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The Power of Serendipity in Innovation
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31:32 - 38:24 (06:52)

Sometimes sheer serendipity allows innovators to turn their frustrations into a successful idea. This can happen when unexpected events create opportunities that were otherwise unnoticed.

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The Bomber Mafia was a group of young, forward-thinking military officers who fought against the horse-riding cavalry of the 1930s and sparked a technological revolution in warfare.
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military history
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The Bomber Mafia was a group of young, forward-thinking military officers who fought against the horse-riding cavalry of the 1930s and sparked a technological revolution in warfare.

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The Power of Serendipity in Innovation
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E162: Malcolm Gladwell: Working From Home Is Destroying Us!
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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Serendipity can sometimes turn disgruntlement into innovation without the innovator even realizing it.
33:59 - 36:55 (02:56)
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Innovation
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Serendipity can sometimes turn disgruntlement into innovation without the innovator even realizing it. A lot of successful ideas are created when people turn their negative emotions into creating something positive.

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The Power of Serendipity in Innovation
Episode
E162: Malcolm Gladwell: Working From Home Is Destroying Us!
Podcast
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
The story of an American biochemist's life-long mission to demonstrate that starving cancer tumors of blood would kill the tumors, and the question of whether he died believing in his life's passion.
36:55 - 38:24 (01:29)
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cancer research
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The story of an American biochemist's life-long mission to demonstrate that starving cancer tumors of blood would kill the tumors, and the question of whether he died believing in his life's passion.

Chapter
The Power of Serendipity in Innovation
Episode
E162: Malcolm Gladwell: Working From Home Is Destroying Us!
Podcast
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett