The Innovation Tools Memory Jogger: Generating Customer Buy-In and Solutions That Flourish (Spiral-bound)

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Innovation isn't just for R&D anymore. Innovation is something that the entire enterprise needs to be able to do. The Innovation Tools Memory Jogger brings you 22 powerful, yet simple-to-use innovation tools. These tools can be used for designing organizational change initiatives, improve processes, improve products and services, etc. They can be used in profit, nonprofit, government and educational organizations, as well as in R&D, IT, Engineering and even Sales, Marketing and Manufacturing. 
The Innovation Tools Memory Jogger is a practical, hands-on pocket-guide that will aid you and your team in finding creative solutions for any problem or opportunity you face. Pick and choose the tools that fit the innovation you're creating. Each tool is coded by difficulty and by the innovation type it is best suited for (improvement, reinvention, etc.). The tools included in The Innovation Tools Memory Jogger include: 

1. Needs Assessment 
2. Cause Analysis 
3. Factorial Design of Experiment 
4. Paradigm Deconstruction 
5. Context Diagram 
6. Solution Criteria & Desired Characteristics Prioritization 
7. Idea Generation 
8. Generating Breakthroughs 
9. Paradigm Deconstruction 
10. Solution Synthesis 
11. Solution Filter 
12. Vision Decomposition 
13. Technical Difficulty Assessment 
14. Solution Impact Risk Assessment 
15. Adoption Assessment 
16. Solution Selection 
17. Solution Definition 
18. Communication Plan 
19. Creating Problem Solving 
20. Modeling the Solution 
21. Testing the Solution 
22. Launching the Solution 

Each tool contains easy-to-follow steps that are illustrated with a case study example. 
This tool book is a necessary component of any leader's toolbox, and is particularly designed for project leaders, since they are the people who lead innovation efforts. Innovation is talked about everywhere you turn. Now, with the Innovation Tools Memory Jogger, innovation can become a reality for you and your team! 
People who are using the Innovation Tools Memory Jogger include: 

• innovation team leaders 
• innovation team members 
• project managers, project teams 
• business analysts 
• technology analysts 
• anyone involved in leading change initiatives

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The Innovation Tools Memory Jogger: Generating Customer Buy-In and Solutions That Flourish (Spiral-bound)

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Innovation isn't just for R&D anymore. Innovation is something that the entire enterprise needs to be able to do. The Innovation Tools Memory Jogger brings you 22 powerful, yet simple-to-use innovation tools. These tools can be used for designing organizational change initiatives, improve processes, improve products and services, etc. They can be used in profit, nonprofit, government and educational organizations, as well as in R&D, IT, Engineering and even Sales, Marketing and Manufacturing. 
The Innovation Tools Memory Jogger is a practical, hands-on pocket-guide that will aid you and your team in finding creative solutions for any problem or opportunity you face. Pick and choose the tools that fit the innovation you're creating. Each tool is coded by difficulty and by the innovation type it is best suited for (improvement, reinvention, etc.). The tools included in The Innovation Tools Memory Jogger include: 

1. Needs Assessment 
2. Cause Analysis 
3. Factorial Design of Experiment 
4. Paradigm Deconstruction 
5. Context Diagram 
6. Solution Criteria & Desired Characteristics Prioritization 
7. Idea Generation 
8. Generating Breakthroughs 
9. Paradigm Deconstruction 
10. Solution Synthesis 
11. Solution Filter 
12. Vision Decomposition 
13. Technical Difficulty Assessment 
14. Solution Impact Risk Assessment 
15. Adoption Assessment 
16. Solution Selection 
17. Solution Definition 
18. Communication Plan 
19. Creating Problem Solving 
20. Modeling the Solution 
21. Testing the Solution 
22. Launching the Solution 

Each tool contains easy-to-follow steps that are illustrated with a case study example. 
This tool book is a necessary component of any leader's toolbox, and is particularly designed for project leaders, since they are the people who lead innovation efforts. Innovation is talked about everywhere you turn. Now, with the Innovation Tools Memory Jogger, innovation can become a reality for you and your team! 
People who are using the Innovation Tools Memory Jogger include: 

• innovation team leaders 
• innovation team members 
• project managers, project teams 
• business analysts 
• technology analysts 
• anyone involved in leading change initiatives

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Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud (Paperback)

