"You can't schedule
it, you can't mandate it, and you're not going to find it in a safe, tidy package. New
Ideas About New Ideas is a roadmap to the places where innovation comes from. Read
this and you'll understand more about who has it, why you need to hire them, and how to
help make the magic work."
-Rick Levine, co-author,
The Cluetrain Manifesto
New Ideas About New Ideas
introduces us to a dynamic, eclectic collection of creators, whose far-out and
far-reaching experiments are changing the world. A one-of-a-kind glimpse into the
essence of creativity, with inspiring insights from some of the world's most creative
minds
Drawing from interviews
with dozens of mavericks such as contemporary artist Jeff Koons, technology oracle Nathan
Myrhvold, celebrated physicist Brian Greene, and biotech visionary Henri Termeer, Shira
White explores the exhilarating process of generating new ideas and bringing them
successfully to fruition.
Blending important concepts
from the worlds of management, the arts, science, and technology, Shira White reveals
profound insights into what makes today's most creative people and organizations tick.
You'll meet Corning chairman, Roger Ackerman, who led a series of extraordinary
corporate transformations; genius architect Frank Gehry, who shocked the world with his
earth-shattering Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao; pioneering Progressive Insurance chairman,
Peter Lewis, who records his flashes of brilliance while swimming; Satjiv Chahil, who made
Palm a household name; and many other innovators.
New Ideas About New Ideas is
bound to change the way you look at your life, your work, and your world.
Introduction
Sizzling Spaces: Making
Innovation Happen
1. Spark Soup: Where
Innovation Begins
2. Bubbling
Sparks: New Approaches to Idea Development
3. Bargaining with the
Future: The Valuation Struggle
4. Going Live:
Bringing New Ideas to Life
5. Integrated
Circuitry: Mechanisms of Innovation Action
6. Rocket Design:
Innovating Organization
7. Making an Apple
Pie: Beyond the Organization
Appendix
Notes
353 pp Paperback