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    Cover of The Art of Innovation

    The Art of Innovation

    Tom Kelley, Thomas Kelley, Jonathan Littman · 2001

    The story of the origin and design process of IDEO, a design company in San Jose, CA. Shares examples of innovation from both IDEO and such companies as REI, Pike Place Market, and Nike.

    Startups & Entrepreneurship
    Open LibraryAmazon
    Stats for nerds
    1recommend
    2mentions
    2people
    2008–2011years
    50% recommend50% neutral

    Mentions per year

    2008200920102011

    What Hacker News says

    1. russjhammondApr 2011
      Any of the books by the IDEO folks is great.

      Masters of Innovation The Art of Innovation

      I find also though that books are harder to fit in lately and podcasts work better. 1) they can be listened to on the commute to work, at the gym, etc 2) they are more incremental 3) they keep going - so when you find one that is good you can take a really deep dive with it for a while

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    2. rdohertyJul 2008
      * The Pragmatic Programmer

      * Becoming a Technical Leader

      * In Search of Stupidity

      * Hackers & Painters

      * Blockbusters

      * Joel on Software: And on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove of Interest to Software Developers, Designers, and Managers, and to Those Who, Whether by Good Fortune or Ill Luck, Work with Them in Some Capacity

      * The Best Software Writing I

      * Behind Closed Doors

      * Managing Humans

      * The Mythical Man-Month

      * Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

      * The Non-Designers Design Book

      * Founders at Work

      * Good to Great

      * Dreaming in Code

      * The Art of the Start

      * Maverick

      * The Design of Everyday Things

      * The Art of Project Management

      * The Art of Innovation

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