Innovation Season

BusinessWeek has a series of articles on the most innovative companies and its list (along with Boston Consulting Group) of the top 25 most innovative here.

Business 2.0 on the other hand has a list of 25 great ideas at a number of innovative companies.

Nice reads both. Interestingly, Southwest Airlines shows up in both lists. Home Depot and Wal-Mart show up in one of the lists. Proof that you can be operationally efficient and innovative at the same time. Indeed, as I wrote in The Discipline of Market Leaders, it is no longer an either-or.