The Books in bold are must reads
- Adizes, Ichak. Corporate Lifecycles: How and Why Corporations Grow and Die and What To Do About It. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1989.
- Afuah, Allan. Innovation Management. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Bean, Roger and Radford, Russell. The Business of Innovation: Managing the Corporate Imagination for Maximum Results. New York: Amacom, 2002.
- Bennis, Warren and Biederman, Patricia Ward. Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration. Reading, MA: Perseus Books, 1997.
- Berkun, Scott. The Myths of Innovation. Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media, Inc, 2007.
- Berman, Bruce, ed. From Ideas to Assets: Investing Wisely in Intellectual Property. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002.
- Block, Zenas, and MacMillan, Ian C. Corporate Venturing: Creating New Businesses Within the Firm. Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, 1993.
- Brown, John Seeley et al. Storytelling in Organizations: Why Storytelling is Transforming 21st Century Organizations and Management. Oxford, UK: Elsevier, 2005.
- Buderi, Robert. Engines of Tomorrow: How the World's Best Companies Are Using Their Research Labs to Win the Future. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2000.
- Burgelman, Robert A. with Maidique, Modesto A. and Wheelwright, Steven. C. Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001.
- Cameron, Julia. The Artist’s Way. New York: Penguin Putnam Inc., 2002.
- Chesbrough, Henry. Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2006.
- Chesbrough, Henry. Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2003.
- Cheverton, Richard E., Lanny Vincent and Bill Wilson. The Maverick Way: Profiting from the Power of the Corporate Misfit. La Palma, CA: Maverick Way Publishing, 2000.
- Christensen, Clayton M. The Innovator's Solution. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2003.
- Christensen, Clayton M. The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1997.
- Christensen, Clayton M. Seeing What’s Next: Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2004.
- Clippinger III, John Henry, ed. The Biology of Business: Decoding the Natural Laws of Enterprise. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1999.
- Collins, Jim and Jerry I. Porras. Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies. New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 1994.
- Collins, Jim. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap. . ..and Others Don't. New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 2001.
- Collins, Jim. How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In. New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 2009.
- Conant, Jennet. Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science that Changed the Course of World War II. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.
- Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention. New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 1996.
- Davis, Julie L. and Suzanne S. Harrison. Edison in the Boardroom. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
- DeBono, Edward. Serious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Create New Ideas. New York: HarperCollins, 1992.
- DeBono, Edward. Six Thinking Hats. Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1985.
- de Gues, Arie. The Living Company: Habits for Survival in a Turbulent Business Environment. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1997.
- Drucker, Peter F. Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Practice and Principles. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1985.
- Drucker, Peter F. Management: Task, Responsibilities, Practices. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.
- Erickson, Gary, with Lois Lorentzen. Raising the Bar: Integrity and Passion in Life and Business. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004.
- Foster, Richard. Innovation: The Attacker's Advantage. New York: Summit Books, 1986.
- Fukuyama, Francis. Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.
- Gardner, Howard. Changing Minds: The Art and Science of Changing Our Own and Other People’s Minds. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2004.
- Gladwell, Malcolm. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2005.
- Gladwell, Malcolm. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2000.
- Goldratt, Eliyahu M., and Cox, Jeff. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement. Croton-on-Hudson, NY: North River Press, Inc., 1984.
- Graham, Margaret B.W., and Shuldiner, Alec T. Corning and the Craft of Innovation. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Grudin, Robert. The Grace of Great Things: Creativity and Innovation. New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1990.
- Haeckel, Stephan H. Adaptive Enterprise. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1999.
- Handy, Charles. The Elephant and the Flea: Reflections of a Reluctant Capitalist. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2001.
- Harbison, John R. and Pekar, Jr., Peter. Smart Alliances: A Practical Guide to Repeatable Success. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998.
- Hawken, Paul. Growing a Business. New York: Fireside/Simon &Schuster, 1987.
- Johansson, Frans. The Medici Effect: Breakthrough Insights at the Intersection of Ideas, Concepts & Cultures. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2004.
- Johnston, Jr., Robert E., and Bate, J. Douglas. The Power of Strategy Innovation. New York: Amacom, 2003.
- Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. The Change Masters: Innovation for Productivity in the American Corporation. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1983.
- Katz, Ralph. The Human Side of Managing Technological Innovation. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Kegan, Robert and Lisa Laskow Lahey. Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2009.
- Kelley, Tom. The Art of Innovation. New York: Doubleday, 2001.
- Kennedy, Michael N. Product Development for the Lean Enterprise. Richmond, VA: The Oaklea Press, 2003.
- Kleiner, Art. The Age of Heretics: Heroes, Outlaws and the Forerunners of Corporate Change. New York: Bantam Doubleday Del Publishing Group, Inc., 1996.
- Kuczmarski, Thomas, et al. Innovating the Corporation: Creating Value for Customers and Shareholders. Chicago: NTC Business Books, 2001.
- Kuhn, Thomas S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962.
- Lawrence, Paul R., and Nohria, Nitin. Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002.
