About - Adjacent Possible
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About - Adjacent Possible
What the adjacent possible tells us is that at any moment the world is capable of extraordinary change, but only certain changes can happen.
Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From
The adjacent possible is about taking two seemingly unconnected ideas and metaphorically placing them next to each other to see how they might work together.
Dan Mall • “Stealing Your Way to Original Designs,” an article by Dan Mall
In his book Where Good Ideas Come From, author and researcher Steven Johnson introduced a term he borrowed from evolutionary biology: the adjacent possible. According to Johnson, “The adjacent possible is a kind of shadow future, hovering on the edges of the present state of things, a map of all the ways in which the present can reinvent itself… Wh
... See moreTodd Henry • Daily Creative: Find Your Inspiration to Spark Creative Energy and Fight Burnout
release. The trick is to figure out ways to explore the edges of possibility that surround you. This can be as simple as changing the physical environment you work in, or cultivating a specific kind of social network, or maintaining certain habits in the way you seek out and store information.
Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From
As a condition of innovation, Johnson (2010) argues, “the adjacent possible is a kind of shadow future, hovering on the edges of the present state of things, a map of all the ways in which the present can reinvent itself” (p. 31)
Perry Zurn, Dani S. Bassett • Curiosity and Networks of Possibility
A yearning for innovation requires real exploration. It requires a persistent search to try (and fail) to move your understanding forward with a new tool, a new technique, a new insight. Sadly, the first innovation often isn’t even all that helpful, but may well provide a path to ones that are. This is an idea that Steven Johnson of Where Good Idea... See more