Innovation resulting from
unique connections
Imagine you open up a comic book and the first page shows a close up of a man’s smirking face. You have no context. Who is this man? Why is he smirking? “He seems pretty smug,” you may think. You turn the page to get more information about why he is smirking. The next page, … Read more
Where do you discover new ideas? How do you find inspiration? What gives you new perspectives? What is the flash that takes you from something routine and conventional to something rare and extraordinary? How do you learn to create? How do you place ourselves in situations where creativity flows through you? How do you create … Read more
Once you start noticing lucky links, when individuals stumble upon something that was completely unexpected, previously unimagined, and altogether novel, we begin to see how frequently they appeared in history. In fact, many recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physics were just such individuals. The first Nobel Physics prize winner was German professor Wilhelm Röntgen … Read more
History is crowded with countless individuals who set out to find something but ended up finding a variation of what they were seeking. Columbus happened upon the Americas while looking for the Spice Islands of Asia. Edison discovered that bamboo was a more efficient material for the light-bulb filament than cotton. These discoveries were part … Read more
A singular link is the fusion of independent elements that together form something novel. One classic archetype of a singular link is the romantic couple. Two people unite to create the relationship, which is its very own entity: the couple-entity. The couple has two constituents (person A and person B) which together develop certain characteristics … Read more
“An amazing number of ideas that shape our 20th century lives came first as inspirations in dreams. Philo T Fransworth dreamed the basic idea for t.v. When he was still a kid in high school. Elias Howe invented the sewing machine while trying to escape from cannibals in his nightmare. Albert Einstein first figured out … Read more
“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” This quote, attributed to Thomas Edison, emphasizes the importance of dedication, of commitment, of stick-to-itiveness. Those are fine qualities for a person to possess. But to me, the really interesting question is, Where does that one percent come from? What is the source of the idea? … Read more
SingularLinks is a site devoted to the creative fusion of independent elements. Here we explore the union of influences resulting in novel ideas, perspectives, transformations, innovations. This is where we dissect the anatomy of inspiration and savor the intoxicating aroma of ingenuity. BANG! Hello, and welcome.