Monthly Archives: February 2011
Where Do Bad Ideas Come From?
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There’s been a lot of buzz about Steven Johnson’s book Where Good Ideas Come From. An article in Foreign Policy by Stephen Walt addresses the opposite question: Where Do Bad Ideas Come From? He is talking about bad ideas in foreign policy, such as the domino effect, which have been used to justify policy but […]
Enough of the Commercialization Gap Myth (Already)!
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Saul Eslake is one of Australia’s most respected bank economists. In his tenure as the Chief Economist at the ANZ bank, Eslake’s analysis and forecasts were usually on the mark. He also enjoys a reputation for having a razor-sharp intellect and a balanced attitude to life. We both share a connection to the University of […]
Jane McGonigal Innovates Productivity
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Contrasts Drive Innovation
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In his thought-provoking new book Whole Earth Discipline, Stewart Brand has this interesting passage: In Peter Ackroyd’s London: The Biography (2000), he quotes William Blake – Without contraries is no progression” – and ventures that Blake came to that view from his immersion in London. “Wherever you go in the city,” Ackroyd observes, “you are […]
The Problem With Solutions
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Should You Only Execute Good Ideas?
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Sustaining Your Small World Network
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Two weeks ago I wrote a post on what the research is saying about small world networks and how these networks can make groups innovative. Just to recap, there has been a great deal of progress in network science that allows us to understand how large groups that don’t appear to have many connections relative […]
