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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

IDEO's Tom Kelley on Field Observation

Posted on 10:14 AM by Unknown
Thank you to Stanford Professor Robert Sutton for recommending this terrific video clip (via Twitter).  For those interested in using field observation to drive the innovation, it is a must-see!

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