{"product_id":"the-innovation-delusion-how-our-obsession-with-the-new-has-disrupted-the-work-that-matters-most-hardcover","title":"The Innovation Delusion: How Our Obsession with the New Has Disrupted the Work That Matters Most - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLee Vinsel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndrew L. Russell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Innovation\" is the hottest buzzword in business. But what if our obsession with finding the next big thing has distracted us from the work that matters most?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The most important book I've read in a long time . . . It explains so much about what is wrong with our technology, our economy, and the world, and gives a simple recipe for how to fix it: Focus on understanding what it takes for your products and services to last.\"--Tim O'Reilly, founder of O'Reilly Media\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's hard to avoid innovation these days. Nearly every product gets marketed as being disruptive, whether it's genuinely a new invention or just a new toothbrush. But in this manifesto on thestate of American work, historians of technology Lee Vinsel and Andrew L. Russell argue that our way of thinking about and pursuing innovation has made us poorer, less safe, and--ironically--less innovative. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on years of original research and reporting, \u003ci\u003eThe Innovation Delusion\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the ideology of change for its own sake has proved a disaster. Corporations have spent millions hiring chief innovation officers while their core businesses tank. Computer science programs have drilled their students on programming and design, even though theoverwhelming majority of jobs are in IT and maintenance. In countless cities, suburban sprawl has left local governments with loads of deferred repairs that they can't afford to fix. And sometimes innovation even kills--like in 2018 when a Miami bridge hailed for its innovative design collapsed onto a highway and killed six people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this provocative, deeply researched book, Vinsel and Russell tell the story of how we devalued the work that underpins modern life--and, in doing so, wrecked our economy and public infrastructure while lining the pockets of consultants who combine the ego of Silicon Valley with the worst of Wall Street's greed. The authors offer a compelling plan for how we can shift our focus away from the pursuit of growth at all costs, and back toward neglected activities like maintenance, care, and upkeep. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor anyone concerned by the crumbling state of our roads and bridges or the direction our economy is headed, \u003ci\u003eThe Innovation Delusion \u003c\/i\u003eis a deeply necessary reevaluation of a trend we can still disrupt.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLee Vinsel\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e Andrew L. Russell\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history and the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at SUNY Polytechnic Institute. Together, they are the founders of the Maintainers research network and conferences, and their writing on the topics of this book have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Wired\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.3 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769326043424,"sku":"9780525575689","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8ba438bc85f5083d6e0d5e714ecb0dd5.webp?v=1780346060","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-innovation-delusion-how-our-obsession-with-the-new-has-disrupted-the-work-that-matters-most-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}