In praise of business bullshit

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In praise of business bullshit

This is complete crap, but damn is it funny! Apparently, a New York Times business writer suggests, this amazing new book (whose author is also interviewed here) will "encourage readers" to "keep learning about how to do [innovation] better" by revealing such brilliant insights as:

Enron was innovative company.
"There is a really big difference between creativity and illegality."
IdeaLab (a technology incubator whose founder now faces a lawsuit filed by investors, and many of whose investments failed miserably) was also an innovative company.
Too many executives base their decisions on hard numbers, and overlook the "mushy stuff." (I'm not making this up!)
"The need to change is in conflict with the need to stay the same."
Many creative people play with ideas and concepts that suddenly blossom.

(I'd say something pithy here, but I seem to have been neglecting my mushy side and I'm afraid my ideas and concepts just aren't blossoming right now. ... )

February 27, 2002 12:40 AM

In praise of business bullshit

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