Ten Types of Innovation: The Discipline of Building Breakthroughs

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Ten Types of Innovation, The Discipline of Building Breakthroughs

Larry Keeley, Helen Walters, Ryan Pikkel, and Brian Quinn

Wiley, 2013, 288 Pages

Summary

This book is an analysis of business innovations. It is arranged into ten distinct types of innovations, with examples for all of them. Included is a listing of 100 different tactics used to implement the innovation. It explains which different types of innovation might be combined to create change in an industry segment. The final section of the book gives “games” or scenarios for leaders to engage in, imagining and analyzing potential targets for innovation.

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