The Public Strategies Group

Innovation Bibliography

 
Here is a collection of books and articles we use to inform our approach to government innovation as we put together Design Labs and Innovation Workshops.
 

Journal Articles

Amabile, T. M. (1998). How to Kill Creativity: In today's knowledge economy, creativity is more important than ever. Harvard Business Review. 76 (5), 76-88.

Armajani, B. (2009). Football and Innovation: To meet the demands of a changing world governments need to program themselves for change. Governing.com. June 10, 2009

Basadur, M., & Gelade, G. A. (2006). The Role of Knowledge Management in the Innovation Process. Creativity And Innovation Management. 15 (1), 45-62.

Bharadwaj, S., & Menon, A. (2000). Making innovation happen in organizations: individual creativity mechanisms, organizational creativity mechanisms or both? Journal Of Product Innovation And Management. 17 (6), 424-434

Chuang, L.-M. (2007). The social psychology of creativity and innovation: Process theory (PT) perspective. Social Behavior And Personality. 35 (7), 875-888.

Gatignon, H., Tushman, M. L., Smith, W., & Anderson, P. (2002). A Structural Approach to Assessing Innovation: Construct Development of Innovation Locus, Type, and Characteristics. Management Science. 48, 1103-1122.

Howell, J. M., (2005). The right stuff: Identifying and developing effective champions of innovation. Academy Of Management Executive. 19 (2) p108-119.

Mendonca, L. T. & Rao, H. (2008). Lessons from innovation’s front lines: An interview with IDEO’s CEO. The McKinsey Quarterly. November 2008

Morison, E. E. (1966). Excerpt from: Men, Machines, and Modern Times. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, pp. 17-44.

Mumford, M. D. (2000). Managing Creative People: Strategies and Tactics for Innovation. Human Resource Management Review. 10 (3), 313-351.

Puccio, G., Murdock, M., and Mance, M., (2005). Current Developments in Creative Problem Solving for Organizations. The Korean Journal of Thinking & Problem Solving. 15(2), 43-76.

Tan, G. (1998). Managing Creativity in Organizations: a Total System Approach. Creativity And Innovation Management. 7 (1), 23-31.

von Oetinger, B. (2005). Nurturing the new: patterns for innovation. Journal Of Business Strategy. 26 (2), 29-36.

 

Books on Innovation, Creativity, and Government Transformation

Ekvall, G. (1996). Organizational climate for creativity and innovation. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. 5(1), p. 105-123

Firestien, R. L. (1996). Leading on the creative edge: Gaining competitive advantage through the power of problem solving. Colorado Springs, CO: Pinon Press.

Hargadon, Andrew. How Breakthroughs Happen: The Surprising Truth about How Companies Innovate

Light, P.C. (1998). Sustaining Innovation: Creating Nonprofit and Government Organizations That Innovate Naturally. Jossey-Bass Publishers

Osborne, D., & Gaebler, T. (1992). Reinventing government: How the entrepreneurial spirit is transforming the public sector. Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley Pub.

Osborne, D., & Plastrik, P. (1997). Banishing bureaucracy: The five strategies for reinventing government. Reading, Mass: Addison Wesley Pub.

Osborne, D., & Plastrik, P. (2000). The reinventor's fieldbook: Tools for transforming your government. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Parnes, S. J. (1997). Optimize the magic of your mind. Buffalo, NY; Bearly Limited.

Puccio, G. J., Murdock, M. & Mance, M. (2007). Creative leadership: Skills that drive change. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.