Book Review: Where Good Ideas Come From
I’m giving myself a Goodreads challenge again, and this was book 5 for me this month. I tend to read more early in the year, and my challenge is to read books more consistently. The Kindle Daily Deal helps immensely, for it constantly adds to the queue in an easily affordable way. So many books, so little time…
Where Good Ideas Come From
Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson (Goodreads links)
Link to Amazon.com if you prefer it: Where Good Ideas Come From byJohnson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
In a word, exceptional.
I greatly appreciate authors like Johnson who are ‘slow hunch’ cultivators, thorough researchers, and articulate explainers.
Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation is a focused celebration of the phrase “hindsight is 20/20.” The scientific history of innovation is curated to support Johnson’s thesis, which is his answer to this question: What kind of environment creates good ideas?
There is another, more subtle question which lurks throughout the book as well: Are you open to sharing your ideas before they’ve fully formed? (…for here are the reasons why.) …More
