A veritable tour de force. Nikos Acuña masterfully explores the art and science of the creative process. I strongly recommend this thought-provoking book.
Marketers often use the term mindshare to illustrate the popularity of a brand. But its implications go much deeper than influencing purchase behavior. Mindshare is a gift—a form of creative commerce and collective intelligence. Told in a rich, lyrical style, Mindshare is a portrait of the modern creative mind and a narrative of its process, a practical guide, and a plea for ambition that captures the imagination by exploring the dynamic nature of creativity and innovation as a multifaceted, integrated craft and the creation of consciousness.
This book explores innovation within the audacious scope and framework that truly illustrates its paradoxical and kaleidoscopic nature. It empowers us with the notion that innovation is an intrinsic collective power driven by the same creative instinct that fuels our desires, seeks pleasure, strives to be better, and dares to discover new worlds. This reveals a groundbreaking worldview—that the essence of life is not survival but creation. Building a remarkable brand, overcoming any challenge, and achieving anything in life are the result of design intelligence.
Mindshare is about how organizations and individuals can use design strategies to be more innovative, distinctive, and successful. But it’s also about our essential nature, how to use our creative instinct to live a more fulfilling life, and how creativity shapes the modern world. The awareness of this process achieves mindshare—an intrinsic collective power that has the potential to help us design a better world.
A book for visionaries who seek the fuel to open new spaces and fill them with meaningful value.
“Business today is less about persuading and more about truly moving people at a deeper, connective level. Mindshare delivers both the art and science of how to ignite as well as fan the flames of those connections.”
“Nikos Acuña has crafted a broad and interesting perspective on creativity to help you think more purposefully about your most important work.”
Mindshare continues its success in the awards circuit, having been announced as a Finalist in Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year Awards in the Social Sciences category
USABookNews.com, the premier online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses, announced the winners and finalists of THE 2012 USA BEST BOOK AWARDS on November 16, 2012.
Ever since science writer Jonah Lehrer resigned from The New Yorker for fabricating Bob Dylan quotes in his book, Imagine: How Creativity Works, there has been plenty of conversation on the web about his demise, the pressures of being … Continued
As we’re approaching the launch of my new book, I’ve decided to try something different. I am giving away 100 early review print copies of mindshare and another 100 e-book downloads! THE BOOK WILL BE AVAILABLE THIS MONTH, BUT MAJOR … Continued
“The art of the process is to balance emotional excitement with professional discipline, and leaders in both design and business are wise to master this art.” -Harmut Esslinger Design Intelligence is what moves everything toward a state of perfection. … Continued
David Kord Murray, author of Borrowing Brilliance: Six Steps to Business Innovation by Building on the Ideas of Others, wanted to “take the creative process out of the shadows of the subconscious mind and bring it into the conscious world.” … Continued
