My question in Fast Company

I received the October issue of Fast Company yesterday and, as I always do when it arrives, I sat right down and paged through it.  It looks like a great issue, especially the excerpt from the new book, The Ten Faces of Innovation, by The Art of Innovation author Tom Kelley of IDEO.  The book comes out in mid-October and I'm certain I'll be talking about it here on TDI.  In fact, I expect to be posting on the FC article within the next week or so.

(Before I continue with my primary story, I want to share a brief anecdote about my experience with Tom, with whom I did an interview back in 2001.  He is a really nice guy, and we had an excellent conversation.  In the course of our interview, Tom asked me if I had ever read the book, Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving With Grace by the late Gordon MacKenzie.  I told him that I hadn't, and he strongly suggested I pick it up.  When I returned to the office a few days later, there was a package from Tom.  He had sent me the book as a gift.  I was very impressed by this gesture and I've tried to honor his gift to me by giving copies of Orbiting--a truly great book---to friends and colleagues over the last few years.)

But I digress.  So my wife came home from work and began flipping through FC herself, when she unexpectedly discovered my name on page 14.  Needless to say, I was surprised, particularly since I had just been through the magazine once myself.  It's not a big deal...they've paraphrased a question I posted to FC NOW during BlogJam 2005, in which I participated last month.  (The link above takes you to post that includes the question.)  I'm flattered that my question was included, but I wish it had not been separated from its context.   Anyway, I suggest you read this post and let me know what you think. 

Comments

[J]

I would also strongly recommend "Weird ideas that work" by Robert Sutton. Includes some very bold and interesting strategies, not ones that you might actually employ in a 100% black and white fashion but they definitely get you thinking and reassessing how you approach everything from staffing to agenda.