Book description
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.
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.
