In a book poised to become the bible of innovation, a renowned creativity expert reveals the key to the creative process-"borrowing".
As a former aerospace scientist, Fortune 500 executive, chief innovation officer, inventor, and software entrepreneur, David Kord Murray has made a living by coming up with innovative ideas. In
Borrowing Brilliance he shows readers how new ideas are merely the combination of existing ones by presenting a simple six-step process that anyone can use to build business
innovation:
��¥efining-Define the problem you're trying to solve.
��﹨orrowing-Borrow ideas from places with a similar problem.
��$ombining-Connect and combine these borrowed ideas.
��@ncubating-Allow the combinations to incubate into a solution.
��℃udging-Identify the strength and weakness of the solution.
��〒nhancing-Eliminate weak points while enhancing strong ones.
Each chapter features real-life examples of brilliant borrowers, including profiles of Larry Page and Sergey Brin (the Google guys), George Lucas, Steve Jobs, and other creative thinkers.
Murray used these methods to re-create his own career and he shows readers how to harness them to find creative solutions.