http://billpetti.com/2009/10/12/the-role-of-polymaths-in-innovation/ Trying to separate the signal from the noise, one post at a time. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:17:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://billpetti.com/2009/10/12/the-role-of-polymaths-in-innovation/#comment-5620 Foxes versus Hedgehogs « Signal/Noise Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:45:49 +0000 http://billpetti.com/?p=747#comment-5620 [...] hedgehogs are irrelevant or unnecessary–quite the contrary.  Rather, it is a defense of the polymath, of the synthesizer.  It isn’t always the subject-matter expert that comes up with the most [...] [...] hedgehogs are irrelevant or unnecessary–quite the contrary.  Rather, it is a defense of the polymath, of the synthesizer.  It isn’t always the subject-matter expert that comes up with the most [...]

]]> http://billpetti.com/2009/10/12/the-role-of-polymaths-in-innovation/#comment-157 Organizing for Innovation: A conversation with Ana Andjelic « bill | petti Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:18:51 +0000 http://billpetti.com/?p=747#comment-157 [...] piece about the impact of organizational structure and systems on performance.  In it, she cited a post I wrote on the role of polymaths in innovation.  The gist of my post was that there is evidence that [...] [...] piece about the impact of organizational structure and systems on performance.  In it, she cited a post I wrote on the role of polymaths in innovation.  The gist of my post was that there is evidence that [...]

]]> http://billpetti.com/2009/10/12/the-role-of-polymaths-in-innovation/#comment-139 jerrydej Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:32:39 +0000 http://billpetti.com/?p=747#comment-139 Bill, thanks for mentioning (via Dan Pink) our book, See New Now. Not sure what you mean by the links not working, but I can make the same offer here that we made to Mr. Pink's readers: they can see and download the whole part of the book from which that "factoid" is excerpted by going to www.seenewnow.com, clicking on the "Look Inside" icon, scrolling down to "The Louis Armstrong Effect," and clicking on the image there. The pdf that opens there can be downloaded. To avoid anyone wasting his or her time, though, let me say that the 80-percent-from outside-factoid is just that: we mention it and provide a link to the amazon.com page of the book where that case is made, and that's it; but there are some other examples there of the importance of outside perspectives for innovation (and we think it's packaged in a kind of interesting way, using the story of Louis Armstrong and Charles Black) . My best, Jerry de Jaager Bill, thanks for mentioning (via Dan Pink) our book, See New Now. Not sure what you mean by the links not working, but I can make the same offer here that we made to Mr. Pink’s readers: they can see and download the whole part of the book from which that “factoid” is excerpted by going to http://www.seenewnow.com, clicking on the “Look Inside” icon, scrolling down to “The Louis Armstrong Effect,” and clicking on the image there. The pdf that opens there can be downloaded. To avoid anyone wasting his or her time, though, let me say that the 80-percent-from outside-factoid is just that: we mention it and provide a link to the amazon.com page of the book where that case is made, and that’s it; but there are some other examples there of the importance of outside perspectives for innovation (and we think it’s packaged in a kind of interesting way, using the story of Louis Armstrong and Charles Black) .
My best,
Jerry de Jaager

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