Man, I’m lucky to have some very smart and very articulate friends. Here’s a really thoughtful post from Diego on a talk he just gave about how to be more intentional about innovation and the value of design (and how it’s difficult/impossible to prove linkage between design & success).
I really like his blog, especially when he posts stuff like this, this and especially this.

Rush
Aug 30, 16:10 › Craig: Triumph!!! and..... Aug 20, 16:27 › l.m.orchard: +1 to everything you wrote here, including the bits Aug 16, 12:50 › dria: King Crimson is probably more musically/technically Aug 16, 5:32 › Al Jigen Billings: I feel the same way about Trent Reznor and Nine Inch