How to be the best at what you do…

Well, that would be to be absolutely approachable. Spread the word, spread the knowledge… One of the more successfull business folk in Silly-Con Valley is Guy Kawasaki, who has the balance between geek, and business guru perfected, is open about sharing his insight and wisdom. and now he canvassing the general blog audience for questions for him to answer.

Hey I can do the same, but who's listening to me.

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As a baby boomer. and as someone that has had a diverse spectrum of roles over the years, I have experienced a broad range of situations, and from those, hopefully, can impart some wisdom here.

Where has all of the innovation gone?

Is it just me, or is discrete innovation disappearing? I remember the good old days, when technology companies were able to come up with unique and individual things.

 Someone does a search engine. Everyone else does a search engine. Someone does web-based mail, everyone else does web based mail. The same with hardware… It’s just like Television. Take something good, like star trek, and turn it, into next generation, deeps space nine, voyager, and enterprise.  Or CSI, and turn it into Miami, NY, and NCIS. For goodness sake. The franchise gets overworked.

I fully  understand the need to competitive alternatives, but there has to be a point where one company looks at the product of another, and just says “We can’t beat that, and won’t even try”. Or heanven forbid, our competitors have done a good product. Let’s leave them to it, and actually do a complementary product instead.

Sure, the open systems world has told us that out of it’s auspices, we should be getting all sorts of interoperability, but gee, it’s never quite just where we would expect it to be. Or is that an intentional lock-in from the corporations.

One of my mentors, pointed out that there has been very little “new” in the last 30 years of technology - smaller, faster cheaper, yes, but where is the elusive next pardigm shift.