Tina Seelig is a neurologist and bestselling author of What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20. She is the executive director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program and the director of the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation. For dozens of years, Seelig has been teaching courses on creativity and innovation. In this vibrant work, she explains the "Innovation Engine" which is comprised of the following inward ingredients:
• "Your knowledge provides the fuel for your imagination."
• "Your imagination is the catalyst for the transformation of knowledge into new ideas."
• "Your attitude is a spark that sets the Innovation Engine in motion."
These ingredients are activated by the outside forces of resources (all the assets in your community), habitats (home, school, office), and culture (the collected beliefs, values, and behaviors in your community).
Seelig has some cogent things to say about making connections, brainstorming, mind mapping, paying attention, the importance of space as a stage on which we play out our lives, the place of constraints, teamwork, and the "Six Thinking Hats" of Edward de Bono. The author spices these proceedings up with profiles of innovators and companies on the move with creative possibilities.
