Monday, June 25, 2012

You Call That Innovation? --- Companies Love to Say They Innovate, but the Term Has Begun to Lose Meaning

Got innovation? Just about every company says it does. Businesses throw around the term to show they're on the cutting edge of everything from technology and medicine to snacks and cosmetics.

Companies are touting chief innovation officers, innovation teams, innovation strategies, and even innovation days. But that doesn't mean the companies are actually doing any innovating. Instead they are using the word to convey monumental change when the progress they're describing is quite ordinary.

Like the once ubiquitous buzzwords "synergy" and "optimization," innovation is in danger of becoming a cliché - if it isn't one already. Read the WSJ article.

Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were

"It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers." Read more in the NYT .