...Sources GS 1145 Strategies for the Technical Professional October 13, 2014 The narrator Steven Johnson in the video “Where Good Ideas Come From” identifies several relevant situations (patterns) that he believes led to unusual levels of innovation or creativity. The introduction defines that Johnson looked for a shared/signature behavior or recurring patterns of innovations from the history of first cities to the biodiversity of coral reefs and rainforests. He said that these environments involved unusual levels of innovation. Through Johnson’s research and his quest for where good ideas are formulated, he mentioned certain moments of inspirations such as: a flash of insight, stroke of insight, epiphany, eureka, and lightbulb moments. However, he said that these moments share the basic assumption that an idea is a single thing. From here Johnson goes on to share situations (patterns) where he thinks good ideas are fostered: The Liquid Network: Johnson discussed that in early historical times that at a political dinner in a tavern provided a space or environment where a lot of ideas happened and it’s similar to coffeehouses of today. He also mentioned that the first coffeehouse in Oxford, England played a role in British culture for providing a space for not only consuming coffee but also a multi-space were people with different disciplines and backgrounds met to discuss anything from science to politics. Another example he used with regards to a work group situation: instead...
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...WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM NOSTA TANYIDAH GS1145 LAB 3.1 INTRODUCTION English coffee houses were crucial and essential to the spread of Enlightenment around 1650 and according to (Steven Johnson ) from the video coffee houses like “Grand Café” were at the center of where some great ideas came from. Before those years Drinking water was not safe to drink and most of the population was drunk all day from consumption of too much alcohol. Alcohol was the beverage of choice (Steven Johnson) as they drank beer in the morning, Wine for lunch and beer and wine to end their day. But with the transition to coffee and tea that is from a depressant to a stimulant, great ideas sprung up leading to the age of Enlightenment and thus and era of great awareness and creativity in and around Europe and the world. Coffee houses were like an architecture of space were ideas could have sex according to (Steven Johnson) from the video leading to space for creative thinking. There has however been drastic change ever since those years on till today Summary of Key Findings With the evolution of Coffee houses and subsequent involvement of people who would later develop great ideas to accompany their findings, ideas would later became innovations. To follow up with their findings scientist would later be sent around to science labs during weekly lab meetings, conference tables and coffee shops to really find out how ideas are develop to gain a sense of were great ideas really come. And...
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...2 Introduction Where Good Ideas come from. After viewing a video by Steven Johnson, he had a belief that good ideas began in 1650 when the first coffee house opened in Oxford named the Grand Café’. He used the notion that prior to the coffee house opening, people would use alcohol regularly which caused a block for creating good ideas. Because of this opening of the coffee house, people would gather and share ideas under a more sobering condition. As Steven Johnson stated, “It was a flowering of enlightenment.” People were not using alcohol as their depressant, but rather drinking coffee as a simulant which in turn equaled better ideas. There were discussions and debates on various topics. It was Kevin Dunbar who sought that ideas came from a conference room. “People often credit their ideas to be individual “Eureka” moments.” But what is an idea? Are they an object or a concept? Or are they visionary thoughts within one’s mind? There are always different views to one word. An idea is a term which “I think, serves best to stand for whatsoever is the object of the understanding when a man thinks.” Or an idea is “an image or representation, often but not necessarily in the mind.” David Hume described an idea as an “impression.” Then Immanuel Kant’s definition says “ideas may not be completely realized.” There are so many ways to view one word that one person cannot be certain. I know I am certain in my idea. I am not a good writer. 3 In Steven Johnson’s video, he uses...
