The New Polymath: Profiles in Compound-Technology Innovations

by Vinnie Mirchandani

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 onesPolymath 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+CoDetails eleven building blocks these Polymaths are utilizing - from cloud computing to sustainability to social networksCalatogs 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.

Genres: Business, Education, Nonfiction

384 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 15, 2010

About the author

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."

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just finished reading The New Polymath. Love it. A firehose of innovation. If you have been on another planet the last 2 years, this book gives you a very up to date overview of all relevant technologies to be aware of.