The Medici Effect, Frans Johansson
The Medici Effect, Frans Johansson
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The Medici Effect
What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation

Author: Frans Johansson

Narrator: Frans Johansson

Unabridged: 6 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/14/2017


Synopsis

Why do so many world-changing insights come from people with little or no related experience? Charles Darwin was a geologist when he proposed the theory of evolution. And it was an astronomer who finally explained what happened to the dinosaurs.

Frans Johansson's The Medici Effect shows how breakthrough ideas most often occur when we bring concepts from one field into a new, unfamiliar territory, and offers examples on how we can turn the ideas we discover into path-breaking innovations.

About Frans Johansson

Frans Johansson, the founder and CEO of the Medici Group, is the bestselling author of The Click Moment. He advises Fortune 100 senior executives on strategy and speaks to audiences worldwide about innovation, leadership, and success.

Born and raised in Sweden, Frans has lived all his life at the intersection. He has founded a software company, an international healthcare firm, and a hedge fund, and has published articles on healthcare, information technology, and the science of sport fishing. Frans holds a BS from Brown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Carl Audric on March 11, 2021

It's a great book on breaking down the barriers that hinder us from creativity. The book has insightful content and inspiring stories for those who wish to make a mark in the world. For the immediate future (i.e. school), this will surely help in brainstorming and coming up with quality/original ide......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on February 19, 2014

My disjointed notes from 2 and a half read-throughs. 17: Dawkins - Ideas are genetic. They propagate in the same way. 21: Seemingly unrelated concepts can almost always be combined in unexpected and potentially useful ways. Specialization has led to fragmentation of knowledge but the trend is reversin......more

Goodreads review by David on December 27, 2020

Innovations come primarily from intersections. These are intersections between fields, between sciences, cultures, and geographic regions. The book is fun to read, and seems to be based mainly on anecdotes. But, there isn't much new here. Just a few weeks ago I read the book Range: Why Generalists T......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on February 22, 2018

One day as my friend and fellow author Henry Sienkiewicz were talking current events, philosophy, and how ideas rub against each other to form knew thoughts, he made a dash to his bookshelf and pulled out this book called the Medici Effect. He thought it would be an interesting fit. He was right. The......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on September 08, 2022

A ground breaking book about innovation. Innovation happens often at the intersection in 2 or more disparate fields. The whole world has been converted and in the National University of Singapore the Arts and Science departments have been merged to facilitate this effect. The Medici were so rich, th......more