Guest Thinkers — February 22, 2011

The return of innovation at Kodak

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For anyone who thinks that Kodak dropped the innovation football when it failed to foresee the digital media revolution, check out this video clip. For those of you with short attention spans, be sure to watch past the first 30 seconds… [Hat tip: Tell Ten Friends]

[video: The return of innovation at Kodak]

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