"Imagine a world driven by curiosity, opportunity and a sense of connection, rather than by fear, scarcity and jealousy." (Dr Christian Busch, The Serendipity Mindset)

🍀 How to Create Your Own Luck: Prof. Christian Busch on Turning Chance into Opportunity! What if luck wasn’t random - but a skill you could develop? 🤔 Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=R1jDv0… Join Christian Busch as he unpacks The Serendipity Mindset & shares how unexpected

How can we create "active luck" for impact and innovation? Looking forward to this upcoming NGO Academy keynote on The Serendipity Mindset (virtual/open to all). Join us? 🗓️ 21 May 2025 | 🕕 6:00–7:30pm CEST | 💻 Online 🔗 bit.ly/ngoserendipity

I’ve been a writer my entire adult life. I’ve Written… Speeches for a vice president. 7 nonfiction books. Hundreds of articles. Here are the 6 rules I follow to make writing actually work 👇

How we talk about luck—and serendipity—shapes how we experience it. In this conversation with Dr. K., we explore how language, culture, and mindset influence our ability to spot and act on the unexpected. From etymologies to leadership under uncertainty, we discuss how

A big thank you to the organizers of the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference for an inspiring few days! Beyond learning from so many great conversations (and sharing some of our recent work), I was also grateful for the chance to talk about the upcoming

Life’s twists aren’t always in our control; but how we respond is. It was a real pleasure to speak at the recent Learn-A-Thon hosted by PayPal, where we explored how "career luck" can be cultivated rather than left to mere chance. The idea isn’t to chase some forced notion of

Wonderful to see how much momentum the serendipity conversation is gaining at this year’s Academy of Management (Academy of Management): Annual Meeting: 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐲-𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 have won 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 (below), and there are around 20

Delighted that Dan Wadhwani will be the next Director of USC Marshall School of Business's Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies! Dan is one of the kindest, most thoughtful, and most reflective people I know, and such a great person to carry the center forward. Big kudos to Elissa Grossman for

“I asked myself: If this was the last day of my life, would I rather have dinner with the important customer or with her"? (Steve Jobs) In a recent Inc. Magazine article, Jessica Stillman shares a beautiful story (drawn from recently released emails) about how Steve Jobs met

Serendipity in action!

One of my favorite conversations at the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference was with Keith Hmieleski, about chance, serendipity, and all the beautiful unpredictabilities in between. His new paper with Andrew Fultz—who gave a superb presentation at last year’s Academy of

What if the most transformative learning moments aren't planned? A great new editorial by professor Sigrid Harendza in the GMS Journal for Medical Education explores the role of serendipity in medical education, and offers a powerful reminder for any field. From Fleming’s

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The Charterholder Chatter podcast is back with a new episode! We speak with Christian Busch about his work in the science of serendipity and how we can cultivate good luck in our own lives. We talk about his journey as a boy in Germany to his current role as an internationally

Do you have a paper idea on chance, luck, or serendipity in management? We’re excited to invite submissions for our session at the Academy of Management 2025 Annual Meeting; deadline is tomorrow (July 15)! - When & where? Saturday, July 26, 14:00–16:00, Bella Center: Auditorium 10 The

🏆 Best Paper Award 2024 | Journal of Management Studies 🏆 goes to: 🔹 Christian Busch (New York University) for his outstanding paper: "Towards a Theory of Serendipity: A Systematic Review and Conceptualization" Congratulations, Dr. Busch! #JMS #BestPaperAward

While I sadly won’t be at the Academy of Management tomorrow, I’m excited that two inspiring co-authors of mine will be presenting some of our our latest work on serendipity, complexity, and unintended consequences: 1) Matthew Grimes will present our joint work with Kathleen

One of the reasons I love academia: working with curious, hardworking students to prepare them for a meaningful (and lucky!) life by “cultivating serendipity.” This year’s 55 MBA students in our USC Marshall School of Business Career Launchpad (Consulting Track) brought incredible energy, sharp

How do we turn the unexpected into something valuable? Over the past few years, I’ve been part of a growing community exploring this question. I’m thrilled that one outcome—a paper developing a theory of serendipity—has just received the 2024 Best Paper Award from the