Good ideas come from crowds & liquid networks
An article on the BBC Business website neatly summarises Steven Johnson’s research findings on the origins of innovations:
“Go for a walk; cultivate hunches; write everything down; but keep your folders messy; embrace serendipity; make generative mistakes; take on multiple hobbies, frequent coffee houses and other liquid networks; follow the links; let others build on your ideas; borrow, recycle, reinvent.”
“[Good ideas] come from crowds, they come from networks. You know we have this clichéd idea of the lone genius having the eureka moment.”
The power of the network 