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The book is replete with engaging anecdotes, challenging puzzles, and skill-building exercises. It has a useful bibliography that sweeps across the many topics that are relevant to innovation ... it entertains and can be read quickly. The American Journal of Epdemiology, April 2013

through 24 short, insightful chapters, Ness provides the reader with plenty of new tools to overcome barriers and encourage innovative thinking. Innovation generation comes at a time when the need for scienti?ic innovation has never been more urgent, and I would recommend that at least one person in every research group read this book and discuss it in their journal clubs. Akshat Rathi, Chemistry World The book is replete with engaging anecdotes, challenging puzzles, and skill-building exercises. It has a useful bibliography that sweeps across the many topics that are relevant to innovation ... it entertains and can be read quickly. The American Journal of Epdemiology, April 2013

<br> [Ness's] ideas about creating new ways of thinking are accessibly explained and inspiring, including chapters on group intelligence and overcoming bias...While her writing is focused on scientific innovation, there's enough here that's applicable to other fields to make it worth a read for anyone interested in breaking out of their habitual mindset and cultivating innovative thinking. --Publishers Weekly<p><br> Through role models and exercises, [Ness] shows how better metaphors and observation can shift paradigms; and how specific issues can be solved with the right questions, the right analogies and group intelligence. --Nature<br><p><br> Roberta Ness teaches how to be a more innovative thinker. Now in a book as creative as its subject, Dr. Ness shows how, with a little know-how and a lot of practice, we can all bring out our more creative selves. -- Harvey V. Fineberg, President, Institute of Medicine, National Academies of Science <br><p><br> A thought-provoking dissertation on innovative thinking and how to circumvent the barriers that can inhibit our creativity. The range of ideas and approaches put forward here serve as a spur to further thought - and to action. -- Russell A. Hulse, Nobel Laureate in Physics<p><br> Great science depends on innovative thinking. Our societal creativity and progress depends on investing in such innovation. This book argues that innovation can be taught, fostered, and nurtured as a basis for accelerating innovation. It provides the framework for fostering creativity and a toolbox teaching it. This is an outstanding contribution to our collective success. -- Linda P. Fried, Dean, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health <br><p><br> Can we teach people to be innovative? Roberta Ness demonstrates that the answer is a resounding 'yes.' This is a rare book that contains both a rigorous account of the elements that foster innovation and examples that will inspire scientists, teachers, students, and anyone withi

<br> Roberta Ness teaches how to be a more innovative thinker. Now in a book as creative as its subject, Dr. Ness shows how, with a little know-how and a lot of practice, we can all bring out our more creative selves. -- Harvey V. Fineberg, President, Institute of Medicine, National Academies of Science <br><p><br> A thought-provoking dissertation on innovative thinking and how to circumvent the barriers that can inhibit our creativity. The range of ideas and approaches put forward here serve as a spur to further thought - and to action. -- Russell A. Hulse, Nobel Laureate in Physics<p><br> Great science depends on innovative thinking. Our societal creativity and progress depends on investing in such innovation. This book argues that innovation can be taught, fostered, and nurtured as a basis for accelerating innovation. It provides the framework for fostering creativity and a toolbox teaching it. This is an outstanding contribution to our collective success. -- Linda P. Fried, a

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Roberta Ness is Dean of the University of Texas School of Public Health and the University of Texas-Houston Vice President for Innovation.

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