Brilliant reflections on skunkworks
Ah, skunkworks. Those small, agile units beloved of large organizations looking for the Next New Idea. I've written about them in the past - and outlined some of the pitfalls of setting them up and expecting great things to happen without having some way of re-integrating them back to the core business.
I ran across this really interesting blog post this morning that adds a lot of rich texture to the subject of skunkworks and pulls together some really interesting examples. For instance, I didn't know that the originator of "let a thousand flowers bloom" idea was Chairman Mao! Definitely worth a look.
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- Posted: Saturday, July 31, 2010
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