Think Like An Innovator: 76 Inspiring Business Lessons From The World'S Greatest Thinkers and Innovators, 1st edition
Published by Pearson Business (August 10, 2016) © 2017
- Paul Sloane
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Think Like An Innovator has been officially shortlisted in 'The Commuters Read' category for the 2018 Management Book of the Year prize which has just been announced by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and the British Library.
Innovation can take you from failure to success, but if you need a helping hand then Think Like An Innovator can help you.
With over 70 different leaders, innovators and business people, each covered in 500 words or less, you'll find out:
·   Who they are – a brief bio about the person
·   Their Challenge – the issue they faced and why it was a challenge
·   Their Innovation – the innovative solution they proposed
·   Lessons for you – insights for you on how to apply their innovation to your life
Split in to 8 categories, you can find inspiration from:Â
Artists - e.g. David Bowie, J K Rowling, Pablo PicassoÂ
Business Leaders -Â e.g. Jeff Bezos, Levi Strauss, Sidney Bernstein
Genius' - e.g. Beethoven, Michelangelo, Shakespeare  Â
Inventors - e.g. Johannes Gutenberg, Louis Braille, Thomas Edison Â
Mavericks - e.g. Anita Roddick, Nelson, Steve Jobs
Pioneers - e.g. Dick Fosbury, Florence Nightingale, MarconiÂ
Scientists - e.g. Alexander Fleming, Charles Darwin, Galilleo
Visionaries - e.g. John F Kennedy, Oprah Winfrey, Walt Disney Â
Think Like An Innovator is full of inspiring insights to transform your working day.
Innovation can take you from failure to success, but if you need a helping hand then Think Like An Innovator can help you.
With over 70 different leaders, innovators and business people, each covered in 500 words or less, you'll find out:
·   Who they are – a brief bio about the person
·   Their Challenge – the issue they faced and why it was a challenge
·   Their Innovation – the innovative solution they proposed
·   Lessons for you – insights for you on how to apply their innovation to your life
Split in to 8 categories, you can find inspiration from:Â
Artists - e.g. David Bowie, J K Rowling, Pablo PicassoÂ
Business Leaders -Â e.g. Jeff Bezos, Levi Strauss, Sidney Bernstein
Genius' - e.g. Beethoven, Michelangelo, Shakespeare  Â
Inventors - e.g. Johannes Gutenberg, Louis Braille, Thomas Edison Â
Mavericks - e.g. Anita Roddick, Nelson, Steve Jobs
Pioneers - e.g. Dick Fosbury, Florence Nightingale, MarconiÂ
Scientists - e.g. Alexander Fleming, Charles Darwin, Galilleo
Visionaries - e.g. John F Kennedy, Oprah Winfrey, Walt Disney Â
Think Like An Innovator is full of inspiring insights to transform your working day.
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Introduction
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Artist
Chapter 1 - David Bowie
Chapter 2 - Freddie Mercury
Chapter 3 - Hans Christian Andersen
Chapter 4 - J K Rowling
Chapter 5 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Chapter 6 - Madonna
Chapter 7 - Miles Davis
Chapter 8 - Pablo Picasso
Chapter 9 - Roy Lichtenstein
Chapter 10 - Salvador Dali
Chapter 11 - Woody Allen
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Business Leader
Chapter 12 - Akio Morita
Chapter 13 - Anne Mulcahy
Chapter 14 - Clarence Birdseye
Chapter 15 - Daniel Peter
Chapter 16 - Ingvar Kamprad
Chapter 17 - Jeff Bezos
Chapter 18 - Levi Strauss
Chapter 19 - Ray Kroc
Chapter 20 - Ricardo Semmler
Chapter 21 - Rob McEwen
Chapter 22 - Sidney Bernstein
Chapter 23 - Sir Charles Dunstone
Chapter 24 - Soichiro Honda
Chapter 25 - Zhang Ruimin
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Genius
Chapter 26 - Beethoven
Chapter 27 - Michelangelo
Chapter 28 - Mozart
Chapter 29 - Pythagoras
Chapter 30 - William Shakespeare  Â
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Inventor
Chapter 31 - Eric Migicovsky
Chapter 32 - George de Mestral
Chapter 33 - Hiram Maxim Â
Chapter 34 - Johannes Gutenberg
Chapter 35 - John Harrison
Chapter 36 - John Sipe Â
Chapter 37 - Jorge Odon  Â
Chapter 38 - Louis Braille  Â
Chapter 39 - Martin Cooper  Â
Chapter 40 - Nick D’Aloisio Â
Chapter 41 - Percy Spencer  Â
Chapter 42- Ted Hoff
Chapter 43 - Thomas Edison Â
Chapter 44 - Trevor Baylis
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Maverick
Chapter 45 - Anita Roddick Â
Chapter 46 - Don Estridge
Chapter 47 - Hannibal Â
Chapter 48 - Jonathan Swift Â
Chapter 49 - Nelson Â
Chapter 50 - Phil Romano
Chapter 51 - Steve Jobs
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Pioneer
Chapter 52 - Auguste Escoffier Â
Chapter 53 - Dick Fosbury
Chapter 54 - Florence Nightingale
Chapter 55 - Gustave Eiffel
Chapter 56 - Hedy Lamarr
Chapter 57 - Marconi  Â
Chapter 58 - Muhammed Yunus
Chapter 59 - Travis Kalanick  Â
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Scientist
Chapter 60 - Alexander Fleming
Chapter 61 - Alexander Graham Bell Â
Chapter 62 - Archimedes
Chapter 63 - Charles Darwin Â
Chapter 64 - Dmitri Mendeleev
Chapter 65 - Edward Jenner Â
Chapter 66 - Edwin Land  Â
Chapter 67 - Galilleo
Chapter 68 - Govindappa Venkataswamy
Chapter 69 - Joseph Lister
Chapter 70 - Marie Curie  Â
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Visionary
Chapter 71 - Elon Musk
Chapter 72 - John F Kennedy  Â
Chapter 73 - Mahatma Gandhi Â
Chapter 74 - Oprah Winfrey Â
Chapter 75 - Walt Disney Â
Chapter 76 - Zhao KuangyinPaul Sloane is the UK's top leadership speaker on innovation and the founder of Destination Innovation. He is the author of over 20 books on lateral thinking and innovation which have sold over 2 million copies in total. He took a first in Engineering at Cambridge. He was a top Salesman with IBM and went on to be Managing Director at Ashton Tate and VP International for MathSoft. He has over 25,000 followers on Twitter and is well known as a blogger, speaker and workshop leader on the topics of creativity, lateral thinking and the leadership of innovation
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