I must be reading in the wrong places, but I haven’t seen much about 3M in the innovation press lately. Now in their innovation issue, BusinessWeek helps us catch up with them. They truly set the pace. Read the whole article to learn more about their innovation practice.

Link: BusinessWeek Online Extra: 3M: Reading Between the Lines.

"Innovation is where you recognize high-value unmet needs in the marketplace and also recognize what [you] can do well," says [Andrew] Wong, [vice-president of 3M’s optical systems division]. "Innovation happens when you make those connections."