Comments on: Innovators wanted: get interviewed in a book http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2006/innovators-wanted-get-interviewed-in-a-book/ Management and Creative Thinking Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:25:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Arash Ghanaie-Sichanie Blog : Up for an innovation survey? http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2006/innovators-wanted-get-interviewed-in-a-book/comment-page-1/#comment-25076 Arash Ghanaie-Sichanie Blog : Up for an innovation survey? Tue, 29 Aug 2006 07:58:38 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/?p=376#comment-25076 [...] Up for an innovation survey? Derik, who is a good colleague, of mine has forwarded me a link to Scott Berkun blog where he is asking for folks who are interested in innovation to take part in interviews for his new book.  Scott is a Microsoft veteran who have published an interesting book on project (initially named "program") management mostly based on his experience at Microsoft.  Check it out.... [...] [...] Up for an innovation survey? Derik, who is a good colleague, of mine has forwarded me a link to Scott Berkun blog where he is asking for folks who are interested in innovation to take part in interviews for his new book.  Scott is a Microsoft veteran who have published an interesting book on project (initially named “program”) management mostly based on his experience at Microsoft.  Check it out…. [...]

]]> By: EJ Ellis http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2006/innovators-wanted-get-interviewed-in-a-book/comment-page-1/#comment-22969 EJ Ellis Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:24:58 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/?p=376#comment-22969 U zig, I zag... Refuse to imitate. Innovate by exploring the polar extreme of current thinking or practice. Great success often lies in the one extra step, that next iteration, the place of abandonment where others chose to give up pursuing the possibility of a breakthough, a discovery, a success. In 1989, fresh from grad school working in Strategy and Business Development, I was eager to find a way to add creative value for the Fortune 500 company for whom I worked. I proposed a company-wide global information-sharing network to my boss. Here's why: The company had business research and information centers all over the US and in other countries. As a leader in our industry, we strived continually to innovate our product offerings and delivery systems. Countless dollars were spent over and over by unnetworked divisions for similar batches of information, research and demographic data. This information was maintained in divisional libraries and research centers scattered worldwide. My proposal: gather the librarians, the information gatekeepers, the research center heads together to (1) discuss their information holdings, and (2) brainstorm how to network our holdings via electronic bulletin boards. In 1989 this was virtually uncharted territory. I received the approval to begin the project. In 1989, we started InfoNet. In 1989, before internet, there was InfoNet. Was it successful? For more on this innovative project, contact me. U zig, I zag… Refuse to imitate. Innovate by exploring the polar extreme of current thinking or practice. Great success often lies in the one extra step, that next iteration, the place of abandonment where others chose to give up pursuing the possibility of a breakthough, a discovery, a success.

In 1989, fresh from grad school working in Strategy and Business Development, I was eager to find a way to add creative value for the Fortune 500 company for whom I worked.

I proposed a company-wide global information-sharing network to my boss. Here’s why:

The company had business research and information centers all over the US and in other countries. As a leader in our industry, we strived continually to innovate our product offerings and delivery systems. Countless dollars were spent over and over by unnetworked divisions for similar batches of information, research and demographic data. This information was maintained in divisional libraries and research centers scattered worldwide.

My proposal: gather the librarians, the information gatekeepers, the research center heads together to (1) discuss their information holdings, and (2) brainstorm how to network our holdings via electronic bulletin boards. In 1989 this was virtually uncharted territory.

I received the approval to begin the project. In 1989, we started InfoNet. In 1989, before internet, there was InfoNet. Was it successful? For more on this innovative project, contact me.

]]> By: Vertabase Blog » Blog Archive » What Is Innovation? http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2006/innovators-wanted-get-interviewed-in-a-book/comment-page-1/#comment-22616 Vertabase Blog » Blog Archive » What Is Innovation? Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:55:57 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/?p=376#comment-22616 [...] Scott Berkun has an interesting survey on his blog. He is researching innovation for a new book. I found his survery thought provoking . Hope he doesn’t mind me springboarding off it (for those interested in the original, check it out here. [...] [...] Scott Berkun has an interesting survey on his blog. He is researching innovation for a new book. I found his survery thought provoking . Hope he doesn’t mind me springboarding off it (for those interested in the original, check it out here. [...]

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