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The Innovator's DNA
- Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Are you the next Steve Jobs?
You can be as innovative and impactful - if you can change your behaviors to improve your creative impact.
In The Innovator’s DNA, authors Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and bestselling author Clayton M. Christensen (The Innovator’s Dilemma, The Innovator’s Solution) build on what we know about disruptive innovation to show how individuals can develop the skills necessary to move progressively from idea to impact.
By identifying behaviors of the world’s best innovators - from leaders at Amazon and Apple to those at Google, Skype, and Virgin Group - the authors outline five discovery skills that distinguish innovative entrepreneurs and executives from ordinary managers: Associating, Questioning, Observing, Networking, and Experimenting.
Once you master these competencies (the authors provide a self assessment for rating your own innovator’s DNA), the authors explain how you can generate ideas, collaborate with colleagues to implement them, and build innovation skills throughout your organization to sharpen its competitive edge. That innovation advantage can translate into a premium in your company’s stock price - an innovation premium - that is possible only by building the code for innovation right into your organization’s people, processes, and guiding philosophies.
Practical and provocative, The Innovator’s DNA is an essential resource for individuals and teams who want to strengthen their innovative prowess.
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- BRIAN
- 06-11-12
Starts slowly and then... it pops!
If you could sum up The Innovator's DNA in three words, what would they be?
This book analyzes some of the best thinkers of our time and shares strategies and tools to think like them. It won't make you an instant innovator or genius critical thinker but it definitely will add some tools to your toolbox. Give it a listen past the first few chapters-- it starts off a little preachy with motivational garb as if this were a self-help book but it picks up and provides some real gems!
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- N. Frota
- 08-14-12
The inner-workings of innovators minds. Nice book!
Where does The Innovator's DNA rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
It's in the top tier group of the audiobooks I have listened to.
What did you learn from The Innovator's DNA that you would use in your daily life?
It gave me a way to structure my thinking to my come up with new business ideas. It gives you ways to develop not only your own discovery skills but those of your company.
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- Sue Ribeiro
- 03-15-18
Good insight
Touches on a lot of different aspects of innovation. Will revisit this book to reinforce what I’ve learned.
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- Bryan
- 09-09-17
Amazing book for anyone wanting BUSINESS
Incredible! if you want to release ypur creative potential and know what you need to implement that cr3ativoty this is for you!!
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- Jordan
- 07-12-16
<br />Game Changer!<br />
Simply brilliant! This book has changed my life and provides tools to help inspire innovation
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- Ahmed Youssef
- 11-25-21
A must read for executives!
A very insightful and organized book on how to approach innovation in businesses, especially in corporates.
A must read for executives specifically, as it showcases how their leadership styles affect their organizations' DNAs
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- AAE
- 07-11-21
Insightful; an easy listen
This book offers excellent advice for people looking to lead innovative ideas and skills within their company or personal endeavors. This book was motivational and inspired me to generate several ideas, all while listening! I was almost able to finish the entire audiobook in one sitting; a first for me! It’s an easy listen. The book expands on principle concepts in marketing and design thinking, among other influences. I’d recommend it for anyone looking to spark their creativity or cultivate a revolutionary campaign!
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- Anonymous User
- 01-30-21
Life changing insights
This book systematically endorses the so obvious thoughts about innovation that anyone going through it can set aside any misconception that innovation is a born skill and can’t be acquired.
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- Chavo
- 02-25-20
Terribly narrated
Great topic but such a bad narrator. It was hard to focus with his monotone voice.
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- CreightonE
- 12-22-19
Narrator is about as interesting as dry toast
Tough listen, the narration is monotone and sounds like it's a computer reading text. the lack of inflection and enthusiasm made it unlistenable. waste of a credit and I can say I'm out on using Audible going forward.
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- Gareth
- 12-11-20
Secrets of Innovators
As an innovator I wanted to understand what it is that makes me think and act this way so I could teach it to others. Great guide with practical advice on how to improve individual and company innovation.
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- SAMUEL. A
- 07-20-19
One of the best audiobooks I've ever listened to.
Really inspirational, now to put it to practice. Many thank to Prof. Christensen et.al. Love it
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- G
- 06-23-16
Inspiring
While not heavy on hands-on advice (although there is some, just not detailed) it's a very inspiring book to listen to.
It's a shame there isn't a PDF of the self assessment tool mentioned in one chapter.