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How to foster a culture of innovation - hire more irritants

Wednesday, April 01, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories: Business | Tags: innovation

“Are we really hiring the irritants? Because it’s the irritants that are the risk takers, and it’s the risk takers that contribute to the culture of innovation.” Jonathan Kestenbaum, CEO, NESTA

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