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Creativity Inc [Speed Summary]

Creativity, Inc. Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration Author: Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace Publisher:  Bantam Press Publication date: 2014 Fear's Dark Force What’s...

17th October 2014   |   6 minute read

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Zero to One [Speed Summary]

Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future Author: Peter Thiel & Blake Masters Publisher: Virgin Publication date: 2014 Competition is for wimps. Real innovation should be a...

29th September 2014   |   6 minute read

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The Lean Startup [Speed Summary]

The Lean Startup: How Constant Innovation Creates Radically Successful Businesses Author: Eric Ries Publisher: Crown Publication date: 2011 As well as earning cult status as the innovator's ...

2nd September 2014   |   6 minute read

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Seeing What Others Don’t [Speed Summary]

Seeing What Others Don’t - The Remarkable Ways We Gain Insights Author: Gary Klein Publisher: PublicAffairs Publication date: 2013 What is insight anyway? Ever wanted to nail the definition of...

15th August 2014   |   6 minute read

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Think Like a Freak [Speed Summary]

Think Like a Freak: How to Think Smarter About Almost Everything Author: Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner Publisher: William Morrow Publication date: 2014 Moving from description to prescript...

17th June 2014   |   6 minute read

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Superfreakonomics [Speed Summary]

Superfreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance Author: Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner Publisher: William Morrow Publication date:...

16th June 2014   |   6 minute read

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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything [Speed Summary]

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything Author: Steven Levitt and journalist Stephen J. Dubner Publisher: William Morrow Publication date: 2005 Before summarising ...

15th June 2014   |   6 minute read

Forward Thinking

Can you tap into the growth of ‘YUMMY’ money?

The world is going crazy for the latest neologism - the YUMMY (Young, Urban Males). This new (frankly horrible) term, coined by HSBC analysts in a recent report, disguises a fascinating trend: the p...

26th March 2014   |   6 minute read

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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die [Speed Summary]

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die  Author: Chip Heath and Dan Heath Publisher: Random House Publication: 2007 What makes an idea psychologically sticky? The answer is SUCCES...

25th March 2014   |   6 minute read

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Decoded – The Science Behind Why We Buy [Speed Summary]

Decoded - The Science Behind Why We Buy Author: Phil Barden Publisher: Wiley Publication: 2013 A little psychology can go a long way in marketing.  Decoded explores five core psychological in...

13th March 2014   |   6 minute read

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Contagious: Why Things Catch On [Speed Summary]

Contagious - Why Things Catch On Author: Jonah Berger Publisher: Simon and Schuster Publication: 2013 Ever since Gladwell's Tipping Point, the business press has been adding flesh to the bare ...

10th March 2014   |   6 minute read

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Big Bang Disruption [Speed Summary]

Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation Author: Larry Downes and Paul Nunes Publisher: Portfolio Publication: 2014 The tell-tale signature profile of disruptive inn...

24th February 2014   |   6 minute read