The cover story of the 11 June 2007 issue of Business Week, "3M's Innovation Crisis: How Six Sigma Almost Smothered Its Idea Culture," discusses the great difficulty companies and CEOs have in trying to balance "innovation and efficiency." "While process excellence demands precision, consistency, and repetition, innovation calls for variation, failure, and serendipity," the article states.
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Jim Highsmith is a Cutter Fellow Emeritus. He was the founding Director of Cutter’s Agile Product & Project Management practice and received the 2005 Stevens Award in recognition of his work in adaptive software development and Agile processes. Mr. Highsmith has 30-plus years’ experience as an IT manager, product manager, project manager, consultant, and software developer. He has consulted with IT and product development organizations and… Read More
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