Book :  Publications

Business Model Generation

Business Model Generation
by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur

This is a fantastic overview of business model creation that steps readers through both strategy and implementation. It's both a great introduction as well as a good guide to remember the breadth of steps for experienced business people.

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The Design of Business

The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage
by Roger Martin
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Change by Design

Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation
by Tim Brown
Book :  Publications :  Resource

Okala Ecological & Sustainable Design Curriculum

2007 Okala Ecological & Sustainable Design Curriculum
Book :  Publications

The Catalyst

The Catalyst: How You Can Become an Extraordinary Growth Leader By Jeanne Liedtke, Robert Rosen, Robert Wiltbank This new book from Jeanne Liedtke, a professor at Darden (and her co-authors), is really smart and insightful. It lays-out the attributes of successful innovators, through case studies, as well as ways managers and leaders can improve their own functioning.
Book :  Publications

No One Works Here

No One Works Here
by Idris Mootee
Book :  Publications

Strategy for Sustainability

Strategy for Sustainability:A Business Manifesto

by Adam Werbach

Harvard Business Press

Blog :  Publications

Collaborative Innovation Program (RIT)

Collaborative Innovation Program
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
collaboritorium.net
This is an innovation center that supplements the business and engineering programs with courses in design thinking.

Book :  Publications

Squeaky Green

Squeaky Green: The Method Guide to Detoxing Your Home
by Eric Ryan and Adam Lowry
Article :  Publications

Innovating Through Recession

This article, by Andrew Rozeghi, is a great discussion of why recessions represent great opportunities for companies, particularly if they separate costs by innovative value. You can read it online or download it from here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/7450921/Innovating-Through-Recession-Andrew-Razeghi-Kellogg-School-of-Management
Article :  Publications

10 Worst Innovation Mistakes In A Recession (BusinessWeek)

Book :  Publications

Conscious Business

Conscious Business: How to Build Value Through Values
by Fred Kofman ISBN: 978-1591795179
Book :  Publications

The Secret of Scent

The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell
by Luca Turin
Book :  Publications

Prophet of Innovation

Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction
by Thomas K. McCraw
Blog :  Publications

Design leads us where exactly?

Blog by Lucy Kimbell, a Fellow in Design Leadership at Saïd Business School, University of Oxfordwww.designleadership.blogspot.com
Book :  Publications

Why We Buy

Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping
By Paco Underhill

Book :  Publications

Plan B 3.0

Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, Third Edition by Lester R. Brown
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Predictably Irrational

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Opinions Dan Areily, 2008, Harper Collins, ISBN: 006135323X This is a fascinating look into the psychological forces at work when people make decisions and set expectations and explains how these differ widely from the rational and simplistic view that traditional economics takes.
Article :  Publications

P&G Changes Its Game (BusinessWeek)

P&G Changes Its Game This article describes how Proctor & Gamble is using design thinking to innovate and change its culture.
Article :  Publications

Boosting Productivity, Innovation, and Growth through a National Innovation Foundation

Boosting Productivity, Innovation, and Growth through a National Innovation Foundation

A Brookings Institute report describing the US's innovation challenge. Be sure to download the full PDF report.

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The Anatomy of Change

The Anatomy of Change: A Way to Move through Life's Transitions
by Richard Strozzi-Hecker

Book :  Publications

Built to Last

Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras

Book :  Publications

Interest and Inflation Free Money

Interest and Inflation Free Money
by Margrit Kennedy

Book :  Publications

The Joyless Economy: The Psychology of Human Satisfaction

The Joyless Economy: The Psychology of Human Satisfaction
by Tibor Scitovsky
Oxford University Press

Article :  Publications

The MFA is the new MBA

by Katherine Bell
Article at Harvard's Conversation Starter
conversationstarter.hbsp.com/2008/04/the_mfa_is_the_new_mba_1.html

Book :  Publications

Free Lunch

Free lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill)
by David Cay Johnson

This is probably the most important book written in the last 30 years on the American economy. It should be required reading for anyone interested in the health of the economy, the free market, or the relation of business to government, regardless of political perspective.

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Design: A Very Short Introduction

Design: A Very Short Introduction
by John Heskett

Don't let this book's title fool you. Though it's short, it's incredibly concise and thorough. It describes design across disciplines and in strategic terms.

