The intersection: your best chance to innovate: monkeys and mind readers

The rise of intersections: the sounds of Shakira and the emotions of Shrek

Break down the barriers between fields: sea urchin lollipops and Darwin's finches

How to make the barriers fall: Heathrow Tunnel and restaurants without food

Randomly combine concepts: card games and sky rises

How to find the combinations: meteorite crashes and code breakers

Ignite an explosion of ideas: submarines and tubular bells

How to capture the explosion: MacGyver and boiling potatoes

Execute past your failures: violence and school curricula

How to succeed in the face of failure: Palm Pilots and counterproductive carrots

Break out of your network: ants and truck drivers

How to leave the network behind: penguins and meditation

Take risks and overcome fear: airplanes and serial entrepreneurs

How to adopt a balanced view of risk: elephants and epidemics

Step into the intersection and create the Medici effect.