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SUMMARY:How expert engineering teams use disciplines of innovation - Alan 
 Blackwell and Chris Bishop
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CONTACT:Alan Blackwell
DESCRIPTION:Petre\, M. (2004). How expert engineering teams use discipline
 s of innovation. Design Studies\, 25 (5)\, 477 - 493. (Design Studies Awar
 d for Best Paper in 2004.)\n\nAvailable online from: http://dx.doi.org/10.
 1016/j.destud.2004.05.003\n\nOriginal abstract: Innovation happens deliber
 ately more often than it does by inspiration. This paper describes discipl
 ines applied by effective multi-disciplinary engineering firms in nurturin
 g innovation in order to produce intellectual property in a variety of dom
 ains\, from telecommunications to medical instruments. The report arises f
 rom a series of in situ observations and interviews in 12 engineering cons
 ultancies in the UK and US over 2 years. It describes strategies that expe
 rt designers use to ‘get out of the box’ of familiar thinking\, to ide
 ntify gaps in existing products\, and to go beyond ‘satisficing’. It d
 escribes the supportive engineering culture in which these strategies are 
 embedded. Finally\, it identifies the characteristics which distinguish th
 e highest-performing teams. \n\nRubric for the reading group: Everyone att
 ending is expected to read the paper in advance. Please bring a copy with 
 you\, preferably annotated with interesting reflections. The format of dis
 cussion will be a brief invited introduction/critique by two members of th
 e group\, followed by general discussion and informal mixing.
LOCATION:Jasmine Room\, Microsoft Research Cambridge
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