Innovation is a State of Mind

Notes

In writing this book, I have drawn on various blog posts and articles I have written over the years, and on keynote presentations I have given on innovation. Other sources include the following.

Preface

Information about the original ABC-TV series The Inventors was obtained from the Australian Screen website.

Throughout the book, information about the inventors and inventions that appeared on The New Inventors came from three sources: my own memory, my notes and the show's own website, accessed through abc.net.au. The website survives to this day (or at least to the date of publication) and has lots of information about all the featured inventors and their inventions so, if you are curious, browse away. There's some great stuff there.

Introduction

Check online for the many definitions of innovation, invention, innovator and inventor.

Chapter 1

I heard Professor Rosabeth Moss Kantor talk about habitual thinking (and many other things) at the Australian Chambers Business Congress in Melbourne on 16 August 2012.

Question everything

The story of Suvir Merchandani and the costs of printer's ink can be found by searching for:

‘India teen tells US how to save $400 million by changing font'

Source: The Hindu

‘Suvir Mirchandani tells US government how to save £240m — just by changing their font'

Source: The Independent

What assumptions are you making?

Information on how Air Canada and IBM enabled customers to view the airline's content on their own device can be found ...