Tony Scott on Microsoft's Culture of Innovation
As CIO of Microsoft, Tony Scott must create a culture that encourages experimentation and innovation while simultaneously creating clear guidelines about which creative ideas are worth pursuing. In this interview, Scott talks about how the CIO tackles such challenges, whether Microsoft uses open-source tools, and why he advocates for internal customers.
Disruption: The Risks of Business Innovation
How to innovate well is a problem that leaders repeatedly face. For some (lucky) organizations, that's where Michael Schrage comes in. Co-director of the MIT Media Lab's e-Markets Initiative and senior adviser to MIT's Security Studies Program, he is well-known as a thought leader on the subject of innovation. In this interview, he talks about corporations' aversion to change, why risk is an inherent part of innovation, and how rapid prototyping can help companies better manage the risk of innovation.
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From the technologies that finally make paperless offices a reality to those that deliver wireless power, these advances should make your humble PC a far different beast come the turn of the decade.
Is your country competitive in IT?
The most conclusive insight from the study shows that a combination of macro- and micro-economic activities stimulate innovation.
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