Congratulations to PSFK friends/sponsors/landlords/patrons Anomaly for reaching 24 in Fast Company’s annual list of global innovative companies. Anomaly were highlighted because of their innovative approach to intellectual property.
The rest of the list is pretty lackluster and unimaginative: filled with such few obvious inclusions like Google and Apple; a more than a few old FC faves who passed their sell by date a while ago (e.g. IDEO, GE, Nike, Nokia, P&G, Disney, Samsung, HP, Timberland, IBM, Boeing, Intel, Cisco, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems); and a few emerging companies like Tata, Real D and Method worth taking a closer look.
And isn’t it a little odd that most of Fast Company’s top companies are situated in the Bay Area in California?? Fast Company – get an effing passport!
Anyway, the list in order is:
Google
Apple
Facebook
GE
IDEO
Nike
Nokia
Alibaba
Amazon
Nintendo
P&G
News Corp
Affymetrix
Disney
Samsung
Method
Target
HP
Tesco
Ausra
Timberland
IBM
Arup
Anomaly
Autodesk
Arup
Herman Miller
Real Networks
LG Electronics
Boeing
Omniture
iRobot
Wal-Mart
Live Nation
Intel
Burton
Whole Foods
Cisco
Corning
Toyota
Real D
Microsoft
Payless
AirAsia
Current TV
Sun Microsystems
BMW
Tata Group
AKQA
Prosper
PSFK
Baidu
What do you think of the list? Yawn or Yeah?
(And yeah: One of those companies listed is obviously not a top 50 FC company but we’re including it in there to see how many folks cut and paste this list for s.a.g.)
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So you swapped Boeing and LG? And listed irobot 4 times? And added yourself?
And didn’t even link the actual article?
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/123/the-worlds-most-innovative-companies.html
Congrats on a witty and mature post?
February 16th, 2008 at 2:05 am
Love it! I’m particularly impressed with that you actually linked to the 50 companies, which the hater above me neglected to mention. After all you can just google FC…
I’d love a less dull list from you now please! Much lower on the fmcg-focus!
February 17th, 2008 at 7:15 am
wal-mart? please……
February 19th, 2008 at 11:14 am
I too thought the list was obvious, but liked what they had to say about Anomaly. Specifically, Anomaly’s spin-off, ‘Another Anomaly’, which is a terrific example of staying true to your corporate mission.
By interrogating their own business model they’ve managed to stay fresh, innovative and relevant.
I recently wrote a post about this topic and the need to construct, breakdown and reconstruct your business model every 6-18 months at: http://thethirdplace.bradleykay.com
March 1st, 2008 at 10:27 pm