Vinnie Mirchandani

The New Polymath (eBook, ePUB)

Profiles in Compound-Technology Innovations

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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 creative processes at 8 New Polymath enterprises - BP, Cognizant, GE, Kleiner Perkins, National Hurricane Center, Plantronics, salesforce.com, WRHambrecht+Co Details eleven building blocks these Polymaths are utilizing - from cloud computing to sustainability to social networks Calatogs over 100 mini case studies of other innovators who are defining state-of-the-art in those eleven building block areas The New Polymath brims with innovation examples from a variety of industries, countries and business processes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470768457
• Artikelnr.: 37299183

Autorenporträt

Vinnie Mirchandani, who goes by the moniker of "Deal Architect," coaches enterprises on how to exploit disruptive technology trends. His firm has been recognized in The Black Book of Outsourcing as a top advisory boutique. He is also a prolific blogger, writing about technology-enabled innovation on his "New Florence, New Renaissance" blog and about waste in technology on his "Deal Architect" blog. Earlier in his career, he was a respected analyst at Gartner, the technology research firm, and handled numerous international assignments at PwC Consulting. He has keynoted at many business and technology conferences and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, The Financial Times, CIO Magazine, and other executive and technology publications.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword xvii
Preface xxi
Acknowledgments xxxiii
Prologue: The Field of Polymath Dreams xxxvii
PART I SPREZZATURA: THE ART OF MAKING THE COMPLEX LOOK EASY 1
CHAPTER 1 The New Polymath: In an Age of "Wicked Problems" and Technology
Abundance 3
CHAPTER 2 Modern-Day Dark Ages: So Much Stagnation 17
CHAPTER 3 Polymath Profile #1: General Electric 31
PART II THE R-E-N-A-I-S-S-A-N-C-E FRAMEWORK: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR THE NEW
POLYMATH 51
CHAPTER 4 Residence: Better Technologically Equipped Than the Offi ce 53
CHAPTER 5 Exotics: Innovation from Left Field 67
CHAPTER 6 Polymath Profile #2: Cognizant 81
CHAPTER 7 Networks: Bluetooth to Broadband 89
CHAPTER 8 Polymath Profile #3: Plantronics 107
CHAPTER 9 Arsonists: And Other Disruptors 113
CHAPTER 10 Polymath Profile #4: W. R. Hambrecht 129
CHAPTER 11 Interfaces: For All Our Senses 137
CHAPTER 12 Sustainability: Delivering to Both the Green and Gold Agendas
151
CHAPTER 13 Polymath Profile #5: Kleiner Perkins Cleantech 165
CHAPTER 14 Singularity: Human-Machine Convergence 175
CHAPTER 15 Analytics: Spreadsheets, Search, and Semantics 191
CHAPTER 16 Polymath Profile #6: National Hurricane Center 205
CHAPTER 17 Networks Again: Communities, Crowds, Contracts, and
Collaboration 213
CHAPTER 18 Clouds: Technology-as-a-Service 233
CHAPTER 19 Polymath Profile #7: salesforce.com 251
CHAPTER 20 Ethics: In an Age of Cyberwar and Cloning 257
PART III GROOMING YOUR OWN NEW POLYMATH 275
CHAPTER 21 Polymath Profile #8: BP CTO 277
CHAPTER 22 Moon Shots for Budding Polymaths 295
Epilogue: The Beginner's Mind 303
Notes 307
About the Author 325
Index 327