Well, the example probably really isn’t even that odd. Matt at What’s Best Next has a great post worth checking out, citing example of Brad Anderson, CEO of Best Buy. Here’s a piece:
While Wall Street analysts, among others, expected Anderson to take a more conventional approach as Best Buy’s new president, that’s not what he did. Much to their consternation, Anderson would simply disappear for weeks on end in search of new ideas. Instead of poring through trade or business books, he read everything fromRolling Stone to historical biographies. Anderson attended non-electronics conferences in search of bigger ideas. He brought in countless outside experts to challenge Best Buy’s thinking. His Ideation, Input, and Learner themes were always at work.
You can check out the whole article at What’s Best Next
