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February 15, 2012 56 mins


Traditional wisdom claims that working closely with customers will stimulate innovation but contrarians suggest that working closely with customers yields the predictable, stifles creativity, and misdirects resources into trivial innovation. Must we wait for lightning to strike or can we successfully partner with customers to innovate? What should a company do? And, in either case, how can IT further assist?

Guest 1: Thomas H. Murphy, SVP & CIO, AmerisourceBergen

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Guest 2: Simon Szykman, CIO, The Department of Commerce

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Guest 3: Michelle R. McKenna, CIO, Constellation Energy

Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contributor/michelle-mckenna/

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