To truly create something amazing, or contribute to the world, you have to be able to connect countless dots and cross-pollinate existing ideas from a wealth of unrelated disciplines.
THOMAS OPPONG
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"To truly create something amazing, or contribute to the world, you have to be able to connect countless dots and cross-pollinate existing ideas from a wealth of unrelated disciplines."
THOMAS OPPONG
How Ideas are Made
Generating ideas is the process of finding new connections between old ideas.
We have to be able to connect the dots, cross-pollinate ideas from various disciplines, and combine and recombine them to create new ideas.
Serendipity has three characteristics
- Trigger - the moment when something unusual or unexpected happens.
- Connect the dots - observe the trigger and link it to something seemingly unrelated, thus realising the potential valued within a unique event.
- Sagacity and tenacit...
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