Think Like An Innovator: 76 Inspiring Business Lessons From The World'S Greatest Thinkers and Innovators, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (October 17, 2016) © 2017

  • Paul Sloane
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Innovation can take you from failure to success, but if you need a helping hand then Think Like An Innovator can help you.

With over 70 different leaders, innovators and business people, each covered in 500 words or less, you'll find out:

·    Who they are – a brief bio about the person

·    Their Challenge – the issue they faced and why it was a challenge

·    Their Innovation – the innovative solution they proposed

·    Lessons for you – insights for you on how to apply their innovation to your life

Split in to 8 categories, you can find inspiration from: 

Artists - e.g. David Bowie, J K Rowling, Pablo Picasso 

Business Leaders - e.g. Jeff Bezos, Levi Strauss, Sidney Bernstein

Genius' - e.g. Beethoven, Michelangelo, Shakespeare   

Inventors - e.g. Johannes Gutenberg, Louis Braille, Thomas Edison  

Mavericks - e.g. Anita Roddick, Nelson, Steve Jobs

Pioneers - e.g. Dick Fosbury, Florence Nightingale, Marconi 

Scientists - e.g. Alexander Fleming, Charles Darwin, Galilleo

Visionaries - e.g. John F Kennedy, Oprah Winfrey, Walt Disney  

Think Like An Innovator is full of inspiring insights to transform your working day.

Introduction

 

Artist

Chapter 1 - David Bowie

Chapter 2 - Freddie Mercury

Chapter 3 - Hans Christian Andersen

Chapter 4 - J K Rowling

Chapter 5 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Chapter 6 - Madonna

Chapter 7 - Miles Davis

Chapter 8 - Pablo Picasso

Chapter 9 - Roy Lichtenstein

Chapter 10 - Salvador Dali

Chapter 11 - Woody Allen

 

Business Leader

Chapter 12 - Akio Morita

Chapter 13 - Anne Mulcahy

Chapter 14 - Clarence Birdseye

Chapter 15 - Daniel Peter

Chapter 16 - Ingvar Kamprad

Chapter 17 - Jeff Bezos

Chapter 18 - Levi Strauss

Chapter 19 - Ray Kroc

Chapter 20 - Ricardo Semmler

Chapter 21 - Rob McEwen

Chapter 22 - Sidney Bernstein

Chapter 23 - Sir Charles Dunstone

Chapter 24 - Soichiro Honda

Chapter 25 - Zhang Ruimin

 

Genius

Chapter 26 - Beethoven

Chapter 27 - Michelangelo

Chapter 28 - Mozart

Chapter 29 - Pythagoras

Chapter 30 - William Shakespeare   

 

Inventor

Chapter 31 - Eric Migicovsky

Chapter 32 - George de Mestral

Chapter 33 - Hiram Maxim  

Chapter 34 - Johannes Gutenberg

Chapter 35 - John Harrison

Chapter 36 - John Sipe  

Chapter 37 - Jorge Odon   

Chapter 38 - Louis Braille   

Chapter 39 - Martin Cooper   

Chapter 40 - Nick D’Aloisio  

Chapter 41 - Percy Spencer   

Chapter 42- Ted Hoff

Chapter 43 - Thomas Edison  

Chapter 44 - Trevor Baylis

 

Maverick

Chapter 45 - Anita Roddick  

Chapter 46 - Don Estridge

Chapter 47 - Hannibal  

Chapter 48 - Jonathan Swift  

Chapter 49 - Nelson  

Chapter 50 - Phil Romano

Chapter 51 - Steve Jobs

 

Pioneer

Chapter 52 - Auguste Escoffier  

Chapter 53 - Dick Fosbury

Chapter 54 - Florence Nightingale

Chapter 55 - Gustave Eiffel

Chapter 56 - Hedy Lamarr

Chapter 57 - Marconi   

Chapter 58 - Muhammed Yunus

Chapter 59 - Travis Kalanick   

 

Scientist

Chapter 60 - Alexander Fleming

Chapter 61 - Alexander Graham Bell  

Chapter 62 - Archimedes

Chapter 63 - Charles Darwin  

Chapter 64 - Dmitri Mendeleev

Chapter 65 - Edward Jenner  

Chapter 66 - Edwin Land   

Chapter 67 - Galilleo

Chapter 68 - Govindappa Venkataswamy

Chapter 69 - Joseph Lister

Chapter 70 - Marie Curie   

 

Visionary

Chapter 71 - Elon Musk

Chapter 72 - John F Kennedy   

Chapter 73 - Mahatma Gandhi  

Chapter 74 - Oprah Winfrey  

Chapter 75 - Walt Disney  

Chapter 76 - Zhao Kuangyin

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