David Tanner, PhD.

Readers are saying…

• "Dr. Tanner’s Igniting Innovation is a highly readable guide to innovation. He draws on his DuPont experiences, and other sources, to explain how the spark of creativity can create unexpected value. He demonstrates that innovation is not just a science – it can occur in all human endeavor."



Thomas Connelly, Executive VP and Chief Innovation Officer
DuPont Company

 

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• "David Tanner clearly understands the field of creativity, but he goes beyond this in his ability to get others and organizations to take up and use the skills. I have watched the effective way he does this over the years, as documented in Igniting Innovation."



Edward de Bono, world renowned leader in field of creativity and innovation
London, England

 

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• "Innovation, invention and entrepreneurship are clearly the key to success for young people in the 21st century.  David Tanner’s new book, Igniting Innovation, is filled with real life insights and techniques on how to creatively build the future products and services needed.  This book is a must read – filled with fun and wit – for those who intend to lead an inventive life."



The Honorable Jerry MacArthur Hultin, President
Polytechnic University of New York; former Under Secretary of the Navy

 

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• "Igniting Innovation is the most practical book on a subject as esoteric as innovation. This book provides a comprehensive, step-by-step method for making innovation successful in an organization. David uses examples from his decades of real-life experience on the subject to elucidate how to create an innovative environment, the tools to be used, the types of innovations, and the concept of protecting innovations. I highly recommend this book for any individual or organization embarking on the innovation journey."



Rajendra S. Pawar, Chairman and Co-Founder,
NIIT Group - leading software, services and learning organization, New Delhi, India.

 

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• "There have been many books on creativity.  They are useful, but they do not contain enough real examples that readers can identify with.  Dave Tanner, using examples drawn from his own experience, created this book that is easy to understand and apply in real life.  I am sure that this book will ignite imagination for many readers.  The book is well balanced between examples and theory."



Joonki Kim, Sr. VP, Advanced Institute of Technology
Samsung Company, South Korea

 

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• "At Fletcher Challenge Company, I initiated an effort to encourage a creative and innovative work ethic and culture. David Tanner’s contributions to these endeavors, based on the practices described in Igniting Innovation, were pivotal to the success we achieved. It was gratifying to see employees putting Dave’s work into practice by identifying innovative solutions to difficult problems, an approach that resulted in both enhanced productivity and profitability."



David Sixton, Former Chief Executive, Fletcher Challenge Company
Auckland, New Zealand

 

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• "I sat down to spend a half hour with David Tanner’s Igniting Innovation. When I looked up two hours had passed and I had a page of great ideas the first of which I have already acted upon."



Cal Wick, CEO Fort Hill Company and winner of Association of Learning Providers 2006 award.

 

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• "Igniting Innovation is a "must read" for anyone wanting to understand how creative and innovative thinking really works in the corporate setting with real people and real results. It takes what some think is impossible – creative thinking in the work place – and shows how to make it possible and profitable.  The book is both a roadmap and a cheerleader.  You not only CAN do it – you WANT to do it."



Joyce Juntune, Director, Institute for Applied Creativity
Texas A&M University

 

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• "Tanner’s Igniting Innovation is presented through an immeasurably experienced perspective and should be considered a one-stop resource for hopeful innovators.  This book sufficiently whets the imagination’s appetite and provides countless additions for one’s creative tool box – to encourage, as well as to guide, its readers toward methodical creativity.  Tanner shares real life scenarios to clearly illustrate the diverse aspects of innovation and reinforce the concepts necessary to obtain it."



Richard Swatlosky, Head, Office for Technology Transfer
The University of Alabama

 

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• "Tanner’s succinct, readable book introduces the reader to some of the considerable research and theory around the topic of creativity as a discipline. This is complemented with many instructive examples drawn from Tanner’s extensive industrial experience in stimulating innovation. The tool kit of techniques illustrated in this book can be profitably applied by any organization eager to enhance its internal environment for creative thinking and stimulate the generation of more and better ideas."



Laurence Gastwirth, Director, Howe School Alliance for Technology Mgt.
Stevens Institute of Technology

 

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• "Dave Tanner has chartered a path that has engaged and motivated thousands to work and live in more creative and productive ways. This exciting new book is one more substantial contribution to the field and to the world, and another bold step in an impressive intellectual journey."



William Wurtz, President
American Creativity Association.