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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.
The Anatomy of Change: A Way to Move through Life's Transitions
by Richard Strozzi-Hecker
Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras
Interest and Inflation Free Money
by Margrit Kennedy
The Joyless Economy: The Psychology of Human Satisfaction
by Tibor Scitovsky
Oxford University Press
by Katherine Bell
Article at Harvard's Conversation Starter
conversationstarter.hbsp.com/2008/04/the_mfa_is_the_new_mba_1.html
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.
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.
The Which MBA? blog is a great resource about traditional MBA programs worldwide, from The Economist.
mba.eiu.com
The Creative Priority
by Jerry Hirshberg
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.
An insightful description of the strategic design process with case studies on eleven companies.
An indexed video, with slides, of one of Guy Kawasaki's famous talks on innovation.
Designs on a New Market Niche (Wall Street Journal)
4 October 2007
by Ann Zimmerman
online.wsj.com/public/article/SB119145487497048330.html
Streamlining HP
by Bill Breen
Fast Company
www.fastcompany.com/magazine/119/streamlining-hp.html
All About Yves
by Linda Tischler
Fast Company
www.fastcompany.com/magazine/119/all-about-yves.html
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
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
A Whole New Mind
by Dan Pink
by Kevin McCullagh, Design Management Review, Fall 2006
http://www.plan.bz/views/?p=54
Be sure to explore all of the articles in this Special Report.
www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_31/b3945418.htm
by Gong Szeto
gongszeto.squarespace.com
IDSA Business Ecodesign Tools
www.idsa.org/whatsnew/sections/ecosection/tools/tools_0.htm
Green Biz Blog
written by Joel Makower
www.greenbiz.com
Garage.com Startup Resource
www.garage.com/resources/index.shtml
OpEd By Muhammad Yunus
www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,487073,00.html
by Nick Aster
www.triplepundit.com