Gary Koelling and Steve Bendt: The Accidental Innovators

This duo shares their experience creating Best Buy’s successful Blue Shirt Nation employee engagement program.

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Anonymous

These guys are definitely not Mad Men. They are two of the worst presenters I've ever seen.
The content isn't innovative, a breakthrough or even interesting.

Business Innovation Factory, you should screen your presenters better or raise the bar.

A fan of BIF.

Wed, 09/02/2009 - 00:17

Steve Bendt & Gary Koelling

Blue Shirt Nation was launched in 2006 for Best Buy associates. It is a corporate sponsored social network site that is voluntary, open-source, operates outside of the corporate firewall and is moderated by its users. Currently there are 20,000 members of Blue Shirt Nation and it’s become a place for associates to help each other solve retail store operation issues.

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