Stories of Innovation for the Millennial Generation: The Lynceus Long View

Foreword Professor Martin Curley Preface Making Connections – Charles Dickens, 21st Century Innovation and the Magpie Tactic John Edmondson Acknowledgements Introducing the Stories Chapter 1: The Wonder Generation: Adolescent Entrepreneurs of Generation Y, New Stars of Innovation Chapter 2: The Lynceus Long View The Stories Chapter 3: Self-portrait with Thoughts of a Millennial, Youthful Knowledge Nomad Chapter 4: An Italian Millennial Fleeing His Country Chapter 5: Innovation: a Disquieting Muse Chapter 6: A Voyage to Innoland, Island of Innovation: Tales of a Modern Gulliver Chapter 7: In Praise of the Black Sheep: the Country That I Would Like Chapter 8: War and Peace: Destructive Creativity and Creative Destruction Chapter 9: Three Visitors in the Emerald City Chapter 10: The Expulsion of the Oblomovs: From the Cult of Concealment to the Practice of Innovation Chapter 11: In the Kingdom of Zenda: Prisoners of Success Stories from the 'Sea of Crises' Chapter 12: Mr X; or, the Anxieties of the Forgotten Man Chapter 13: Extracts of a Report of the Ambassador of Arithmos to Oeconomicus Chapter 14: 'On Beauty': Three Scherzos Played on the World Economy Stage Chapter 15: The War of the Two 'F's and the Decisive Intervention of 'E' Chapter 16: Autobiographical Sketches of Kidnapped Europa and Titanic Asia: a Tale of the Future Foreseen Chapter 17: Innovation in the Academic World: a New Mission for University Old Stars Chapter 18: A dialogue between start-up entrepreneurs Crusoe and Gulliver: Gulliver teaches Crusoe the physics of entrepreneurship Chapter 19: The Spider's Webs of Mr F and Mr M Chapter 20: The Red Thread of Coffee Chapter 21: Subterranean Currents: Trade Relations Between the Middle Kingdom and Arabia Felix in the Digital Age Chapter 22: An Interview with Maison Dubai's Style Director Chapter 23: Letter to the Millennial Students of Tartu University: Back to the Future Epilogue: Learning How Events Not Supposed to Happen, Happen Bibliography(selected)