How Happy Accidents Happen through serendipity
Two weeks ago we had a serendipitous event. A happy accident. We had a scheduled meeting with a partner at 8 am on Wednesday morning and our partner didn’t make it because of family issues. What’s...
View ArticleWhat can innovators do to improve the chances they’ll encounter serendipity?
This is the ninth of a series of weekly posts where I will answer a few common questions about innovation. Please feel free to add your own response. Also, if you have any questions you think we...
View ArticleStructured serendipity: How Great Ideas Emerge
Almost always great new ideas don’t emerge from within a single person or function, but at the intersection of functions or people that have never met before. As a business leader, you can engineer...
View ArticleTwitter Is What You Make of It
The end of Twitter? Nice title, but Twitter isn’t in trouble if it sticks to, and evolves on, what makes it essential. Joshua Topolsky’s piece on the New Yorker triggered responses from various users...
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