For many problems there are no quick solutions.

There is too much going on, too many people are involved, it is hard to get a grip.

Trying to tackle these wicked problems can be stressful. But 

It is the end of the 50’s.

Professor John Arnold takes a risk: He hires industrial designer Bob McKim at the Stanford mechanical engineering department. McKim has no Phd.

Arnold is a pioneer: He wants to teach his students productive and creative thinking.

The courses he and McKim develop are experiments to find out how to reach that goal.