Social origin of good ideas

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Nice piece that Gareth has pointed out to us from the Clay archives on how many innovative ideas seem to be bridging responses to "social holes…"

"People focus on activities inside their own group,
which creates holes in the information flow of information across
structural holes. People with contacts in separate groups broker the
flow of information across structural holes. Brokerage is social
capital in that brokers have a competitive advantage in creating value
with projects that integrate otherwise separate ways of thinking or
behaving.

Much of the paper is focused on structural holes in business
settings, arguing that brokers create much of the value we associate
with innovation"

Another example of how together we're smarter even than the smartest one amongst us…