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In this revolutionary guide, Stanford University Professor and international bestselling author of inGenius adopts her popular course material to teach everyone how to make imaginative ideas a reality.As a leading expert on creativity, Tina Seelig has continually explored what we can each do to unleash our entrepreneurial spirit. In Insight Out, she offers us the tools to make our ideas a reality. She clearly defines the concepts of imagination, creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurism, showing how they affect each other and how we can unlock the pathway from imagination to implementation, where our ideas then gain the power to inspire the imaginations of others.Drawing on more than a decade of experience as a professor at the Stanford University School of Engineering, Seelig shows readers how to work through the steps of imagination, ideation, innovation, and implementation, using each step to build upon the last, to ultimately create something complex, interesting, and powerful. Coping with today’s constant change, everyone needs these skills to conquer challenges and seize the opportunities that arise. Seelig irrefutably demonstrates that these skills can be taught, and shows us how to mobilize our own energy and bring new ideas to life.From the PublisherFive Steps to Launching a Successful Idea, by Tina Seelig1) Start with experiences: It’s easier to envision what you hope to accomplish after experiences that pique your interests. Remember, before it’s your calling, it’s likely something about which you know nothing.2) Select your stage: Consider where you want to play out your life, and then evaluate the path towards that objective. Those who can’t visualize the route to success will likely give up long before those who have mapped out the route, including the obstacles along the way.3) Perform experiments: Success comes from trying lots of things and keeping what works. Each experiment provides valuable data that can be used to fuel the next wave of experiments. Even a small amount of motivation can fuel a simple experiment to get you started.4) Question your questions: The questions you ask are the frames into which your answers will fall. Therefore, unpack your assumptions and methodically turn them upside down. This allows you to ask fresh questions that unlock a wealth of new ideas.5) Inspire others: If you want to accomplish anything of merit, you need to magnify your impact by influencing others to support your efforts. This starts by telling a compelling story that draws people in and compels them to join your team and invest in your ideas.Editorial ReviewsReview“The Silicon Valley entrepreneurship story has taken an outsized place in our understanding of innovation. Tina Seelig explains how the skills of creativity, invention, and entrepreneurship can be pursued in every walk of life, and even better, how they can be taught.” (Tim O’Reilly, founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media Inc.)“Insight Out elegantly illustrates how to move from imagination to innovation, and inspiration to implementation.” (Adam Grant, Wharton professor and New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take)“Tina Seelig presents a provocative pathway for bringing your ideas to fruition. Illustrated with inspiring examples, this book leaves plenty of room for defining your own choices as you move through the entrepreneurial process.” (Geoff Moore, author of Crossing the Chasm)“This book will make you smarter, more creative, more original and more innovative. It’s valuable both for individuals who want to turbo-charge their own performance, as well as companies and the leaders within these companies: anyone who is looking for more innovation MUST read this book!” (Olivia Fox Cabane, author of The Charisma Myth)“Tina Seelig draws from the halls of Stanford to the walls of start-ups to distill the secrets of successful entrepreneurs. Whether you are an aspiring entrepreneur or an established professional, Insight Out will be your essential guide for converting your ideas into impact. (Liz Wiseman, bestselling author of Multipliers and Rookie Smarts)“A practical handbook for turning ideas into action, Insight Out is a fast-paced ride from imagination and creativity to innovation and entrepreneurship. Use this book to bring your ideas to life.” (Tom Kelley, co-author of Creative Confidence)“Many of the current generation of leaders in Silicon Valley were once students that she personally mentored. With Insight Out, Tina uses her characteristic analytic insight to unpack creativity and innovation, helping dispel the myth that these are magical powers available only to a lucky few.” (Justin Rosenstein, Co-Founder Asana)“If you care about driving innovation in your company or your community, you’ll benefit from this book.” (Chip Health, author of the bestselling Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die)From the Back CoverWhat if there were a clear set of instructions to help you bring your best ideas to life? As with a recipe, you could take a compelling idea and with concrete steps, transform it into something extraordinary.As a professor at Stanford University, Tina Seelig has dedicated her career to teaching the practice of moving from imagination to implementation. In Insight Out, she welcomes you into her classroom and crisply defines the core concepts of imagination, creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship, presenting an elegant and much-needed model she calls the “Invention Cycle.” This new approach enables you to see obstacles as opportunities, inspire others to share your vision, and ultimately bring more ideas to fruition.Filled with surprising research, examples from her Stanford classroom, and stories from around the world—Silicon Valley to San Quentin State Prison, rural Pakistan to the North Pole—Insight Out offers essential and unexpected strategies that will help bring even the slightest flicker of an idea to life. Equally useful for students, educators, entrepreneurs, and would-be innovators in all fields, this is an essential road map for anyone who wants to get ideas out of their head and into the world.File Size: 1200 KBPrint Length: 256 pagesPublisher: HarperOne; Reprint edition (May 26, 2015)http://www.amazon.com/Insight-Out-Ideas-Your-World-ebook/dp/…