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Where Good Ideas Come From

By Steven Johnson

This episode challenges the myth of the solitary genius, revealing how groundbreaking ideas emerge not from sudden epiphanies, but through the patient cultivation of 'slow hunches' within 'liquid networks' that expand the 'adjacent possible'.

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“This episode challenges the myth of the solitary genius, revealing how groundbreaking ideas emerge not from sudden epiphanies, but through the patient cultivation of 'slow hunches' within 'liquid networks' that expand the 'adjacent possible'.”

— Steven Johnson, Where Good Ideas Come From

What it is about

innovation, creativity, idea generation

Who it is for

Best suited to listeners who want a clearer working understanding of innovation, creativity, idea generation and better judgment in how they apply it.

The author

Steven Johnson brings a credible and useful lens to innovation, creativity, idea generation, with enough subject command to make the book worth hearing.

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Steven Johnson

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