What can you learn from 50 YEARS of innovation?

In this unique guide, you’re not just reading about innovation—you're learning how to do it from the people behind some of the biggest breakthroughs of the last 50 years at one of the most influential and valuable companies in the world.

Are there innovation truisms that hold from one initiative to the next?

Are there strategies that appear again and again in the success stories of businesses as varied as gaming and cloud infrastructure? Are there behaviors common to creative leadership in every role, from research to sales?

And if these patterns exist, could they be distilled into teachable practices?

These are the questions Dean Carignan and JoAnn Garbin, two senior innovation leaders at Microsoft, set out to answer.

Learn from stories

Xbox
Cultivating a Culture of Innovation​

Visual Studio Code
Embracing the Innovator’s Dilemma

Microsoft Office
Unlocking Value with Strategic Design​

Cognitive Services
Overcoming Defeat Through Extreme Collaboration​

Microsoft Research
Building Bridges to the Future​

Bing

Leveraging the Underdog Advantage​

Responsible Innovation

Moving Fast Without Breaking Things

Learn from analysis

Innovating Every Day
Making Innovation Standard, Structured, and Reliable​


Innovating Over the Years

Achieving Continuous, Adaptive Innovation​


Innovating With Everyone

Igniting Change by Leading with Emotion​


Innovating More Than Technology

Transforming the Entire Value Chain

An Insider’s Perspective from 40 Microsoft Leaders

Dave Auld · Robbie Bach · Sumit Chauhan · Kareem Choudhry · Penny Collison · Chris Dias · Susan Dumais · Jon Friedman · Erich Gamma · Eric Horvitz · Xuedong ("XD") Huang · Lucas Joppa · Yu-Ting Kuo · Julia Liuson · Kate Luu · Kai Maetzel · Jen Martin · Sarah McGee · Trish Miner · Eric Peterson · Jordi Ribas · Anna Roth · Dena Saunders · Micheal Schechter · Abigail Sellen · Rohan Shah · Harry Shum · Phil Spencer · Tim Stuart · Patti Thibodeau · Juliana Tioanda · Saurabh Tiwary · Daniel Varon · and more…

Meet the Authors

Dean Carignan
The Intrapreneur

JoAnn Garbin
The Entrepreneur

All author proceeds go to support STE(A)M education charities.