Closely related to words, words, words, are books, books, books. Everyone has their favorites. These are some that I like.
Amazon has this cool feature that allows people like me to yak about books I like. I could do that anyway, but Amazon gave me some cool little bits of code and pictures of book covers to make my list look really official. You can click on the hyperlinks and go right to Amazon. If you order one of the books, I get a gift certificate for a free bookmark or something.
What makes a good business book good?So what makes a good business book good? That it is provocative? That it leaves you with something useful? Yes and yes. But the ultimate test must surely be that it is read and referenced repeatedly.
Some of the books I own that meet these criteria are Influence by Robert Cialdini, Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn, Envisioning Information by Edward Tufte, The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, and Six Thinking Hats by Edward De Bono.
Books on innovation tend to fall into two broad categories: why and how innovations move from whim to wham, nothing to mainstream; and attempts at telling regular people like you and me how to be more innovative. My personal experience as a consultant is that most organizations don’t lack for innovative ideas. In fact, there are lots of them floating around. No, the issue is almost always nurturing and cultivating divergent ideas, and all the political and personal risks that go along with doing that.
With that in mind, my book selections tend to focus on how to foster innovation, vs. how to come up with out of the box ideas. Here are some of my favorites.
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