03744cam a2200745 a 4500 vtls000079402 MTX m eo d cr cn |||m|||a 160715s2014 nyua foab 001 0 eng d 9781606504734 e-book 9781606504727 print 10.5643/9781606504734 doi (CaPaEBR)10821730 (OCoLC)867482050 (CaBNvSL)swl00402992 201607151144 staff 201605041228 admin CaBNVSL CaBNVSL CaBNVSL T49.5 .H275 2014 608 23 Ebook Harris, La Verne Abe., author. 115948 Idea engineering : creative thinking and innovation / La Verne Abe Harris. New York, [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2014. 1 online resource (xvii, 202 pages) : illustrations. text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Industrial, systems, and innovation engineering collection Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-197) and index. 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. Restricted to libraries which purchase an unrestricted PDF download via an IP. 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. Also available in print. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader. Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 3, 2014). Creative ability in technology. 115949 Technological innovations. 33977 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 Print version: 9781606504727 Industrial, systems, and innovation engineering collection. 115950 http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/MPB0000090.html 10 75951 75951