Be Smart | The Biggest Myth About Innovation
The idea of the lone genius creating everything isn’t just misleading. It’s harmful and wrong.
2023-08-22 16:00:00 - Be Smart
Innovation thrives when people work together, and rather than nice linear paths, new ideas come from chance events and unexpected connections.
This video tells the story of one such invention, and offers a new idea about how new ideas are really born.
00:00 I've got a gripe
01:30 How innovation stories usually go
02:28 The last time this happened, things got weird
02:51 Stabbing sick people in Olde London
04:23 A heroic cow named Blossom
05:05 Why Napoleon hated swamps
06:22 The preacher, sparks, and a fortuitous explosion
07:08 Who's "in charge" here?
08:26 Bubbles, for your health!
09:33 Putting the club in soda
10:13 Needles and drugs
11:01 A tower in Paris
11:58 Quantum bros
12:53 Very VERY tiny things
13:37 This physicist hates cats
14:20 Mr. Helix and the messengers
15:18 It's all coming together
16:08 The best part of the story
17:35 Extras