The Way of Innovation
Master the Five Elements of Change to Reinvent Your Products, Services, and Organization
Published on 1. July 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-59869-379-9 (ISBN)
Description
Inside The Way of Innovation, corporate strategist Kaihan Krippendorff explains how you can adapt and thrive by recognizing, understanding, and utilizing the ancient Asian approach to innovation. He illustrates how companies like Microsoft and Nokia use this powerful wisdom, and how you too can pass through the five stages of innovation:
Metal (Admit you are stuck)
Water (Conceive new winning options)
Wood (Assemble your resources)
Fire (Break out your innovation)
Earth (Make it sustainable)
With this book, you have the ancient strategies you need to lead the way to a more productive - and profitable - future.
Metal (Admit you are stuck)
Water (Conceive new winning options)
Wood (Assemble your resources)
Fire (Break out your innovation)
Earth (Make it sustainable)
With this book, you have the ancient strategies you need to lead the way to a more productive - and profitable - future.
Reviews / Votes
"For the first time, someone has captured the essence of innovation and given us a truly fresh language to guide and enhance [the] process." --Verne Harnish, founder of Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO), CEO of Gazelles Inc., and author of Mastering the Rockefeller Habits"Kaihan's ability to reflect on history and keenly link to the current business environment displays his rich respect and creativity for businesses. This is a great read for those who love the game of strategy." --Melinda Large, Regional Director, People, Wal-Mart
"[This book] . . . offers an extremely novel, fresh, and piercing perspective into how people in organizations can personally innovate." --Philip Berry, VP Global Workplace Initiatives, Colgate-Palmolive
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Avon
United States
Publishing group
Adams Media Corporation
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
395 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59869-379-9 (9781598693799)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Kaihan Krippendorff
The Way of Innovation
Master the Five Elements of Change to Reinvent Your Products, Services, and Organization
E-Book
06/2008
Simon + Schuster LLC
€2.96
Available for download
Person
An Adams Media author.