CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE HOTHOUSE EFFECT -- THE FOUR DIMENSIONS OF THE HOTHOUSE EFFECT -- THE FIRST DIMENSION: VALUES/ MISSION -- ATHENS: SHOWING THE WAY -- A HIGH- TECH HOTHOUSE: INSPIRATION MEETS ORGANIZATION -- THE SECOND DIMENSION: IDEAS/ EXCHANGE -- RENAISSANCE A` LA FLORENTINE: '' DISTURBERS, AGENTS OF THE NEW'' -- THE ART OF THE IDEA: FOUR ENTREPRENEURIAL INNOVATORS -- THE THIRD DIMENSION: PERCEPTION/ LEARNING -- THE BAUHAUS: LEARNING BY PERCEIVING -- A CONTEMPORARY BAUHAUS IN BOLOGNA -- THE FOURTH DIMENSION: SOCIAL/ PLAY -- RE- CREATING THE UNIVERSE -- ''IT'S ALL IN THERE'' -- CREATIVE VISIONS IN RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURING -- CHAI- T: THE '' CREATIVE'' HOTHOUSE ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT TABLET -- THE HOTHOUSE CHALLENGE! -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.