Overview

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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Author:   Vinnie Mirchandani ,  Marc Benioff (Salesforce.com)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.594kg
ISBN:  

9780470618301

ISBN 10:   0470618302
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   16 July 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

"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"

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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.

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