'Innovation' is currently a wildly popular, multi faceted word in business circles. Seeking out new ideas that can be quickly brought to market for profit is as old as commerce, and the realities of our borderless, globalized world requires constant vigilance to stay ahead of competitors (or to 'disrupt' them, to wheel out another overused cliche).
'When Will This Low-Innovation Internet Era End?' by Justin Fox in Wired is an article I've returned to a lot this year and has a direct bearing on the current enterprise technology industry, which some would argue (including indirectly Cisco CEO John Chambers) at the top end is going the way of the Detroit car industry in the '70's.
To read the original article: The innovation log jam | ZDNet
