Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy

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Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy
by Judy Estrin
from McGraw-Hill

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• A compelling treatise on innovation and why it is worth the risk
  Reading this book has been an enlightening and thought-provoking journey. Judy Estrin provides a unique perspective on innovation: the historical role of the United States as a leading engine of innovation, the forces and ecosystem that have driven that innovation, and how that ecosystem is currently threatened. Estrin leverages her broad experience in universities, startups, and large corporations to create a beautiful history coupled with a compelling argument that innovation is worth the risk of failure... more info

• Describes the policy issues well with little innovation in the solutions.
  Closing the innovation gap intends to influence and shape our approach to science and technology policy more than provide a guide for the practitioner. Judy Estrin is an accomplished innovator, founder, and executive leader, and this book expresses her concerns regarding the current state of scientific research, education, and innovation.
  This is not a book about how to make yourself, your team, or your company more innovative. If you are looking for tools and techniques to be more innovative, then you... more info

• Where's the beef?
  At best, Judy Estrin could have consolidated her 254 page book into a 3-4 page Harvard Business Review article. Ms. Estrin certainly has significant experience and insight to offer, but fails to do so in this book. She relies heavily on other people's quotes and opinions ad nauseam. Ms. Estrin does not provide critical analysis and discussion of her own.

• Now more than ever
  At last, a business book with new, insightful and thought-provoking ideas in each and every chapter. What a refreshing change from the current norm among business books; single ideas that make very good articles but very long, painfully repetitive books.
  The timing of The Innovation Gap is extraordinary. With the US banking system in a tailspin, it is impossible to deny that this nation has spent too much time this decade investing for the short-term wins from quick flips and half-baked paper-shuffling... more info

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