Robert Austin Lee Devin Eric Schmidt (2 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 201 pages. Artful Making offers the first proven, research-based framework for engineeri ng ingenuity and innovation. This book is the result of a multi-year collaborati on between Harvard Business School professor Robert Austin and leading theatre d irector and playwright Lee Devin. Together, they demonstrate striking structural similarities between theatre artistry and production and today's business proje cts--and show how collaborative artists have mastered the art of delivering inno vation on cue, on immovable deadlines and budgets. These methods are neither m ysterious nor flaky: they are rigorous, precise, and--with this book's help--abs olutely learnable and reproducible. They rely on cheap and rapid iteration rathe r than on intensive up-front planning, and with the help of today's enabling tec hnologies, they can be applied in virtually any environment with knowledge-based outputs. Moreover, they provide an overarching framework for leveraging the ful l benefits of today's leading techniques for promoting flexibility and innovatio n, from agile development to real options.…

Paperback. Condition: Good.