Inventology
By Pagan Kennedy
How We Dream Up Things That Change the World. Eamon Dolan Books, 2016.
Summary of Inventology book by Pagan Kennedy
An uplifting exploration of the methods inventors follow when dreaming up new ideas and innovating old ones, with real-life stories that demonstrate how to incorporate these techniques into your own life.
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What do you get from this book? Simple but powerful processes for generating new inventions and improving old ones
Inventors can come from any walk of life, though creation should be distinguished from the business side of innovation
Frustration might be annoying, but it can spark new ideas and inventions that solve specific problems
“Martian Jet Lag” takes a broad and futuristic approach to problem solving, identifying global issues likely to affect millions
The Wayne Gretzky Game focuses on “cool inventions” rather than problem solving, paving the way for working prototypes
LSD and “TRIZ” rely on problem-solving methods to trigger ideas for future inventions
When something unexpected happens, discovery can result in a new invention from an unlikely source
Cross-pollinators and Go-Betweens help connect different fields of study, making an invention more likely to succeed
InnoCentive and Kickstarter are excellent online sources for gathering information to grow imagination and build inventions
By empowering people with knowledge and imagination, you give them the ability to overcome hardships
Inequality creates an uneven future, so we have to work together and use our imagination to solve global issues
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Who should read Inventology book
- entrepreneurs
- anyone interested in creativity and invention
About the author of Inventology
Pagan Kennedy
Pagan Kennedy is a former columnist for New York Times Magazine and was a frequent contributor to Boston Globe. She is the recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in fiction writing and was a 2010 Knight Science Journalism fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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