Design a Better Business | Book Series

Overview:

This book stitches together a complete design journey from beginning to end in a way that you’ve likely never seen before, guiding readers (you) step-by-step in a practical way from the initial spark of an idea all the way to scaling it into a better business. Design a Better Business includes a comprehensive set of tools (over 20 total!) and skills that will help you harness opportunity from uncertainty by building the right team(s) and balancing your point of view against new findings from the outside world.

This book also features over 50 case studies and real life examples from large corporations such as ING Bank, Audi, Autodesk, and Toyota Financial Services, to small startups, incubators, and social impact organizations, providing a behind the scenes look at the best practices and pitfalls to avoid. Also included are personal insights from thought leaders such as Steve Blank on innovation, Alex Osterwalder on business models, Nancy Duarte on storytelling, and Rob Fitzpatrick on questioning, among others.

Authors:

Justin Lokitz, Lisa Kay Solomon, Patrick van Der Pijl

Published In:

20 September 2016

 

The Creative Company | Book Series

Overview:

Growing up, you were the kid that would ask your parents, “Why is the sky blue? Why do our teeth fall out?” And the infamous, “Where do babies come from?” You used to ask so many questions that your parents would have no choice but to tell you to stop.

Now that you are older, you seem to have “grown out of your childish ways.”

What happened to that curiosity? The Creative Company invites you to return to those inquisitive days – the days of youthful curiosity. Specifically, be curious around business, failure, empathy, and leadership. In reading The Creative Company: How Creative Execution and Empathy Result in Long-term Value. your mind will be opened to the insights and lessons of innovators and pioneers across multiple industries and diverse backgrounds, as well as Western and Eastern philosophies.

Authors:

David Freiburger

Published In:

12 June 2018