Here’s a great quote, “Take the mavericks in your service,” he tells new officers, “the ones that wear rumpled uniforms and look like a bag of mud but whose ideas are so offsetting that they actually upset the people in the bureaucracy. One of your primary jobs is to take the risk and protect these people, because if they are not nurtured in your service, the enemy will bring their contrary ideas to you.”

From Gen. James Mattis, USMC

This book shows how creative and innovative people will eventually rule the world. It explains what the creative class is, how it is motivated, and how to ensure you get the most out of your creative workforce. Creatives are the engines of the future, and anyone who wants to drive forward needs to know how to harness their capacities.

Richard Florida is the guru of this type of thinking. His book is a classic.