The title and summary of this article suggest it deals with the synchronicity of invention - which it does, but that’s really only one small part. The larger story addresses how the process of invention can be “bottled” - that the conditions that foster discovery and innovation can be created and chief among these is bringing together minds - often from disparate disciplines - in collaborative brainstorming. Echoes GTO’s Accountable Innovation Process.

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The history of big ideas and inventions indicates that usually multiple people from completely different backgrounds and parts of the world come up with the same idea around the same time…

Gladwell
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PBS and online video website Hulu, have partnered to stream episodes of PBS programming online and split the revenue from 30-second pre-roll ads shown before each program. This will be a first for PBS as they do not show commercials during their TV broadcasts.

NEW YORK TIMES
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