Tony told the CGI America audience that he "uses the word collisions a lot," in terms of thinking, "How do we get people in the community to have serendipitous encounters with each other as often as possible?" To promote interaction between Zappos' employees and people in the community, Tony removed the bridge that runs directly from the parking lot into the office building.
Some had serendipitous connections to Lennon.
Further south, past the most majestic cliffs, we had another serendipitous encounter with wildlife near San Simeon.
Mr. Rascoff was a partner at the Manhattan accounting firm Hurdman & Cranstoun in 1974 when he had a serendipitous encounter at an office urinal with Prince Rupert zu Loewenstein, the financial adviser for the Rolling Stones.
On this star-making path, they had a serendipitous encounter with Israeli illusionist Uri Geller in London's Covent Garden.
He has arranged for his characters to have their fateful and serendipitous encounters in upscale touristy locations that look as if they were filmed on Planet Curtis: Notting Hill, the banks of the Thames by Westminster, Bond Street, Tate Modern and West End theatreland.
They occur when people of diverse talents and mind-sets and expertise are brought together, preferably in close physical proximity where they can have frequent meetings and serendipitous encounters.
Over the years the theater has come to embody the serendipitous encounters that make the city so important to me.
He offered Margaret and me the last few swallows from his pint of Evan Williams bourbon, and told me about the past year, which, for him, had been filled with adventure, serendipitous encounters, and the kindness of many strangers.
For many, questions get raised through serendipitous encounters with the materials.
Google, for instance, has a room in their Chicago office crafted to resemble an intimate speakeasy, a common space for employees that promotes cross-departmental "serendipitous encounters". Or take Groupon, which uses carnivals, tiki huts, and enchanted forests motifs to spark employee creativity.
