InfoCompanions » Knowledge Management http://www.infocompanions.com Brain spasms of an enthusiast who loves to live at the intersection of business, innovation, process and technology Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:37:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Yes, You Can Innovate Like Google http://www.infocompanions.com/yes-you-can-innovate-like-google/ http://www.infocompanions.com/yes-you-can-innovate-like-google/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:00:00 +0000 Himanshu Sharma http://www.infocompanions.net/?p=100 The words “Google” and “Innovation” have been used numerous times in the last few years… and all of us undoubtedly admire “The Google Way”, their talent acquisition, management and  strategies etc. However, we usually shy away from adoting a subset of those ideas, with the usual answer - “we’re different”. In this video, Tom Davenport describes how Google uses chaos to quickly move from prototype to finished product, tolerates a high rate in order to ensure bigger success, and gets the most from knowledge workers. He also asserts that more companies can, and should, borrow elements of Google’s innovative approach to business.

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About Tom Davenport:
Tom Davenport holds the President’s Chair in Information and Management at College, where he also leads the Process Management and Working Knowledge Research Centers. His books and articles on business process reengineering, knowledge management, attention management, knowledge worker productivity, and analytical competition helped to establish each of those business ideas. His website is tomdavenport.com.

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