ninakix: Scott Berkun Lecture: The Myths of Innovation (via CarnegieMellonU)
synmirror: Wow I actually spend 51 min and watched this lecture all the way
to the end. There are a lot of interesting stories told and different views
or methods are shown. If you don’t have as much time you still should
watch the part starting at 40 min into the lecture about the invention of
‘postIt’ notes by 3M a Mining company. Scott Berkun also talks about the CEO
of 3M William McKnight and his way of accepting new ideas and give them room
to develop. Some of the options of William McKnight are similar to those that I
recently read in an business magazine. There the question was.
‘What are the most important characteristics of a good CEO?’
One of the answers where, that a good CEO has no fear if there is a problem.
He has no fear to get the best people in their sector into a meeting and look
like an idiot as they tell him what they know or would do.
In the lecture Scott Berkun also talks about the early days of flickr as a game.
If you are interested to know more about that there is a really good interview
with Caterina Fake on IT Conversations.
3 weeks ago