Applied Minds: How Engineers Think

  • 5h 22m 41s
  • Guru Madhavan
  • Gildan Media
  • 2015

Applied Minds explores the unique visions and mental tools of engineers to reveal the enormous - and often understated - influence they wield in transforming problems into opportunities. The resulting account pairs the innovators of modern history - Thomas Edison, the Wright brothers, Steve Jobs - with everything from ATMs and the ZIP code system to the disposable diaper.

In this Audiobook

  • One MIXING AND MATCHING
  • Two OPTIMIZING
  • Three ENHANCING EFFICIENCY AND RELIABILITY
  • Four STANDARDIZING WITH FLEXIBILITY
  • Five SOLUTIONS UNDER CONSTRAINTS
  • Six CROSSING OVER AND ADAPTING
  • Seven PROTOTYPING
  • Eight LEARNING FROM OTHERS