Tokyo and tech through the eyes of a split pea

Creativity

Like I’ve been saying for years, creativity is spawned from the interconnection of non-obvious circles.

“My M.B.A. students tell me all the time: ‘Don’t disseminate this. This should be our little secret,’” Mr. Burt said. But he tells them there are more than enough structural holes to go around. The reason? Laziness, mostly. “Often people are like sheep eating grass,” Mr. Burt said. “They’re so focused on what’s right in front of them, they don’t look for the whole.”

Funny, sounds like a company I work for – or at least one of its divisions. Full NYT article here.