The World's Most Innovative Companies 2011

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Today's business landscape is littered with heritage companies whose CEOs battle their industry's broken model with inertia, layoffs, lawsuits -- anything that squeezes pennies and delays the inevitable. How many of these companies will be dominant in 2025? Few.

That world will be ruled by the kinds of companies on this list. They're nondogmatic, willing to scrap conventional ideas. (A mere 30-second TV ad? Let's do 200 online videos in two days, say the creatives at Wieden+Kennedy.) They're willing to fail. (Google's search team runs up to 200 experiments at any one time.) They know what they stand for. (By making home-viewing as easy as possible, Netflix walloped Blockbuster, which thought its business had something to do with stores.)

Does RackSpace have the horsepower to take it to the next level?

More than anything else, managers determine returns. They set strategy, hire key team members, oversee operations, and cash paychecks. Every move they make either enhances or destroys shareholder capital.

It pays to know who these men and women are, how they're paid, whether they, too, are owners, and how they perform versus competitors in certain key metrics. Learn More about the top and why is Bruce Knooihuizen, Chief Financial Officer Leaving? Que Paso?

Apple subscription service challenges publishers. Hello, is there anyone from a cable company out there?

Apple Inc is launching a long-awaited subscription service for magazines, newspapers, videos and music -- a move that could dent the fortunes of successful services such as Netflix and Hulu. Read The Whole Story

Check out whose face I just smushed or smashed in HomeAway's new commercial.

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Will Television Rot Your Brain?

http://www.hulu.com/watch/139147/hulu-tv-ads-the-hulu-initiative-part-1-origins

Once your brains are reduced to a cottage cheese like mush....

How long does a new idea live in corporate America today?

How long does a new idea live in corporate America today? On average only 2.8 seconds! Why? You have heard it all before; that won't work, we can't do that, its been tried before, we don't have the budget and on and on! We need to stop killing the very process that creates innovation and value and the importance of disruptive innovation. Is your competition determining "What's Next" for you?

"In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned find themselves equipped to live in a world which no longer exists
We are all smart people, but do you know how to learn? And even more importantly can your organization or team learn as a unit? Peter Senge’s vision of a learning organization as a group of people who are continually enhancing their capabilities to create what they want to create has been deeply influential. He discusses the five disciplines he sees as central to learning organizations and some issues and questions concerning the theory and practice of learning organizations. The Learning Organization

Innovation is not optional in today's economy. Stagnation is now a grave threat to any company and career. What's Next for you? http://wnsinnov.com/