4.21 avg rating — 59,012 ratings

"Introduces a tool in universal use. Do yourself the favors of combining it with Ash Maurya's Lean Canvas and of working through the effort beyond the tool."

3.64 avg rating — 138 ratings

"Simply points out to non-nerds in how many ways data can be of value."

4.05 avg rating — 441 ratings

"Great for leaders and strategists who must make tough choices and want them to be less painful.

Also, insightful about the value (or not) of story-centric business books."

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22 ratings

"One of many good Design Thinking books. I like that it includes Business Design as part of the work.

Useful reference of individual tools and the HCD flow overall."

3.89 avg rating — 102 ratings

"Super-undervalued book and toolkit from one of the giants of our field (e.g., inspiration to Clay Christensen).

No "instant use canvases" here. Takes effort. Well worth it."

4.28 avg rating — 4,793 ratings

"A good introduction to Product, focused on its strategic aspects, avoiding minutiae of tools and tasks."

4.19 avg rating — 1,217 ratings

"Story-based, with many helpful nuggets throughout."

4.07 avg rating — 39,811 ratings

"Critical for culture design and the central question of whether to help others. (Hint, you should.)"

4.12 avg rating — 15,600 ratings

"Great examples of truly "big" discoveries. And also source of helpful frameworks woven in."

4.10 avg rating — 8,210 ratings

"Not about "analytics" in the sense of data science. Instead, it's about the often-undervalued topic of recognizing success in innovation work."

3.92 avg rating — 4,027 ratings

"Nominally not about innovation at all. But both a great reminder not to over-engineer or over-linearize, and a source of thought-provoking frameworks."

4.14 avg rating — 77 ratings

"I useful introduction to operations for folks who just want to dip their toes into that water and like the use of "canvases" in their work."

3.99 avg rating — 8,954 ratings

"A classic to know. In the real world, it can help to customize the book's frameworks a bit. But still, a great introduction to strategy basics."

4.30 avg rating — 523 ratings

"A simple and cohesive view of innovation work from idea to hand-off."

4.18 avg rating — 23,402 ratings

"Very useful as a guide to efficient work. (Also research the cottage industry of add-ons it has spawned.)

Also an important reminder of how much of good innovation work deals with us as humans, not as intellectual automatons."

3.91 avg rating — 737 ratings

"Another book not nominally about innovation. But a very good analog for the work it takes to build your team's credibility in your org."

4.08 avg rating — 22,140 ratings

"Full of joy in data and nuances that offer an impressive antidote to both over-restrictive and lax test & learn work.

It also demands that we have perspectives, rather than brute-force testing mindlessly."

4.13 avg rating — 822 ratings

"Makes the critical case for seeking systems of differentiators, not individual ones."

4.10 avg rating — 451 ratings

"An alternate and simpler take on business models and a reminder of just how many models we have at our disposal."

3.58 avg rating — 65 ratings

"One of several good books reminding us that we cause change and that that change causes people stress. It's our job to help them overcome that stress."

3.92 avg rating — 2,025 ratings

"Source of the "knowledge funnel," a critical meta-framework for innovation leaders."

4.12 avg rating — 187 ratings

"An excellent general-purpose leadership book with practical application to change and innovation."

4.04 avg rating — 60,501 ratings

"An utter classic. If you have merely heard of it before, do yourself the favor and read it.

Bonus: You'll end up knowing how to use the term "disruptive innovation" correctly."

4.11 avg rating — 363,725 ratings

"The book that brought build-test-learn cycles and "minimum viable products" to the masses, based on great work by Ries's teacher Steve Blank."

4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings

"An eloquent, memorable reminder that innovation is and should feel hard, along with some ways to make progress anyway."

2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings

"Relatively dense and mathematical. But also the source of the basic insight that there exist only a limited number of ways to win for you to pursue."

3.71 avg rating — 634 ratings

"A clear introduction to trends & foresight work."

4.11 avg rating — 12,813 ratings

"A classic with many tools for venture building. Blank taught Eric Ries, who synthesized his lessons and personal experience into The Lean Startup."

3.98 avg rating — 4,694 ratings

"A case for diverse skills and personalities on innovation teams. Avoid "innovation orthodoxy!""

3.83 avg rating — 197 ratings

"Important for leaders and business designers. Also a great example of setting clear, simple, forceful priorities."

4.21 avg rating — 7,159 ratings

"Introduces what is arguably one of the core concepts and tools of innovation work."

4.15 avg rating — 47 ratings

"A good introduction for those who want to extend canvas-style work to the strategy cascade."

3.72 avg rating — 259 ratings

"Cautionary tales and insights to dampen hubris. Remember, most ideas will actually fail, at least as first conceived."

3.86 avg rating — 2,361 ratings

"A good introduction to thinking in terms of categories."

3.60 avg rating — 1,498 ratings

"An important admonition not always to look for the most complex (or U.S.- and Europe-centric) solutions. Advanced, effective, ingenious solutions are possible elsewhere and in other ways too."

4.18 avg rating — 5,468 ratings

"A theory tool for leaders to understand their current organization and create better ones."

4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings

"The book puts words to the ways many entrepreneurs work, allowing the rest of us better to follow and participate/ collaborate in what's happening better."

4.24 avg rating — 35,262 ratings

"A strong case for putting in the effort to build a certain kind of great culture. Also pay attention to the book's academic source materials!"

4.02 avg rating — 4,322 ratings

"Nominally not about innovation. But a rigorous analysis for those striving to create the utterly best teams in the world."

3.85 avg rating — 37,286 ratings

"Not about innovation. But I appreciate the book's situation assessment tools for better understanding the org in which you hope to innovate. Useful to anyone at any career stage."

3.84 avg rating — 381,765 ratings

"Read Chapter VI. In short: Humanity has known for over 500 years that innovation is and should be hard."