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Is It Possible for Companies to Over-Innovate?

IdeaScale

Remember when this was the height of innovation? Is it really possible to “over-innovate?” Innovation drives a company, but no company can live on innovation alone. Innovation has to be done with perspective , or else you’ll find yourself building a brilliant product that nobody actually wants.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

Most often innovation dies and the company coasts for years on momentum and its brand. Visionary CEOs are not “just” great at assuring world-class execution of a tested and successful business model, they are also world-class innovators. Visionary CEOs don’t need someone else to demo the company’s key products for them.