Providing innovators with a place to connect with the media, influential bloggers, the marketplace and each other.
Mass Innovation Nights was designed to offer inspiration to Massachusetts-based innovators. From the location in the nation’s first factory, filled with innovations of yesteryear, to the the latest in technological innovations shown at our monthly events, you never know what will spark (Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John J. Ratey and Eric Hagerman) any number of ideas. If we want to become an innovation state or an innovation nation (Innovation Nation: How America is Losing Its Innovation Edge, Why it Matters, and What We Can do to Get it Back by John Kao), we need to seek out sources of inspiration, not just among the outliers (Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell.) There is inspiration in our everyday lives and we can all be crowdsourcing (Crowdsourcing: Why The Power of the Crowd is Driving the Future of Business by Jeff Howe) innovation through the people we interact with daily.
But the innovator’s dilemma (The Innovator’s Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business by Clayton M. Christensen) is which inspiration to pay attention to. Today’s world is crowded with stimuli, all waving arms and loud screams, vying for our attention. We can be forgiven if, when faced with all this, we behave predictably irrational. (Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely. Ed note: take his online test for swine flu.)
Reading a book is always an inspiration to me. I find that the 7 habits of highly effective people (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey) almost always include reading, researching and learning what others have to say on any given subject.
So, anyone have any book suggestions for innovators?
