MPR Welcomes Bestselling Author and Innovation Expert Steven Johnson in Conversation with John Moe October 15 at The UBS Forum in St. Paul

Sep 29, 2010

Admission is free and open to the public

WHAT: Bestselling author Steven Johnson joins host John Moe to discuss his new book: Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation. Using examples from science to popular culture, Johnson highlights the key principles that shape the innovative process and its ever-evolving contributions to society.

Johnson uncovers seven patterns of physical, social and technological circumstance that emerge during the generation of great ideas. The New York Times Book Review says: "The 'long zoom' approach gives Johnson's book power, makes it a tool for understanding where we stand today, and makes it satisfying."

About Steven Johnson
Steven Johnson is the author of the bestsellers The Invention of Air, The Ghost Map, Everything Bad Is Good for You, and Mind Wide Open, as well as Emergence and Interface Culture. He is the founder of a variety of influential websites--including outside.in--and writes for Time, Wired, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

About John Moe
John Moe is host of Marketplace Tech Report (formerly, Future Tense) and has been featured on public radio programs such as All Things Considered, Day to Day, The Splendid Table, and on the evening edition of Marketplace. Moe is also the former host of American Public Media's Weekend America, and a long-running technology and business program at public radio station KUOW in Seattle.

WHEN: Friday, October 15, 7-8:30 p.m.

WHERE: MPR's The UBS Forum, 480 Cedar, St. Paul

TICKETS: Admission is free but RSVP is requested. Go to mpr.org and click on "Events."