Bigger Pictures for Innovation: Creating Solutions, Managing Enterprises, and Influencing Policies Rouse William B.
This book comprises a set of stories about being an engineer for many decades and the lessons the author learned from research and practice. These lessons focus on people and organizations, often…
Specifikacia Bigger Pictures for Innovation: Creating Solutions, Managing Enterprises, and Influencing Policies Rouse William B.
This book comprises a set of stories about being an engineer for many decades and the lessons the author learned from research and practice. These lessons focus on people and organizations, often enabled by technology. The settings range from airplanes, power plants, and communication networks to ecosystems that enable education, healthcare, and transportation. All of these settings are laced with behavioral and social phenomena that need to be understood and influenced.The author's work in these domains has often led to the question: "Well, why does it work like that?" He invariably sought to understand the bigger picture to find the sources of requirements, constraints, norms, and values. He wanted to understand what could be changed, albeit often with much effort to overcome resistance.He found that higher levels of an ecosystem often provide the resources and