When Writing Becomes a Peregrinaggio My new book, Authentic Serendipity—and Why We Need 21st-Century Jesters, has now been published. Writing […]
Tag: Arthur Koestler
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 […]
The Jester’s Inner Circle: Thinkers Who Help Us See More Clearly — And Two Who Chose Their Own Ending
My exploration of what I now call the Jester’s Inner Circle began with a re-reading of Arthur Koestler’s masterpiece The […]
Serendipity Lost —Twenty Years on the Cognitive Pilgrimage from netWork Oasis
Photo courtesy Spaces 1/2009: Peripatos – the Walk & Talk artery of netWork Oasis with its embedded GLOW competence platform […]
Social Physics, Collective Intelligence — and Why the Jester Returns
My book writing process has been a blessing. During the last one and half years I had time to reflect […]
Jerome S. Bruner: “On Knowing – Essays for the Left Hand”, (1962)
Jerome Bruner (1915–2016) was one of the most influential psychologists of the 20th century — a pioneering thinker who reshaped […]
The Whale and the Wind Turbine: A Story of Unlikely Innovation
What does a humpback whale have in common with a wind turbine? More than you might think. This is a […]
The Forgotten Act: Bruner, Koestler, and the Spacious Origins of Discovery
In 1962, American cognitive psychologist Jerome Bruner published a quiet but luminous essay titled The Act of Discovery. Just 20 […]
From Doing Mode to Insight: A Case for the 21st Century Jester
Modern work culture is suffocating under the weight of its own productivity dogma. In a compelling recent HBR article, Megan […]
Koestler’s secret – How to laugh at the absurd and through the absurd
My interest in Koestler’s work is a bit a mystery even to myself. Somehow already years ago, I felt the […]
Elon Musk – Champion of Bisociation, Part I: Case Giga Press
Arthur Koestler’s concept of bisociation, introduced in his 1964 book The Act of Creation (1964), describes the creative process as […]
Gutenberg and Darwin – Heroic Masters of the Bisociation
“My journey into understanding the creative minds behind some of humanity’s most remarkable discoveries has been nothing short of fascinating. […]