Drinking from a Fire Hose
Do you get the sense that the world has sped up? Does time seem to be passing you by faster and faster? Do you find that the rate of change, new products, services, and amazing capabilities is accelerating? Well, you would not likely be alone in sensing this. We live in unprecedented times of rapid change. I spent a few days last week at the annual Microsoft Canadian Leadership Summit in the Microsoft Executive Briefing Centre in Redmond Washington. About 300 technology leaders from across Canada converge for an information and networking packed few days where clearly, we were treated to a drink from a fire hose, metaphorically speaking. Author Steven Johnson spoke to us about innovation based on his book “ Where Good Ideas Come From ”. He talked about how ideas are more likely the result of a Slow Hunch than a Eureka Moment, percolating slowly over time. Ideas often generate based on ideas mixing in ‘liquid networks’ such as coffee houses and now of course, on the Internet