Jacob GoldenbergCambridge University Press, 1/3/2002EAN 9780521002493, ISBN10: 0521002494Paperback, 240 pages, 24.4 x 17 x 1.4 cmLanguage: EnglishCreativity in Product Innovation describes a remarkable technique for improving the creativity process in product design. Certain 'regularities' in product development are identifiable, objectively verifiable and consistent for almost any kind of product. These regularities are described by the authors as Creativity Templates. This book describes the theory and implementation of these templates, showing how they can be used to enhance the creative process and thus enable people to be more productive and focused. Representing the culmination of years of research on the topic of creativity in marketing, the Creativity Templates approach has been recognised as a breakthrough in such journals as Science, Journal of Marketing Research, Management Science, and Technological Forecasting and Social Change. It has been successfully implemented through workshops in international companies including Philips Consumer Electronics, Ford Motor Co., Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, Kodak, Coca-Cola and many others.PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Codes of product revolution - a source for ideation2. Revisiting the view of creativity3. A review of popular creativity enhancement methods4. The attribute dependency template5. The forecasting matrix6. The replacement template7. The displacement template8. The component control template9. Templates in advertising10. Further background to the template theory11. Demarcating the creativity templates12. The primacy of templates in success and failure of products.