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In a time of dazzling scientific progress, how can we separate genuine breakthroughs from the noisy gaggle of false claims? From Deepak Chopra's "quantum alternative to growing old" to unwarranted hype surrounding the International Space Station, Robert Park leads us down the back alleys of fringe science, through the gleaming corridors of Washington power and even into our evolutionary past to search out the origins of voodoo science. Along the way, he offers simple and engaging science lessons, proving that you don't have to be a scientist to spot the fraudulent science that swirls around us.
While remaining highly humorous, this hard-hitting account also tallies the cost: the billions spent on worthless therapies, the tax dollars squandered on government projects that are doomed to fail, the investors bilked by schemes that violate the most fundamental laws of nature. But the greatest cost is human: fear of imaginary dangers, reliance on magical cures, and above all, a mistaken view of how the world works.
To expose the forces that sustain voodoo science, Park examines the role of the media, the courts, bureaucrats and politicians, as well as the scientific community. Scientists argue that the cure is to raise general scientific literacy. But what exactly should a scientifically literate society know? Park argues that the public does not need a specific knowledge of science so much as a scientific world view--an understanding that we live in an orderly universe governed by natural laws that cannot be circumvented.Scientific error, says Robert Park, "has a way of evolving ... from self-delusion to fraud. I use the term voodoo science to cover them all: pathological science, junk science, pseudoscience, and fraudulent science." In pathological science, scientists fool themselves. Junk science refers to scientists who use their expertise to befuddle and mislead others (usually juries or lawmakers). Pseudoscience has the trappings of science without any evidence. Fraudulent science is, well, fraud--old-fashioned lying.

Park is well-acquainted with voodoo science in all its forms. Since 1982, he has headed the Washington, D.C., office of the American Physical Society, and he has carried the flag for scientific rationality through cold fusion, homeopathy, "Star Wars," quantum healing, and sundry attempts to repeal the laws of thermodynamics. Park shows why a "disproportionate share of the science seen by the public is flawed" (because shaky science is more likely to skip past peer review and head straight for the media), and he gives a good tour of recent highlights in Voodoo. He has a rare ability to poke holes compassionately, without excoriating those taken in by their fondest wishes. Park is less forgiving of scientists (especially Edward Teller) when he thinks they've fallen down on the job, a job that should include helping the public separate the scientific wheat from the voodoo chaff. --Mary Ellen Curtin Features: ISBN13: 9780195147100, Condition: New, Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold! more...

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Adventures of an Optimist: A Progress Report on the 400 Year Project to Help You Improve 20 Times Faster (Paperback)

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In 1995, Donald Mitchell began an audacious task: Demonstrate ways for the whole world to make 400 years worth of normal improvements in the 20 years between 2015 and 2035, a task he calls the 400 Year Project. The results could be as dramatic for humanity as going from sending smoke signals to watching videos sent via cell phones and email had been for extending communications. With guidance from management guru Peter Drucker, direction from clients, and assistance from talented colleagues and students, the project has identified many breakthrough solutions which meet the project's goals. Mitchell describes the roots of his practical optimism, identifies how he organized the project, shares what he learned from pursuing this investigation into untapped breakthroughs, and spells out the focus needed to accelerate global improvements by 20 times from 2015 to 2035. Mitchell also summarizes the books he's coauthored on creating accelerated breakthroughs as part of the 400 Year Project. more...

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Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud (Paperback)

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In a time of dazzling scientific progress, how can we separate genuine breakthroughs from the noisy gaggle of false claims? From Deepak Chopra's "quantum alternative to growing old" to unwarranted hype surrounding the International Space Station, Robert Park leads us down the back alleys of fringe science, through the gleaming corridors of Washington power and even into our evolutionary past to search out the origins of voodoo science. Along the way, he offers simple and engaging science lessons, proving that you don't have to be a scientist to spot the fraudulent science that swirls around us.
While remaining highly humorous, this hard-hitting account also tallies the cost: the billions spent on worthless therapies, the tax dollars squandered on government projects that are doomed to fail, the investors bilked by schemes that violate the most fundamental laws of nature. But the greatest cost is human: fear of imaginary dangers, reliance on magical cures, and above all, a mistaken view of how the world works.
To expose the forces that sustain voodoo science, Park examines the role of the media, the courts, bureaucrats and politicians, as well as the scientific community. Scientists argue that the cure is to raise general scientific literacy. But what exactly should a scientifically literate society know? Park argues that the public does not need a specific knowledge of science so much as a scientific world view--an understanding that we live in an orderly universe governed by natural laws that cannot be circumvented.Scientific error, says Robert Park, "has a way of evolving ... from self-delusion to fraud. I use the term voodoo science to cover them all: pathological science, junk science, pseudoscience, and fraudulent science." In pathological science, scientists fool themselves. Junk science refers to scientists who use their expertise to befuddle and mislead others (usually juries or lawmakers). Pseudoscience has the trappings of science without any evidence. Fraudulent science is, well, fraud--old-fashioned lying.

