Monday, June 9, 2008

The Business of Innovation



CNBC's Maria Bartiromo has a new special series, "The Business of Innovation," and tonight's show was "Innovate or Die."

Among the guests was Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin. It was a very good segment and classic Mel. At one point in the interview Maria and her panel of experts got into management style and hearing Mel talk about playing "devils advocate" and managers "getting Mel'd. would make anyone who has worked for him smile. (I did in the 90's)

No doubt that he is all about the money, but he does understand and appreciate, as he puts it, "the arts and crafts department" and places great value on strong content.

Watch his segment right here: