The Innovation Factory
Published on 23. March 2016
188 pages
978-1-040-17402-9 (ISBN)
Description
The Innovation Factory takes a fresh look at the fine art of breakthrough innovation. Written by an experienced researcher and scholar and by an experienced inventor and entrepreneur, it marries theory with practical examples focusing on the Concept-Knowledge (C-K) Theory developed by the prestigious school Mines ParisTech. Elmar Mock, the creative engineering force behind the Swatch, passionately tells how he helped to create this revolutionary product that saved the Swiss watch industry in the 1980s. Gilles Garel, a professor of management, relates this tale of epic innovation to C-K Theory.
Reviews / Votes
"When Elmar Mock invented the Swatch, and when he launched Creaholic, he was unaware that he was applying a C-K method of reasoning. When Gilles adopted and spread the C-K Theory, he was unaware that the invention of the Swatch would be one of the most perfect examples of this theory. It was thanks to their meeting one another that they were able to share their thoughts in a harmonious, inventive, and accomplished fashion that will most certainly arouse the curiosity of the reader.Throughout all of the chapters we can only be in admiration of the talent of these two partners. The former has a penchant for vibrant metaphors, which help him share his approach, his vision, and his accomplishments with the reader. ... The latter is a fervent admirer of the rigor of well-built theoretical constructions, which he passes on to the reader with precision, passion, and a neat sense of examples."
-From the Foreword by Yves Pigneur, Professor, Lausanne University, and co-author of Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challenges
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
File size
4,41 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-17402-9 (9781040174029)
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Persons
Gilles Garel is a professor at the National Academy of Arts and Trades (Cnam), Paris, France, and at the Polytechnic School of France At Cnam. He is the chair of Innovation Management and has been collaborating with companies on innovation and project management since the 1990s. He is also director of Cnam's Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Scientific Action research (LISRA).
Elmar Mock is an engineer of chronometers and plastic material. At the age of 26, he, along with Jacques Muller, invented the Swatch. He subsequently conceived the Rockwatch for Tissot before leaving the watch industry. In 1986 he founded his own company, Creaholic, in Biennes, Switzerland. He is cited as an inventor in more than 150 patents. In 2010 he won the Gaia Prize.
Elmar Mock is an engineer of chronometers and plastic material. At the age of 26, he, along with Jacques Muller, invented the Swatch. He subsequently conceived the Rockwatch for Tissot before leaving the watch industry. In 1986 he founded his own company, Creaholic, in Biennes, Switzerland. He is cited as an inventor in more than 150 patents. In 2010 he won the Gaia Prize.
Content
Nobody Goes Truffle Hunting on the Highway. The Hidden Side of the Concept of the Swatch. C-K: A Truly Practical Theory of Breakthrough Innovation. The Molecular Metaphor of Innovation: Gas, Liquid, Crystal. The Metaphor of the Matriarch. Epilogue: Watches to be Watched: Connected Watches, or the Innovation War Raging on Your Wrist.
