The Psychology of Innovation
Just as Christopher Columbus’s curiosity drew him down new paths to discover new lands instead of taking the same old routes, the same curiosity put Albert Einstein on a light beam as he made his delighting discoveries throughout his life. Albert Einstein was known for his curiosity manifesting itself through the questions he used to ask his teachers who nurtured this capacity for asking to satiate his curiosity, which in the end led him to great physics discoveries. Einstein was not the only curious inventor, there was also Graham Bell whose curiosity path took him to inventing the telephone, an invention that changed the world its communication forever.
Most inventions started with asking curious questions that opened the doors to inventions and innovations that changed the entire world forever.
This short book will give you insight of psychology behind innovation:
- Creativity as a higher thinking skill
- Metacognition and innovative behavior
- Innovation: a talent, or a skill?
- Characteristics of successful innovators
- ... and more