The 30 Best Innovation Methods: The best methodologies, tools & processes to support innovation! - Couverture souple

Keogh, Dr Colin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1065433700 ISBN 13 : 9781065433705

Editeur : Sapien House Books, 2026

Synopsis

Most organisations have heard of design thinking. Fewer have heard of TRIZ, Dynamic Capabilities, or Pugh's Controlled Convergence. All three have stronger evidence bases. This book covers all thirty.

The 30 Best Innovation Methods is the definitive practitioner and academic reference for the methods, tools, and frameworks that drive real innovation, written by an engineer and researcher who has spent a career deploying them in the field.

The thirty methods in this book were not chosen by preference. They were selected through a systematic topographic survey of the innovation-methodology landscape (the author's doctoral research at University College Dublin) assessing methods in active use across commercial, academic, humanitarian, and public-sector practice. Selection required documented empirical use, demonstrable real-world uptake, and a teachable, repeatable structure.

What makes this book different

Most innovation books cover one method deeply or survey many methods superficially. This book does neither. Each of the thirty chapters treats a single method as a serious engineering artefact: where it came from, how it actually works, a step-by-step practical application, an honest real-world case study, documented failure modes, and full academic references. Nothing is promoted and nothing is dismissed. Every method is treated as a fit-for-purpose tool with specific contexts where it excels and specific contexts where it does not.

What you will find inside

• All 30 leading innovation methods, from Heuristics (1974) to the Double Helix Innovation Model (2020), each covered in full
• A classification framework that maps all 30 methods across three dimensions: Method Type, Focus Classification, and Structural Classification
• A built-in 5-Minute Decision Tool that narrows the field of thirty to a working shortlist based on your specific context
• Methods spanning product development, quality management, strategic management, creativity, human-centred design, and organisational innovation
• Harvard-style citations and engagement with the primary academic literature throughout
• The Double Helix Innovation Model : a new applied-innovation methodology developed through Irish Research Council-funded doctoral research, designed for contexts where technical development and organisational viability must advance simultaneously

Who this book is for

• Engineers and product developers who need to select and deploy an innovation methodology
• Innovation consultants and facilitators building or improving their methodological toolkit
• Graduate students and researchers in innovation management, design, and engineering
• Executives and strategy teams evaluating which innovation approach fits their organisation
• Lecturers and faculty teaching innovation, design thinking, or product development courses

About the author

Dr Colin Keogh is an Irish engineer, researcher, and entrepreneur working at the intersection of applied innovation, humanitarian technology, and business development. He holds a doctorate from University College Dublin, where his research (supported by the Irish Research Council) produced the Double Helix Innovation Model presented in this book. He is a Forbes 30 Under 30 honouree, a TEDx speaker, co-founder of the Rapid Foundation (3D-printing for humanitarian development across Uganda, Rwanda, and India) and co-founder of TeamOSV, the global open-source ventilator initiative launched during the COVID-19 pandemic. He advises industry and government on innovation strategy and lectures internationally on STEM, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr. Colin Keogh is an award-winning innovative Engineer, with qualifications & experience in innovative technologies in the Mechanical Engineering, Business and Innovation sectors. He is currently leading new research in the Energy, SDG's, Additive Manufacturing and Innovation fields, with a focus on policy & technology forecasting, enhanced innovation methodologies, additive manufacturing, 3rd world impact and integrating advanced technologies into social, environmental, philanthropic and entrepreneurial activities. He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master's in Energy Systems Engineering from UCD. His PhD in Engineering was completed at UCD focusing on assessing global innovation methodologies leading to the development of his own advanced Innovation Methodology.He co-founded a social enterprise in 2014, The Rapid Foundation, which aims to disperse 3d printing technology to 3rd world locations and conduct printing workshops with schools in the UK and Ireland. Its goal is to change the way developmental aid is distributed, and improve the innovation potential of all people, regardless of their circumstances. This work resulted in him being named as one of Forbes 30 Under 30 for Europe in Science and Healthcare, as one of JCI's Ten Outstanding Young People, as a Nissan Generation Next Ambassador and as 2017 IT & Tech Professional of the Year.Colin is also cofounder of Sapien Innovation, an innovation consultancy specialising in applied innovation, creativity and design thinking services and co-founder of TeamOSV, an open source project aimed at developing low-cost ventilators in response to global supply shortages. He is also an active technology consultant and developer, advising a number of companies and bodies, from small start-ups to government departments, in areas such as disruptive technologies, engineering practice, advanced energy systems, innovation, design and early stage growth & prototyping. He is a leader in the Irish start-up space, and has worked with Techstars on a number of programs (Startupweekend & Techstars Accelerator Program and is a co-organizer of Dublin Startup Week) along with various other ecosystem partners.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sapien House Books
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1065433700
• ISBN 13: 9781065433705
• Reliure: Tapa blanda
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible