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"There's no question that innovation helps a company significantly add to the value it creates for customers and shareholders. Good ideas are at a premium, and the ability to harness innovation from those ideas will lead to better and faster business results in a fiercely competitive environment."
-- Joe W. Forehand, Chairman and CEO, Accenture, Chief Executive interview

In case you missed these, here's a synopsis of some of the favorite blog messages of the year:

Innovation Spectrum:  The Trouble with Tribbles -- a brief review of the disruptive/sustaining terminologhy and a suggestion for terms that aren't as exclusionary.

100 Best Companies to Work For -- do you have an emergency fund for employees or a daily 14-minute huddle.  If not, and if you aren't on Fortune's top 100 places to work list, you might want to read this short excerpt.

Innovation's New Performance Standard -- A 50-company survey conducted by Booz Allen Hamilton shows that senior management wants innovation and is not satisfied with current performance.