Review: Where Good Ideas Come From
User Review - Kony - GoodreadsThis book contains a handful of mildly interesting/useful concepts for people seeking to boost creativity at work or at play. It's inspired me to dabble, mingle, and explore more -- as a scholar ... Read full review
Review: Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
User Review - Chad Warner - GoodreadsThis book shows that “good ideas” (or key innovations) are generally products of prior discoveries, experimentation, and collaboration, not the Eureka moments of isolated geniuses. I found the ... Read full review
Review: Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
User Review - Laura - GoodreadsThis book surprised me - I was expecting something drier and more advice-oriented (telling you, the reader, how to become more innovative). In contrast, this was an engaging study of the history of ... Read full review
Review: Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
User Review - David - GoodreadsA worthwhile read. It was nice to see someone present some ideas validating the practice of maintaining an eclectic reading list. Johnson does a good job of stringing together stories of innovations ... Read full review
Review: Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
User Review - Nicole Berns - GoodreadsAn interesting read on the inter-connectivity of life, and a good reminder of the importance of dabbling in many different areas of knowledge. I especially enjoyed the parallels Johnson drew between ... Read full review
Review: Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
User Review - Nicole Anderson - GoodreadsAn interesting read on the inter-connectivity of life, and a good reminder of the importance of dabbling in many different areas of knowledge. I especially enjoyed the parallels Johnson drew between ... Read full review
Review: Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
User Review - Tony Heyl - GoodreadsSteven Johnson's Where Good Ideas Come From is smart and an easy read, but while I liked the content, it wasn't exactly deep. Most of the points were really just different ways of talking about the ... Read full review
Review: Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
User Review - Ashley - GoodreadsParts of this book and certain phrases within it are well-wordsmithed, but I found it overall a little dull. I wonder what a partnership between Johnson and a women's studies/historian would reveal ... Read full review
Review: Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
User Review - Malin Friess - GoodreadsI wish I had more time to read Johnson's book where good ideas come from...but my library reservation expired. Good ideas often come from mistakes (backgound radiation that helped date the Big Bang..was first thought to be a broken telescope). Read full review
Review: Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
User Review - Jeremy Ward - GoodreadsI had high hopes for this book, and it mostly delivered during the first half. Then it meandered aimlessly, drifting away from what it was supposed to be about, and into a dark rabbit hole of ... Read full review
