Practicing Serendipitist

Serendipity is a practice of seeking, encountering, connecting, and activating.

Anyone can bring serendipity into their life. Practicing Serendipitist will show you how—through stories, reflections, and best practices. Follow us here or on Instagram:

"Practice paying attention" Just think what you will see, what you will notice. And then what you might do with it. #Seek #Encounter #Connect #Activate #practiceserendipity practicingserendipitist.com
The rolling suitcase, like many transformative inventions, emerged from an everyday moment of frustration and an observation..... Its story reminds us how innovation often comes not from complex technological breakthroughs but from someone noticing
“The deepest problem of homogeneity is not the data that clone-like teams fail to understand, the answers they get wrong, the opportunities they don't fully exploit. No, it is the questions they are not even asking, the data they haven't thou
The discovery of DNA's structure stands as one of science's most elegant examples of serendipity meeting preparation. Their story unfolds through a series of seemingly random but pivotal moments. Read more to see how being #open, #prepared, #seizin
Picture Massachusetts in the 1930s; the Toll House Inn sits along the road between Boston and Cape Cod. This wasn't just another roadside stop - it was Ruth Graves Wakefield's pride and joy, a place where tired travelers could find comfort in colonia
Seminal work in #management and #economics has shown that up to 50% of success is what experts call 'unplanned variance'-- in other words, it simply cannot be explained by the factors that management and economics textbooks traditionally focus on&quo
#Chance #discovery involves both the phenomenon being #observed AND the intelligent, aware, and interested #observer. ▶️ Are you looking? ▶️ Are you observing? ▶️ Are you aware? #practiceserendipity practicingserendipitist.com
"...as Wozniak contemplated what he had learned, something magical happened. "The full image of the Apple I popped in my head," he would later recall." Steve Wozniak never planned to start a computer revolution when he headed to
"There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, 'Morning boys. How's the water?' And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them lo
While working at his desk one day, another #Tinder co-founder and developer, Jonathan Badeen, found himself absently shuffling a deck of cards between coding sessions. As he flicked through the cards, something clicked. The natural, fluid motion of s
Serendipity isn't just the BIG IDEAS, it's also about the small ones. #serendipity #innovation #leadership #entrepreneurs #intrapreneur practicingserendipitist.com
Diverse inputs are essential to a serendipity practice in which novel insights, ideas, and opportunities are created. "Minority viewpoints are important, not because they tend to prevail but because they stimulate divergent attention and though
In 1968, Dr. Spencer Silver was researching adhesives at 3M, aiming to create a super-strong adhesive for the aerospace industry. Instead, he created something that seemed like a failure - a "microsphere" adhesive that stuck but could also
You don't need more #intensity, you need more #consistency. Intensity impresses, consistency transforms.' -James Clear, Atomic Habits (as told by Alastair Simpson on the Design Better podcast) Intensity: 🔹 run a marathon 🔹 write a book in 30 days
Equifinality is the idea that there are multiple ways to achieve an outcome. Said another way, there are ‘multiple roads to Rome’. 〰️ How do you open your mind to all the possibilities? 〰️ How do you consider different points of view?
SERENDIPITY STORIES spreads the practice of serendipity through story. Here's mine: I was taking a walk, as I often do, deliberately not thinking about work or people, projects, or anything specific, and I had one of those moments, you know, the on
Everyone has a story, a time when #unexpected #events #triggered #action that turned into #value. The Serendipity Stories project collects these powerful stories of #serendipity to share, contribute to, and teach the practice of serendipity. 👉 L
‘Sometimes interesting things and observations are just that until one confirms their value elsewhere’ 〰️ Networks are one of the most powerful ways to unlock serendipity. It's called "network-emergent" serendipity. 〰️ Networ
Imagine two scientists working in two separate labs and one peculiar observation about rabbits' ears. One pursued it and one did not. The story illustrates how serendipity is more than just a lucky accident - it's a practice of remaining open to une
" 'Serendipity lost' is an unexpected insight that, although wise and marked by surprise, fails to result in a valuable outcome." - Samantha Copeland 💥 aka. with action comes results 💥 Embrace unexpected ideas, new connections, and 'a-h