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October 5, 2006
Not Innovation but Still Interesting

10 years of the most innovative ideas in business in not packed with ideas on innovation: it was obviously titled by someone hoping to catch the interest of those following the innovation fad. Still it has interesting stories originally published in Fast Company, including:

How to Give Good Feedback by Seth Godin
The Accidental Guru (on Malcolm Gladwell) by Danielle Sacks
Built to Flip by Jim Collins
A Design for Living by Linda Tischler
and Join the Circus by Linda Tischler

The last one is about Cirque de Soleil which is an innovator (though even in this case it seems better might be more apt than different but maybe I am being too stingy). Read more blog posts on innovation.

2 Responses to “Not Innovation but Still Interesting”

  1. Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » Fast Company: What drives Toyota? Says:

    Deceptively simple, like so much of the Toyota Production System. Abd that simplicity and the action is so important to successful application of the ideas…

  2. Innovative Marketing Podcast Says:

    Understanding these ideas is much more innovative than most of what I read in the “business press.” And the message is explained clearly, so one does not need to understand these concepts to…

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