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Some innovation reading

January 5, 2011

Not so much dead tree reading, for me anyway, as I tend to read books on my Kindle these days (they’re awfully good), but here’s a few books that I’ve found really useful on the topic of innovation. All those who have had their interest piqued by the talk of skunkworks on this blog recently should find them worthwhile:

The Open Innovation Revolution – Stefan Lindegaard
The Power of Social Innovation – Stephen Goldsmith
The Myths of Innovation – Scott Berkun

Not to forget the classic:

The Innovator’s Dilemma – Clayton M. Christensen

And yet another pimp of the excellent and delightfully short

Little Innovation Book – James Gardner

Another other great innovation book recommendations?

Disclaimer – the links to Amazon are affiliate ones – if you buy something after clicking them I make a few pence.

Some recent reading

May 1, 2010

As well as blogs, tweets and reports that are published online, I spend quite a bit of time reading books too. They are often great for the bigger picture stuff which requires a bit of thought and chewing over.

Here’s a list of some of the stuff I’ve been reading recently – I’ve marked them as either DT (dead tree, ie a real paper book) or K (meaning I have it on my Kindle). It’s all in no particular order.

Causewired – Tom Watson (K)
Rework – Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson (DT)
The Mythical Man-Month – Frederick P Brooks Jnr (K)
Web 2.0 Architectures – James Governor, Dion Hinchcliffe, and Duane Nickull (K)
FruITion – Chris Potts (K)
Enterprise Architecture as Strategy – Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill, and David C. Robertson (K)
Enterprise 2.0 Implementation – Aaron C Newman and Jeremy G Thomas (DT)
Open Government – Daniel Lathrop and Laurel Ruma (K)
The Little Innovation Book – James A Gardner (K)
Systems Thinking in the Public Sector – John Seddon (DT)
The Art of Community – Jono Bacon (DT)

The Kindle has really changed the way I read techy books. I now won’t buy a work related book in paper form unless I have to – they just seem to suit the Kindle really well. I won’t switch to the Kindle for novels just yet, I don’t think, but for some reason the digital form suits non-fiction rather well.

(Disclaimer – where I have linked to Amazon, I have used associate links, meaning I get a few pence if you buy the book via the link. All the money I make from these goes towards the running of Palimpsest, a book group forum I host.)

Christmas reading

December 29, 2009

The pile of books I’ve been working my way through during the holidays.

DavePress bookshop

December 12, 2009

I’ve always wanted to own a bookshop. Somewhere nice and quiet, with tables to sit down and read, some sort of tea and coffee arrangement and plenty of books to browse and buy.

I’m obviously not ever going to have one – after all, if Borders can’t cope, then how could I? But I can have a virtual arrangement, thanks to Amazon’s astore service.

You can find it here. I’m still stocking the shelves, but you should find some good stuff in there. In fact, they are all books I have read and liked, so you can blame me if they’re crap.

Disclosure – I get a few pence every time you use the bookshop. I’m not going to get rich out of it, though!

Leaving the Asylum

November 8, 2009

I read this post with some sadness, as John is giving his blog a break. He writes book reviews, great pieces about proper books. He says it’s going to be temporary, I hope it will be.

John’s blog is an example of why handing the process of publishing into the hands of everyone is a good idea. Amongst the egos, the idiots and the talentless are the gems like John, who make sifting through all the shit worthwhile.

Without the internet, and without the development of the technology that democratises the power to publish, I would never have bought the books he recommended and my life would have been less rich as a result.

Just another reason why this stuff matters.

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