taking the red pill

So why is “Shut down” on the Start menu?

When we asked people to shut down their computers, they clicked the Start button.

Because, after all, when you want to shut down, you have to start somewhere.

– Raymond Chen

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It’s interesting to see how the Web’s abuzz of all things innovation — especially if everybody talks about being creative, fostering innovation, getting to grips with the latest trends — and almost nobody talks about innovation strategy.

Innovation’s become nothing than a means to an end nobody actually seems or cares to know.

Think of all the great innovators. Think of DaVinci, Edison, Picasso, Van Gough. Could you imagine someone sitting over their shoulder saying “So Vincent, how innovative have you been in the last hour? Five? OK, great. I will come back in an hour and I will ask you how innovative you have been.” It just [...]