Steven Johnson How Awesome

In this video, Steven Johnson talks about how ideas don't usually come from moments when we are working. In fact, the most ideas some from time when we are around others and perhaps having a casual conversation, or relaxing. He gives examples about how the coffee shop is involved in many people's recollection of how their ideas came about and how the GPS was created from two people thinking up a simpler idea during a lunch break.

He talks about how we should have a livelier environment to stimulate our creativity and share our ideas so we can come up with something big. We should have more open spaces to speak out our ideas because when we are away from our work, most of the time it inspires greater idea that were not as clear in our minds when our heads were filled with work and focused. 

He uses the story of how the GPS began to tell us that one small idea that seemed to make little difference at first can eventually become something used worldwide and change our lives. He uses the Darwin example too to tell us how an idea may be in our head for a long period of time but might only becomes clear to us in a later stage.

All in all, the video talks about how ideas don't usually come from where you'd expect them to come from, in an office or a lab or a workshop, and may actually come from places like a coffee shop.