Organizations are about putting ideas through one or more types of gating procedures. In this way, ideas go from being a whim to becoming a project, from being a "skunk works" effort to becoming an official, mainstream effort, from being an unfounded program to a funded process, and so on.
John KaoYou are able to create an environment so that the creative process can take place and that you can get people to perform at their highest levels.
John KaoCoca-Cola can get really fresh output because it is getting people who are outside the traditional model and they are combining ideas in very novel ways.
John KaoTunes have notes and tempos and rules. If the tune is "All the Things You Are," you have to adhere to its structure and to the tradition behind that structure.
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