An American Innovator … How it Works

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Author: Mark Dixon
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
9:24 am

We at Sun pride ourselves on a culture of innovation, but we certainly don’t have a corner on the innovation market. A good friend of mine, Lon Safko, is a serial entrepreneur and perhaps the most innovative person I know. I just listened to a recording of a talk entitled “The American Inventor” Lon gave to the Society of American Archivists on behalf of the Smithsonian Institution. In this 16-minute podcast, he outlines the process of innovation and gives a couple of examples of innovation in this own career. Great food for thought.

Plus, you can download one of his patented paper models for free!

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Mark
A good book to read, related to this post, is "The Innovator’s Dilemma"
http://www.businessweek.com/chapter/christensen.htm

Comment by Jonathan on September 5, 2007 at 9:36 am



Jonathan:

Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll put it on my "to-read" list.

Mark

Comment by Mark Dixon on September 5, 2007 at 9:50 am