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...Summary of Where Good Ideas Come From Christian Myers October 4, 2014 Mr. Vigneron GS1145 I have wondered where people come up with these creative ideas to make our lives easier or more enjoyable so to say. Like George Washington Carver creating peanut butter or the Wright Brothers creating the first airplane over a century, which has been continuously used for numerous of things. According to Steven Johnson there are reoccurring patterns for coming up with these good ideas. He talks about how we want be more creative, come up with better ideas. Johnson took a picture of the first coffee shop in England and explains how they came up with the Enlightenment Party. Then Johnson explains the environments of the “Eureka Moments; flash, stroke, epiphany, eureka, and light bulb” (johnson, 2010). Which doesn’t happen immediately. It is called the slow hunch, which is a long-term idea that develops in a year or two or several years from now. Basically, “The idea has to incubate to form for that eureka moment” (johnson, 2010). However, if you have half a hunch you could find more people with the other half and they combined together called a “Collision which allows hundreds of people to connect with others hunches” (johnson, 2010). Johnson expounds the liquid network, which is “New network of neutrons firing in sync in your brain, new configuration that have not formed before” (johnson, 2010). Johnson reveals how Kevin Dunbar traveled around to these different science lab and...
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...Leaders have come and gone, all of them having different objectives and plans for the future. As history takes its course, though, most all of these “revolutionary movements” come to an end. One such movement was Reconstruction. Reconstruction was a time period in America consisting of many leaders, goals and accomplishments. Though, like all things in life, it did come to an end, the resulting outcome has been labeled both a success and a failure. When Reconstruction began in 1865, a broken America had just finished fighting the Civil War. In all respects, Reconstruction was mainly just that. It was a time period of “putting back the pieces”, as people say. It was the point where America attempted to become a full running country once more. This, though, was not an easy task. The memory of massive death was still in the front of everyone’s mind, hardening into resentment and sometimes even hatred. The south was virtually non-existent politically or economically, and searching desperately for a way back in. Along with these things, now living amongst the population were almost four million former slaves, who had no idea how to make a living on their own. They had been freed by the 13th amendment in 1865, and in the future became a great concern to many political leaders. Still, it was no secret that something had to be done. So, as usually happens, political leaders appeared on the stage, each holding their own plan of Reconstruction, each certain their ideas were the correct...
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...was that the thesis in the introduction could have been a little more direct: As a country, America has gone though many political changes throughout her lifetime. Leaders have come and gone, all of them having different objectives and plans for the future. As history takes its course, though, most all of these “revolutionary movements” come to an end. One such movement was Reconstruction. Reconstruction was a time period in America consisting of many leaders, goals and accomplishments. Though, like all things in life, it did come to an end, the resulting outcome has been labeled both a success and a failure. When Reconstruction began in 1865, a broken America had just finished fighting the Civil War. In all respects, Reconstruction was mainly just that. It was a time period of “putting back the pieces”, as people say. It was the point where America attempted to become a full running country once more. This, though, was not an easy task. The memory of massive death was still in the front of everyone’s mind, hardening into resentment and sometimes even hatred. The south was virtually non-existent politically or economically, and searching desperately for a way back in. Along with these things, now living amongst the population were almost four million former slaves, who had no idea how to make a living on their own. They had been freed by the 13th amendment in 1865, and in the future became a great concern to many political leaders. Still, it was no secret that something...
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...Summary - If you Build it, will they come?? Innovation and new Ideas are valuable and change the prospective of any Industry however before jumping to conclusion it is important to know the market and analyze if there is market and if the space if profitable enough. As explained in book, most of the startups fails because they do not test market early on and concentrate on product and idea than the feasibility of it. To succeed the same, the author defines a process “Ready, Aim and Fire”. I will an example of consulting company who works with two financial angles first is to work with entrepreneurs and incubator companies with a percentage of share and second to work with middle sized companies with direct money transactions. READY First is to understand the market on multiple fronts including size, growth rate, emerging trends, competitors and expert viewpoints. All these factor are essential in understanding the concept and underlying idea. As stated by Steven Johnson in “Where good idea come from”, “The trick to having good ideas is not to sit around in glorious isolation and try to think big thoughts. The trick is to get more parts on the table.” To bring new part you don’t only need to understand what is already on the table and what competitors are doing to bring something new. Example: The more players an industry has more consumer friendly it becomes. It not only give power to customers but it forces organizations to distinguish themselves. To improve the customer...
