On discovering "the adjacent possible"

 Today I serendipitously discovered the "adjacent possible", through the following series of events:

1. I wrote an article on LinkedIn about analyzing the performance of complex human aggregations
2. In a discussion with Tom Nolle he was talking about the changes in organizational strategies in response to COVID19; in my mind the phrase "change begets change" came up
3. A Google search led me to the Understanding Innovation blog
4. In the sideline of that blog, I found an article about "the adjacent possible"
5. I watched the TED video by Vittorio Loreto
6. I found the Nature article from 2014, read up on Polya's Urn
7. I send a LinkedIn invite to Mr Loreto
8. I wrote this blog post to track my path of discovery