Innovation Management

Samit has been at the helm of businesses in the ecommerce, digital video, social media, mobile communications, and software industries, helping to navigate them through turbulent economic times and guide them through necessary transformation so that they stay ahead of the curve and profitable. In Disrupt You!, he reveals how specific strategies that help companies flourish can be applied at an individual level. By challenging assumptions, pinpointing one's unique value, and identifying weaknesses in the structure of current industries, anyone can achieve success and lasting prosperity.

Leaders already know that innovation calls for a different set of activities, skills, methods, metrics, mind-sets, and leadership approaches. And it is well understood that creating a new business and optimizing an already existing one are two fundamentally different management challenges. The real problem for leaders is doing both simultaneously. How do you meet the performance requirements of the existing business-one that is still thriving-while dramatically reinventing it?

As a Forbes Top 50 recognized leader and top 1% podcast host of the popular The Chris Voss Show Podcast, Chris Voss shares in this book a wealth of insightful stories, lessons, and experiences in leadership and character. With over 35 years of experience building successful multi-million dollar companies with very little capital, he reveals the strategies that he used to achieve business success, innovate new ideas, and overcome adversity. Through amazing stories of acquiring struggling companies and turning them around, as well as tales of innovation and resilience, Chris shares the vision...

"The Spirit of Evolutionary Leadership" by Ammanuel Santa Anna is a transformative guide that blends ancient wisdom with modern leadership strategies. This insightful book explores how field theory and resonance can elevate your leadership style, creating a more empathetic, effective, and fulfilling approach to guiding teams and organizations. Santa Anna draws on his extensive experience in mysticism, energy healing, and executive coaching to offer practical techniques for developing emotional intelligence, achieving work-life balance, and cultivating a unique leadership presence. Through ...

Preeminent leadership scholar Linda Hill, along with former Pixar tech wizard Greg Brandeau, MIT researcher Emily Truelove, and Being the Boss coauthor Kent Lineback, found among leaders a widely shared, and mistaken, assumption: that a "good" leader in all other respects would also be an effective leader of innovation. The truth is, leading innovation takes a distinctive kind of leadership, one that unleashes and harnesses the "collective genius" of the people in the organization.

Tom Kelley, author of The Art of Innovation and the general manager of IDEO, the world-famous design firm, illuminates the strategies IDEO used to beat the devil's advocate and drive creativity throughout the organization.

This audiobook is a practical guide that shows how leaders can build psychological safety in their organizations, creating an environment where employees feel included, fully engaged, and encouraged to contribute their best efforts and ideas. Perhaps, the leader’s most challenging task is to increase intellectual friction while decreasing social friction.

#1 Must-Read for Future-Focused Leaders, Innovators & Change-Makers Are you ready to stop reacting to change—and start creating it? Disruption doesn’t knock—it crashes in. Whether it’s a sudden shift in market dynamics, groundbreaking technologies like AI, economic uncertainty, or global crises, one thing is clear: the world is changing faster than ever. And in today’s high-stakes environment, those who wait to adapt are already behind. Seeing the Future: Anticipating Disruption, Creating Opportunity, and Leading Forward is your essential playbook for thriving in a world of chaos,...

ransform Chaos into Opportunity: Master the Art of Evolutionary Leadership In a business world defined by disruption, yesterday's leadership playbook no longer works. What if you could turn uncertainty into your greatest competitive advantage? "Evolutionary Leadership Applied" offers a groundbreaking framework that transforms how you navigate complexity and change. Drawing from nature's most successful adaptation strategies, this practical guide equips you with actionable tools to thrive amid turbulence, not just survive it. As a leader facing relentless pressure to deliver results while ...

Once, the job of leaders was to identify problems and fix them, while leaving nonproblems alone. Today, the notion that the new way is always better than the old way—and that if you aren’t disrupting everything, you are losing—has come to constitute a new orthodoxy of business thinking. Whether it’s a merger or re-org or a new office layout, change has become the ultimate easy button for leaders, who pursue it with abandon, unleashing a torrent of disruption on employees. The result is life in the blender: a perpetual state of upheaval, uncertainty, and unease.

This book explains why meaningful innovation naturally emerges from deliberate inefficiency and how large corporations can harness the power of small teams—startups—to drive radical change through systematic experimentation.

Are You a Selfless Leader … or a Selfish One? Leadership … is the word overused? Misused? Or is it misunderstood? Most books on leadership claim they have a secret … on what leadership is and how to be a great leader; how to be an influencer; a workplace-changing leader. Rarely do they—most merely echo talking the walk they’ve heard from others. Author Mike Howard talks about his walk … the Rōnin walk with what his 16 years with Microsoft as its Chief Security Officer, 22 years with the CIA, and serving as a young police officer in the Oakland Police Department generated. One ...

The pressure to generate big ideas can feel overwhelming. We know that bold innovations are critical in these disruptive and competitive times, but when it comes to breakthrough thinking, we often freeze up. Instead of shooting for a $10-billion payday or a Nobel Prize, the most prolific innovators focus on Big Little Breakthroughs - small creative acts that unlock massive rewards over time. By cultivating daily micro-innovations, individuals and organizations are better equipped to tackle tough challenges and seize transformational opportunities.

Looking for breakthrough strategies that really work? Are you stressed, depressed, and ready for a change? Seeking inspiration to help you plan for massive success? In this book renowned life and business reinvention experts share their best advice for taking the quantum leap you’re ready for. Don’t live an ordinary life one more day….. start living your dreams today and every day!

In How the World Sees You, author and personal branding expert Sally Hogshead applies the principles of fascination triggers to understanding "personality brands"—how individuals use different triggers to influence, persuade, and captivate others. You already know how you see yourself and the world. But how does the world see you? If you want to be heard and remembered, if you want people to take action on your ideas and opinions, then you need to get the full picture.

Bringing together a wealth of experience from sixty-plus distinguished global thought leaders, How to Create Innovation is a comprehensive guide to becoming a leader in innovation and an organization that plays to win, containing all of the working methods, separate business innovation models, and processes you need to transform your organization digitally.

In The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs, best-selling author Carmine Gallo reveals the qualities that make the Apple co-founder the most innovative leader in business today. Each principle is backed with research, quotes, and first-person interviews with experts and business leaders, as well as specific ideas for applying those principles to every business, large or small.

Gary Hamel lays out an innovative action plan for any company or individual intent on becoming and staying an industry revolutionary, for years to come. By drawing on the success of "gray haired revolutionaries" like Charles Schwab, Virgin, and GE Capital - companies that are always thinking ahead and growing in new directions - and profiling individuals such as Ken Kutaragi, one of the pioneers behind Sony's PlayStation, Hamel explains how companies can continue to grow, innovate, and achieve success.

In Seeding Innovation: The Path to Profit and Purpose in the 21st Century, veteran entrepreneur, award winning author, global strategist, speaker, and Rice University Innovation and Entrepreneurship professor, Robyn O’Brien, delivers an insightful and data driven roadmap to authenticity and smart leadership in the face of accelerating technological, environmental, and social change.

Dive into "The Operating Partner Playbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Total Value Creation in Private Equity" by Mohamad Chahine, a seasoned veteran in the realms of Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital. This engaging guide takes you on a journey through the dynamic landscape of private equity, offering a perfect blend of informative insights and witty anecdotes that captivate not only industry players but also CEOs and aspiring entrepreneurs. Chahine, drawing from over two decades of global experience across four continents and 20 countries, unveils the intricate world of PE through a ...