LXer: Openness is the key to innovation, history shows
by LXer from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5BAG8)
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History demonstrates the kinds of organizational structures that foster innovation: open, communal, and humble. Here are just two examples. In the first part of this article series-an extended review of the book How Innovation Works by Matt Ridley-I examined Ridley's characterization of innovation: it's gradual, incremental, and collective, and involves extensive collaboration between parties. This, I argued, is why open organization principles are so important and play a major role in fostering innovation.
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History demonstrates the kinds of organizational structures that foster innovation: open, communal, and humble. Here are just two examples. In the first part of this article series-an extended review of the book How Innovation Works by Matt Ridley-I examined Ridley's characterization of innovation: it's gradual, incremental, and collective, and involves extensive collaboration between parties. This, I argued, is why open organization principles are so important and play a major role in fostering innovation.
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