By Courtney Shannon Strand

When was the last time you picked up and read a book about innovation? The following is a list of innovation books that will broaden horizons and help with discovering the keys to systematic innovation, open innovation, disruptive innovation, TRIZ (The Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) and more.

If your favorite innovation book isn’t listed, email editor@realinnovation.com.

The Innovator’s Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care
Authors: Clayton M. Christensen, Jerome H. Grossman M.D., Jason Hwang M.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill; First edition (December 4, 2008)
ISBN: 978-0071592086

Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns
Authors: Clayton Christensen, Curtis W. Johnson, Michael B. Horn
Publisher: McGraw-Hill; First edition (May 14, 2008)
ISBN: 978-0071592062

The Innovator’s Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business
Author: Clayton Christensen
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (January 7, 2003)
ISBN: 978-0060521998

The Innovator’s Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth
Authors: Clayton Christensen, Michael E. Raynor
Publisher: Harvard Business Press; 1 edition (September 2003)
ISBN: 978-1578518524

Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology
Author: Henry William Chesbrough
Publisher: Harvard Business Press; First Trade Paper Edition (September 30, 2005)
ISBN: 978-1422102831

Democratizing Innovation
Author: Eric von Hippel
Publisher: The MIT Press (April 1, 2006)
ISBN: 978-0262720472

The Sources of Innovation
Author: Eric von Hippel
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (September 22, 1994)
ISBN: 978-0195094220

OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: Korea 2009
Author: OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: OECD Publishing (July 31, 2009)
ISBN: 978-9264067226

OECD Reviews of Regional Innovation Competitive Regional Clusters: National Policy Approaches
Author: OECD Publishing
Publisher: Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development; illustrated edition (June 6, 2007)
ISBN: 978-9264031821

Simplified TRIZ: New Problem Solving Applications for Engineers and Manufacturing Professionals, Second Edition
Authors: Kalevi Rantanen, Tris Oy, Turku, Finland; Ellen Domb
Publisher: AUERBACH; 2 edition (December 10, 2007)
ISBN: 978-1420062731

And Suddenly the Inventor Appeared: TRIZ, the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving
Author: Genrich Altshuller
Publisher: Technical Innovation Center, Inc.; 2nd edition (May 1996)
ISBN: 978-0964074026

Hands on Systematic Innovation: For Business and Management
Author: Darrell Mann
Publisher: Edward Gaskell Publishers (October 2004)
ISBN: 978-1898546733

Hands on Systematic Innovation: For Technical Systems
Author: Darrell Mann
Publisher: CREAX Press (2002)
ISBN 90-77071-02-4

Systematic Innovation: An Introduction to TRIZ
Authors: John Terninko, Alla Zusman, Boris Zlotin
Publisher: CRC; 1 edition (April 15, 1998)
ISBN: 978-1574441116

Innovation Algorithm: TRIZ, Systematic Innovation and Technical Creativity
Author: Genrich Altshuller
Publisher: Technical Innovation Ctr; 1st edition (March 1, 1999)
ISBN: 978-0964074040

Innovation on Demand: New Product Development Using TRIZ
Authors: Victor Fey, Eugene Rivin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (November 14, 2005)
ISBN: 978-0521826204

What Customers Want: Using Outcome-Driven Innovation to Create Breakthrough Products and Services
Author: Anthony Ulwick
Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (August 16, 2005)
ISBN: 978-0071408677

TRIZ: An Approach to Systematic Innovation
Author: Ellen Domb
Publisher: Goal/QPC (September 1998)
ISBN: 978-1879364998

Unlock Your Mind: A Practical Guide to Deliberate and Systematic Innovation
Author: Dennis Sherwood
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing (June 1998)
ISBN: 978-0566079832

A Systematic Innovation Model Based on TRIZ
Authors: Frank Chen, Yong-huang Lin
Publisher: VDM Verlag (April 30, 2008)
ISBN: 978-3836492317

Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation
Author: Tim Brown
Publisher: HarperBusiness (September 29, 2009)
ISBN: 978-0061766084

