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Author: GK VanPatter
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2016-12-20
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9781540788849
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is for advanced practitioners. It is not an introduction to the subject of innovation methods. It is ideally suited to readers who have active interest in process design, process history and process analysis.
Author: Robert A. Curedale
Publisher: Design Community College
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13: 9780989246828
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMapping methods are used by teams to develop strategy to assist a wide variety of activities. Mapping methods are particularly useful for: Making informed design decisions Identify areas of opportunity for developing new products, services and experiences Analyzing a competitive landscape To understand trends To analyze complex, changing and ambiguous design problems Look for areas where there are ideal factors to support a product or service. Look for areas without competitive rivals Enable meaningful conversations about difficult design topics Use real-time information to help identify potential problems and make the best decisions Create design that has a better return on investment Understand your customer's perspectives Create more successful design. Mapping methods can be applied to support informed design decisions as part of a Design Thinking approach to design. Design Thinking is an approach to designing products, services, architecture, spaces and experiences that is being quickly adopted by designers, architects and some of the world's leading brands such as GE, Target, SAP, Procter and Gamble, IDEO and Intuit. It is being taught at leading universities including Stanford and Harvard. Design Thinking creates practical and innovative solutions to problems. It drives repeatable innovation and business value. Design Thinking can be used to develop a wide range of products, services, experiences and strategy. It is an approach that can be applied by anyone. This book is an indispensable reference guide for: Architects, industrial designers, interior designers, UX and web designers, service designers, exhibit designers, design educators and students, visual communication designers, packaging and fashion designers, all types of designers Engineers and Marketing professionals Executives and senior business leaders Decision makers in R&D of products, services, systems and experiences School teachers and school students
Author: Antonella Contin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2014-04-04
Total Pages: 275
ISBN-13: 3319037986
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book presents a comprehensive vision of the impact of ICT on the contemporary city, heritage, public spaces and meta-cities on both urban and metropolitan scales, not only in producing innovative perspectives but also related to newly discovered scientific methods, which can be used to stimulate the emerging reciprocal relations between cities and information technologies. Using the principles established by multi-disciplinary interventions as examples and then expanding on them, this book demonstrates how by using ICT and new devices, metropolises can be organized for a future that preserves the historic nucleus of the city and the environment while preparing the necessary expansion of transportation, housing and industrial facilities.
Author: Antoine Masson
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-03-01
Total Pages: 427
ISBN-13: 303047447X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe legal sector is being hit by profound economic and technological changes (digitalization, open data, blockchain, artificial intelligence ...) forcing law firms and legal departments to become ever more creative in order to demonstrate their added value. To help lawyers meet this challenge, this book draws on the perspectives of lawyers and creative specialists to analyze the concept and life cycle of legal innovations, techniques and services, whether related to legislation, legal engineering, legal services, or legal strategies, as well as the role of law as a source of creativity and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Author: Roberta Capello
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2020-07-31
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1789905516
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPlace-based innovation policy design requires an in-depth understanding of territories and their complexity. Traditional statistics, with a lack of publicly available data at the disaggregated (sub-sectoral and regional) level, often do not provide adequate information. Therefore, new methods and approaches are required so that scientists and experts that can inform decision-makers and stakeholders in choosing priorities and directions for their innovation strategies. The book replies to such a need by offering advanced mapping methodologies for innovation policies with a special focus on approaches that take into account place-based policies.
