serendipity happens in life and business
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The slides from a talk I gave at Switch Conference, April 2011, Oporto: http://www.switchconf.com/TRANSCRIPT
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S... happens in life and businesses...
and it should!
Ana Silvaaka @AnaDataGirl
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Once upon a time...
@leebryant
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@ananeves
#switchconf » Ricardo » »
Kushtrim » Christian »
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Common elements?
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people
network effects
events
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one concept
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serendipity
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http://fineartamerica.com/featured/serendipity-jason-torgerson.html
Serendipity - Jason Torgerson
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One of the most popular words in the English
language
One of the hardest to translate
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ser.en.dip.i.ty (n)≠ luck or fate
“elevate randomness into an art form”
“Look for something, find something else…”Lawrence Block
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serendipity and the web?
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on the web, every link & every page of search results can lead to … serendipitous discoveries
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http://www.mindmapart.com/stumbleupon-traffic-mind-map-adam-sicinski/
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“Serendipity powers the social web. It’s why every website has a “share this” link...”
Derek Powazek
#HashtagsDriveSerendipity
#NetworkDrivesSerendipity
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serendipity and business?
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serendipity engines for customers
http://sixdegrees.hu/last.fm/images/lastfm_4096_graph_black_labels.png
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serendipity & innovation
“it has always been present in discovery”
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serendipity & innovation
Post-it notes: a serendipitous
invention?
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serendipity & innovation
Connecting people to
people & to ideas
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serendipity means socialcreate opportunities for serendipitous conversations
stimulating connections person to person
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serendipity means socialdesigning for serendipity
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serendipity means socialdesigning for serendipity
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serendipity means socialsoftware
enhancing serendipity
discovering internal talent/ expertise/ ideas
stimulating network effects
bridging weak ties
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“Connections among people are made based on active collaboration but also by searching for people and ideas and
by serendipity”
Doug Solomon - CTO IDEO
http://www.managementexchange.com/story/tube-ideo-builds-collaboration-system-inspires-through-passion
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serendipity and you?
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serendipity: it happens!
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serendipity: make it happen
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“If I had to describe SXSW, or ‘spring break for geeks’ in only one word, it would be ‘serendipitous’.”
Wendy Tan-White
“The highlight of SXSW was the great people you met in those seemingly “accidental moments”.”
Sean Wood
Image credit Luca Sartoni
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serendipity: make it happen
gather the right people » diversity
don't dwell on making history » enjoy
keep the agenda loose & social » conversations
establish consistency » frequency
keep it ridiculous » fun!
Scott McDowell
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@AnaDataGirlwww.artlifework.com
Embrace change, embrace serendipity