Andrew Hargadon in
Fast Company Magazine, May 2009
Absolutely first-rate. Andy was the perfect closer to two days of sessions
and he was successful in connecting with the business-side and newsroom
managers. No easy task. The highlight of the offsite.
~ Steven H. Weiss, Vice President--Marketing & Public Affairs, The Sacramento Bee
I want to thank you for your amazing keynote presentation at our mid‐year conference in San
Francisco earlier this month. The content, your delivery and your ability to connect with our
audience made your presentation the ideal starting point for this conference. It was remarkable
to see our speakers and attendees continue to reference key points in your presentation
throughout many other sessions. Further, I think these points will remain themes throughout
the coming months.
~ Sherry Keramidas, PhD, CAE, Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society
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How Breakthroughs Happen: The Surprising Truth About How Companies Innovate
In this fascinating study of innovation, engineer and social scientist Andrew Hargadon argues that our romantic notions about innovation as invention are actually undermining our ability to pursue breakthrough innovations.Based on ten years of study into the origins of historic inventions and modern innovations from the lightbulb to the transistor to the Reebok Pump athletic shoe, How Breakthroughs Happen takes us beyond the simple recognition that revolutionary innovations do not result from flashes of brilliance by lone inventors or organizations. |
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