Creativity in Context by Teresa Amabile

Art as Experience. John Dewey. 1934. Perigree Books.

Creating Minds: An Anatomy of Creativity Seen Through the Lives of Freud, Picasso, Stravinsky, Eliot, Graham and Gandhi. Howard Gardner. 1993. Basic Books.

Creative Conspiracy: The New Rules of Breakthrough Collaboration. Leigh Thompson. 2013. Harvard Business Review Press.

Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. 1996. Harper & Collins.

Highly recommended: Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration. Ed Catmull. 2014. Random House.

Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers. Third Edition. Geoffrey A. Moore. 2014. Harper Business.

The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth. Amy Edmondson. 2018. Wiley.

How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World. Steven Johnson. 2014. Penguin Group.

A Kick in the Seat of the Pants: Using Your Explorer, Artist, Judge, and Warrior to Be More Creative. 1986. Perennial Books.

Mindset: The Psychology of Success. Carol S. Dweck. 2006. Random House.

Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery. Garr Reynolds. 2008. New Riders.

Resonate: Present Visual Stories That Transform Audiences. Nancy Duarte. 2010. John Wiley & Sons.

The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery. Sarah Lewis. 2014. Simon & Schuster.

The Rise of the Creative Class…and How It’s Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and the Everyday. Richard Florida. 2002. Basic Books.

So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work That You Love. Cal Newport. 2013. Business Plus.

Thinking, Fast and Slow. Daniel Kahneman. 2011. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation. Steven Johnson. 2010. Riverhead Books.

Woo, Wow, and Win: Service Design, Strategy and the Art of Customer Delight. Thomas A. Stewart and Patricia A. O’Connell. 2016.