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Organizations don’t innovate; people do!
Innovation is not simply the structured role of specialized departments; it is fundamental to how we all engage with the world. While fear remains the greatest barrier to that engagement, innovation is essential to progress. Teresa Mandl’s ground-breaking new book offers a practical guide to innovation, going beyond processes and technology to explore responsibility, freedom, and human sustainability.
The book helps readers develop an intuitive sense for spotting opportunities, connecting what they know with what they have, and turn emerging ideas into measurable progress. Drawing on hands-on experience and interviews with practitioners, this is an essential field guide for those who want to move beyond theory and start getting things done. The book maps the conditions that shape breakthroughs, explores innovation in practice, challenges common assumptions, places responsibility at the center, and engages with voices from arts, community movements, and business.
The result is Impactful Innovation, a book that connects rigorous analysis with human stories – offering both frameworks and inspiration to rethink how innovation emerges, who drives it, and what impact it will have. Drawing on real-world experience and diverse voices, it helps readers spot opportunities, connect ideas, and turn emerging insights into meaningful impact.
Dr Teresa Mandl is an innovation strategist with 15+ years of experience helping organizations turn technology opportunities into successful products, services, and business models. In her consultancy, she focuses on aligning strategy, technology, and stakeholder needs.
She has taught innovation and marketing at Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences since 2011, including ZHAW and Lucerne, and research innovation management, entrepreneurship, and customer experience. She studied economics in Hohenheim and Zurich, focusing on co-creation with lead users.
After roles at FAZ, Arthur Andersen, and IBM (U.S.), she founded T.V.T. swissconsult gmbh. She was further named “Swiss Business Newcomer of the Year” (2012) and serves on juries, boards, and professional networks.