Has “innovation” become the stale bread of business vernacular?

Each quarter I list the top five most rabble-rousing articles on the topic of innovation. This quarter’s theme of Innovation Rabble-Rousers is all about whether innovation itself has become passe. free proxy server . These articles suggest the resounding answer is yes, and no.

You Call That Innovation? Companies Love to Say They Innovate, but the Term Has Begun to Lose Meaning
Wall Street Journal
Soren’s rabble: Is innovation a cliché? Time will tell.

Please, Can We All Just Stop Innovating?
Harvard Business Review
Soren’s rabble: Stop innovating. Start trying to change the world.

The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs
Harvard Business Review
Soren’s rabble: Forget trying to be like Steve Jobs. Try being like yourself.

Upstart Eric Ries Has the Stage and the Crowd Is Going Wild
Wired
Soren’s rabble: Innovation refaced. Simplicity matters.

How Reverse Innovation can Change the World
Knowledge @ Wharton
Soren’s commentary: Now that’s rabble rousing.