Creating possibilities -- Pinpointing problems -- Recognizing patterns -- Channeling chance -- Transcending boundaries -- Detecting barriers -- Applying analogies -- Visualizing results -- Embracing failure -- Multiplying insights -- Thinking systematically.

The way things never were -- Good ideas and how to generate them -- Problems in search of solutions -- What would croesus do? taking the perspective of an unconstrained consumer -- Why dont you feel my pain? internalizing the external effects of decision making -- Solutions in search of problems...

The intersection: your best chance to innovate: monkeys and mind readers -- The rise of intersections: the sounds of Shakira and the emotions of Shrek -- Break down the barriers between fields: sea urchin lollipops and Darwin's finches -- How to make the barriers fall: Heathrow Tunnel and...

Minds viewed globally: a personal introduction -- The disciplined mind -- The synthesizing mind -- The creating mind -- The respectful mind -- The ethical mind -- Conclusion: toward the cultivation of the five minds