Johansson, Frans.
The Medici effect : breakthrough insights at the intersection of ideas, concepts, and cultures / Frans Johansson. - Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, c2004. - xiii, 207 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index.
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 restaurants without food -- Randomly combine concepts: card games and sky rises -- How to find the combinations: meteorite crashes and code breakers -- Ignite an explosion of ideas: submarines and tubular bells -- How to capture the explosion: MacGyver and boiling potatoes -- Execute past your failures: violence and school curricula -- How to succeed in the face of failure: Palm Pilots and counterproductive carrots -- Break out of your network: ants and truck drivers -- How to leave the network behind: penguins and meditation -- Take risks and overcome fear: airplanes and serial entrepreneurs -- How to adopt a balanced view of risk: elephants and epidemics -- Step into the intersection and create the Medici effect.
1591391865 (hbk.) 9781591391869 (hbk.)
2004003850
Technological innovations.
Creative thinking.
HC79.T4 / J64 2004
658.4063 / JOH 2004
The Medici effect : breakthrough insights at the intersection of ideas, concepts, and cultures / Frans Johansson. - Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, c2004. - xiii, 207 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index.
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 restaurants without food -- Randomly combine concepts: card games and sky rises -- How to find the combinations: meteorite crashes and code breakers -- Ignite an explosion of ideas: submarines and tubular bells -- How to capture the explosion: MacGyver and boiling potatoes -- Execute past your failures: violence and school curricula -- How to succeed in the face of failure: Palm Pilots and counterproductive carrots -- Break out of your network: ants and truck drivers -- How to leave the network behind: penguins and meditation -- Take risks and overcome fear: airplanes and serial entrepreneurs -- How to adopt a balanced view of risk: elephants and epidemics -- Step into the intersection and create the Medici effect.
1591391865 (hbk.) 9781591391869 (hbk.)
2004003850
Technological innovations.
Creative thinking.
HC79.T4 / J64 2004
658.4063 / JOH 2004