Ideation, Innovation, &

Inspirational Books

  • Breakthrough Thinking™ Series Innovation consultant guide

    Breakthrough Thinking™ Series

    Streamline guide to strategy, ideation and innovation. More details here.

  • The E Myth Revisited Michael Garber

    The E Myth Revisited

    Systems are needed. They don’t limit creativity, they empower it.

  • The 48 Laws of Human Nature Robert Greene

    The 48 Laws of Human Nature

    A deep analysis to how humans operate.

  • The Go Giver Bob Burg, John David Mann

    The Go-Giver

    A story that applies a real world lessons that we can all use.

  • Influence The Psychology of persuasion Robert Cialdini

    Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

    Powerful insight to how our brains work and how we can be more aware of it.

  • Yes, And Kelly Leonard Tom Yorton

    Yes, And

    Laughter + Team Building = Successful Creativity.

  • Extreme Ownership Jocko Willink Leif Babin

    Extreme Ownership

    Extreme ownership is about leading with a profound understanding of taking accountability and responsibility.

  • The Children's Story James Clavell

    The Children's Story

    A tale about group think and influence

  • The Art of War Sun Tzu James Clavell

    The Art of War

    A classical examination of strategy, preparation and execution helping essential different thinking.

  • Never Split The Difference Chris Voss

    Never Split The Difference

    The art of negotiating involves intense listening and preparation.

  • Zoom Istvan Banyai

    Zoom

    A book with no words that teaches many powerful perspectives.

  • The Art of Happiness Dalai Lama Howard Cutler

    The Art of Happiness

    Happiness is a pursuit that we all need to choose to make.

  • Black Box Thinking Matthew Syed

    Black Box Thinking

    Why don’t we learn from our mistakes? We are wired not to.

  • Everybody Lie Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

    Everybody Lies

    Surveys are flawed and are skewing your decisions.

  • The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle

    The Power of Now

    The past and future can rob you of the now and that is the only thing that you have.

  • How To Read A Financial Report John Tracy

    How To Read A Financial Report

    An excellent guide to financial reports and what they mean.

  • The One Minute Manager Ken Blanchard Spencer Johnson

    The One Minute Manager

    Guide, demonstrate, and empower without micromanaging.

  •  Patrick Lencioni

    The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

    Teams need trust and direction with accepting that sometimes members leave.

  • Pre-suasion Robert Cialdini

    Pre-suasion

    The tricks used to presuade and influence us happen before we know it.

  • Mindset: The new psychology of success Dr. Carol Dweck

    Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

    Distinction between a growth and fixed mindset can make the distinction between success and misery.

  • Good To Great Jim Collins

    Good To Great

    A distinction between having the right direction and then keeping it sustainable is the difference between good and great

  •  Harvey Deutshendorf

    The Other Kind of Smart

    Emotional Intelligence is a key to building powerful teams that accomplish.

  • The Uncertainty Mindset Dr. Vaughn Tan

    The Uncertainty Mindset

    In the world of innovation, uncertainty can be your best guide when guardrailed properly.

  • The Richest Man In Babylon George Clason

    The Richest Man In Babylon

    A historically placed tale that teaches valued lessons about life, money, and true wealth today.

  • The Challenger Sale Matthew Dixon Brent Adamson

    The Challenger Sale

    A different approach to challenging customers to create partnerships.

  • Creative Being Michael Bloomfield

    Creative Being

    The scientific understanding about the impact of us creative beings.

  • Leadership On The Line Ronald Heifetz, Marty Linsky

    Leadership On The Line

    When leading people through change, do you know how to gauge the temperature to be most effective?

  • The Obstacle Is The Way Ryan Holiday

    The Obstacle Is The Way

    Obstacles are often a friction for many, and where breakthroughs can happen.

  • High Output Management Andrew Grove

    High Output Management

    Highly productive teams deliver peak performance

  • Rich Dad, Poor Dad Robert Kiyosaki

    Rich Dad, Poor Dad

    Rethink what you know about money and how you think.

  • How To Talk To Anyone Leil Lowndes

    How To Talk To Anyone

    Starting conversation can be hard, keeping them meaningful is the challenge.

  • Don't Trust Your Gut Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

    Don't Trust Your Gut

    Intuition isn’t bad, unless you fail to ‘unbias’ it

  • That Will Never Work Marc Randolph

    That Will Never Work

    The real Netflix story: hard work, commitment, and being able to change.

  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen Covey

    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

    Habits that create positive differences in our lives are essential.

  • Meditations Marcus Aurelius Robin Waterfield

    Meditations

    A classic take on many of people’s current issues.

  • The 4-Hour Workweek Timothy Ferriss

    The 4-Hour Workweek

    Work smarter, not harder.

  • The 10X Rule Grant Cardone

    The 10X Rule

    Definitive difference between success and failure is about being willing and doing 10 times more than the other people.

  • The One Thing Gary Keller Jay Papasan

    The One Thing

    A book about focusing on priorities

  • The Innovation Expedition Gijs Van Wulfen

    The Innovation Expedition

    A walk through for innovation process that go well beyond stage and gate.

  • Think and Grow Rich Napoleon Hill

    Think and Grow Rich

    Finding your calm and thinking things out won’t give you a perfect plan, but it does give you advantages

  • How To Become A Rainmaker Jeffrey Fox

    How To Become A Rainmaker

    The basics of how to become a value add salesperson

  • The End of the World is Just the Beginning Peter Zeihan

    The End of the World is Just the Beginning

    A walk through of population and financial collapse that can open new opportunities

  • The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership John C Maxwell

    The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

    Leadership is a privilege and nearly impossible to get right for everyone, especially yourself.

  • The Chimp Paradox Steve Peters

    The Chimp Paradox

    Understanding how the analytic brain and emotional brain interact can deliver breakthroughs

  • Fast-Track Your Business Laura Patterson

    Fast-Track Your Business

    A step-by-step guidance for acquiring customer insights

  • The Intelligent Investor Benjamin Graham

    The Intelligent Investor

    A in depth guide to investing and not speculating

  • Marketing Metrics In Action Laura Patterson

    Marketing Metrics In Action

    A lay out of some powerful and simple metrics for marketing to move the company forward.

  • Value Innovation Works Richard Lee Nina Goodrich

    Value Innovation Works

    A guide for interviewing and conducting meaningful voice of customer

  • How to Win Friends & Influence People Dale Carnegie

    How to Win Friends & Influence People

    A classic discussion for everyone on how to be more approachable, likable and happier.

  • The Fud Factor Brendan Keegan

    The FUD factor

    A discussion on our most powerful emotion fear and it’s sub emotions of uncertainty and doubt

  • Unlimited Memory Kevin Horsley

    Unlimited Memory

    Unlimited memory is not a fairy tale, it is a matter of practice.

  • Doomlings

    Doomlings

    A fun card game for work or home with the amazing bonus of unlocking creativity