Blog :  Publications

Which MBA? (Economist)

The Which MBA? blog is a great resource about traditional MBA programs worldwide, from The Economist.
mba.eiu.com

Book :  Publications

The Creative Priority

The Creative Priority
by Jerry Hirshberg

Publications :  Resource

The Story of Stuff

This is a great explanation of why sustainability is important. In 15 short minutes, it gives a great overview of the materials stream and the people, political, and health issues around it. It covers consumerism, the environment, toxic materials, politics, and labor, all in the context of economics without being strident or full or jargon.

www.storyofstuff.com

Article :  Publications

Managing Design (Design Council)

An insightful description of the strategic design process with case studies on eleven companies.

Publications :  Resource

Guy Kawasaki's Presentation on Innovation

An indexed video, with slides, of one of Guy Kawasaki's famous talks on innovation.

Article :  Publications

Designs on a New Market Niche (WSJ)

Designs on a New Market Niche (Wall Street Journal)
4 October 2007
by Ann Zimmerman
online.wsj.com/public/article/SB119145487497048330.html

Article :  Publications

2007 Annual D-Schools List (BusinessWeek)

images.businessweek.com/ss/07/10/1005_dschools/source/6.htm

Article :  Publications

Streamlining HP (Fast Company)

Streamlining HP
by Bill Breen
Fast Company
www.fastcompany.com/magazine/119/streamlining-hp.html

Article :  Publications

All About Yves (Fast Company)

All About Yves
by Linda Tischler
Fast Company
www.fastcompany.com/magazine/119/all-about-yves.html

Article :  Publications

Tough Love (Fast Company)

Tough Love
Business wants to love design, but it's often an awkward romance.
by Roger Martin
Fast Company
www.fastcompany.com/magazine/109/open_design-tough-love.html

Article :  Publications

Design Intervention (Fast Company)

Design Intervention
At Philips, a place long known for big ideas and small numbers, can there be too much of a good thing?
by Jennifer Reingold
Fast Company
www.fastcompany.com/magazine/109/open_design-intervention.html

Publications

Design Gets Its Due in Davos

www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jan2006/id20060110_094979.htm

Article :  Publications

The Power of Design (BusinessWeek)

www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_20/b3883001_mz001.htm

Book :  Publications

A Whole New Mind

A Whole New Mind
by Dan Pink

Book :  Publications

Gangs of America

Gangs of America: The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy
by Ted Nace

Article :  Publications

Strategy for the Real World

by Kevin McCullagh, Design Management Review, Fall 2006
http://www.plan.bz/views/?p=54

Article :  Publications

Tomorrow's B-School? It Might Be A D-School (BusinessWeek)

Be sure to explore all of the articles in this Special Report.
www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_31/b3945418.htm

Blog :  Publications

Gong Szeto's Blog

by Gong Szeto
gongszeto.squarespace.com

Publications :  Resource

IDSA Business Ecodesign Tools

IDSA Business Ecodesign Tools
www.idsa.org/whatsnew/sections/ecosection/tools/tools_0.htm

Blog :  Publications

Green Biz

Green Biz Blog
written by Joel Makower
www.greenbiz.com

Publications :  Resource

Garage.com Startup Resources

Garage.com Startup Resource
www.garage.com/resources/index.shtml

Publications :  Resource

Service Design

www.servicedesign.org

Journal :  Publications

@issue

www.cdf.org/issue_journal/issue_journal.html

Article :  Publications

Before you start a business, ask three questions

www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007705270353

Article :  Publications

Inside the business of innovation and design

www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2007/06/ceos_must_be_de.html

Article :  Publications

A New Shape on Recycling

images.businessweek.com/ss/07/06/0618_liddle/index_01.htm

Article :  Publications

Richard Liddel's War on Waste

www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jun2007/id20070618_946376.htm

Article :  Publications

Creativity Comes to B-School

www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/mar2006/bs20060326_8436_bs001.htm

Article :  Publications

We Can Create a Poverty-Free World

OpEd By Muhammad Yunus
www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,487073,00.html

Article :  Publications

Design That Solves Problems for the World’s Poor

www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/science/29cheap.html?ei=5090&en=d8771488be7358a4&ex=1338091200&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

