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If you have enjoyed this summary of jonah lehrers imagine. Lehrer examines how social interaction and collaboration promote creativity within a company, using pixar studios as an example, and how these factors operate in communities, citing silicon valley and tel aviv as places that foster innovation by enabling people to interact, converse with strangers as well as colleagues and encounter new ideas. Read jonah lehrers bio and get latest news stories and articles. What lehrer achieves in the book overall is a roaming yet cohesive description of the creative process, applied across disciplines. That dylan observation can be found in the first chapter of journalist jonah lehrers bestselling new book imagine.
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