Innovation Gone Bad

Some thoughts on innovation -- my latest at the Huffington Post:

Innovation is, of course, a great thing and a true differentiator for successful enterprises. "Innovate or die" is a useful general principle if you plan to thrive in the 21st century.

But there are plenty of times where talking innovation constitutes a smoke screen. At its worse, empty innovation rhetoric is simply bad business.

So when do you want to avoid innovation?

Read the whole thing for the blow-by-blow.