- Leifer, Richard, et al. Radical Innovation: How Mature Companies Can Outsmart Upstarts. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2000.
- Lendrum, Tony. The Strategic Partnering Handbook, 3rd Edition. Roseville, Australia: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2000.
- Leonard-Barton, Dorothy. Wellsprings of Knowledge: Building and Sustaining the Sources of Innovation. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1995.
- Lester, Richard K. and Michael J. Piore. Innovation: The Missing Dimension. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004.
- Liker, Jeffrey K. The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World’s Greatest Manufacturer. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004.
- Lynch, Robert Porter. Business Alliances Guide. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1993.
- Martin, Roger. The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2007.
- Mason, Heidi, and Rohner, Tim. The Venture Imperative: A New Model for Corporate Innovation. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2002.
- McGrath, Rita Gunther and Ian MacMillan. The Entrepreneurial Mindset: Strategies for Continuously Creating Opportunity in an Age of Uncertainty. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2000.
- Meeker, Joseph W. The Comedy of Survival: Literary Ecology and a Play Ethic. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1997.
- Moore, Geoffrey A. Dealing With Darwin: How Great Companies Innovate at Every Phase of Their Evolution. New York: Penguin Group, 2005.
- Nonaka, Ikujiro and Hirotaka Takeuchi. The Knowledge-Creating Company: How Japanese Companies Create the Dynamics of Innovation. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
- Nonaka, Ikujiro, and Nishiguchi, Toshihiro. Knowledge Emergence: Social, Technical and Evolutionary Dimensions of Knowledge Creation. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Packard, David. The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company. New York: Harper Business, 1995.
- Page, Scott E. The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007
- Porter, Michael E. Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance. New York: The Free Press, 1985.
- Prince, George M. The Practice of Creativity. Macmillan Publishing Company, Inc., New York, NY, 1970.
- Ries, Al and Laura. The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding: How to Build a Product or Service into a World-Class Brand. Harper Business, New York, NY, 1998.
- Rivette, Kevin G., and Kline, David. Rembrandts in the Attic: Unlocking the Hidden Value of Patents. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2000.
- Rosenau, Jr., Milton D. Innovation: Managing the Development of Profitable New Products. Lifetime Learning Publications/Wadsworth, Inc. Belmont, CA, 1982.
- Roussel, Philip A., Kamal N. Saad and Tamara J. Erickson. Third Generation R&D: Managing the Link to Corporate Strategy. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1991.
- Schon, Donald A. The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action. Basic Books, Inc. New York, NY, 1983.
- Schrage, Michael. Serious Play: How the World’s Best Companies Simulate to Innovate. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2000.
- Schwartz, Evan I. Juice: The Creative Fuel that Drives World-Class Inventors, Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2004.
- Schwartz, Peter. The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World. New York: Doubleday, 1991.
- Senge, Peter M. The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization. Doubleday, New York, NY, 1990.
- Slowinski, Gene and Sagal, Matthew W. The Strongest Link. Amacom Books, New York, NY, 2003.
- Stewart, Thomas A. Intellectual Capital: The New Wealth of Organizations. Doubleday, New York, NY, 1997.
- Sullivan, Patrick H. Profiting from Intellectual Capital: Extracting Value from Innovation. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998.
- Sullivan, Patrick H. Value-Driven Intellectual Capital: How to Convert Intangible Corporate Assets into Market Value. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000.
- Sulloway, Frank J. Born to Rebel: Birth Order, Family Dynamics and Creative Lives. Pantheon Books, New York, NY. 1996.
- Surowiecki, James. The Wisdom of Crowds. Anchor Books, New York, NY. 2004.
- Teece, David J. Managing Intellectual Capital. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 2000.
- Thomke, Stefan H. Experimentation Matters: Unlocking the Potential of New Technologies for Innovation. Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, 2003.
- Tuomi, Ilkka. Networks of Innovation. Oxford University Press, Oxford, England. 2002.
- Utterback, James M. Mastering the Dynamics of Innovation: How Companies Can Seize Opportunities in the Face of Technological Change. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1994.
- Von Hippel, Eric. The Sources of Innovation. Oxford University Press. New York. NY, 1988.
- Waldrop, M. Mitchell. Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos. Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 1992.
- Weick, Karl E. Sensemaking in Organizations. Sage Publications. Thousand Oaks, CA. 1995.
- Wenger, Etienne, Richard McDermott and William M. Snyder. Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing Knowledge. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2002.
- Wheatley, Margaret J. Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2006.
- Wilber, Ken. A Theory of Everything: An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science and Spirituality. Shambhala Publications, Inc. Boston, MA. 2000.
- Winograd, Terry and Fernando Flores. Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design. Pearson /Addison-Wesley, Indianapolis, IN. 1986.
- Zook, Chris. Beyond the Core: Expand Your Market Without Abandoning Your Roots. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2004.
- Zook, Chris with Allen, James. Profit from the Core: Growth Strategy in an Era of Turbulence. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2001.