ExcellentExcellent book for leadership today - describes how to imagine and invite improvement, not be afraid of change, and even seek out new (innovative) ideas.

Prof Christensen and others need to stop recycling and recombining old ideas and presenting them as new. Most of this book is content from other, earlier books by the authors.

The author provides an in-depth analysis of the five key attributes needed to improve one’s innovation quotient: Associating, Questioning, Observing, Networking and Experimenting. Most of the book discusses how world’s best innovators incorporate these behaviours in their lives, and recommend strategic tactics through which the reader can embark on his/her own innovation journey as well. The second half of the book suggests that leaders can foster innovation culture in their respective organisat...

Didn't really like it. Too much Steve Jobs boosterism, and I don't agree with the basic premise that if we all get to be better innovators, we can be like Steve Jobs too. That's not really a goal I aspire to, frankly, nor do I think it's possible.However, there is some helpful language here that will help those in the delivery chain think more creatively about discovering areas for improvement.

The concepts are great and definitely worth incorporating into your daily life, but all of the important information can be found in the HBR article they wrote - the book just adds anecdotal stories from the lives of successful innovators. Some of the cases were so tied to business that I found them contradictory when trying to apply them to the citizen or government sectors. There are 4 skills to practice, which culminate in the skill of association, or connecting various fields and ideas. That...

Good, but nothing earth-shattering here.

It took a sheer force of will to finish this because a friend of mine wanted to borrow it. At the conclusion of my first reading, I felt like I had heard the same quotes and same ideas over and over so many times that I marveled how Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen could write the same chapter 10 times and get Clayton Christensen to let them put his name on it (I say that because I don't ever sense Clay's voice throughout the mini-tome). The book is so repetitive, I had to wonder if they had put on an e...

A good framework for practicing innovative routines.

Really really like the authors advice...but know it is damn hard to implement.

I found the way the authors approached the topic of innovation to be at odds with the overall structure of the book. This dichotomy was distracting. While the book is about innovative entrepreneurs, thinking outside the box, and what it takes to master those skills, the authors presented the information in an extremely structured, traditional, and data heavy format. It seemed strange to be posturing that one could up their innovation quotient through a structured set of contrived behaviors. The

I love every book I've ever read written by Clayton Christensen. This book describes five characteristics that all innovators share in common: Associating, Questioning, Observing, Networking, and Experimenting. I would like to develop these skills to help me in my career. After the first section of individual skills developed by innovators, he lists out companies that share this same DNA structure and are able to innovate in the marketplace. I found this book, like all the other Christensen book...

Assigned reading for class, this one was okay. The book contains some practical tips and pointers, though I am not sure there was a semester's worth of content and what was appended in the new edition wasn't a great value add to me.

Here is another book review with perspective with how the content can be applied to education. This is how I always read my materials.On with the review.Book website: www.innovatorsdna.comThis book was another fascinating read. I have been blessed to have read many great books in a row. This one is another one that all people should read.The authors conducted an eight year study that established 5 Skills that all innovators possess.1. Association2. Question3. Observe4. Network5. ExperimentWhen I...

Insight comes from exposure to different ideas, experimenting and reflecting. This is no big news, I don't see what all the hype is about. But I suppose that if you find this book useful, then maybe you indeed needed it in the first place.

This one made me feel deceived. I'm a huge fan of Clayton Christensen, whose books The Innovator's Dilemma and The Innovator's Solution blew my mind and brought important frameworks and concepts I use all the time in my equity investing profession. Seeing the title and Mr. Christensen listed as one of the authors, I was fooled to believe this was another member of his innovator's series.It wasn't.Actually written by Jeffrey Dyer and Hal Gregersen, Clayton acted more as an advisor and premium rev...

As a fan of Clayton Christensen, I thought this would be an interesting read. The main insight -- that questioning, observing, associating, networking, and experimenting are together the keys to innovation -- was interesting, but it probably could have been adequately explored in a long article. The book just ended up being pretty repetitive, and the explanations obvious in view of Christensen's other work. That being said, this is still a great book for anyone interested in inventing or improvi...

For a book on innovation, this is disappointingly unimaginative. My son is back in school, finishing a degree in operations management and this is one of two books assigned for a class this semester. The other is inGenius, which has its own flaws, but at least will have value for the students. As I read books like these when I can, I wanted to see what he'd be working with. Dyer, et al, have cobbled together a poor business book with worn tropes, academic tables, and all of the wrong examples -

I bought hardcopy of this book from amazon and read it in a week. It simply classified five different discovery skills that person can develop by practicing. The author highlighted stories of many innovative companies and owners as an example for every discovery skills. He suggested that discovery skills such as associating, questioning, observing, networking, and experimenting are found in innovative people and recommended building these skills, if you don’t have them from birth. At the end of

Simple straightforward book written by highly educated people, that discusses 5 skills of disruptive innovator; (associating, questioning, observing, networking, experimenting) in pragmatic and example based way. Easy to understand and follow, but indeed requires effort to ‘mastering’ those skills rather than just from reading the book. Downside of the book is the consistent repetition from the story of some companies and some leaders name to the point where unfortunately I find it makes the boo...

Based on a 8-year research by the authors, The Innovator's DNA lists the 5 key skills necessary for successful innovation. The structure of the book is really impressive in the sense that, the initial chapters focus on explaining the skills themselves, with sufficient examples and relativity to the overall concept. The later chapters demonstrate how these skills, applied at team or organizational level, can benefit the innovation quotient for organizations. The book is replete with quotes, citat...