More on Where Good Ideas Come From

April 19th, 2011 by zen

An interesting study was done that looked at how research groups reach the coveted ‘Eureka!’ moment, where a new discovery is made. It turns out that these rare moments of discovery or problem solving almost never happen in the lab! Instead, the ‘Aha!’ are yelled out at the conference table, where members of the group are throwing ideas around and sharing results of their latest work over the past week. The person who figures it out needs to have input they have not thought about from the larger group or network, before the grand idea is formed….

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  1. Been There Done That:

    April 19th, 2011 at 7:38 pm

    I guess the best ideas come from re-repackaging what others have said for decades into Coveyisms.  Ken Robinson, James Burke and others have said all that a generation ago.Me thinks TED is becoming a platform for Captain Obvious.

  2. zen:

    April 19th, 2011 at 10:37 pm

    Agreed that Johnson is much more of a popularizer than a cutting edge guy