The World’s Most Innovative Companies
by ewilliamson ~ February 19th, 2011. Filed under: Creativity.
www.fastcompany.com
FastCompany just published its list of the 50 most innovative companies, 2011. Guess who’s 1st? Yep, Apple. 2nd? Bit of a suprise. Twitter. 3rd? Facebook. Interesting, super interesting, that two of the top three are social media companies and the top one is driving a lot of today’s technology. Groupon, Google, Netflix and Zynga (Farmville anyone?) also make it into the top ten. (This list almost reads as social commentary.)
FastCompany evaluates thousands of companies around the world, across different industries, to come up with this prestigious list. This years list is an interesting reflection of how different business models will dominate in the following decades. Historically strong innovators businesses, like GE, Pepsico and IBM, are still on the list; however, absent are the North American auto manufactures who are fighting hard to innovate.
Check out the list. Dig into the links on some of the companies, especially those that aren’t familiar, like Canadian biofuels producer Enerkem. Creativity and innovation are critical to successful marketing.