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REQUIRED & RECOMMENDED READINGS



Required Readings


The Art of Innovation
  By Tom Kelley

What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 (Optional)
  By Tina Seelig



Course Reader


Conceptual Blockbusting - Intro thru Chapter 4 (Adams)
Case: Cirque du Soleil - Parts A and B
HBR Article: Creativity Under The Gun
Personality Plus
The Bake Off
The Checklist

Recommended Reading


Weird Ideas That Work: 11 1/2 Practices for Promoting, Managing, and Sustaining Innovation
  By Robert I. Sutton
Corporate Creativity
  By Robertson and Stern
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
  By Robert Cialdini
Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration
  By Warreb Bennis & Patricia Ward Biederman
How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day
  By Michael J. Gelb
The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
  By Clayton M. Christensen
The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action
  By Jeffrey Pfeffer & Robert I. Sutton
Start-up: A Silicon Valley Adventure
  By Jerry Kaplan
When Sparks Fly: Igniting Creativity in Groups
  By Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
Serious Play: How the World's Best Companies Simulate to Innovate
  By Michael Schrage
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
  By Malcolm Gladwell
A Whack on the Side of the Head
  By Roger von Oech