Comments on: No @zappos Best Practices Don’t Stifle Innovation… http://briantroy.com/blog/2009/09/01/no-zappos-best-practices-dont-stifle-innovation/ The ramblings of an often lucid mind... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:24:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kam Stewart http://briantroy.com/blog/2009/09/01/no-zappos-best-practices-dont-stifle-innovation/comment-page-1/#comment-535 Kam Stewart Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:27:07 +0000 http://briantroy.com/blog/2009/09/01/no-zappos-best-practices-dont-stifle-innovation/#comment-535 Thank you, Brian! You're right, it did sound good, but I kept thinking to myself, I need to put my finger on what's wrong with this. Thank you. <br><br>Yes, being dogmatic stifles innovation. But you also need a baseline, and you also need to be 'cognizant of where you differentiate', not random. GAAP - why bother? Web standards - why leverage when we can reinvent? Three tiered architecture - you're kidding right? ...use best practices, but listen for real opportunities to differentiate in the market... Thank you, Brian! You're right, it did sound good, but I kept thinking to myself, I need to put my finger on what's wrong with this. Thank you.

Yes, being dogmatic stifles innovation. But you also need a baseline, and you also need to be 'cognizant of where you differentiate', not random. GAAP – why bother? Web standards – why leverage when we can reinvent? Three tiered architecture – you're kidding right? …use best practices, but listen for real opportunities to differentiate in the market…

]]> By: kamstewart http://briantroy.com/blog/2009/09/01/no-zappos-best-practices-dont-stifle-innovation/comment-page-1/#comment-483 kamstewart Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:27:07 +0000 http://briantroy.com/blog/2009/09/01/no-zappos-best-practices-dont-stifle-innovation/#comment-483 Thank you, Brian! You're right, it did sound good, but I said to myself this morning, I need to put my finger on what's wrong with this. Thank you. <br><br>Yes, being dogmatic stifles innovation. But you also need a baseline, and you also need to be 'cognizant of where you differentiate', not random. GAAP - why bother? Web standards - why leverage when we can reinvent? Three tiered architecture - you're kidding right? ...but listen for opportunity... Thank you, Brian! You're right, it did sound good, but I said to myself this morning, I need to put my finger on what's wrong with this. Thank you.

Yes, being dogmatic stifles innovation. But you also need a baseline, and you also need to be 'cognizant of where you differentiate', not random. GAAP – why bother? Web standards – why leverage when we can reinvent? Three tiered architecture – you're kidding right? …but listen for opportunity…

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