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By Vinnie Mirchandani

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Compliment for the recent Polymath ''Bravo! In a piece that is clean and welcoming, Mirchandani stocks with us his case reviews in innovation and creativity. it really is no small irony that the 'IT revolution' has created a expertise that each one too simply falls again on bromides and bought knowledge. Mirchandani evokes us to come back to it really is roots, with the transformative strength that comes from placing expertise innovation in provider to company and society.'' --Benjamin Fried, CIO, Google, Inc. ''At DeVry schooling, we're curious about the next-generation staff that might construct the Polymath agencies of the next day to come. So, it is advisable see the publication contact on this kind of wide variety of technologies--from cloud computing to rising medicine--that are shaping our curriculum. we're constantly searching for innovation, together with on-line sessions and tutorial labs, and this publication has acquired us pondering in new directions.'' --Daniel Hamburger, President and CEO, DeVry Inc. ''In this interesting ebook, Mirchandani, himself an instance of the recent breed of Polymaths that he defines, brings right into a sharp concentration precisely what has been completed by way of those that have the extraordinary skill to mix and combine know-how components. an exceptional learn on a number of degrees: to profit from; to be entertained through; and such a lot of all, to depart you pondering what you'll in my opinion achieve.'' --Andy Mulholland, worldwide leader know-how Officer, Capgemini ''A very good learn. to ensure that contributors and firms to completely maximize new century opportunities--and remain abreast of a always morphing technological frontier--Mirchandani not just provides examples of the Polymath framework, yet concrete proof for winning leveraging. because of expertise, we will be able to all be Polymaths if we open our minds to the chances. reflect on this booklet your guide--I imagine da Vinci will be proud.'' --Linda Avey, cofounder, 23andMe

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5 percent—of their revenues on IT. 2 So, across all groups, a bedrock of about 5 percent of revenues is going toward “keeping the lights on”, not innovation, IT. ” Today, that saying has become a little broader—to include IBM, Verizon, Oracle, Accenture and other large vendors. Too many IT executives live in fear of one of their smaller vendors going out of business. And since many CIOs report to the CFO, their mandate is often focused on control and compliance, not on innovation. Two grand challenges for most IT groups should be: 1.

Over the centuries, around the world, we have seen polymaths such as Cicero, the Roman orator, philosopher, statesman, and lawyer; Hypatia of Alexandria, a mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher; Akbar “the Great,” the Mughal Indian emperor gifted in many skills; Isaac Newton, the English physicist, astronomer, and philosopher; and Mary Somerville, from Scotland, who wrote on a wide range of subjects, including astronomy, geology, and physics. We met some of these polymaths in the prologue and will meet others in Chapter 22.

16 Sprezzatura Recap For the most part today, most of us seem to specialize: We are monomaths in a world of exploding knowledge. Of course, there are exceptions, such as Jobs and Joy. And, importantly, well-designed enterprises are taking individual monomaths, leveraging a wide array of technologies and becoming the new polymaths. And as during the European Renaissance, there are plenty of polymaths. Though a lot of attention these days seems to go to innovation in mobile and social technologies, plenty of complex, hairy “industrial innovation” is also going on.

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