Tools for innovation: the science behind the practical methods that drive news ideas

It is widely known that innovation is crucial to sustain success in business,government, and engineering. But capturing the effective means of fostering innovation remains elusive. How can organizations actively promote innovation, which arises from a complex combination of cognition and domain expertise? Researchers across an array of fields are studying innovation, with exciting new findings suggesting that science is beginning to understand how it can be cultivated. It is now more important than ever for seemingly distant fields to share conclusions and, in concert, translate them into viable applications. In this unique and exciting collaboration, engineers, cognitive scientists, psychologists, computer scientists, and marketers explore the practical methods thatsupport innovation and creative design, from different ways of thinking and conceptualizing to computer-based tools. The authors present research on processes as well as on the evaluation of existing methods. Their lessons drawn are at the forefront of the interdisciplinary movement to use science to help organizations thrive. INDICE: 1.: The Cognitive Science of Innovation Tools Arthur B. Markman & Kristin L. Wood 2.: On "Out-of-the-Box" Thinking in Creativity Robert W. Weisberg 3.: "Putting blinkers on a blind man": Providing cognitive support for creative processes with environmental cues Bo T. Christensen, Christian D. Schunn4.: Thinking with Sketches Barbara Tversky and Masaki Suwa 5.: Supporting Innovation by Promoting Analogical Reasoning Arthur B. Markman, Kristin L. Wood, Julie S. Linsey, Jeremy T. Murphy, & Jeffrey P. Laux 6.: Constraints and Consumer Creativity C. Page Moreau and Darren W. Dahl 7.: The Development and Evaluation of Tools for Creativity Steven M. Smith, Andruid Kerne, Eunyee Koh, JamiShah 8.: ConceptNets for Flexible Access to Knowledge Thomas B. Ward 9.: Innovation through Transformational Design Vikramjit Singh, Brandon Walther, Kristin Wood, Dan Jensen 10.: Introduction of Design Enabling Tools: Development, Validation, and Lessons Learned Joshua D. Summers, Srinivasan Anandan, SudhakarTeegavarapu 11.: Supporting Innovative Construction of Explanatory ScientificModels Will Bridewell, Stuart R. Borrett, and Pat Langley Index

• ISBN: 978-0-19-538163-4
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 242
• Fecha Publicación: 13/08/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés