The best strategy & innovation books deliver new insights, examples and tools for reinventing business.

I’ve recently written about the disruptive change and innovation upending markets like product packaging, travel and hospitality, management consulting, construction, healthcare, and manufacturing. No matter the trends, technologies or transformations, every industry faces similar challenges:

  • What business models must we create for the future?
  • How do we differentiate our offerings?
  • What strategies will help us move fast and win?

Here are my top 10 picks from 2019 that will help you address these critical questions:

 

Safi Bahcall 

Gary P. Pisano 

Simon Sinek 

Rita McGrath 

Nicolaj Siggelkow & Christian Terwiesch 

Marcel Planellas 

Simone Bhan Ahuja & James M. Loree 

Greg Satell 

Robert Marshall & Glen Wintrich 

David Epstein 

In today’s frenetic world, most of have less and less time to read, let alone read books. But for those who don’t take a pause and do just that, being disrupted may be their New Year’s surprise.

 

Soren Kaplan is the bestselling and award-winning author of Leapfrogging and The Invisible Advantage, an affiliated professor at USC’s Center for Effective Organizations, a former corporate executive, and a co-founder of UpBOARD. He has been recognized by the Thinkers50 as one of the world’s top keynote speakers and thought leaders in business strategy and innovation.