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...We as a country have gone through many changes (Politically, Socially and etc.,) throughout our lifetime. Many great leaders have come and gone, all of them bring different objectives and plan for our future. As we move on, though, so does all of their “Radical Movements”. One such movement was reconstruction. Reconstruction was a period in our nations time some of us would like to forget. Can it really be said, though, that reconstruction was a complete failure? That all it did was make times hard for freed slaves in the U.S. I for one think that Reconstruction was both a success and a failure. When reconstruction first began in 1865, the people of America had just gotten over the brutal and destructive Civil War. In actually, reconstruction...
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...mixed-race woman is my wife, Rainbow. And, despite what she looks like right now, she's a doctor. We're lucky. We've got a great house, four great kids, and my Pops. It's a far cry from where it all began. That's why I promised my parents I'd get an education, graduate, and get myself out of there. I guess for a kid from the hood, I'm living the American Dream. The only problem is, whatever American had this dream probably wasn't where I'm from. And if he was, he should've mentioned the part about how when brothers start getting a little money, stuff starts getting a little weird like in my neighborhood. Sometimes I feel like a bit of an oddity. [amplified] And if you look to your left, you'll see the mythical and majestic Black Family out of their natural habitat and yet still thriving. Go ahead and wave. They'll wave right back. - Woman: They're smiling. Hi. Hello. - Man: The little ones are cute. They're just just amazing. Sometimes I worry that, in an effort to make it, black folks have dropped a little bit of their culture and the rest of the world has picked it up. They even renamed it "Urban". And in the "Urban" world, Justin Timberlake and Robin Thicke are R&B Gods, Kim Kardashian's the symbol for big butts, and asian guys are just unholdable on the dance floor. Come on! Big butts? R&B and dancing? Those were the black man's go-tos! - [tires screech] - I'm definitely not complaining. I love my life. And not that I want to go back to the days of being...
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...Organizational Behavior, 6th Edition, FT Publishing, p904). Another popular definition would be, “the process of influencing an organization or groups within an organization in its efforts towards achieving a goal” (Johnson, Scholes & Whittington, 2005, Exploring Corporate Strategy, 7th Edition, FT Prentice Hall, p.519) Leadership Theories on Behavior To me, leaders are constantly surrounding us. People constantly need to be led and they seek out individuals around them who have personalities that stand out – the basic qualities of leadership, the Great Man Theory. This could be in terms of their appearance, knowledge, charisma, behavior or style. For example, popular actors/actresses might not be great leaders but they influence the thoughts of people through advertisements through their appearance and charisma. Leadership is also a process where trust of people needs to be gained and established before followers are doing things willingly and without having to use pressure. Managers are different in this aspect, as they are given authority/power and trust factor might not be required to actively participate in management, subordinates might not be performing their tasks willingly. The above idea is adopted from the most recent leadership definition by Manfred Kets de Vries, he defines leadership style as the point of interaction between the leader’s character, the follower’s character and the situation. (Manfred Kets de Vries...
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...was once just an idea in Charles W. Hull's mind, but it has now become a reality. Everybody in the late 1900s was looking for alternate methods for transplants that can reduce risks of a patient dying. With 3d bioprinting the possibilities are limitless. Bioprinting will revolutionize the world of medicine by reducing the number of patients on a waiting list, raising the life expectancy of patients, and lowering the cost of transplants. Firstly, 3D bioprinting will allow doctors to use a patient's own cells to print 3d organs, which will drastically lower the chances of the transplant failing. "At least one child in 12,500 is born with microtia,...
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...People? (Rough Draft) Fred Allen, a comedian from the 30’s and 40’s, once said “Television is the triumph of machine over people.” In others words, Allen believes that television was made to control people; their decisions and to manipulate their opinions. Is television bad as they say? It has been a great debate trough the years. Dana Stevens; a movie critic and journalist for the “New York Times” suggests that watching TV only makes people want to watch more TV. She argues that commercials and programs on TV, including those focused on children, encourage people to watch more TV and to buy things. Thousands of programs being streamed every day in many countries are full of education and informative content. It demonstrates that TV is not bad; it has many advantages over other mass media. TV is a great tool of entertainment for people all around the world, it is a great tool of information that offers a great diversity of programs that help people to open their minds. According to some people, TV encourages people to be lazy and less productive because it does not involve any activity; the only thing they do is just sitting down and enjoy what is on TV. Many programs on TV are based on the happy-ending, it may cause people to lose the sense of reality and think that everything is perfect. It is demonstrated that an excessive use of TV can cause isolation because it decreases social interaction with others. Danna Stevens clarify her position against TV in her article “Thinking...
