--- title: Chance Favours the Connected Mind... description: "Take a few minutes out to review this video by Steven Johnson, author of \"Where Good Ideas Come From\" and proponent of coffee shop innovation" --- This is a search field with an autosuggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. # Chance Favours the Connected Mind... ![Bob Apollo](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/78fa41976d534cacbb0e22e151bc6816) Post by [Bob Apollo](https://www.inflexion-point.com/blog/author/bob-apollo) September 23, 2010 Take a few minutes out to review this video by Steven Johnson, author of "Where Good Ideas Come From".  He debunks the thought that an idea is a singular thing - and replaces it with the suggestion that an idea is a network. He looks for the signature behaviours that underpin creative environments and goes on to explain why - if you want to foster innovation - your office should look like a coffee shop. He rounds the story off with an illuminating explanation of how creative thinking stimulated the invention of the GPS network. ###### Tags: [Scalable Systems, ](https://www.inflexion-point.com/blog/topic/scalable-systems) [Thought Leaders](https://www.inflexion-point.com/blog/topic/thought-leaders) ![Bob Apollo](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/78fa41976d534cacbb0e22e151bc6816) Post by [Bob Apollo](https://www.inflexion-point.com/blog/author/bob-apollo) September 23, 2010 Bob Apollo is a Fellow of the Institute of Sales Professionals, a regular contributor to the International Journal of Sales Transformation and Top Sales World Magazine, and the driving force behind Inflexion-Point Strategy Partners, the leading proponents of outcome-centric selling. Following a successful corporate career spanning start-ups, scale-ups and market leaders, Bob now works as a strategic advisor, mentor, trainer and coach to ambitious B2B sales organisations - teaching them how to differentiate themselves through their provably superior approach to achieving their customer's desired outcomes. [Follow me on my website](https://www.inflexion-point.com) [Follow me on LinkedIn ](https://uk.linkedin.com/in/bobapollo) [Follow me on Twitter ](https://twitter.com/bobapollo) ### Comments ###### Related Articles ### [Research Shows That Growing Companies Adopt Cloud Computing Faster](https://www.inflexion-point.com/Blog/bid/57765/Research-Shows-That-Growing-Companies-Adopt-Cloud-Computing-Faster) Posted by **[Bob Apollo](https://www.inflexion-point.com/blog/author/bob-apollo),** **Mar 03, 2011** Recent research by MarketBridge confirms that migration to the “Cloud” is accelerating - and that some fascinating patterns ... ### [Why Nokia Fell From Grace](https://www.inflexion-point.com/Blog/bid/56458/Why-Nokia-Fell-From-Grace) Posted by **[Bob Apollo](https://www.inflexion-point.com/blog/author/bob-apollo),** **Feb 10, 2011** My first few mobile phones were all made by Nokia. They earned my brand loyalty with devices that performed well and - in ... ### [Only 3 things matter when qualifying a sales opportunity...](https://www.inflexion-point.com/Blog/bid/50331/Only-3-things-matter-when-qualifying-a-sales-opportunity) Posted by **[Bob Apollo](https://www.inflexion-point.com/blog/author/bob-apollo),** **Nov 08, 2010** There are few things more impressive than a consistently successful sales person. Over the years, I’ve sought to identify ... [![Outcome-Centric Selling Academy offer](https://www.inflexion-point.com/hubfs/OCSA%20CTA%20300x300.png) ](https://inflexion-point.thinkific.com/) Subscribe Categories - [Complex Sales (375)](https://www.inflexion-point.com/blog/topic/complex-sales) - [B2B Marketing (200)](https://www.inflexion-point.com/blog/topic/b2b-marketing) - [B2B Buying Process (122)](https://www.inflexion-point.com/blog/topic/b2b-buying-process) - [Value Selling System (114)](https://www.inflexion-point.com/blog/topic/value-selling-system) - [Outcome-Centric Selling (100)](https://www.inflexion-point.com/blog/topic/outcome-centric-selling) - [Scalable Systems (89)](https://www.inflexion-point.com/blog/topic/scalable-systems) - [Thought Leaders (75)](https://www.inflexion-point.com/blog/topic/thought-leaders) - [Revenue Management (59)](https://www.inflexion-point.com/blog/topic/revenue-management) - [Opportunity Qualification (36)](https://www.inflexion-point.com/blog/topic/opportunity-qualification) - [Intelligent Targeting (35)](https://www.inflexion-point.com/blog/topic/intelligent-targeting) - [CSO Insights (32)](https://www.inflexion-point.com/blog/topic/cso-insights) - [Sales Enablement (31)](https://www.inflexion-point.com/blog/topic/sales-enablement) - [Selling in the Breakthrough Zone (31)](https://www.inflexion-point.com/blog/topic/selling-in-the-breakthrough-zone) - [Sales + Marketing Alignment (30)](https://www.inflexion-point.com/blog/topic/sales-marketing-alignment) - [CRM (24)](https://www.inflexion-point.com/blog/topic/crm)