Disrupt : Thinking Tools Of Great Scientists And Innovators

Create Disruptive Innovation using lessons from the greatest minds in History

What you'll learn

Understand the thinking patterns and mental models of some of the world's greatest scientists and innovators, including Isaac Newton, Richard Feynman

Analyze the scientific and engineering principles that guided these luminaries and their approach to problem-solving, decision-making, and creativity.

Explore the strategies, techniques, and mental models employed by these innovators and their impact on their industries and the world.

Learn how to apply the thinking patterns and mental models of these luminaries to real-world challenges, and enhance your own problem-solving

Gain a deep appreciation of the rational approach to science employed by Isaac Newton and its influence on modern scientific thinking.

Study the ability of Richard Feynman to simplify complex concepts and communicate scientific ideas to a broader audience.

Understand the visionary engineering of Isambard Brunel and its impact on transportation and infrastructure.

Analyze the design thinking approach of Steve Jobs and how he transformed the tech industry with his innovations.

Explore the futurist mindset of Elon Musk and his ability to innovate and disrupt multiple industries.

Participate in discussions and brainstorming sessions with fellow students to explore and apply the thinking patterns and mental models of these luminaries

Reflect on your personal learning and development, and identify opportunities for further growth and enhancement of your problem-solving & decision-making

Requirements

No prior knowledge or experience is required.

Basic knowledge of science, engineering is recommended but not mandatory.

Description

This course is designed to explore the thinking patterns and mental models of some of the greatest scientists and innovators in history, including Isaac Newton, Richard Feynman, Isambard Brunel, Steve Jobs, and Elon Musk. Through a combination of lectures, case studies, and discussions, you will learn how these brilliant minds approached problem-solving, decision-making, and creativity, and how you can apply their methods and strategies to your own life and work.You will delve into the scientific and engineering principles that guided these luminaries, and gain a deep understanding of their thinking patterns and mental models. From Newton's rational approach to science, to Feynman's ability to simplify complex concepts, Brunel's visionary engineering, Jobs's design thinking, and Musk's futurist mindset, you will learn how these innovators tackled the most challenging problems of their times and produced ground-breaking discoveries and innovations.Through case studies, you will analyse the strategies, techniques, and mental models employed by these luminaries, and examine the impact of their thinking patterns on their industries and the world. You will also participate in discussions and brainstorming sessions to explore how to apply these thinking patterns to real-world challenges, and reflect on your personal learning and development.No prior knowledge or experience is required to enroll in this course, but a basic familiarity with science and engineering principles will be helpful. By the end of the course, you will have gained a deep appreciation of the thinking patterns and mental models of some of the world's greatest scientists and innovators, and how to apply them to enhance your own problem-solving, decision-making, and creativity skills.In this course we will cover :-1. Isaac Newton2. Edison3. Einstein4. Feynman5. Brunel6. Steve Jobs7. Elon Musk

