Manuel Serrano Ortega

Author / Books

IDEAS THAT
BECAME BOOKS.

More than 10 books published.

Writing has been part of my work for years.

Books create the space to develop an idea beyond a presentation, a project or a conversation.

ResearchIdeasPublished Work

Writing / 001

SOME IDEAS
NEED MORE SPACE.

Articles can explore an argument.

Research can investigate a question.

Books allow an idea to develop over time.

Writing has given me a way to organise knowledge, challenge my own assumptions and share ideas far beyond the context in which they originally appeared.

WRITING MAKES
THINKING VISIBLE.

Selected book / 01

Design Thinking

Lead the present. Create the future.

Manuel Serrano Ortega · Pilar Blázquez Ceballos

ESIC Editorial · 2015

An exploration of Design Thinking as a way to approach innovation, problem-solving and the creation of new opportunities.

Pages
157 pages
Print ISBN
Print ISBN 9788415986546

“Lead the present. Create the future.”

Years later, the question remains remarkably similar.

What comes next?

Bibliography / Selected

SELECTED
BOOKS.

  • 01

    Design Thinking

    Lead the present. Create the future.

    Manuel Serrano Ortega · Pilar Blázquez Ceballos

    ESIC Editorial · 2015

  • 02

    The Coolhunting White Paper

    Manuel Serrano Ortega

    Autor-editor · 2011

  • 03

    The Future of Education

    Manuel Serrano Ortega

Selected books.

Foundations / 2011

BEFORE FUTURE
INTELLIGENCE,
THERE WAS OBSERVATION.

Coolhunting was one of the disciplines that shaped the way I learned to observe change.

The Coolhunting White Paper explored the profession, its methods and the skills required to identify emerging change.

Observation was the beginningInterpretation came next

Author / Evolution

THE SUBJECTS CHANGE.
THE QUESTION EVOLVES.

  1. Coolhunting

    Observe emerging change.

  2. Innovation

    Turn insight into new possibilities.

  3. Design Thinking

    Create around people and problems.

  4. Education

    Prepare people for changing realities.

  5. Future Intelligence

    Turn change into better decisions.

An editorial reading of how the questions evolved — not a one-to-one map between stages and titles.

Writing / Today

THE WRITING
CONTINUES.

Books are one part of a broader body of work.

Today, writing also takes the form of essays, research, articles and Future Intelligence perspectives.

Journal

Current thinking.

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Research

Evidence and investigation.

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Author / Ideas

WRITE TO
UNDERSTAND.

PUBLISH TO
SHARE.

Ideas become more useful when others can question them.