Where can a hospital apply principles from the airline sector?

How can a car manufacturer use tools from the video game industry?

What can an event organiser learn from the railways?

Cross-industry innovation is a clever way to jump-start your innovation efforts by drawing analogies and transferring approaches between contexts, beyond the borders of your own industry, sector, area or domain.

Not invented here refers to the phenomenon of people blocking out ideas from the outside, it also indicate...

Managers, we kennen ze. Ze zorgen dat dingen gedaan worden, dat afspraken worden nagekomen en resultaten worden bereikt. Maar waar tien jaar geleden de manager als de oplossing voor veel bedrijven werd gepresenteerd, staat nu zijn voortbestaan ter discussie. Waarom nog een aparte functie? Managen doen we allemaal.

'Think Like a Manager, Don't Act Like One' biedt 75 succesvolle invalshoeken om onvoorspelbare situaties te voorzien of juist te managen. Mede ontwikkeld door John F. Kennedy, Johan...

The Fast Guide to Architectural Form, while staying on theoretical ground, is a very practical guide to the basic forms and shapes in architectural planning and design.

The book is foremost a visual guide. The author presents sixty different architectural basic forms with both a schematic illustration and images of the forms applied in buildings. The text is extremely short, just focusing on the dos and don'ts of the forms and some tips to keep in mind when applying these forms, perfect for ...

Brand the Change unpacks the brand building process in practical steps. Whether you are building an innovative new product, creating a service for good, spreading a new idea, or positioning yourself as a leader in your field, thinking like a brand strategist will help you to create a clear, compelling offer, develop unique brand experiences and ultimately attract and convert the right audiences.The book offers the tools and exercises to build your own brand and offers a rich array of tips fro...

Whatever kind of creative person you are, this thought experiment game will get you out of your comfort zone. How? It stimulates creativity through limitations. Boundaries push you to think beyond the usual solutions and send you in different directions. That’s exactly how you end up with unexpected and extraordinary ideas.

How to play

Take three 'DO' cards that define a unique imaginary project. You need to come up with a solution for this project. But you also receive three 'DON'T' cards,...

Creativity+ is designed to be interactive and as creative as its premise. It is a book, toolkit and a philosophy that teaches you how to infuse creative thinking in all aspects of your life, supported by practical tools to bring your ideas to fruition. It is divided into the four phases of innovation: Vision, Discovery, Ideation and Momentum. In each phase, the reader is provided with the Mindset (attitudes), Skillset (knowledge), Toolset (techniques) and a supporting Case Study that gives a ...

Tarot deck with 78 black and white cards, ready to be coloured in. Includes a beginner's guidebook explaining how to interpret the cards.

This book is an accessible introduction to the critical theories used in analysing art

A gorgeous deck of fully functional tarot cards based on traditional tarot iconography, illustrated with an erotic twist by Sofie Birkin. Her bold characters and bright, playful images prioritize inclusive representation, encourage daydreams, and above all aim to empower.

The fully illustrated cards are luxuriously packaged in a gift box with a 28-page booklet that explains how to interpret the cards and conduct your own readings. Gain insight into what lies ahead and which opportunities to w...

Many of the most successful and recognizable protest movements in the world make use of branding techniques, even when they simultaneously reject the general concepts of branding. Branded Protest dives into this antithesis. It researches the power of branding and the influence it has on current protest movements and gives iconic examples of unique branding-efforts that support protests.

We are all exposed to branding: from a torn sheet of cardboard scrawled with handwriting to slick corporate...