There is no such thing as a truly original idea. Admit it, you’ve borrowed an idea before: from a competitor, a coworker, or the kid sitting next to you in the fifth grade. Borrowing Brilliance is a controversial, “big think” audiobook, challenging our notions of intellectual property and authorship, and exploring the evolution of a creative idea. Creative ideas were once the territory of the entrepreneur, the marketing department, and the advertising agency, but now they are the responsibility of every employee within a company. A new business discipline is emerging—“innovation” is now a department in many creative companies, tasked with generating new ideas. Murray knows because he was the head of innovation for the Fortune 500 software company Intuit. He was charged with teaching “creativity” to the members of the company. And that’s where his “borrowing brilliance” program originated. Most people believe creativity is a gift; that it can’t be taught; that it’s innate in your thinking process, and either you have it or you don’t. But Murray lifts the veil off the creative process, bringing it from the shadows of the subconscious mind into the conscious world. Creativity is not the result of divine intervention; it is something that can be learned and it is easily within reach.
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"Am learning how to be successful by looking at others' blue prints. Worth every seconds of your day to read this book till the end."
— Raden (5 out of 5 stars)
" Interesting read - applies a principle I learned in the arts to business - great artists steal. :) "
— James, 8/29/2012" simple, ok, not earth shattering yet but a good guide to creative principles. "
— Chris, 3/30/2012David Kord Murray began his career as an aerospace engineer working on the conceptual development team for the International Space Station. He has also been an entrepreneur, inventor, and Fortune 500 executive. He was the head of innovation for the software company Intuit and held similar positions at other Fortune 500 companies.
Patrick Lawlor, an award-winning narrator, is also an accomplished stage actor, director, and combat choreographer. He has worked extensively off Broadway and has been an actor and stuntman in both film and television. He has been an Audie Award finalist multiple times and has garnered several AudioFile Earphones Awards, a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award, and many starred audio reviews from Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews.