Make Elephants Fly, Steven S. Hoffman
Make Elephants Fly, Steven S. Hoffman
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Make Elephants Fly
The Process of Radical Innovation

Author: Steven S. Hoffman

Narrator: Dan Woren

Unabridged: 10 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Center Street

Published: 11/14/2017


Synopsis

Drawing on examples of the hottest innovators in Silicon Valley, this step-by-step guide will show you how to develop, test and launch your impossibly big idea to success.

Almost every major company today has made innovation its number one priority. Yet fewer than one in four executives believe their organizations are effective innovators. The pressure to innovate and the price paid for failure keeps rising, while most companies haven't progressed at all. They are still using the same antiquated techniques pioneered decades ago. This is why some of the biggest corporations in the world manage to lose entire markets to startups they've never heard of.

In today's world, everyone will need to innovate to stay competitive. It doesn't matter if you're a startup founder, corporate executive, small business owner, freelancer or professional, there's a technology out there that's going to upend your industry. And if you aren't able to harness it to your advantage, someone else will. Innovation is no longer an option -- it's the price of admission into the business world.

Make Elephants Fly is designed to help you implement the same innovation methodologies and processes as Silicon Valley startups. It will teach you:

How startups come up with breakthrough products and services. How to structure innovation teams. The best ways to identify and vet new ideas. What it takes to foster a culture of innovation. How to establish a process of innovation throughout your organization.
By the time you've digested this book, you will have the tools needed to take your impossibly big idea and make it fly!

About Steven S. Hoffman

Steven S. Hoffman, or Captain Hoff as he's called in Silicon Valley, is the CEO of Founders Space, one of the world's leading incubators and accelerators. He's also an angel investor, limited partner at August Capital, and a serial entrepreneur.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Howard on January 23, 2021

Very powerful, practical questions to ask about your current innovation projects. So much valuable information that I bought the Kindle version, while listening to the Audiobook.......more

Goodreads review by Sheik on January 06, 2020

This one has given me a great perspective on how innovations do really happen in any type of work environment.......more

Goodreads review by Paul on September 05, 2022

Not horrible, this reminds me of various "business school case study" type books. They have a whole bunch of rules and cases they applied to, but it feels like a lot of "Just so" storytelling. Particularly, I got the impression that sometimes these rules of thumb contradicted each other — which make......more

Goodreads review by Darren on December 18, 2017

There are no shortage of books fighting to be the one to tell and show the benefits of innovation, or even radical innovation. At times, it feels that there are more books talking about it than companies doing it and companies tend to underline how innovative they are or how innovation is now at the......more

Goodreads review by Tom on November 25, 2017

In the book Making Elephants Fly, author Steve Hoffman, writes about innovation in business. I was excited to read this book when I read the description. The book was good but I was disappointed that it was similar to many leadership books I have read before. The difference is the touting of Silicon......more