The new polymath : profiles in compound-technology innovation / Vinnie Mirchandani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mirchandani, Vinnie.

Series:

Wiley Professional Advisory Services

Wiley Professional Advisory Services ; v.2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations.

Technological innovations--Management--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Prepare for a world of compound innovation which blends 3, 5, 10 strands of infotech, greentech, biotech and healthtech to solve the ""Grand Challenges"" our world faces-and the more routine ones Polymath is the Greek word for a Renaissance person like Leonardo Da Vinci or Ben Franklin who excels in many disciplines. The New Polymath is an enterprise which has learned to amalgamate 3, 5, 10 strands of technology-infotech, cleantech, healthtech, nanotech, biotech-to create compound new products and to innovate internal processes. Anchors around case studies on innovations and creativ

Contents:

The New Polymath: Profiles in Compound-Technology Innovations; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Invoking the Spirit of the Renaissance; Flow of the Book; What Got Left Out?; Acknowledgments; Prologue: The Field of Polymath Dreams; Part I: Sprezzatura: The Art of Making the Complex Look Easy; Chapter 1: The New Polymath: In an Age of "Wicked Problems" and Technology Abundance; Chapter 2: Modern-Day Dark Ages: So Much Stagnation; Chapter 3: Polymath Profile #1: General Electric; Part II: The R-E-N-A-I-S-S-A-N-C-E Framework: Building Blocks for the New Polymath

Chapter 4: Residence: Better Technologically Equipped Than the Office Chapter 5: Exotics: Innovation from Left Field; Chapter 6: Polymath Profile #2: Cognizant; Chapter 7: Networks: Bluetooth to Broadband; Chapter 8: Polymath Profile #3: Plantronics; Chapter 9: Arsonists: And Other Disruptors; Chapter 10: Polymath Profile #4: W. R. Hambrecht; Chapter 11: Interfaces: For All Our Senses; Chapter 12: Sustainability: Delivering to Both the Green and Gold Agendas; Chapter 13: Polymath Profile #5: Kleiner Perkins Cleantech; Chapter 14: Singularity: Human-Machine Convergence

Chapter 15: Analytics: Spreadsheets, Search, and Semantics Chapter 16: Polymath Profile #6: National Hurricane Center; Chapter 17: Networks Again: Communities, Crowds, Contracts, and Collaboration; Chapter 18: Clouds: Technology-as-a-Service; Chapter 19: Polymath Profile #7: salesforce.com; Chapter 20: Ethics: In an Age of Cyberwar and Cloning; Part III: Grooming Your Own New Polymath; Chapter 21: Polymath Profile #8: BP CTO; Chapter 22: Moon Shots for Budding Polymaths; Epilogue: The Beginner's Mind; Notes; About the Author; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786612653926

9780470768457

0470768452

9781119200284

1119200288

9781282653924

128265392X

9780470768433

0470768436

OCLC:

646788443