The Medici Effect, With a New Preface and Discussion Guide

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title
3. Copyright
4. Contents
5. Foreword, by Teresa Amabile
6. Preface
7. Acknowledgments
8. Introduction
9. PART ONE : The Intersection
   1. one: The Intersection—Your Best Chance to Innovate: Monkeys and Mind Readers
   2. two: The Rise of Intersections: The Sounds of Shakira and the Emotions of Shrek
10. PART TWO : Creating the Medici Effect
    1. three: Break Down the Barriers Between Fields: Sea Urchin Lollipops and Darwin’s Finches
    2. four: How to Make the Barriers Fall: Heathrow Tunnel and Restaurants Without Food
    3. five: Randomly Combine Concepts: Card Games and Sky Rises
    4. six: How to Find the Combinations: Meteorite Crashes and Code Breakers
    5. seven: Ignite an Explosion of Ideas: Submarines and Tubular Bells
    6. eight: How to Capture the Explosion: MacGyver and Boiling Potatoes
11. PART THREE : Making Intersectional Ideas Happen
    1. nine: Execute Past Your Failures: Violence and School Curricula
    2. ten: How to Succeed in the Face of Failure: Palm Pilots and Counterproductive Carrots
    3. eleven: Break Out of Your Network: Ants and Truck Drivers
    4. twelve: How to Leave the Network Behind: Penguins and Meditation
    5. thirteen: Take Risks and Overcome Fear: Airplanes and Serial Entrepreneurs
    6. fourteen: How to Adopt a Balanced View of Risk: Elephants and Epidemics
    7. fifteen: Step into the Intersection … and Create the Medici Effect
12. Notes
13. Index
14. Discussion Guide
15. About the Author