brown, Former Director, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)

"Methodically and entertainingly dismantling the cliches that surround the process of innovation." -Scott Rosenberg, author of Dreaming in Code; cofounder of Salon.com

"Will inspire you to come up with breakthrough ideas of your own." -Alan Cooper, Father of Visual Basic and author of The Inmates are Running the Asylum

"Brimming with insights and historical examples, Berkun's book not only debunks widely held myths about innovation, it also points the ways toward making your new ideas stick." -Tom Kelley, GM, IDEO; author of The Ten Faces of Innovation

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The Story of Steve Jobs, 1955 - 2011

The Story of Steve Jobs, 1955 - 2011 Review

The Story of Steve Jobs, 1955 - 2011 Overview

The biography of Steve Jobs, from his Wikipedia page. Specially formatted for the Kindle by Ira Krakow so that all existing links and images are preserved, with an active Table Of Contents.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Early years
2 Career
2.1 Apple Computer
2.2 NeXT Computer
2.3 Pixar and Disney
2.4 Return to Apple
2.5 Resignation
3 Business life
3.1 Wealth
3.2 Stock options backdating issue
3.3 Management style
3.4 Inventions
3.5 Philanthropy
4 Personal life
4.1 Health issues
5 Death
6 Honors and public recognition
7 Criticism
8 Portrayals and coverage in books and film
8.1 Books
8.2 Documentaries
8.3 Films
9 References
10 Further reading
11 External links
11.1 Articles
11.2 Interviews

The Story of Steve Jobs, 1955 - 2011 Specifications

The biography of Steve Jobs, from his Wikipedia page. Specially formatted for the Kindle by Ira Krakow so that all existing links and images are preserved, with an active Table Of Contents.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Early years
2 Career
2.1 Apple Computer
2.2 NeXT Computer
2.3 Pixar and Disney
2.4 Return to Apple
2.5 Resignation
3 Business life
3.1 Wealth
3.2 Stock options backdating issue
3.3 Management style
3.4 Inventions
3.5 Philanthropy
4 Personal life
4.1 Health issues
5 Death
6 Honors and public recognition
7 Criticism
8 Portrayals and coverage in books and film
8.1 Books
8.2 Documentaries
8.3 Films
9 References
10 Further reading
11 External links
11.1 Articles
11.2 Interviews

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Inside Steve's Brain, Expanded Edition

Inside Steve's Brain, Expanded Edition Review

Inside Steve's Brain, Expanded Edition Overview

One of USA Today's Best Business Books of 2008-now updated with a new chapter

It's hard to believe that one man revolutionized computers in the 1970s and '80s (with the Apple II and the Mac), animated movies in the 1990s (with Pixar), and digital music in the 2000s (with the iPod and iTunes). No wonder some people worship Steve Jobs like a god. On the other hand, stories of his epic tantrums and general bad behavior are legendary.

Inside Steve's Brain cuts through the cult of personality that surrounds Jobs to unearth the secrets to his unbelievable results. So what's really inside Steve's brain? According to Leander Kahney, who has covered Jobs since the early 1990s, it's a fascinating bundle of contradictions.

This expanded edition includes a new chapter on Jobs's very public health crisis and the debate about Apple's future.

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10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job (Personal Development Books)

10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job (Personal Development Books) Review

10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job (Personal Development Books) Overview

Steve Pavlina is widely recognized as one of the most successful personal development writers, attracting more than two million monthly readers. He has written more than 1000 articles and recorded many audio programs on a broad range of self-help topics, including productivity, relationships, and spirituality. Steve has been quoted as an expert by the New York Times, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, the Los Angeles Daily News, Self Magazine, and The Guardian. He is also a frequent guest on radio and Internet radio shows.
Steve's book Personal Development for Smart People was published by Hay House in 2008 and has been translated into a dozen different languages. It hit the Amazon.com top 100 list months before it was released.
Steve's passionate pursuit of personal growth began while sitting in a jail cell. Arrested for felony grand theft at age 19 and expelled from school, the full weight of responsibility for his life came crashing down upon him. In an attempt to overcome his out-of-control kleptomania addiction, he decided the best course of action was to go to work on himself.
Since then Steve has become one of the most intensely growth-oriented individuals you'll ever know. While intensively studying time management techniques, he earned college degrees in computer science and mathematics in only three semesters. In later years he founded a successful software company, developed award-winning computer games, ran the Los Angeles Marathon, trained in martial arts, and adopted a vegan diet.
Steve's life purpose is:

to care deeply, connect playfully, love intensely, and share generously;
to joyfully explore, learn, grow, and prosper;
and to creatively, brilliantly, and honorably serve the highest good of all.

10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job (Personal Development Books) Specifications

Steve Pavlina is widely recognized as one of the most successful personal development writers, attracting more than two million monthly readers. He has written more than 1000 articles and recorded many audio programs on a broad range of self-help topics, including productivity, relationships, and spirituality. Steve has been quoted as an expert by the New York Times, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, the Los Angeles Daily News, Self Magazine, and The Guardian. He is also a frequent guest on radio and Internet radio shows.
Steve's book Personal Development for Smart People was published by Hay House in 2008 and has been translated into a dozen different languages. It hit the Amazon.com top 100 list months before it was released.
Steve's passionate pursuit of personal growth began while sitting in a jail cell. Arrested for felony grand theft at age 19 and expelled from school, the full weight of responsibility for his life came crashing down upon him. In an attempt to overcome his out-of-control kleptomania addiction, he decided the best course of action was to go to work on himself.
Since then Steve has become one of the most intensely growth-oriented individuals you'll ever know. While intensively studying time management techniques, he earned college degrees in computer science and mathematics in only three semesters. In later years he founded a successful software company, developed award-winning computer games, ran the Los Angeles Marathon, trained in martial arts, and adopted a vegan diet.
Steve's life purpose is:

to care deeply, connect playfully, love intensely, and share generously;
to joyfully explore, learn, grow, and prosper;
and to creatively, brilliantly, and honorably serve the highest good of all.

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Inventing Movies,Hollywoods Epic Battle Between Innovation And Status Quo, From Thomas Edison To Steve Jobs, 2008 publication

Inventing Movies,Hollywoods Epic Battle Between Innovation And Status Quo, From Thomas Edison To Steve Jobs, 2008 publication Review

Inventing Movies,Hollywoods Epic Battle Between Innovation And Status Quo, From Thomas Edison To Steve Jobs, 2008 publication Overview

From Edison to the iPod, from the Warner Brothers to George Lucas, the story of how the movies became America's favorite form of escapist entertainment - and retained their hold on our imaginations for more than a century - is a story of innovators prevailing again and again over skeptics who prefer to preserve the status quo.

Inventing the Movies unspools the never-before-told story of the innovators who shaped Hollywood: how a chance meeting at the Saratoga Race Track led to the end of black-and-white movies ... how Bing Crosby brought you the VCR ... how Walt Disney tamed television ... how a shotgun blast signaled the end of hand-made models and the beginning of digital special effects ... and how even the almighty Morgan Freeman had trouble persuading theater-owners that the Internet wasn't their mortal enemy.

Inventing the Movies is an important read not just for fans of Hollywood's history, but for innovators trying to make change happen in any industry.

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