Four-time Best-selling Author
Books by
Mike Maddock
Big ideas. Better questions. A few expensive lessons along the way.
I’ve spent my career building businesses, working alongside entrepreneurs, and helping leaders see opportunities they might otherwise miss.
Along the way, I’ve learned that experience is a wonderful teacher. Unfortunately, it can also be a very expensive one.
These books share some of the lessons I’ve learned about innovation, leadership, challenging conventional wisdom, and surrounding yourself with people who think differently.
COMING SOON
Your Seat at the Table
By Mike Maddock
What if the people who helped you become successful aren’t the people you need for what comes next?
The higher you climb, the harder it can become to find people who will challenge your thinking.
Your Seat at the Table explores the blind spots that accompany success. Through Mike’s Six Seats framework, it reveals how people with complementary strengths can help us ask better questions—and see what we might otherwise miss.
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Plan D
By Mike Maddock
The Disruptor Mindset
Some people see a changing world as a threat. Disruptors see an invitation.
Plan D explores how unconventional thinkers challenge established industries, recognize opportunities others overlook, and create what’s next.
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Free the Idea Monkey
By G. Michael Maddock and Raphael Louis Vitón
Balancing Imagination and Execution
Every organization needs Idea Monkeys who imagine possibilities and Ringleaders who turn them into reality. Free the Idea Monkey explores how these complementary thinkers work together to make great ideas happen.
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Flirting with the Uninterested
By Maria Ferrante-Schepis and G. Michael Maddock
Challenging an Industry’s Conventional Wisdom
What happens when an industry becomes so accustomed to the way things have always worked that it stops questioning its assumptions?
Written with the insurance industry in mind, it challenges leaders to recognize opportunities for reinvention before someone else does.
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Brand New
By G. Michael Maddock, Luisa C. Uriarte, and Paul B. Brown
Solving the Innovation Paradox
Why do established companies struggle to create new products and services that customers actually want?
Brand New explores a practical approach to identifying unmet needs, uncovering meaningful insights, and turning opportunities into successful innovations.
MORE FROM MIKE
The thinking doesn’t stop here.
Books take a little time to write. Ideas, questions, and expensive lessons tend to show up a lot more often.
Explore Mike’s latest articles on leadership, innovation, and seeing things differently.