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The first telephone booths in Zagreb were installed in 1889, 8 years after the first telephone. But they were only installed in train stations, hospitals and post offices... It was not until the 1930's that free-standing telephone booths were installed in the streets. And in their first year of operation, almost half a million calls were made from them... When a new technology comes in we seem to quickly think of "how" it should be used - (Telephone booths should be at train stations and hospitals) - and then we think we have figured out the new tech. But we often miss the other opportunities that are out there. Turns out there was a huge demand for telephone booths all over town... What tech do you think we have "figured out" only to, in a few years time, suddenly realise that the big potential for this tech was somewhere else? (I learned about the Zagreb telephone booth story at their Nikola Tesla Technical Museum, that I visited last week before delivering my speech at LEAP. As someone who is into creativity and innovation I could not miss a tour to a Tesla Technical Museum. ;) #leap20223 #zagreb #creatiivty #creativityexplorer
Sasha Sadovnikova
11mo
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11moNice. Fredrik Haren . The phone booth reminds me of the creative use of one in a lux resort in the Maldives. Afeef Hussain