Design for people, not awards

The second half of this book is a superb explanation of how to conduct product innovation as a disciplined experiment. Think like Karl Popper: Develop your product hypothesis and then seek to falsify rather than validate your highest-risk assumptions.

An excellent and thoughtful assessment of greatness 'indicators' for social impact.

Among other books, this is an excellent overview of key concepts in innovation management.

Designers can find a lyrical description of the hazards of embedded assumptions in Primo Levi's short story 'Chromium' in this collection.

Viewers may have noticed some cartoons in my presentation. Tools like IDEO's Human Centered Design toolkit tell you how to collect loads of data; in addition to being a good guide to cartooning, Dan Roam's Back of the Napkin is the only book I've ever found that explains the kinds of visual 'frameworks' we use for data reduction — specifically how to communicate qualitative insights and observations as the first step in developing quantitative product requirements and specification.