Discussion of Steven Johnson's book "Where Good Ideas Come From"

1. www.amazon.com
By: Susan Fioretti http://www.musictherapymaven.com/5-important-facts-about-neurodevelopment/neurons-2/

3. www.mongabay.com

4. Photograph: Doug Steley B/Alamy
www.k12.hi.us

5. Waves on
Reefwww.flickr.com
“Skeletons” left by
coral polyps
www.tropicalfishdata.com

6. Problem: 19th Century incubator
High Infant
Mortality
Solution:
Build a
Device That
Keeps
Babies
Warm www.neonatology.org

7. NeoNature incubator made from CAR PARTS!
EASY to fix, not a high-tech device.
HEADLIGHTS
FOR
WARMTH!
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/neonurtures-car-parts-baby-incubator/

8. Lev Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development
www.innovativelearning.com

9. www.scientificamerican.com
www.usingenglish.com
www.amazon.com

10. An undeveloped idea.
WRITE IT DOWN – go back to it.
Most great ideas are NOT epiphanies!
www.discoveryeducation.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:
Light_bulb_icon_tips.svg

11. www.isoc-ny.org
Tim Berners-Lee
www.wilsondan.co.uk

12. Unexpected
revelations while…
• Dreaming
• Walking
• Reading
www.chemistryland.com

13. Clear your mind…
www.blogs.psychcentral.com

14. Have you ever made a wrong
turn and found a shortcut?
www.startherenewyork.com

15. Ben Franklin:
Error is endlessly diversified
ACCIDENTS…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin
Post-it Notes
X Rays
Silly Putty
Viagra
The Slinky
The Pacemaker
Microwave Ovens
http://www.businessinsider.com/mistake-inventions-2011-8?op=1

16. 16th Century wine press Gutenberg’s printing press
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:16th_century_wine_press.jpg www.historyguide.org
Photo by Chris Lake

17. Mutation – Error – Serendipity
Unlock new doors in the adjacent possible
Exaptations help us explore
New possibilities
Lurking behind those doors

18. Plans – Designs – Greater heights
From Wikipedia home page links:
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com
www.wikipedia.org
Artwork by Jan Sovak

19. Bloom’s Taxonomy
Subway car reef
www.educationdx.com/lesson-plan.html
http://njscuba.net/reefs/site_nj_redbirds.html

20. The 7 Patterns of Innovation:
Where Good Ideas Come From
The Adjacent Possible
Liquid Networks
The Slow Hunch
Serendipity
Error
Exaptation
Platforms