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Pros
The myths of innovation clears up all the clouds around the hype. It's not just about dissecting the meaning of innovation, or busting myths. The myth the best idea wins.
This book explodes the myth of the lone inventor and the single eureka moment. Inventors with hard work and ideas from others take thoughts and put them together into a finished puzzle - for instance, the cell phone is a culmination of various technol... Read More
The book is the perfect reminder that keeps you from the traps and misconceptions of whatever books, seminars, innovation experts, consultants tell you about innovation. The book also makes your aware of the filters that you put on your own (and other... Read More
The author shows that serendipity is almost never the reason for innovation. He explains with examples of newton, edison and likes and explains the time and hard work they had spent in innovating things they did. Innovation can only be articulated, fa... Read More
To rise in power demands good political judgement, yet innovation requires a willingness to defy convention.
Cons
The myths of innovation reads like a bunch of inspirational talks at conferences. This result makes the useful analysis less insightful to the fundamental question of true innovation. This book is 1% inspiration and 99% padding.
Highlights
Quality
Words like problem solution goal experiment and prototypesimple workmanlike wordsare the language youll hear
Used excellent examples of points being made
34ideas need nurturing and are grown not manufactured which suggests that idea shortages are selfinflicted
Hard work which is based upon and combined with existing hard work
Price
The value this book adds is that it reminds you about the positive mindsets related to motivation initiative and actually getti... Read More
Page 132 pick the right problem to solve and defining them correctly remember the palm pilot objectives fits in shirt pocket... Read More
Ive long since realized wellknown creators are normal people who have an uncanny talent drive and lots of help to see their mis... Read More
What is true is that you need money does not imply you need to have that money
Shipping
I loved the ideas being shared but the delivery was a labor
Packaging/appearance
First of all its jam packed with lots of interesting bits of history and a different point of view of it
It is packed with good information and good advice
Competitiveness
Scott berkun does a brilliant job of revealing just how many of the worlds greatest innovations internet others and most succe... Read More
This book has many similarity to book written by malcom gladwell the outliers
Dont drive yourself crazy comparing yourself with others who were successful
At the same time he notes there can be infinite paths to innovation as recent history has shown whether looking at flickr 3m or craigs list
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- This product had a total of 311 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 11 2024.
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Berkun challenges the reader to consider alternative views when thinking about innovation
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There are more but this provides an idea of the thinking that we need to change if we are to be truly innovative
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
In fact the issues the author brings up are not unique solely to inventions it is true about discovery too and probably a host of other areas if i think about it
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One would think that having a good invention is enough and it should almost sell itself if it is good
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However the author points out many inventors who were ignored
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Many very talented inventors fail
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In general it seems that it is very difficult to get people in the right places to listen
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Maybe the people who have the skills to invent things dont have quite the skills to sell the ideas
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