The Human Side of Innovation, Mauro Porcini
The Human Side of Innovation, Mauro Porcini
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The Human Side of Innovation
The Power of People in Love with People

Author: Mauro Porcini, Indra Noori, Ramon Laguarta

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Unabridged: 9 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 11/01/2022


Synopsis

PepsiCo's award-winning chief design officer reveals the secret to creating life-changing innovations: putting human needs at the center of any design process.

In every industry, new technologies have lowered the barrier to entry like never before. Either you design exceptional products, brands and experiences, or somebody will beat you to it. And Mauro Porcini - PepsiCo's and 3M's first ever chief design officer - says, the key to real, world-changing innovation is to put people first. Putting people first requires what Porcini calls unicorns: people who are in love with people and who have a genuine fire in them to create meaningful solutions for actual human beings. In this book, he describes them, celebrates them, and details their superpowers so you can find them, hire them, grow them, and retain them. Some have qualities you might expect-the ability to dream and an attention to detail-but when was the last time you heard an executive ask  prospective hires if they were kind or humble? Porcini uses his journey across startups and multinational corporations, through successes and failures, to create a handbook for modern innovators. This book is written by a celebrated designer, high-level corporate executive, and a decent human being.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kurt on November 20, 2022

It’s difficult for me not to get overly excited about Mauro’s book. I’m a fan of Mauro. Have always been. So I’m heavily biased. Regardless, this is an important book with an important message and here’s why: I’ve always been fascinated by design thinking and remember Mauro’s intro in the company as......more

Goodreads review by Servando Patlan on March 27, 2023

A well written story The author promised VA good story and he delivered a good story. I especially appreciated the section on the difficulty of being a unicorn. The author sent well behind the visual name dropping of important persons by providing both story and context for the mention of the famous......more