The book invites us to reframe how we see ourselves and the world, so we can stay composed in pivotal moments, sustain courage over time, and inspire what Ranjay calls “collective courage”. As he once put it at our Academy of Management serendipity symposium, “we should give luck a chance!"

Many thanks for your kind words, @buildit.bsky.social, much appreciated!

If you are working on new research (or stories) on serendipity, please share below so we can keep the conversation going!
P.S. For those working on research related to chance and serendipity, here’s the SMJ special issue call for papers: bit.ly/smjserendipity

This paper is very close to my heart, shaped by many of these conversations. It develops a theory grounded in three elements (agency, surprise, & value) that clarifies how serendipity differs from luck & shows how individuals and organizations can create the conditions for it: bit.ly/JMSSerendipity

Some of my favorite moments:

- Neurodiversity as a driver of serendipity ("active luck"), and especially how people with ADHD can excel at connecting dots others might overlook.

- The reminder that small shifts matter; sometimes all it takes is asking a different question.

There’s also a free, downloadable 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 — with key exercises and practices to help build your “serendipity muscle”: 📘 theserendipitymindset.com/resources/