Author: J. Jerry Kaufman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2006-04-07
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 0471773654
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPractical techniques to help any organization innovate andsucceed In this groundbreaking book, internationally acclaimed authorsdemonstrate that innovation can be mastered via systematic andreplicable methods. Following careful instructions and guidelines,readers discover how to foster the ingenuity that resides withinall organizations and how it can be most efficiently andeffectively used to create value. At the core of this book is the Function Analysis Systems Technique(FAST). FAST is a powerful mapping technique that graphicallymodels projects, products, and processes in function terms andidentifies function dependencies. It is an organized structureideally suited to exploring complex issues. Readers start withbasic concepts and then move on to more advanced concepts usingFAST to help their organizations survive and prosper in today'sglobal economy. Topics include: * Problem-solving techniques * Function analysis * Function Analysis Systems Technique (FAST) * Dimensioning the FAST model * Attributes and the FAST model * Enabling innovation * From competency to capability Practical examples and case studies are provided throughout thebook to assist the reader in applying the principles of FAST totheir own organizations. Stimulating Innovation in Products and Services is based on theauthors' many years of experience advising clients in a variety ofindustries, including oil and gas, aerospace, health care, andman-ufacturing. Its practical focus assists all engineers,scientists, and managers who want to foster innovation within theirorganizations. Extensive use of case studies makes this an idealcoursebook for MBA students.
Author: Greg Satell
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Published: 2017-05-26
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1259862240
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMap the innovation space—and blaze a path to profits and growth Countless books, articles, and other advice promise leaders solutions to the complex challenges they face. Some offer quick, silver-bullet remedies—a straight line to success!—and some are so technical that readers get lost before they begin. Now, there’s Mapping Innovation, a refreshing alternative in the crowded business innovation space. Engaging and informative without sacrificing substance and expertise, this groundbreaking guide provides thorough background on some of the greatest innovations of the past century as well as . It details the processes that advanced them from inception to world-changing products—and shows you how to replicate their success. Business innovation expert Greg Satell helps you find your way by revealing the four models of innovation: Basic Research, Breakthrough Innovation, Sustaining Innovation, and Disruptive Innovation. One size does not fit all, so he provides a framework—the Innovation Matrix—for discovering which “type” of innovation process best suits the problem you need to solve. It’s about asking the right questions, so that you can apply the right strategies to the problems you need to solve. In the end, you’ll have a crystal clear model for disrupting the marketplace, scaling your efforts to propel your enterprise forqward, and leverage digital platforms to your advantage. Mapping Innovation offers a simple and accessible but powerful approach to developing a strategy that will put you light years ahead of the competition!.
Author: GK. VANPATTER
Publisher:
Published: 2020-03-03
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ISBN-13: 9780578632773
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPart expose, part history lesson and part provocation, ReThinking Design Thinking extends Humantific's significant body of sensemaking work addressing innovation, design and changemaking. Connecting the dots between theory and practice, philosophy and methodology, this book shares our perspective on how Humantific makes sense of the already-arriving future of design / design thinking. With vast confusion around the subject of design thinking in the marketplace, this book jumps in with a combination of thought-provoking conversational text and explanation diagrams. Stepping outside the pervasive industry marketing narrative, ReThinking Design Thinking points out the need for a new form of readiness to better take on the scale and complexity of organizational and societal challenges now emerging. This book clearly makes the case for more robust and adaptive methods beyond the assumptions of product, service and experience creation. The good news is that this book also points out that a next generation, emerging practice community is already hard at work reinventing design thinking / doing for complex situations. If you are ready for acknowledging significant change challenges facing design / design thinking as methodology and interested in more clearly defined paths forward, ReThinking Design Thinking is for you.
Author: Hsinchun Chen
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014-11-05
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781461498278
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book defines the application of Information Technology’s systematic and automated knowledge mapping methodology to collect, analyze and report nanotechnology research on a global basis. The result of these analyses is be a systematic presentation of the state of the art of nanotechnology, which will include basic analysis, content analysis, and citation network analysis of comprehensive nanotechnology findings across technology domains, inventors, institutions, and countries.
Author: Lucy Kimbell
Publisher: BIS Publishers
Published: 2015-01-27
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789063693534
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is an essential read for managers in forms that used to have a product focus and that are trying to shift towards designing services and experiences. By covering the early stages of the innovation process, it guides readers throught developing new knowledge, creating service concepts and prototyping experiences. It's valuable not only for service innovation and design practicioners but also visionary business leaders who understand that creating destinct customer experiences is the future of innovation.
