Guest Thinkers — February 22, 2011

Chameleons: Survival of the Most Innovative

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European innovation blogger Hannes Treichl has suggested a possible mascot for the Endless Innovation blog: the chameleon. What creature – if not the chameleon – best represents the fact that business is truly the survival of the most innovative? Thanks, Hannes!

[picture: Karma Chameleon]

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