Park is well-acquainted with voodoo science in all its forms. Since 1982, he has headed the Washington, D.C., office of the American Physical Society, and he has carried the flag for scientific rationality through cold fusion, homeopathy, "Star Wars," quantum healing, and sundry attempts to repeal the laws of thermodynamics. Park shows why a "disproportionate share of the science seen by the public is flawed" (because shaky science is more likely to skip past peer review and head straight for the media), and he gives a good tour of recent highlights in Voodoo. He has a rare ability to poke holes compassionately, without excoriating those taken in by their fondest wishes. Park is less forgiving of scientists (especially Edward Teller) when he thinks they've fallen down on the job, a job that should include helping the public separate the scientific wheat from the voodoo chaff. --Mary Ellen Curtin Features: ISBN13: 9780195147100, Condition: New, Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold! more...

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Hush, Mother is Praying: Her Life Is A Testimony (Paperback)

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Do You Know What Prayer Can Do?

The old church mother's can tell you. Praying mothers don't stop until they see their miracle. Their lives, their testimonies and their faithfulness to God's work will encourage you to become a person of virtue, prayer and faith. In "Hush Mother Is Praying," The Author shares with you how the praying mothers changed her life. She also included some songs she wrote to express the character of praying mothers. more...

Archimedes' Bathtub: The Art and Logic of Breakthrough Thinking (Hardcover)

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A brain-teasing, brain-pleasing look at the often-hidden mechanisms of innovation. From Archimedes' discovery of the principle of water displacement while taking a bath to Einstein's Theory of Relativity, from Brunelleschi's development of perspective drawing to the Impressionist revolution, from the taming of fire to the creation of the laser, "breakthrough thinking"--that is, a sudden, seemingly unaccountable moment of inspiration--has shaped and advanced civilization. But Nature invents, too--through evolutionary watersheds like vertebrate mammals and formerly grounded creatures making the leap to flight. How, then, does breakthrough thinking really work? What, if anything, does human invention have in common with biological evolution? In this sly tour de force of deep analysis and practical exercises, David Perkins explores the common logic behind breakthroughs across many fields, historical periods, and evolutionary epochs. Drawing on a rich knowledge of artificial intelligence and cognitive psychology, Perkins offers a uniquely integrative theory of how breakthroughs occur, along with dozens of delightful mind puzzles and illustrations that will have you quizzing whoever happens to be nearest. more...

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Paperback)

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Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--and had been for centuries.  Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land.  Thousands of lives and the increasing fortunes of nations hung on a resolution.  One man, John Harrison, in complete opposition to the scientific community, dared to imagine a mechanical solution--a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had ever been able to do on land.  Longitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer.  Full of heroism and chicanery, it is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation, and clockmaking, and opens a new window on our world.
 The thorniest scientific problem of the eighteenth century was how to determine longitude. Many thousands of lives had been lost at sea over the centuries due to the inability to determine an east-west position. This is the engrossing story of the clockmaker, John "Longitude" Harrison, who solved the problem that Newton and Galileo had failed to conquer, yet claimed only half the promised rich reward. Features: ISBN13: 9780802715296, Condition: New, Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold! more...

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Breakthroughs in Statistics: Volume 2: Methodology and Distribution (Springer Series in Statistics / Perspectives in Statistics) (Paperback)

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This is the second of a two volume collection of seminal papers in the statistical sciences written during the past 100 years. These papers have each had an outstanding influence on the development of statistical theory and practice over the last century. Each paper is preceded by an introduction written by an authority in the field providing background information and assessing its influence. Readers will enjoy a fresh outlook on now well-established features of statistical techniques and philosophy by becoming acquainted with the ways they have been developed. It is hoped that some readers will be stimulated to study some of the references provided in the Introduction (and also in the papers themselves) and so attain a deeper background knowledge of the basis of their work. more...

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