Innovation [2009-12-14]

Another week and another collection of interesting ideas from around the internet.

As always, thoughts and/or comments are greatly appreciated.

• Crowd-wisdom fails business [ComMetrics]
  Crowdsourcing assumes that customers know best what they want and need. Hence, more heads are better than one. However, crowdsourcing may fail in a few important situations that concern social media.
• Navigating the new normal [McKinsey Quarterly]
  A conversation with four chief strategy officers on setting strategy in the wake of the downturn.
• Entrepreneurs: Stop Innovating, Start Minnovating [Harvard Business]
  If we want more entrepreneurs, stop worrying about jumpstarting innovation. Focus on “minnovation.”
• Integrated Innovation at Pitney Bowes [strategy+business]
  In tough times, this venerable mail and documents company boosted not only its R&D spending but the creativity of its approach.