Prepare for a world of compound innovation which blends 3, 5, 10 strands of infotech, greentech, biotech and healthtech to solve the "Grand Challenges" our world faces-and the more routine ones <p>Polymath is the Greek word for a Renaissance person like Leonardo Da Vinci or Ben Franklin who excels in many disciplines. <i>The New Polymath</i> is an enterprise which has learned to amalgamate 3, 5, 10 strands of technology-infotech, cleantech, healthtech, nanotech, biotech-to create compound new products and to innovate internal processes.</p> <p>Anchors around case studies on innovations and creative processes at 8 New Polymath enterprises - BP, Cognizant, GE, Kleiner Perkins, National Hurricane Center, Plantronics, salesforce.com, WRHambrecht+Co</p> <p>Details eleven building blocks these Polymaths are utilizing - from cloud computing to sustainability to social networks</p> <p>Calatogs over 100 mini case studies of other innovators who are defining state-of-the-art in those eleven building block areas</p> <p><i>The New Polymath</i> brims with innovation examples from a variety of industries, countries and business processes.</p>