Inspiring Innovation: 75 marketing tales to help you find the next big thing

by Giles Lury

The best ideas can come from the most unusual and unexpected sources. In this book, leading brand consultant and author Giles Lury presents 75 stories of extraordinary innovation, as well as the many and varied sources of inspiration, that led to companies developing highly successful products and brands. With tales covering brands including Angry Birds, Diners Club, Fanta, Netflix, Viagra, Victoria's Secret and AirBnB, you will find out how one size does not fit all, and that ideas can be sparked by anything and everything - from anger to embarrassment, from people watching to biomimicry (borrowing ideas from the natural world). Ultimately, this book is a call for disruption and deviance and provides original tips and techniques to help you in your search for the next big thing.

256 pages, Paperback

Published March 21, 2019

Reviews

[Ahmad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yes, you do get to know a few things about stuff that you might be using daily and how they got invented or come to be. But overall it's just an OK read. Sometimes it just felt a little boring and stretched.