What Do You Do With an Idea? | Kobi Yamada

Why it is included:

In a library full of complex science and heavy policy, this simple picture book serves as the emotional heart.

We include it because new ideas—especially the ones that can change the world—are not born strong; they are born fragile. They can feel strange, silly, or lonely, and it is easy to let them go when others laugh.

This story reminds us that innovation doesn't start with a grand master plan; it starts with a tiny spark that needs protection.

It teaches even the most sophisticated leader to treat their own "baby ideas" (and the ideas of their team) with kindness and patience, trusting that if you give a strange little notion enough room to grow, it might eventually become everything.