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Isaac Newton

Lecture 2 Newton

Lecture 3 Think like Newton

Lecture 4 Development of Calculus

Lecture 5 Newton's Thinking Process leading to Calculus

Lecture 6 Newton's development of the 3 Laws of Motion

Lecture 7 7 thought patterns from Newton to use in your work

Lecture 8 How to Leverage Newton's Thinking in your own work

Lecture 9 The Main Takeaway

Section 3: Thomas Edison

Lecture 10 Edison

Lecture 11 Think like Edison

Lecture 12 The LightBulb Moment

Lecture 13 Edison's Other Inventions

Lecture 14 Not scared of Failure

Lecture 15 7 thought patterns from Edison to use in your work

Lecture 16 How to Leverage Edison's Thinking in your own work

Lecture 17 The Main Takeaway

Section 4: Nikola Tesla

Lecture 18 Tesla

Lecture 19 Think like Tesla

Lecture 20 Tesla's Other Inventions

Lecture 21 7 keys to thinking like Tesla

Lecture 22 Case Studies to Apply in your own work

Lecture 23 How New Firms are applying this thinking to innovate

Section 5: Isambard Brunel

Lecture 24 Brunel and the HyperLoop

Lecture 25 Learning from Brunel

Lecture 26 One Unique Quality Brunel Had

Lecture 27 How to apply Brunel's thinking in your own work

Section 6: Michael Faraday

Lecture 28 Faraday

Lecture 29 Think like Faraday

Lecture 30 How did Faraday Learn

Lecture 31 Faraday's Interdisciplinary Thinking

Section 7: Albert Einstein

Lecture 32 Einstein

Lecture 33 Why was Einstein Unique

Lecture 34 Einstein's Thought Experiments

Lecture 35 Einstein's Creativity

Section 8: John Von Neumann - The Greatest Thinker of our Time

Lecture 36 Applying Mathematics to Many Fields

Lecture 37 Von Neumann

Lecture 38 7 keys to Neumann's thinking

Section 9: Soviet Engineering : Leapfrogging Innovation

Lecture 39 Leapfrogging innovation under uncertainty

Lecture 40 Key to Soviet Success

Lecture 41 The MIG program as a case study

Lecture 42 The Soyuz Rocket as a case study

Lecture 43 Soviet Key to Success in Engineering and Science

Section 10: Japanese Engineering : High Quality and Attention to Detail

Lecture 44 Continuous Improvement and Attention to Detail

Lecture 45 The Toyota Case Study

Lecture 46 Key Lessons from Toyota

Section 11: Soichiro Honda

Lecture 47 How Honda Invented an industry

Lecture 48 Honda's practical approach

Section 12: Chinese Engineering : Learning from Chinese Reverse Engineering

Lecture 49 The Chinese Model

Lecture 50 BYD

Lecture 51 Xiaomi

Lecture 52 Leverage your unique skills and laser focus them to create advantage

Section 13: Silicon Valley : Learning from Apple and Google

Lecture 53 Silicon Valley Model of Innovation

Lecture 54 Data Driven Decision Making

Lecture 55 Disruptive Innovation

Lecture 56 The Moonshot

Lecture 57 The Toothbrush test

Lecture 58 Meeting Needs

Section 14: South Korean Engineering : Learning from Samsung

Lecture 59 The Industrial Complex

Lecture 60 The Samsung Case Study

Lecture 61 The South Korean Education System

Section 15: Swiss Inventions Pattern

Lecture 62 Swiss Pattern of Innovation

Lecture 63 Case Studies from Switzerland

Section 16: German Design Thinking

Lecture 64 German Innovation

Lecture 65 German Companies using this approach

Lecture 66 Facilitating the German Approach

Lecture 67 The Jet Engine

Lecture 68 Reliability and Attention to Detail

Section 17: Indian Engineering : The Frugal Approach

Lecture 69 India's approach to innovation

Lecture 70 The TATA case study

Section 18: French Engineering : Lessons from Dassault and Airbus

Lecture 71 The French Approach

Lecture 72 Airbus

Lecture 73 Airbus A380

Section 19: American Cutting Edge Tech : The American Defence Complex

Lecture 74 Skunkworks

Lecture 75 B2 Bomber

Lecture 76 F35 Program

Lecture 77 Learning from SkunkWorks

Section 20: Richard Feynman

Lecture 78 From Radios to Challenger

Lecture 79 The Feynman Technique

Lecture 80 Examine each part

Lecture 81 Solving the Challenger Disaster

Section 21: Benjamin Franklin

Lecture 82 The curious case of Benjamin Franklin

Section 22: Steve Jobs

Lecture 83 How did Jobs Think?

Lecture 84 The iPhone

Lecture 85 Focus on how things work, not how they look

Lecture 86 Main lessons from Jobs

Section 23: Elon Musk

Lecture 87 First Principles Thinking

Lecture 88 SpaceX

Lecture 89 Tesla

Lecture 90 HyperLoop

Lecture 91 Maglev in a Vaccum Tube inspired by Brunel - Musk's modular thinking

Section 24: Marie Curie

Lecture 92 How did Marie Curie Think

Section 25: McKinsey Approach to Problem Solving

Lecture 93 The McKinsey Approach

Section 26: James Dyson for Engineering Design

Lecture 94 Dyson's innovative approach

Section 27: The Maverick : Richard Branson

Lecture 95 The Maverick approach to problem solving

Section 28: On the Shoulders of Giants

Lecture 96 Importance of building domain knowledge

Section 29: Dreaming with the Giants

Lecture 97 Daydream like Einstein!

Section 30: Cobbling Together Different Thoughts

Lecture 98 The Steve Jobs Approach

Section 31: Machines of the Mind

Lecture 99 Machines of the Mind

Section 32: Johnny Ive for Design Thinkers

Lecture 100 Talking to Users - Understand the needs of the customer

Section 33: Bauhaus Design Movement

Lecture 101 Simplicity, Minimalism, Functionality

Section 34: Biomimicry

Lecture 102 Velcro

Lecture 103 Prairie - Systems Thinking

Lecture 104 Japanese Bullet Train Kingfisher

Lecture 105 Termite Mound and Buildings

Lecture 106 Bridges based on Shrubs

Section 35: 3 Idiots

Lecture 107 What is a Machine?

Section 36: Nobel Prizes and Hobbies

Lecture 108 Why 68% of Nobel Laureates have hobbies

Section 37: John D Rockefeller

Lecture 109 Charting your path through Numbers and Data

Section 38: Super 30

Lecture 110 Importance of Training

Section 39: Your Free Guidebook to Becoming an Entrepreneur

Lecture 111 Your Step by Step guide and free ebook

Lecture 112 Added Material : Magnus Carlsen

Lecture 113 Added Material : Science as indistinguishable from Magic

Lecture 114 Added Material : Analyze positions like Chess Grandmasters

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