Muddling Through - and Post-its

[Chris Corrigan]

Here is a link Marei:

http://www.3m.com/about3M/pioneers/fry.html

Chris


On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 22:37:00 GMT, Marei Kiele <mareikiele at web.de> wrote:
> "Harrison Owen" <hhowen at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > I am not sure that the strategy would actually work, but there are multiple
> > examples of what you are talking about. The most famous one (at least in the
> > US) is the story of Post-its at 3M. The innovation occurred in a totally
> > messy way (didn't follow any known procedure) and the Management of 3M did
> > their very best to ignore, starve, and squelch the new thing. Despite all of
> > that, the little Post-it triumphed (made money) -- and at that point company
> > policy changed. Suddenly the new innovation was trumpeted as the result of
> > the vibrant, forward looking, boundary breaking environment of 3M. Ha :-)
>
> That the Post-Its story is a great one, I now hear for the the third time at least (on this list before and on the Understanding Open Space-CDs), but I never got to learn the story itself! Dear Harrison, would you please be so kind to tell it again or give a link to where I can read it - I am not American...
>
> Thank you!!
>
> Marei
>
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