Journal :  Publications

NextD

www.nextd.org

Journal :  Publications

Gain (AIGA)

www.aiga.org/content.cfm/gain

Journal :  Publications

Ambidextrous

www.ambidextrousmag.org

Magazine :  Publications

Wallpaper*

www.wallpaper.com

Magazine :  Publications

I.D. Magazine

www.idonline.com

Blog :  Publications

Boxes and Arrows

www.boxesandarrows.com

Magazine :  Publications

Strategy & Business

www.strategy-business.com

Blog :  Publications

Core77

www.core77.com

Journal :  Publications

Harvard Business Review

www.hbr.com

Blog :  Publications

Triple Pundit

by Nick Aster
www.triplepundit.com

Magazine :  Publications

Fast Company

www.fastcompany.com

Blog :  Publications

TreeHugger

www.treehugger.com

Magazine :  Publications

Fortune

www.fortune.com

Blog :  Publications

Worldchanging

www.worldchanging.com

Magazine :  Publications

Forbes

www.forbes.com

Blog :  Publications

Metacool

by Diego Rodriguez
metacool.typepad.com

Magazine :  Publications

Business Week

www.businessweek.com

Blog :  Publications

Thinking and Making

by Austin Govella
thinkingandmaking.com

Blog :  Publications

The Entrepreneurial Mind

by Jim Cornwall
forum.belmont.edu/cornwall

Blog :  Publications

Fresh Perspectives

www.cheskin.com/blog/

Publications :  Resource

The Dictionary of Sustainable Management

www.sustainabilitydictionary.com

The Dictionary of Sustainable Management is an open dictionary for business leaders and students of sustainability and business-related terms. It is a project of the Presidio School of Management. The purpose of this effort is to help people better understand how sustainability concepts are creating new understandings in the worlds of business, government, and society.

Blog :  Publications

ExperienceCurve

by Karl Long
blog.experiencecurve.com

Publications :  Resource

Design Encyclopedia (Under Consideration)

www.thedesignencyclopedia.org

Blog :  Publications

Putting People First (Experientia)

by Mark Vanderbeeken
www.experientia.com/blog

Publications :  Resource

Start-up School (Stanford)

www.startupschool.org

Blog :  Publications

Business Model Design and Innovation

by Alex Osterwalder
business-model-design.blogspot.com

Journal :  Publications

Innovation Lab

www.innovationlab.dk/sw4955.asp

Journal :  Publications

Design Mind (Frog Design)

www.frogdesign.com/design-mind

Blog :  Publications

Speak Up (Under Consideration)

www.underconsideration.com/speakup

Blog :  Publications

Design Management

by Ralf Beuker
www.design-management.de

Blog :  Publications

All This ChittahChattah

by Steve Portigal
www.portigal.com/blog/

Blog :  Publications

Brand New (Under Consideration)

www.underconsideration.com/brandnew

Blog :  Publications

Design Methods

designmethods.blogspot.com

Blog :  Publications

Innovation & Design (BusinessWeek)

www.businessweek.com/innovate

Blog :  Publications

NussbaumOnDesign (BusinessWeek)

www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign

Blog :  Publications

B+D Blog

www.bplusd.org

Article :  Publications

Driving Sustainable Design (Business Week)

Driving Sustainable Design

Publications :  Resource

Rematerialize

Database of Sustainable Materials

Book :  Publications

Cradle to Cradle

Cradle to Cradle
by William McDonough and Michael Braungart

Book :  Publications

Organizational Change for Corporate Sustainability

Organizational Change for Corporate Sustainability
by Dunphy & Griffith

Book :  Publications

Silent Spring

Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson

Book :  Publications

Sustainable Solutions

Sustainable Solutions: Developing Products and Services for the Future
Edited by Ursula Tischner and Martin Charter

Book :  Publications

The Total Beauty of Sustainable Products

The Total Beauty of Sustainable Products
by Edwin Datschefski

Book :  Publications

The Green Imperative

The Green Imperative: Ecology and Ethics in Design and Architecture
by Victor Papanek

Book :  Publications

Design for the Real World

Design for the Real World
by Victor Papanek

Book :  Publications

Design + Environment

Design + Environment
by Helen Lewis, John Gertakis, Tim Grant, Nicola Morelli, and Andrew Sweatman

Publications :  Resource

History of Economic Thought

History of Economic Thought

Book :  Publications

Experience Design 1

Experience Design 1: A Manifesto for the Creation of Experiences
by Nathan Shedroff

Book :  Publications

Built For Use

Built For Use: Driving Profits Through User Experience
by Karen Donoghue and Michael D Schrage

Book :  Publications

The Brand Gap

The Brand Gap: How to Bridge the Distance Between Business Strategy and Design
by Marty Neumeier

