James Drogan

A June 3 story in BusinessWeek "The Failed Promise of Innovation in the U.S." apparently triggered a post, "Run For Daylight: Innovation, Innovation, Innovation (Adds)," on bizzXceleration: Performance, Value and Profit.  Both of these, in my view, provide a very one-sided and negative view of innovation.  This is understandable in the case of BusinessWeek (which I understand is up for sale), but less understandable in the case of bizzX, known for its far-reaching and more-or-less balanced perspective across a number of subjects.

The views expressed in these two items are also at variance with my experience.

Hence, I intend in this post, to express an alternative point of view.

Let me start by pointing you towards "A Tabletop Device for DIY Manufacturing" brought to my attention this morning by FastCompany as an example of innovation.

More to follow and I will publish it as a document inasmuch as it is likely to be a bit long for a blog post.