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Multiple-Nobel-Prize-winner Linus Pauling once said that the way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas, and throw the bad ones away. Steven M. Johnson is someone who has a lot of ideas. A lot of them. His inventions take me back to my youth, when I would see those crazy gadgets in issues of Mad Magazine. This book is no longer in print, but you may still be able to pick up a used copy somewhere. Bruce Nussbaum believes Design Thinking is dead and that Creative Intelligence is the next thing. If that’s true, then Steven Johnson is a good place to start developing your CI. Allison Arieff wrote about Johnson in The New York Times and has an interview with him in Design Mind. If you’re not familiar with Johnson, these articles can give you a taste of what you’re missing and may even get your own creative juices flowing.
