1. http://www.railsdeveloper.net
http://www.booksmith.com

2. Is it that Eureka moment or not?
http://www.tutorourfuture.com

3. An example of how a “hunch” turns into an idea! – Sputnik story.
http://d1jqu7g1y74ds1.cloudfront.net

4. http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu
The birth of “GPS” – Global Positioning System!

5. http://nixonisinhell.files.wordpress.com
Phoenix Memo – July 10, 2001
-KenWilliams
A pattern detected after
countless hours of
observation and inquiry.

6. Isolation vs. collaboration

7. http://www.airlines-inform.com
August 10, 2001

8. http://daybreakrun.com
Connecting the dots…

9. Birth of theWorldWideWeb
Tim Berners-Lee
http://images.ted.com

10. http://www.scientificamerican.com
TheWeb came into being as a slow hunch from exploration,
to a side project, to building a platform of information.

11. According to Steven Johnson:

12. http://upload.wikimedia.org
http://www.inventionmachine.com
Telling the story of the idea!

13. Ideas happen in the work place, at the coffee house,
where there are many distractions from our everyday life.

14. http://thinkprogress.org
20% time

15. http://www.ppc-advertising-guide.com
mages2.wikia.nocookie.net
Innovation
Time
Off

16. http://www.marketingpilgrim.com
Information
Organization:
Finding what
you are looking
for.

17. http://stevenberlinjohnson.typepad.com http://chenected.aiche.org
Innovation Communities

18. http://slowhunch.com
Slow Hunch

19. http://www.publicpolicy.telefonica.com
Innovation

20. Works Cited
Johnson, S. (2007). Where good ideas come from. NewYork, N.Y.: Penguin
Group Inc.
TEDTalks. (Producer). (2010, Sept ). Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come
from [WebVideo]. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks
Whamond, C. (n.d.). Slowhunch. Retrieved from http://slowhunch.com/
http://24.media.tumblr.com
It takes time for
hunches to evolve
into something
valuable.