Steven Johnson

Mind Wide Open: A book review by Bob Morris

May 8, 2012

Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life Steven Johnson Scribner/Simon & Schuster (2004) How and why the brain sciences can help to “open wide the mind’s caged door” I read this book before Steven Johnson’s later works, The…

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Todd Henry: An interview by Bob Morris

April 25, 2012

Todd Henry is the founder and CEO of Accidental Creative, a company that helps creative people and teams generate brilliant ideas.  He regularly speaks and consults with companies, both large and small, about how to develop practices and systems that lead…

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The three biggest mistakes made when attempting to solve a problem

March 28, 2012

I can easily identify with the executive in Frank Cotham’s cartoon that appeared in an issue of The New Yorker years ago. Problems really do seem to multiply like rabbits on steroids. However, experts on decision-making agree that there are…

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Best Business Books 2010: Innovation

May 6, 2011

Here is one of several annual lists featured by strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company. In this instance,  Krisztina “Z” Holly‘s selections and discussion of Best Business Books 2010: Innovation.   Steven Johnson Where Good Ideas Come From: The…

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How to Make a Big Company Innovative

May 4, 2011

Here is an article written by Dave Logan for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. *    …

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The Invention of Air: A book review by Bob Morris

November 26, 2010

The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America Steven Johnson Riverhead Books/Penguin Group (2008) It would be an exaggeration to suggest that Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) is the focal point of this book. He…

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Good Ideas! Steven Johnson, Atul Gawande, David Edwards, and Neri Oxman at 2010 Boston Book Festival

November 25, 2010

The Boston Book Festival, which took place October 16, 2010, put on some exceptional panel discussions. One of the most interesting featured four folks who individually could have taken up all the time on their own. The discussion was emceed…

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