Harris, La Verne Abe., <br/><br/>
Idea engineering :  creative thinking and innovation / 
La Verne Abe Harris. 
 - 1 online resource (xvii, 202 pages) :  illustrations. 
 - Industrial, systems, and innovation engineering collection .
 - Industrial, systems, and innovation engineering collection. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-197) and index. 
<br/><br/>Foreword -- Love & gratitude (acknowledgments) -- 1. Getting your mind right -- 2. Visionaries and innovators -- 3. Idea engineering overview -- 4. Organizational roadblocks -- 5. Models of innovation -- 6. Identifying the problem -- 7. Creative thinking -- 8. Selecting the best idea -- 9. Designing and testing an idea -- 10. Worldviews -- 11. Final thoughts -- About the author -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 
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<br/><br/> Engineers and technologists often operate from a worldview of "ones and zeros." My mission in this book is to interject the colorful world of creative thinking to help engineers and technologists learn to think and work differently. This "idea engineering" becomes the driving force, transforming engineers and technologists into creative thinkers and innovators. Throughout the book, case studies and first-hand experience anecdotes can be found. The material in this book is organized to take the reader through basic concepts and techniques of creative thinking and innovation leading to the solving of engineering and technological challenges. It provides an overall understanding of how idea engineering can transform an individual and a company to formulate and apply the best possibilities. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access: World Wide Web. <br/>System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781606504734 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.5643/9781606504734  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Creative ability in technology.<br/>Technological innovations.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>creative thinking innovation ideas idea generation idea engineering idea teams visionaries innovators entrepreneurs problem solving inventors brainstorming creativity Business technologists engineers political, economic, and socio-constructed innovations resistance to change innovative culture obstacles 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>T49.5  / .H275 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>608