Book :  Publications

Dictionary of Brand

Dictionary of Brand
by Marty Neumeier

Book :  Publications

Participatory Design

Participatory Design: Principles and Practices
by Douglas Schuler and Aki Namioka

Book :  Publications

Design in Business

Design in Business: Strategic Innovation Through Design
by Margaret Bruce and J. R. Bessant

Book :  Publications

Envisioning Information

Envisioning Information
by Edward Tufte

Book :  Publications

Design Yourself

Design Yourself
by Larry Belliston

Book :  Publications

Design for Society

Design for Society
by Nigel Whiteley

Book :  Publications

The Design of Everyday Things

The Design of Everyday Things
by Donald A. Norman

Book :  Publications

Emotion

Emotion: The Science of Sentiment
by Dylan Evans

Book :  Publications

Emotions Revealed

Emotions Revealed: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life
by Paul Ekman

Book :  Publications

A Natural History of the Senses

A Natural History of the Senses
by Diane Ackerman

Book :  Publications

A Primer of Visual Literacy

A Primer of Visual Literacy
by Donis A. Dondis

Book :  Publications

The Media Equation

The Media Equation: How People Treat Computers, Television, and New Media Like Real People and Places
by Byron Reeves and Clifford Nass

Book :  Publications

Cultural Intelligence

Cultural Intelligence: People Skills for Global Business
by David C Thomas and Kerr Inkson

Book :  Publications

Defining Moments

Defining Moments: When Managers Must Choose between Right and Right
by Joseph L., Jr. Badaracco

Book :  Publications

Presence

Presence – Human Purpose and the Field of the Future
by Peter M. Senge, Joseph Jaworski, C. Otto Scharmer, and Betty Sue Flowers

Book :  Publications

You Are What You Say

You Are What You Say: The Proven Program that Uses the Power of Language to Combat Stress, Anger, and Depression
by Matthew Budd and Larry Rothstein

Book :  Publications

Making Meaning

Making Meaning: How Successful Businesses Deliver Meaningful Customer Experiences
by Steve Diller, Nathan Shedroff, and Darrel Rhea

Book :  Publications

How Customers Think

How Customers Think: Essential Insights into the Mind of the Market
by Gerald Zaltman

Book :  Publications

X-teams

X-teams: How to Build Teams That Lead, Innovate and Succeed
by Deborah Ancona and Henrik Bresman

Book :  Publications

Managing the Design Factory

Managing the Design Factory: A Product Developer’s Toolkit
by Donald G. Reinertsen

Book :  Publications

Moments of Truth

Moments of Truth
by Jan Carlzon

Book :  Publications

Growing a Business

Growing a Business
by Paul Hawken

Book :  Publications

Service Management

Service Management: Strategy And Leadership In Service Businesses
by Richard Norman

Book :  Publications

Mastery

Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-term Fulfillment
by George Leonard

Book :  Publications

Solving Tough Problems

Solving Tough Problems: An Open Way of Talking, Listening and Creating New Realities
by Adam Kahane and Peter M Senge

Book :  Publications

Relationship Marketing

Relationship Marketing: Successful Strategies for the Age of the Customer
by Regis McKenna

Book :  Publications

Marketing Management

Marketing Management
12th Edition
by Philip Kotler and Kevin Lane Keller

Book :  Publications

Design Research

Design Research: Applied Exploration of People, Culture, Context, and Form
Edited by Brenda Laurel

Book :  Publications

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
by Al Ries and Jack Trout

Book :  Publications

The One to One Future

The One to One Future: Building Relationships One Customer at a Time
by Don Peppers and Martha Rogers

Book :  Publications

Accounting: What the Numbers Mean

Accounting: What the Numbers Mean
by David Marshall, Wayne William McManus, and Daniel Viele

Book :  Publications

How to Think Like a CEO

How to Think Like a CEO
by D.A. Benton

Book :  Publications

Cannibals with Forks

Cannibals with Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business
by John Elkington

Book :  Publications

Leading Change Toward Sustainability

Leading Change Toward Sustainability: A Change Management Guide for Business, Government and Civil Society
by Bob Doppelt

Book :  Publications

Macroeconomics

Macroeconomics
by David Colander

Book :  Publications

Valuing the Earth

Valuing the Earth: Economics, Ecology, Ethics
by Herman E. Daly and Kenneth N. Townsend

