TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harris,La Verne Abe
TI  - Idea engineering: creative thinking and innovation 
T2  - Industrial, systems, and innovation engineering collection
SN  - 9781606504734
AV  - T49.5 .H275 2014
U1  - 608 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York, [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017)
PB  - Momentum Press
KW  - Creative ability in technology
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - creative thinking
KW  - innovation
KW  - ideas
KW  - idea generation
KW  - idea engineering
KW  - idea teams
KW  - visionaries
KW  - innovators
KW  - entrepreneurs
KW  - problem solving
KW  - inventors
KW  - brainstorming
KW  - creativity
KW  - Business
KW  - technologists
KW  - engineers
KW  - political, economic, and socio-constructed innovations
KW  - resistance to change
KW  - innovative culture
KW  - obstacles
N1  - 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; Also available in print
N2  - 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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