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Breakthrough Creativity And the New Science of Ideas

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An edition of Smart World (2007)

Smart World

Breakthrough Creativity And the New Science of Ideas

1 edition
  • 1 Want to read

Since ancient times, people have believed that breakthrough ideas come from the brains of geniuses with awesome rational powers. In recent years, however, the paradigm has begun to shift toward the notion that the source of creativity lies "out there," in the network of connections between people and ideas. In this provocative book, Richard Ogle crystallizes the nature of this shift, and boldly outlines "a new science of ideas." The key resides in what he calls "idea-spaces," a set of nodes in a network of people (and their ideas) that cohere and take on a distinctive set of characteristics leading to the generation of breakthrough ideas. These spaces are governed by nine laws - illuminated in individual chapters with fascinating stories of dramatic breakthroughs in science, business, and art.

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Language
English
Pages
303

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Smart World: Breakthrough Creativity And the New Science of Ideas
June 5, 2007, Harvard Business School Press
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Library of Congress
BF408 .O35 2007, BF408.O35 2007

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
303
Dimensions
9.3 x 6.3 x 1.4 inches
Weight
1 pounds

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL8854571M
ISBN 10
1591394171
ISBN 13
9781591394174
LCCN
2006035420
OCLC/WorldCat
74987569
LibraryThing
3140336
Goodreads
1452472

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Work ID
OL8980367W

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