by Jeff | Aug 13, 2016 | Ideas, Where Good Ideas Come From Book
Error. Good ideas often come from mistakes. If you can’t think of a single example of this, you clearly haven’t been working in product development long. Mistakes are essential for the creation of new ideas. Johnson’s chapter on error is filled with anecdotes of this...
by Jeff | Jul 30, 2016 | Ideas, Where Good Ideas Come From Book
Johnson mentions the concept of a journal in previous chapters. I summarized how writing down your ideas and hunches is a really effective way of clarifying your thoughts and exploring an idea thoroughly. But it turns out there is yet another benefit, and it has to do...
by Jeff | Jul 30, 2016 | Ideas, Where Good Ideas Come From Book
Serendipity. There’s not much more to it than allowing ideas room to run around and collide by chance. Take a shower and let your mind wander, or find a way to interact with new people professionally. In addition to these things, Johnson makes an interesting point...
by Jeff | Jul 30, 2016 | Ideas, Where Good Ideas Come From Book
First, if you don’t think it’s a good thing for ideas to bump into other ideas, you’re pretty much missing the point of this book. This notion was discussed at length in the chapters on reefs and cities, as well as liquid networks and the slow hunch. Suffice to say,...
by Jeff | Jul 30, 2016 | Ideas, Where Good Ideas Come From Book
Have you ever stumbled across something in one realm of your life that inspired an insight in another realm? If not, you’re going to hate this section on Serendipity. Serendipity: the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. The...
by Jeff | Jul 30, 2016 | Ideas, Where Good Ideas Come From Book
The final nugget from The Slow Hunch chapter is about documentation. It’s really simple and it has two elements. First, it’s a best practice to document your ideas. Write your hunches down. It helps you reference them later. Second, and more importantly, documenting...
