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    How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery
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    How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery

    Written by Kevin Ashton

    Narrated by Kevin Ashton

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    About this audiobook

    As a technology pioneer at MIT and as the leader of three successful start-ups, Kevin Ashton experienced firsthand the all-consuming challenge of creating something new. Now, in a tour-de-force narrative twenty years in the making, Ashton leads us on a journey through humanity's greatest creations to uncover the surprising truth behind who creates and how they do it. From the crystallographer's laboratory where the secrets of DNA were first revealed by a long forgotten woman, to the electromagnetic chamber where the stealth bomber was born on a twenty-five-cent bet, to the Ohio bicycle shop where the Wright brothers set out to "fly a horse," Ashton showcases the seemingly unremarkable individuals, gradual steps, multiple failures, and countless ordinary and usually uncredited acts that lead to our most astounding breakthroughs.

    Creators, he shows, apply in particular ways the everyday, ordinary thinking of which we are all capable, taking thousands of small steps and working in an endless loop of problem and solution. He examines why innovators meet resistance and how they overcome it, why most organizations stifle creative people, and how the most creative organizations work. Drawing on examples from art, science, business, and invention, from Mozart to the Muppets, Archimedes to Apple, Kandinsky to a can of Coke, How to Fly a Horse is a passionate and immensely rewarding exploration of how "new" comes to be.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJan 20, 2015
    ISBN9780553399134
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    • 5/5
      The best book on creativity, innovation, and working in pairs or teams that I’ve ever read. Bought 5 physical copies to give to friends and clients. A must read for anyone interested in creating, doing, innovating, or becoming more effective in their craft.
    • 5/5
      This book is for people who want to learn about creativity and who enjoy a little history and science. While I enjoy the usual books about creativity by and for artists, this one was so much more useful to me because it discussed so much more than just artistic creativity.The author debunks the myth of the creative genius and the eureka moment while using art, science, invention, and business as examples of creativity and the creative process. He not only talks about the ingredients for great things, but all the impediments. It's an incredibly interesting book full of history and wisdom.