Shenk’s “Powers Of Two”: 3 Takes
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When Joshua Wolf Shenk’s book Powers Of Two: Finding The Essence Of Innovation In Creative Pairs was published in 2014, Michael Gerber, Devin McKinney and I each wrote a post about it. Since Shenk’s book has come up in recent comments, I thought I’d bring those posts back to the forefront.
You can read take 1 here, take 2 here, and take 3 here. Add your own take in the comments!
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Thanks for these links. I love this book and ordered a copy off Amazon (it was actually a library copy, originally). For those that never read it but are curious, there are a series of excerpts on Slate called “Inside the Lennon/McCartney Connection”. Shenk also wrote a long article for The Atlantic for further reading.
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