7 Books On Innovation
02
June
2017
We want to be prepared for the future, so here are the 7 latest books on innovation that Radiall’s leadership team is reading:
Frugal Innovation
How to Do More with Less
Authors: Navi Radjou & Jaideep Prabhu
This book explains how companies can leverage frugal innovation principles and techniques to achieve sustainable business practices and appeal to environmentally-aware customers.
Why we’re reading it: It deeply explores how companies need to do more with less to compete in the rapidly changing global marketplace.
Value Proposition Design
How to Create Products and Services Customers Want
Authors: Alex Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Greg Bernarda, Alan Smith
A clarifying book on the process of value proposition design, the authors demonstrate how companies can continuously improve value propositions that meet the needs of customer profiles.
Why we’re reading it: This book was part of the inspiration behind our Radiall 2025 initiative. Our employee-led project to build the Radiall of the future comprises 5 working groups: Culture, Agility, Innovation, Factory of the Future, and Digital Transformation. One of the key beliefs underlying the working groups is that customer needs and expectations inform the changes implemented during the Radiall 2025 transformation.
How We Got to Now
Six Innovations that Made the Modern World
Author: Steve Johnson
The author explores every day historical innovations that set in motion dramatic societal changes.
Why we’re reading it: We live in an increasingly connected world. This book perfectly illustrates the chains of influence and how it shapes our collective history.
Innovation Will Save the World
Author: Nicolas Bouzou
Nicolas Bouzou presents a more personal book about how individuals can reconcile the past with future technological innovation and global change.
Why we’re reading it: What’s the answer to the question “How should we approach the future?” Economist Nicholas Bouzon argues that conservative progressivism is the only approach to successfully navigating our future challenges.
Reinventing Organizations
Author: Frédéric Laloux
Frederic Laloux explains why the current organizational structure of businesses needs a radical overhaul, and how his new model will deliver a workplace revolution.
Why we’re reading it: It’s an inspirational book for those who want to reinvent their company’s organization.
Six Simple Rules
How to Manage Complexity Without Getting Complicated
Author: Yves Morieux
The authors developed 6 tools for businesses to better manage organizational complexity and improve productivity.
Why we’re reading it: This book helps leaders understand why they need to stop trying to manage complexity with their traditional tools and instead leverage employees’ intelligence.
The Age of the Platform
How Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Have Redefined Business
Author: Phil Simon
This book dives into why Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are so successful and what other companies can learn from their incredible ecosystems.
Why we’re reading it: This book is a great read for understanding the fundamentals of the new economy.