The Medici effect : breakthrough insights at the intersection of ideas, concepts, and cultures
(2004)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
658.4063/JOHANSSON,F

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 658.4063/JOHANSSON,F Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, [2004]
©2004
DESCRIPTION

xiii, 207 pages ; 25 cm

ISBN/ISSN
1591391865
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

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

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