the story of Post-It notes

Posted on 9-09-2010
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“Nobody was buying them. 3M was going to cancel the whole program. Then the brand manager of the product persuaded the secretary of the chairman of 3M to send a case of Post-Its to the secretaries of the chairmen of the other 499 Fortune 500 companies. Suddenly, the most powerful sneezers in the most powerful companies [...]

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face it!

Posted on 5-09-2010
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“Face it. Nobody is going to hand out big rewards ever again for being on time, performing work of good quality, being useful, finishing a project on budget or being good enough. That’s expected. That’s given. The rewards (and the ideavirus) belong to the first, the fastest, the coolest, the very best.”   Unleashing the [...]

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