The sources below have been woven into my Mentor Capital work as well as courses, lectures, teachings and on the field of Creativity, Innovation & Entrepreneurship. The hotlinks below will take you to Amazon page on each source.

ON INNOVATION & CREATIVITY

• Creativity – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Harper Perennial, 1996.
• Flow: the Psychology of Optimal Experience – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Harper Perennial, 1990
• When Sparks Fly: Igniting Creativity in Groups – Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swapp, HBS Press, 1999.
• The Medici Effect – Frans Johansson, HBS Press, 2006.
• Jamming – John Kao, HarperCollins, 1996.
• The Culture Code – Clothaire Rapaille, Broadway Books, 2006.

CREATIVE MINDS

• Creating Minds– Howard Gardner, Basic Books, 1993.
• How to Think Like Einstein – Scott Thorpe, Sourcebooks, 2000.
• How to Think Like Leonardo Davinci – Michael Gelb, Dell Publishing, 1998.

CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS – Tools & Techniques

• Synectics – Bill Gordon, Harper-Row, 1961.
• Jack’s Notebook - Gregg Fraley
• Creativity in Business – Michael Ray, Double Day, 1986.
• Lateral Thinking – Edward DeBono, Harper Perennial, 1970.
• Six Thinking Hats – Edward DeBono, Little Brown & Co, 1985.
• Idea Mapping – Jamie Nast, Wiley & Sons, 2006.
• 101 Creative Problem Solving Techniques, James Higgins, New Management Publishing, 1994.
• Cracking Creativity – Michael Michalko, Ten Speed Press, 2001.
• Smart World: Breakthrough Creativity and the New Science of Ideas – Richard Ogel, HBS Press 4171.
• Conceptual Blockbusting – James Adams, Addison-Wesley, 1974
• Back of the Napkin – Dan Roam, Porfolio, 2008.
• Weird Ideas that Work – Bob Sutton

DESIGN & INNOVATION

• The Myths of Innovation – Scott Berkun, O’Reilly, 2007.
• The Ten Faces of Innovation – Tom Kelley, Doubleday, 2005.
• Change By Design – Tim Brown, Harper Business, 2009.
• The Art of Innovation – Tom Kelley, Doubleday, 2001.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION

• Entrepreneurial Wisdom - Renn Zaphiropoulos, self published.
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship – Peter Drucker, 1978.
• The E-Myth – Michael Gerber, HarperCollins, 1995.