In this TED talk, Stephen Johnson talks about "where good ideas come from", and that very rarely will an individual experience a pure "Eureka!" moment; rather that moment is the culmination of a collection of ideas (or hunches), building up and connecting with other ideas. To help facilitate the creation of great ideas, we should therefore find a way to create "liquid networks", where ideas can be connected and shared. Johnson states that most Eureka! moments didn't happen in isolated environments, rather around conference tables.
On a more abstracted note, Luis von Ahn's TED Talk on "Massive-scale online collaboration" lead me to think how the internet (or the greater community) could help make decisions, or come up with ideas to help Brisbane's future progresses. Could we perhaps use social media to determine what people think about Brisbane/the Big 5, and use that to our advantage? It's absolutely fascinating what reCAPTCHA and duolingo are achieving, and not sure how it can be used in my scenario, but it's definitely something that will be integrated further as technology and society advances.
And finally there is Tim Brown's TED Talk, "Tales of creativity and play", emphasising the need for playfulness within the workplace - allowing people to "think outside the box" and break down their reservations through experimentation. There are a few model organisations that utilise this approach: Google, Pixar, Skype, Twitter, IDEO - all of the new "up and coming" and "youthful" innovation companies.
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