”Jesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away…. ” the beautiful song of Beatles is forever reframed in my mind. Somehow I feel today – when my book project is emerging – the urgent need to launch the amazing word ’Jesterday’….a conclusive notion of my feelings and wisdom of our world. Jesterday is a day
“Time is now currency: It is not passed but spent,” wrote historian E. P. Thompson. I think this is so true – and so sad. When time becomes your boss – and most scarce resource (currency) , instead of being your friend and servant, that has severe consequences. When haste is defining and limiting your
Do you feel insecure, feeling like having no clear understanding about where the world is heading? Major political changes (Trump, Brexit…. and much more to come) together with rapid disruption of many traditional businesses (hotel, taxi service, publication etc) may cause you to feel uncertain and insecure. But let me encourage – or shock you,
This book is like a fresh breeze from emerald mountains for the dust covered masses in huge metropolises. The pure power of it comes from the independent and sharp thinking of the author and those like-minded forerunners to who’s work he also refers to. It is a book of serendipity, but moreover it is a
I just finished reading ”The Neo-Generalist” a new book written by my friend Kenneth Mikkelsen and his co-author Richard Martin. I have to admit that it took me a while. It wasn’t that kind of a book, you feel like you have to finish as soon as you have started reading it. This one clearly
Platform thinking is gaining momentum and for a good reason. It has disrupted many industries already and it will re-shape our business ecosystem thinking in an ever increasing speed. The consequences of this evolution process will be huge and therefore it’s fundamental for us as individuals and a society to adapt to these changes, the
Do you want to live either in Novaya Zemlya, the most northern, rocky, barren, icebound, cold, and deserted island of Russia – or in Sri Lanka, a southern land of spice and warmth, lush greenery and hummingbirds, sea-washed, sun-basted? Do you want to make unhappy, unlucky and expected discoveries by design – or do you
I have recently been inspired by reading Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s book ” Antifragility – Things That Gain from Disorder”. Taleb is a well known philosopher, and to my understanding he is greatly respected among people who really are interested about our future and are living on the edge. And as all great thinkers throughout the
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”Jesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away…. ” the beautiful song of Beatles is forever reframed in my mind. Somehow I feel today – when my book project is emerging – the urgent need to launch the amazing word ’Jesterday’….a conclusive notion of my feelings and wisdom of our world. Jesterday is a day
Mysticism and synchronicity have been present from the beginning. When we decided to undertake the mission entrusted in a dream to my husband by his daughter Ana Mercedes, who had died in a car accident aged 15, we had only two things: a commitment to execute it with excellence in her memory; and faith that
In this YouTube presentation Anabel Quan – Haase explains some of the results of serendipity research. Watch the clip here A great overview of the current status of serendipity research. Yet, it surprising how little serious research in this field has been conducted.
Please find here my guest blog in Workspace Insight publication. It’s explaining the wider context in workspace design and management issues and introduces new ways to harness serendipity in institutional settings. This is more like an introduction to the topic, it will be followed by a three part series about areas mentioned in the article.
Ilkka Kakko (@Serendipitor) will have a presentation: “Respect Serendipity” – at the Opening Event of a Seminar Series: “FUTURE OF LEARNING AND WORK AT AALTO” The seminar is open for students, faculty and staff of Aalto University. It is part of the ongoing development of Aalto University’s learning and working environments and feeds to the
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Do you feel insecure, feeling like having no clear understanding about where the world is heading? Major political changes (Trump, Brexit…. and much more to come) together with rapid disruption of many traditional businesses (hotel, taxi service, publication etc) may cause you to feel uncertain and insecure. But let me encourage – or shock you,