For innovation to truly have impact, it has to spread throughout the system, not just in the technology labs.
Achieving focus is a matter of investing sufficient time in mustering the will to do so, whilst knowing that the Tetris pieces keep falling.
Do you have any domestic luxuries?
I've got a radio that occasionally I listen to. It's portable. It's got an antenna. I've put a piece of aluminum foil on it that gives me a little bit better reception. And a refrigerator.
Serendipity comes about when you're in motion, when you're doing stuff. Serendipitous network intelligence turn up in similar ways - when you're engaging people. If you're in touch and top of mind, someone may forward an email with information that's relevant just because they're thinking of you.
But if Bolsa Familia only accounted for 15 to 20 percent of the drop in income inequality in Brazil, what contributed the most? The same two studies agree that rising wages among the poor were the main driver of the decline in inequality in Brazil. While their methodologies differ slightly, the studies show that changes in labor income accounted for 55 to 60 percent of the drop in income inequality. And why did wages for the poor rise? Even before Bolsa Familia, the Brazilian government adopted policies that expanded access to education.