Idea Engines and how they changed our world
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A short history of idea engines and how they change our world Tudor Rickards, Upsalla Creativity Day, March 2 nd 2009
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Presentation at Upsalla Creativity Day March 2nd 2009
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A short history of idea engines and how they change our world
Tudor Rickards,Upsalla Creativity Day, March 2nd 2009
Proposition: Ideas change the world
Engines, machines and ideas
To understand idea engines and idea machines
we have to understand the nature of all engines and machines
Machines are systems designed to carry out labour-saving tasks
efficiently
If an engine is ‘the ghost in the machine’An idea engine is ‘the ghost in an idea machine’
An early world-changing idea engine:
Cuneiform script enables record-keeping
Wind Power as Idea Engines
A great Swedish idea engine …
…Carolus Linnaeus, father of plant taxonomy
A famous scientific idea engine
A recent world changingIdea engine …
Structured approaches to creativity
J H McPherson
Arthur Koestler
Morphology for utilizing spare capacity (Sweden)
From Richie, T., 2002, http://www.swemorph.com/it-art.html
Creative Analysis
Creativity may be deliberatelyfostered through techniques (idea engines) such as morphological analysis, lateral thinking, or brainstorming
Creative analysis as an explanation of how creativity techniques support creativity
Technique (trial 1)
Operationalprocedures
Technique (trial 2)
Conceptualprinciples
An Idea Engine for Research Questions
Problem as given
Operationalprocedures
Problem as understood
Conceptualprinciples
Social Networking: An Emerging Idea Engine
The Manchester Business School DBA (Doctoral) Programme
The Mersey Care Health TrustCreativity, Culture and Well-beingproject
Current projects at MBS
Peter Kawalek (Public sectorNetworks)
Into the future …
The wisdom of the great man ..
The wisdom of the crowd ..
The wisdom of the ecosphere
To go more deeply
