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Mills Scofield

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Innovation: The Age of the Heretic

Mills Scofield

For some reason, I've always been fascinated with the word "heretic" Perhaps it's the Devil's Advocate in me (oh! What a pun!). Perhaps its because I love being ‘heretical.' Perhaps its because being heretical is key to innovating. And this word has been around for millennia! We usually associate heretic with religion, namely, the Roman Catholic Church: Inquisition, burning people at the stak [.

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Incumbentitis ? The Anti-Innovation Disease

Mills Scofield

Well, will congress put the country or their own political careers first? You’d think they should be one and the same but we know they aren’t. With the upcoming elections, getting re-elected will matter more. In 2010, it was out with the ‘old’, in with the new, mostly. Washington DCers (and Wall Street) want desperately to maintain the status quo, yet America is asking for government by the people, of the people an [.