Steven Johnson
Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Steven Johnson for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about special subscription rates, please click here. Credit: Photo illustration by Cristiana Couceiro…
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The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention William Rosen Random House (2010) Note: In an article written for the Wall Street Journal (January 26, 2013), Bill Gates explains why he thinks this book…
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The Story of Great Inventions, published by Harper & Brothers (1910), is a seminal work that deserves much more attention and appreciation than it has received. Elmer Ellsworth Burns has this to say about a contemporary, Thomas Edison: “He sat one night…
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I recently re-read Steven Johnson‘s Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation, curious to know how well his material has held up since its publication in 2010. My conclusion? If anything, his insights are more relevant now…
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The buffet awaits: o “The chief danger in life is that you take too many precautions.” Alfred Adler o “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” Aristotle o “Success is…
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I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: REVIEWS Innovation as Usual: How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas to Life Paddy Miller and Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg Finding Keepers: The Monster…
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The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic–and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World Steven Johnson Riverhead Press/Penguin Group (2006) The Paradox of Water: It’s both the problem and (no pun intended) the solution The…
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The Architecture of Innovation: The Economics of Creative Organizations Josh Lerner Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How to combine two traditional models for innovation “within a powerful system that consistently and efficiently produces new ideas” By nature, books about innovation…
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The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention William Rosen Random House (2010) Note: In an article written for the Wall Street Journal (January 26, 2013), Bill Gates explains why he thinks this book…
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The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History’s Biggest Mistakes
Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Steven Johnson for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about special subscription rates, please click here. Credit: Photo illustration by Cristiana Couceiro…
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