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...BUSINESS 111 FALL 2011 NON-BBA FINAL EXAM REVIEW GUIDE Final Exam Date: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9TH, 2011 Exam Time for WLU Students: 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Exam Time for UW Students: 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Writing Locations posted at https://www.wlu.ca/~mibrahim/exams/FALL2011/BUSINESS.html Important Notice: If a student cannot write a business or economics final exam as scheduled, they must submit a "Petition for Exception to Academic Regulations" form to Ms Lee Leeman, Student and Petitions Coordinator, SBE1256. Supporting documentation will be required and verified. This permits equitable treatment for all students taking SBE courses. If appropriate circumstances are presented with appeals, students will be accommodated on either the SBE slip day or the next exam session. Exam Format: 20 Multiple Choice questions = 1 mark each 6 Short Answer questions, 2 to 6 marks each, choice in 1 question = 25 marks 7 Quantitative problems, 3 to 6.5 marks each, choice in 1 question = 35 marks 80 marks total TOPICS TO BE COVERED: (Items listed in red indicate quantitative problems) Economic Factors - four pillars of Canadian financial system – description, roles - Bank of Canada - description, tools for affecting money supply - bonds – characteristics (return, term, priority over stockholders), types, features, factors affecting price, calculating approximate yield to maturity, relationship between prevailing interest rates and bond prices, reading bond...
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...Harvard Business School 9-698-004 July 8, 1997 We’ve Got Rhythm! Medtronic Corporation’s Cardiac Pacemaker Business The legacy of Medtronic Corporation, the company that created the cardiac pacemaker industry, is a proud one. Starting from its earliest pacemakers, which had to be carried outside the body, Medtronic had achieved dramatic improvements in the functionality, size and reliability of these devices. In so doing it had extended the lives, and improved the quality of life, for hundreds of thousands of people in whom pacemakers had been implanted. The pacemaker has been designated as one of the ten most outstanding engineering achievements in the world over the past 50 years, along with the digital computer and the Apollo 11 moon landing. 1 Medtronic, which in 1995 booked operating profit of $300 million on revenues of $1.7 billion, had been founded in 1957 in Minneapolis, Minnesota by Earl Bakken, a researcher and inventor who had to his credit patents on several of the crucial technologies that led to the modern heart pacemaker. Pacemakers were small, battery-powered devices which, when implanted within a patient, helped a malfunctioning heart to beat in a steady, fixed rhythm. Because Medtronic was the first entrant into the pacemaker field and built a strong technological lead, it enjoyed a substantial portion (over 70%) of the market share for cardiac pacing through the 1960s. Building upon Medtronic’s legacy of leadership was not easy, however...
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...Abstract Organizational behavior is ones actions and attitude toward one another or the organization and its effect on the organization’s functioning and performance. Understanding organizational behavior can give managers an idea of what factors are necessary to create an effective and successful organization. Organizational behavior is a non-performance related set of practices which when implemented in organizations lend good credibility to the organization for its ethics.(Campbell) Ethics involves moral issues and choices and deal with right and wrong behavior.(Luthans) Businesses need people who have strong moral leadership skills and who are guided by clearly defined business ethics. Ethical standards have an important role not only in business decisions but also in a person’s everyday life. If a person is making unethical decisions others tend to not want to follow that person and the level of respect and trust are diminished, which can lead to a shift in employee organizational behavior. Even though there is not a published set of ethics to follow the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) has a code of ethical principles that include honesty, fairness, objectivity, and responsibility. The following responsibilities are standards in which all members should comply: Competence, Confidentiality, Integrity, Objectivity, and Resolution of Ethical Conflict. An effective leader should maintain a high level of confidence, integrity, and credibility by upholding his/her...
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