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From Innovationclass

Innovation Blogs and Innovative Company

The innovative company I am interested in is 3M. While 3M is not glamorous like many other brands on the list, an important part of its innovation lies in the way the company is built and its principles. Also, the products that 3M manufactures tend to be fairly simple and I think this also feeds into 3M's innovation.

http://ideaflow.corante.com/ This is blog is about innovative trends and practices. It is relevant because it specifically involves our culture and seemingly focuses on products.

http://3dpeople.blogspot.com/2007/11/nokias-innovation-story-part-2-internet.htm\\ l This is blog originates in the UK and focuses on technologies. It is relevant because it is the perspective of someone not from the U.S. and who works in the technology industry.

http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/2007/12/nokia-innovat-1.html This blog is about innovations in marketing and business. It is relevant to this class as the majority of us are ad majors.

http://www.widgetbox.com/tag/innovat This blog is about ways to strategically manage your workforce. It is relevant because this involves an important part of any organization � the people.

http://blog.futurelab.net/ This blog is about strategy and marketing. This is relevant as a large focus of our class is about strategy in a variety of places.

http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/ This blog is about innovative ideas coming to life. This is relevant because the focus is largely organizational.

http://www.steveshapiro.com/blog/ This blog is about innovation from a business stand point, but also about achieving innovation in one's personal life. This is relevant because in order to be truly innovative this is not something one can leave at the office.

http://www.designsojourn.com/ This blog is about innovative product designs. This is relevant because a big part of an innovative organization is innovative products.

http://www.blogcatalog.com/blogs/tiny-gigantic.html This blog is about creativity in media and culture. This is relevant because we are all immersed in culture and this pertains to the idea of an "innovative culture."

http://blog.cestudios.ca/ This blog is about the accessibility of innovation and the necessary tools and resources for it. This is relevant because there may be some common threads posted in this blog and exhibited in innovative companies.