Quirky : the remarkable story of the traits, foibles, and genius of breakthrough innovators who changed the world by Schilling, Melissa A., author instant download

Quirky : the remarkable story of the traits, foibles, and genius of breakthrough innovators who changed the world by Schilling, Melissa A., author instant download

v, 316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm, \"Melissa Schilling, one of the world's leading experts on innovation, invites us into the lives of eight people--Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Elon Musk, Dean Kamen, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, and Steve Jobs--to identify the traits and experiences that drove them to make spectacular breakthroughs, over and over again.\"--Jacket flap, Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-298) and index, \"Don't tell me it's impossible. Tell me you can't do it.\": what makes some people spectacularly innovative? -- \"I gang my own gait ... \": a sense of \"separateness\" -- \"He's like a walking moonshot.\": extreme confidence -- \"Ideas came in an uninterrupted stream ... \": the creative mind -- \"Once she had recognized a certain way as a right one, she pursued it without compromise ... \": a higher purpose -- \"Work made the Earth a paradise for me.\": driven to work -- \"The sixties produced an anarchic mind-set ... \": opportunities and challenges of an era -- \"It's not about the money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it ... \": access to resources -- \"You get creative people, you bet big on them, you give them enormous leeway and support ... \": nurturing the potential that lies within