Harnessed Serendipity
In the late 1960s Spencer Silver, a chemist at the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, was hard at work developing a super strong adhesive. Eventually, however, what he produced was fantastically weak glue. But Silver simply refused to allow his “failed” experiment to dissipate into the ether. So do you know what he did? He did precisely what scientists don’t do often enough: he started talking to people and asking for help. He gave formal company presentations, he dragooned colleagues in the hallway, and he generally chatted with anyone who’d listen. Read more
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