Day 207 – No New Thing Under the Sun
King Solomon, or at least one of his hired courtesans, recorded the following in the Book of Ecclesiastes: “The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” This may have been a commentary on […]
Day 206 – Out of Thin Air
The Myth of Spontaneous Ideas There is an idiom in the English vernacular that might be used in this context: that person came up with that solution “out of thin air.” This expression is used to describe the concept of a person coming up with an idea or an answer to a problem with no […]
Day 178 – Where Innovation is Found
Embracing Paradigm Shifts: The Path to Disruptive Innovation One of my favorite books that I picked up during my college days was Thomas Kuhn’s “Structure of Scientific Revolutions.” Although there are many powerful concepts in this book, the most significant for me is the concept of how paradigms shift in the scientific community. Kuhn references […]