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An Invitation to Begin Your Peregrinaggio
An excerpt from the introduction to Authentic Serendipity Dear readers, I invite you to begin your own Peregrinaggio—a pilgrimage of […]
The Coincidensity Hunters: Are You Interested in Me — or What You Can Get from Me?
Six boxes of business cards, thousands of encounters, and the uncomfortable truth about modern networking culture. We were moving house […]
Lessons Learned. Never Used. – What “Fail Often. Fail Fast.” Leaves Out
Who is your favorite philosopher? Mine is Yogi Berra. Fat Tony comes a close second. Both have a gift […]
Why We Kill Anomalies – Just When Understanding Could Begin?
Stories of serendipitous discovery are well known. We have learned many elegant episodes about serendipity; they are usually told as […]
A Closer Look at the Content of “Authentic Serendipity-and Why We Need 21st-Century Jesters”
Welcome to a look inside my new book, Authentic Serendipity — and Why We Need 21st-Century Jesters. What began as […]
The Book I Wrote—and the Book That Rewrote Me
When Writing Becomes a Peregrinaggio My new book, Authentic Serendipity—and Why We Need 21st-Century Jesters, has now been published. Writing […]
From Brain Drain to Brain Gravity
Building a living laboratory for international collaboration, sustainable development and a new generation of innovation ecosystems. Welcome to Oasis Seychelles! […]
The Missing Layer in AI Strategy: Cognitive Infrastructure
AI Is Becoming a Commodity. Cognitive Infrastructure Is Still Missing. AI is rapidly becoming a commodity. But mainly at the […]
The Genius of “What If…?”
There may be no cheaper creativity tool in the world. No workshop is required. No facilitator. No Post-it notes. No […]
Why Walpole Got It All Wrong – I Finally Found a Reason Why Serendipity Research Is Ambiguous
The Mysteries Around the Origins of Serendipity For more than 250 years, the official origin story of serendipity has rested […]
The Diversity Paradox Revisited – How the Book Project Cultivated My Thinking
Why I No Longer Think Facilitation Is Enough A few days ago, while revisiting my old presentation materials, I stumbled […]