Comments on: Innovation Processes http://www.mikecritelli.com/2009/01/30/innovation-processes/ Mike Critelli's Blog Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:39:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Critelli http://www.mikecritelli.com/2009/01/30/innovation-processes/comment-page-1/#comment-3703 Mike Critelli Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:15:16 +0000 http://www.mikecritelli.com/?p=166#comment-3703 Thank you for your kind comment. I agree with your comments about both Leon and Guss. Guss died recently, but we all had very fond memories of him. Leon has been a very entrepreneurial and innovative thinker and doer as long as I have known him. Thank you for your kind comment. I agree with your comments about both Leon and Guss. Guss died recently, but we all had very fond memories of him. Leon has been a very entrepreneurial and innovative thinker and doer as long as I have known him.

]]> By: Steve Levy http://www.mikecritelli.com/2009/01/30/innovation-processes/comment-page-1/#comment-3699 Steve Levy Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:35:12 +0000 http://www.mikecritelli.com/?p=166#comment-3699 Entrepreunerialism is often heralded by can-do people in can't-do environments. At Pitney Bowes, I knew several of these strong-willed people and they succeeded by maintaining a skunk works philosophy, keeping ideas below the radar until the critical mass was there to propel the idea past the doubters. PB was seeded with people who while not literal leaders were figuratively so and they served to guide internal entrepreneurs. Although I shouldn't, I'll throw out two names here - Leon Schwartz and Gus Stepp - two people who made my time with Pitney Bowes very memorable. This is by no means a corporate eulogy - for those who read Mike's blog I remember him as someone who always listened before deciding upon a course of entrepreneurial action. In most cases, entrepreneurship does not flow downhill from the top but being a "corporate survivor" Mike always had the nose for common sense navigation. And it showed at PB. Entrepreunerialism is often heralded by can-do people in can’t-do environments. At Pitney Bowes, I knew several of these strong-willed people and they succeeded by maintaining a skunk works philosophy, keeping ideas below the radar until the critical mass was there to propel the idea past the doubters.

PB was seeded with people who while not literal leaders were figuratively so and they served to guide internal entrepreneurs. Although I shouldn’t, I’ll throw out two names here – Leon Schwartz and Gus Stepp – two people who made my time with Pitney Bowes very memorable.

This is by no means a corporate eulogy – for those who read Mike’s blog I remember him as someone who always listened before deciding upon a course of entrepreneurial action. In most cases, entrepreneurship does not flow downhill from the top but being a “corporate survivor” Mike always had the nose for common sense navigation.

And it showed at PB.

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