Book :  Publications

Building Corporate AccountAbility

Building Corporate AccountAbility: Emerging practices in social and ethical accounting, auditing and reporting
by Simon Zadek, Peter Pruzan, and Richard Evans

Book :  Publications

Systems Thinking: Managing Chaos and Complexity

Systems Thinking: Managing Chaos and Complexity
by Jamshid Gharajedaghi

Article :  Publications

Ten Things to Learn This School Year

Ten Things to Learn This School Year
by Guy Kawasaki

Book :  Publications

The Innovator’s Dilemma

The Innovator’s Dilemma
by Clayton M. Christensen

Book :  Publications

The Innovator’s Solution

The Innovator’s Solution
by Clayton M. Christensen

Book :  Publications

Designing Organizations: An Executive Guide to Strategy, Structure, and Process

Designing Organizations: An Executive Guide to Strategy, Structure, and Process
by Ja R. Galbraith

Book :  Publications

The Art of Innovation

The Art of Innovation
by Tom Kelley

Book :  Publications

Corporate Renaissance

Corporate Renaissance: Business as an Adventure in Human Development
by Ralf Österberg

Book :  Publications

Strategies for World Class Products

Strategies for World Class Products
by Mike Farish

Book :  Publications

Scenarios

Scenarios: The Art of Strategic Conversation
by Kees van der Heijden

Book :  Publications

The Art of the Long View

The Art of the Long View
by Peter Schwartz

Book :  Publications

Creating Futures

Creating Futures: Scenario Planning as a Strategic Management Tool
by Michel Godet

Book :  Publications

Launching New Ventures

Launching New Ventures: An Entrepreneurial Approach
Third edition
by Kathleen R. Allen

Book :  Publications

Business and Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy

Business and Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy
11th Edition
by Anne Lawrence, James Webber, and James Post

Book :  Publications

Developing Business Strategies

Developing Business Strategies
Sixth edition
by David Aaker

Book :  Publications

Utopian Entrepreneur

Utopian Entrepreneur
by Brenda Laurel

Book :  Publications

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Innovation and Entrepreneurship
by Peter Drucker

Book :  Publications

The Experience Economy

The Experience Economy: Work Is Theater & Every Business a Stage
by B. Joseph Pine and James H. Gilmore

Book :  Publications

As the Future Catches You

As The Future Catches You: How Genomics & Other Forces Are Changing Your Life, Work, Health & Wealth
by Juan Enriquez

Book :  Publications

Experiences in Visual Thinking

Experiences in Visual Thinking
by Robert H. McKim

Book :  Publications

Understanding Comics

Understanding Comics
by Scott McCloud

Book :  Publications

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
by Edward Tufte

Book :  Publications

Don't Make Me Think

Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
by Steve Krug

Book :  Publications

Designing Across Cultures

Designing Across Cultures
by Ronnie Lipton

Book :  Publications

Natural Capitalism

Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution
by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins

Book :  Publications

Worldchanging

Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century
by Alex Steffen

Book :  Publications

Biomimicry

Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature
by Janine M. Benyus

Book :  Publications

The Next Sustainability Wave

The Next Sustainability Wave: Building Boardroom Buy-in
by Bob Willard

Book :  Publications

Mid-Course Correction

Mid-Course Correction: Toward a Sustainable Enterprise
by Ray Anderson

Book :  Publications

The End of Nature

The End of Nature
by Bill Mckibben

Book :  Publications

Beyond Growth

Beyond Growth: The Economics of Sustainable Development
by Herman E. Daly

Book :  Publications

The Sustainability Advantage

The Sustainability Advantage: Seven Business Case Benefits of a Triple Bottom Line
by Bob Willard

Book :  Publications

The Age of Missing Information

The Age of Missing Information
by Bill Mckibben

Book :  Publications

Beyond the Limits

Beyond the Limits: Confronting Global Collapse, Envisioning a Sustainable Future
by Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, and Jorgen Randers

Book :  Publications

Beyond The Bottom Line

Beyond The Bottom Line: Putting Social Responsibility to Work for your Business and the World
by Joel Makower

Book :  Publications

Sustainable Strategic Management

Sustainable Strategic Management: Strategic Management
by W. Edward Stead, Jean Garner Stead, and Mark Starik

Publications :  Resource

Sustainability Helix

Sustainability Helix

Publications :  Resource

LASER Manual

LASER (Local Action for Sustainable Economic Renewal)