Age of discovery : navigating the risks and rewards of our new renaissance
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TextPublication details: London Bloomsbury 2016Description: 312pISBN: 9781472940360Subject(s): PROGRESS- FORECASTING | CIVILIZATION, MODERNDDC classification: 658.4063 GOL Summary: To make sense of present shocks, we need to step back and recognize: we’ve been here before. The first Renaissance, the time of Columbus, Copernicus, Gutenberg and others, likewise redrew all maps of the world, democratized communication and sparked a flourishing of creative achievement. But their world also grappled with the same dark side of rapid change: social division, political extremism, insecurity, pandemics and other unintended consequences of discovery. The present is a contest between the bright and dark sides of discovery. To avoid being torn apart by its stresses, we need to recognize the fact―and gain courage and wisdom from the past. This book shows how.
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| 658.4063 EXE Executing innovation | 658.4063 FAL Innovation pyramid : a strategic methodology for impactful problem solving | 658.4063 FUR Innovator's method | 658.4063 GOL Age of discovery | 658.4063 GOO Creativity and strategic innovation management | 658.4063 GOO Creativity and innovation | 658.4063 GOV Reverse innovation : create far from home, win everywhere |
To make sense of present shocks, we need to step back and recognize: we’ve been here before. The first Renaissance, the time of Columbus, Copernicus, Gutenberg and others, likewise redrew all maps of the world, democratized communication and sparked a flourishing of creative achievement. But their world also grappled with the same dark side of rapid change: social division, political extremism, insecurity, pandemics and other unintended consequences of discovery. The present is a contest between the bright and dark sides of discovery. To avoid being torn apart by its stresses, we need to recognize the fact―and gain courage and wisdom from the past. This book shows how.
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