Diego has posted this cool Steve Jobs video. It fits a perspective that Andy Hargadon and I worked on years ago on knowledge brokering (notably in this HBR article) and he developed in his book How Breakthroughs Happen. Essentially, Andy had done over a decade of research showing creativity is mostly about combining old things in new ways and/or doing new things with old things. Of course, it isn't our idea, we moved it to some new places and recombined with ideas that we borrowed from others!
“Great Artists Steal” Check out the Cool Steve Jobs Video Over at Metacool
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Gerald M. Weinberg wrote years ago that ideas come from three sources:
(1) mistakes, (2) borrowing, and (3) mixing. He didn’t use those exact terms. Your post highlights the mixing component. I have been called a “creative” person because I follow Weinberg’s advice. I sit around and think of ways to mix old ideas and new situations. I make lots of mistakes (the easy one). I do extensive research (a kind way of saying I borrow a lot). -
Gerald M. Weinberg wrote years ago that ideas come from three sources:
(1) mistakes, (2) borrowing, and (3) mixing. He didn’t use those exact terms. Your post highlights the mixing component. I have been called a “creative” person because I follow Weinberg’s advice. I sit around and think of ways to mix old ideas and new situations. I make lots of mistakes (the easy one). I do extensive research (a kind way of saying I borrow a lot). -
Gerald M. Weinberg wrote years ago that ideas come from three sources:
(1) mistakes, (2) borrowing, and (3) mixing. He didn’t use those exact terms. Your post highlights the mixing component. I have been called a “creative” person because I follow Weinberg’s advice. I sit around and think of ways to mix old ideas and new situations. I make lots of mistakes (the easy one). I do extensive research (a kind way of saying I borrow a lot). -
Gerald M. Weinberg wrote years ago that ideas come from three sources:
(1) mistakes, (2) borrowing, and (3) mixing. He didn’t use those exact terms. Your post highlights the mixing component. I have been called a “creative” person because I follow Weinberg’s advice. I sit around and think of ways to mix old ideas and new situations. I make lots of mistakes (the easy one). I do extensive research (a kind way of saying I borrow a lot). -
Gerald M. Weinberg wrote years ago that ideas come from three sources:
(1) mistakes, (2) borrowing, and (3) mixing. He didn’t use those exact terms. Your post highlights the mixing component. I have been called a “creative” person because I follow Weinberg’s advice. I sit around and think of ways to mix old ideas and new situations. I make lots of mistakes (the easy one). I do extensive research (a kind way of saying I borrow a lot). -
Gerald M. Weinberg wrote years ago that ideas come from three sources:
(1) mistakes, (2) borrowing, and (3) mixing. He didn’t use those exact terms. Your post highlights the mixing component. I have been called a “creative” person because I follow Weinberg’s advice. I sit around and think of ways to mix old ideas and new situations. I make lots of mistakes (the easy one). I do extensive research (a kind way of saying I borrow a lot).
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