Join us for a spirited discussion with Dr. Tessa Forshaw PhD 2025 and Harvard Presidential Scholar and Richard Cox Braden Harvard and Stanford lecturer on their new book - Innovation-ish: How Anyone Can Create Breakthrough Solutions to Real Problems in the Real World.
They wrote this book for people who don’t think of themselves as “innovators” but are constantly solving problems anyway.
Drawing upon years of experience and research, including doctoral and postdoctoral research at Harvard and Stanford this session will offer practical, cognitive science-based approaches to innovation and creativity, including for those tackling complex challenges but who might not typically identify themselves as "creative" or "innovators.”
Dr. Tessa Forshaw is a cognitive scientist and co-founder of the Next Level Lab. She leads the lab’s research on learning transfer, creative cognition, learning in the flow of work, and AI.
Richard Cox Braden teaches at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, Stanford's Institute of Design and Harvard Extension School. His firm People Rocket also works with organisations - including Airbnb, Deloitte, Google, Genentech, JP Morgan Chase, and The Federal Reserve Bank - to help their leaders inspire others to action, helping to transform their organisations. Rich's work helps to unlock team and entrepreneurial creativity to solve strategic problems and build resilient and agile cultures.. Rich Cox Braden, has taught at the d.school& Stanford GSB for over 15 years.
The book has already been nominated for the Financial Times "Business Book of the Year" as well as topping Amazon’s best seller list in the Business Entrepreneurship category.
“Innovation-ish is an actionable playbook for every aspiring innovator. Its frameworks will help you succeed because they capture how real people solve real problems.”
—Stefanos Zenios, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Faculty Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Stanford Graduate School of Business
“Braden and Forshaw draw on research and real-world experience to equip readers with accessible strategies for learning, leading, and adapting with purpose and vision. They skillfully blend fresh ideas and personal agency into a practical guide, making innovation accessible to everyone from students to policymakers. At a time when educational systems are navigating deep complexity.”
—Nonie K. Lesaux, Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education
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