Disruptive Business - Desire, Innovation and the Re-design of Business

The book provides a timely new perspective of current behavioural disruptions which are relevant to the continuity of business, as well as a set of practical methodologies for business design, aimed at creating innovation outcomes of value to users.

List of contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Perspectives for a Conversation about Innovation; Chapter 2 Innovation is a Behaviour Outcome; Part 1 Perspectives for Innovation; Chapter 3 The New Context; Chapter 4 Rethinking Innovation; Chapter 5 Purpose in Innovation; Chapter 6 Ethos and the Role of Desire in Innovation; Chapter 7 The Ecology of Innovativeness; Part 2 Collaborative Innovation; Chapter 8 Massive Innovativeness, SamiViitam�„ki; Chapter 9 Beyond Strategic Thinking, JeanneLiedtka; Chapter 101 Afterword; Chapter 102 The Nature of Innovation;

About the author

Alexander Manu is a strategic innovation practitioner, international lecturer and author. He works with executive teams in Fortune 500 companies in industries as diverse as consumer packaged goods, media, advertising, mobile communications and manufacturing. Alexander lectures around the world on innovation, imagination, change agents and strategic foresight. He is a Senior Partner and Chief Imaginator at InnoSpa International Partners, teaches Innovation, Foresight and Business Design at the Rotman School of Management, and is a Professor at the Ontario College of Art and Design and in Toronto. In his client and research work, Alexander is involved in transforming organizations by exploring and defining new competitive spaces, the development of new strategic business competencies and creation of imaginative innovation methods. Author of 'Everything 2.0: Redesign your Business Through Foresight and Brand Innovation', 2008 'The Imagination Challenge Strategic Foresight and Innovation for the Global Economy', 2006, 'ToolToys: Tools with an Element of Play', 1995, and 'The Big Idea of Design', 1999. Alexander has an exceptional and sustained activity as an international lecturer, being invited to give over 300 keynote lectures in 23 countries.

Summary

The book provides a timely new perspective of current behavioural disruptions which are relevant to the continuity of business, as well as a set of practical methodologies for business design, aimed at creating innovation outcomes of value to users.

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Manu, Manu Alexander
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.06.2024
• EAN: 9781032838410
• ISBN: 978-1-03-283841-0
• No. of pages: 200
• Weight: 344 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / E-Commerce / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Strategic Planning, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Marketing / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Motivational, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Sales & Selling / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Mathematics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Research & Development, DESIGN / Graphic Arts / Commercial & Corporate, Organizational theory & behaviour, E-commerce: business aspects, Management: leadership & motivation, business strategy, Industrial / commercial art & design, Management & management techniques, Management: leadership and motivation, Research & development management, Sales & marketing, Business mathematics & systems, Sales and marketing, Organizational theory and behaviour, Management and management techniques, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration, Research and development management, Business mathematics and systems