Consumer Innovation as New Economic Pattern. When he was finished, Mr.
Reetz, now 29 and working at Disney Research’s laboratories, put his 79-step how-to guide on a Web site. Since the post went up nearly two years ago, about 1,000 people have joined Mr. Reetz’s forum, and about 50 have built their own scanners from castoff furniture, aircraft aluminum, whiskey boxes and plastic foam. Do-it-yourselfers like Mr. Online - E-Media Tidbits. A continuing theme at South by Southwest Interactive is figuring out how to foster innovation at organizations.
A team of Google employees shared some thoughts on Sunday about how they create and improve upon services such as Gmail, Google Talk and Google Buzz. It became clear that although these people have achieved plenty of successes, they are familiar with failure — mostly private, sometimes public. Their thoughts are relevant for any organization, particularly news organizations, trying to change how they do their work. Strive for a goal, even if you don’t know how to achieve it. Innovation Equality - Tom Peters. By Tom Peters Nobody disagrees with the fact that there are few things and maybe no things these days that are more important than innovation.
I just want to add one small twist to that and it's what I call my Innovation Equality Act. And what I mean by that is, when we think of research and development, we almost always think of new product development. Well, here is my iron law, my request, my command, my rule: Innovation and R&D budgets of significance are equally important in every single piece of the organization.