Myths named Jolt Award finalist
CMP Media runs the annual Jolt awards, the closest thing the tech sector has to the Oscars. They just…
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Comment lottery: win signed copy of the Myths of Innovation
Spending some time this week cleaning up the website, and read through lots of old comments. You folks out…
Myths of innovation: best book for strategy+business magazine
The folks at strategy+business have their ’07 picks, and Myths of Innovation is listed as a best innovation book…
The 8 challenges innovations face
In chapter 3 of The Myths of Innovation, I explore why innovation methodologies are prone to fail. It’s not…
Debunking The Top Thanksgiving Myths
During research for the The Myths of Innovation I read many history books, particularly ones exploring popular falsehoods about…
Innovation Myths in Schoolhouse Rock
When lecturing about creativity I often ask the crowd how they know what they know – How do we really…
Myths of Innovation: #4 on Amazon’s best of 2007
Amazon.com just posted their best 100 books of 2007. In the Business narrative category, Myths of Innovation shows up…
Does Google 2008 = Microsoft 1998?
This is a question I’ve thought about often (See Google’s ten rules compared to Microsoft). Before I give my…
Understanding book sales
Writing books is hard enough, but selling them is an entirely different challenge. While I’ve learned much, I’m no…
Interview with Guy Kawasaki
This is a twist – as much as you’d think I should be interviewing him, Guy is a fan…
Myths of Innovation: $14.99 on amazon
It’s still a mystery how amazon.com sets its pricing, but the Myths of Innovation is at an all time…
Interview & review at DigitalWeb
Digital Web magazine has both a great review of The Myths of Innovation and a short, funny interview with…
More reviews for Myths
“This is a perfect book for managers all the way up the chain. It documents everything about the creative…
The best creative thinking books
Between teaching a course on creative thinking at UW, and writing a book on innovation, I’ve read dozens of…
Slashdot review of Myths of Innovation
First major review is in: Thankfully, this book, “the myths of innovation” breaks all of these rules. It’s an…
I need your help with the new book
As you may know, I quit my job 4 years ago to write full time. It takes about two…
Bay area book tour: report
Time: 3 days Lectures: 8 Hotel rooms: 3 Total audience: ~360 Places visited: E-bay, Apple, Google, MobiTV, Book Passages,…
First reviews are in: 5 stars!
Early book reviews are coming in: there are two five star reviews up on amazon, as well as some…
More tour dates: Vancouver, Boston & Seattle
A few more chances to see me speak about the new book, The myths of Innovation. Thurs May 24th,…
Podcast interview about myths of innovation
Matthew Mullenweg, founder of the WordPress software that runs this website, interviewed me over dinner about the new book.…