Whither Engineering? — Thinking for the Future

Author: Lewis A.V.

Source: BT Technology Journal, Volume 17, Number 1, January 1999 , pp. 15-23(9)

Publisher: Springer

Abstract:

Must the future always arrive by accident? Technologists are good at studying hardware and software when designing new products and services. Perhaps equal or greater insight could be found if technologists examined themselves and their assumptions, by thinking about thinking? Mental flexibility or rigidity can affect both the detail and scope of decision making, especially in uncertain or rapidly-evolving situations. If you want to invent the future, do you need luck, intuition, experience or genius? Is such talent innate or can anyone learn the skills involved?

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Publication date: 1999-01-01

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