Innovation Management for Technical Products: Systematic and Integrated Product Development and Production Planning
Author: Walter Eversheim (Editor)
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (November 17, 2008)
ISBN: 978-3540857266

Design Driven Innovation: Changing the Rules of Competition by Radically Innovating What Things Mean
Author: Roberto Verganti
Publisher: Harvard Business Press (August 3, 2009)
ISBN: 978-1422124826

Managing Innovation: Integrating Technological, Market and Organizational Change
Authors: Joe Tidd, John Bessant
Publisher: Wiley; 4th edition (April 27, 2009)
ISBN: 978-0470998106

Harvard Business Review on Innovation
Authors: Harvard Business School Press (Compiler)
Publisher: Harvard Business Press; 5 edition (June 15, 2001)
ISBN: 978-1578516148

Innovator’s Guide to Growth: Putting Disruptive Innovation to Work
Authors: Scott D. Anthony, Mark W. Johnson, Joseph V. Sinfield, Elizabeth J. Altman
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press; illustrated edition (June 23, 2008)
ISBN: 978-1591398462

The Myths of Innovation
Author: Scott Berkun
Publisher: O’Reilly Media, Inc.; 1 edition (May 15, 2007)
ISBN: 978-0596527051

Innovation Leaders: How Senior Executives Stimulate, Steer and Sustain Innovation
Author: Jean-Philippe Deschamps
Publisher: Jossey-Bass; illustrated edition (June 10, 2008)
ISBN: 978-0470515242

The Elegant Solution: Toyota’s Formula for Mastering Innovation
Author: Matthew E. May
Publisher: Free Press; 1 edition (October 10, 2006)
ISBN: 978-0743290173

Innovator’s Toolkit: 10 Practical Strategies to Help You Develop and Implement Innovation
Authors: Harvard Business School Press
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press (March 31, 2009)
ISBN: 978-1422199909

TRIZ – Systematic Innovation in Manufacturing
Author: Yeoh Teong San
Publisher: Firstfruits Sdn Bhd; First edition (July 8, 2009)
ISBN: 978-9838040266

Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape
Author: Henry Chesbrough
Publisher: Harvard Business Press; First edition (December 6, 2006)
ISBN: 978-1422104279

Tools for Innovation
Authors: Arthur B Markman, Kristin L. Wood
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (August 13, 2009)
ISBN: 978-0195381634

Engineering Design: A Systematic Approach
Authors: G. Pahl, W. Beitz, Jörg Feldhusen, Karl-Heinrich Grote
Publisher: Springer; 3rd edition (January 24, 2007)
ISBN: 978-1846283185

Seeing Differently: Insights on Innovation
Author: John Seely Brown (Editor)
Publisher: Harvard Business Press (April 1, 1997)
ISBN: 978-0875847559

Imitation to Innovation: The Dynamics of Korea’s Technological Learning (Management of Innovation and Change)
Author: Linsu Kim
Publisher: Harvard Business Press (March 1, 1997)
ISBN: 978-0875845746

Grabbing Lightning: Building a Capability for Breakthrough Innovation
Author: G. Colarelli O’Connor
Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (February 25, 2008)
ISBN: 978-0787996642

Getting to Innovation: How Asking the Right Questions Generates the Great Ideas Your Company Needs
Author: Arthur B. VanGundy
Publisher: AMACOM (July 16, 2007)
ISBN: 978-0814408988

INsourcing Innovation: How to Achieve Competitive Excellence Using TRIZ
Authors: David Silverstein, Neil DeCarlo, Michael Slocum
Publisher: AUERBACH; 1 edition (December 17, 2007)
ISBN: 978-1420062274

The Innovator’s Toolkit: 50+ Techniques for Predictable and Sustainable Organic Growth
Authors: David Silverstein, Philip Samuel and Neil DeCarlo
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, First edition (Hardcover) (October 27, 2008)
ISBN: 978-0470-34535-1

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Courtney Shannon Strand is a freelance editor and writer for CTQ Media. Contact Courtney Shannon Strand at copystrands (at) yahoo.com.