Comments on: Happenstance and productivity http://redcatco.com/blog/productivity/happenstance-and-productivity/ People Technology Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:20:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Benjamin http://redcatco.com/blog/productivity/happenstance-and-productivity/#comment-1611 Benjamin Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:54:28 +0000 http://redcatco.com/blog/?p=453#comment-1611 Thank you Anne Marie - I'll comeback to the knowledge management one in another post :) Matt - I'll check that one out. Quirkology is another good book with some interesting pieces about 'luck' and lucky 'people'. The big question for me, is how you 'plan' for creativity... Thank you Anne Marie - I’ll comeback to the knowledge management one in another post :)

Matt - I’ll check that one out. Quirkology is another good book with some interesting pieces about ‘luck’ and lucky ‘people’.

The big question for me, is how you ‘plan’ for creativity…

]]> By: Matthew Cornell http://redcatco.com/blog/productivity/happenstance-and-productivity/#comment-1607 Matthew Cornell Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:11:55 +0000 http://redcatco.com/blog/?p=453#comment-1607 Nice post, Benjamin. You really, REALLY should read "How to attract good luck" by Carr. He discusses at length how important these happenstances are, and how to foster them. He agrees with one of your points in particular - getting out more, and (importantly) meeting new people. "Don't trust strangers" is probably find advice, but trusting is different from fearing them - they're crucial to luck! Cheers, matt Nice post, Benjamin. You really, REALLY should read “How to attract good luck” by Carr. He discusses at length how important these happenstances are, and how to foster them. He agrees with one of your points in particular - getting out more, and (importantly) meeting new people. “Don’t trust strangers” is probably find advice, but trusting is different from fearing them - they’re crucial to luck!

Cheers,

matt

]]> By: anne marie mcewan http://redcatco.com/blog/productivity/happenstance-and-productivity/#comment-1603 anne marie mcewan Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:35:18 +0000 http://redcatco.com/blog/?p=453#comment-1603 Hi Benjamin Great post! One of my very favourite words is 'serendipity'. I also love the Chambers dictionary (weird, I know) so I often look up words, even when I know what they mean, to see the etymology of a word. This is what I found for serendipity, "Serendip, a former name for Sri Lanka. Horace Walpole coined the word (1754) from the title of the fairy-tale 'The Three Princes of Serendip', whose heroes 'were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of." Knowledge management? Not possible, in my view. But designing an organisational environment and systems to support people in their informal learning, making discoveries (of people and information) by accident and sagacity? In other words encouraging 'structured randomness' (term brought to my attention by Dr Alan Rae). Very possible, and a smart thing for leaders to consider. Hi Benjamin

Great post!

One of my very favourite words is ’serendipity’. I also love the Chambers dictionary (weird, I know) so I often look up words, even when I know what they mean, to see the etymology of a word.

This is what I found for serendipity, “Serendip, a former name for Sri Lanka. Horace Walpole coined the word (1754) from the title of the fairy-tale ‘The Three Princes of Serendip’, whose heroes ‘were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of.”

Knowledge management? Not possible, in my view. But designing an organisational environment and systems to support people in their informal learning, making discoveries (of people and information) by accident and sagacity? In other words encouraging ’structured randomness’ (term brought to my attention by Dr Alan Rae). Very possible, and a smart thing for leaders to consider.

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