Focusing on the intersection of luck and skill, this book explores how pivotal moments can shape successful careers and companies. It delves into strategies and insights that can help individuals and organizations recognize and create their own defining moments, ultimately leading to greater achievements and breakthroughs.
Originally published as: The Medici effect: breakthrough insights at the intersection of ideas, concepts, and cultures. Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Business School Press, A2004.
The bestselling book that argues that innovations occur when people see beyond their expertise and approach situations actively, putting together available material in new ways.
Why do so many world-changing insights come from people with little or no related experience? Charles Darwin was a geologist when he proposed the theory of evolution. And it was an astronomer who finally explained what happened to the dinosaurs.Frans Johansson’s The Medici Effect shows how breakthrough ideas most often occur when we bring concepts from one field into a new, unfamiliar territory, and offers examples how we can turn the ideas we discover into path-breaking innovations.
In The Click Moment, Frans Johansson, author of The Medici Effect, shows how to stay ahead when you can't predict the futureSuccess is random. But we can capture this randomness and turn it in our favour.According to bestselling author Frans Johansson, planning and careful analysis no longer guarantee success. But dig deep into the actions of successful people and organizations and you find one common theme. A turning point occurs and they take advantage of that 'click moment' to change their fate.Diane von Furstenberg saw a matching skirt and top on TV and the wrap-dress was born. Microsoft Windows was on the brink of being shut down until two people met at a party. Starbucks sold brewing equipment until Howard Schultz experienced his first latte.These people capitalized on their luck and altered the course of their lives. The Click Moment shows how we can follow them by opening ourselves up to chance encounters and harnessing the forces of success that follow.
Wie Innovation entsteht
Ein junger Mann verlässt Harvard, um ein Start-up zu gründen. Dann kehrt er dorthin zurück, um ein Buch zu schreiben. Dieses Buch wird zum Bestseller und verändert grundlegend, wie Menschen weltweit über Innovation und die Verankerung von Innovationskultur in Unternehmen und Organisationen denken. Nun gibt es die Neuauflage und gleichzeitig erstmals auch eine deutsche Ausgabe. Frans Johansson legt dar, warum bahnbrechende Ideen meistens genau dann entstehen, wenn man Profis verschiedener Fachgebiete gleichzeitig nach der Lösung eines Problems suchen lässt – denn dann wirkt der „Medici-Effekt“. Johansson zeigt an Beispielen, wie man das optimale Umfeld für das Auftreten des Medici-Effekts schafft und wie man Ideen zu Innovationen weiterentwickelt. Ein zeitloser Klassiker für jeden Innovator auf dem Weg zu bahnbrechenden Ideen.