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Thursday, April 22, 2004
A Prescription for Business Innovation -- Dave Pollard, one of the most prolific writers in my blogosphere, is in the middle of a three part series on innovation. Too big (in length and in content) to try to synopsize, so to whet your appetite, I'll just list a set of principles of innovation strategy that he's introduced so far...
Technology is Not Evil.
People Change Reluctantly.
Need Drives Innovation.
Innovation Starts with the Customer.
Innovation Drives Technology.
Innovations are Interconnected.
Stories Transfer Knowledge.
Innovation Requires Discipline & Patience.
Hierarchy and Autocracy are the Enemies of Innovation.
Innovation Needs an Urgent Problem.
Cooperation is Replacing Competition.
The Customer Rules.
Female Organizational Style is More Innovative Than Male.
The Emerging New Economy Will Accelerate Innovation.
I suspect that a few more principles will be added in part three, due Tuesday, April 27. Go read the first two here and here. It's a big think thing.
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