{"id":1059,"date":"2016-01-11T20:34:30","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T20:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=1059"},"modified":"2016-01-11T20:34:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T20:34:30","slug":"what-davidbowie-taught-us-about-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=1059","title":{"rendered":"What #DavidBowie taught us about #innovation&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lazysocialbuttons\" data-float=\"left\" data-buttons=\"google,twitter,facebook\" data-twshareurl=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=1059\" data-twtext=\"\" data-shareurl=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=1059\" data-fbhideflyout=\"false\" data-backgroundtype=\"light\"><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1060\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/david-bowie-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"David Bowie\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/david-bowie-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/david-bowie-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/david-bowie-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/david-bowie.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>David Bowie was undoubtedly one of the greatest &amp; most influential musicians &amp; artists of the 20th Century &#8211; \u00a0so what did he teach us about Innovation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\">He never rested on his laurels.<\/span> Despite \u00a0phenomenal success with any one of his characters he ripped it up &amp; started again. If he had owned Apple he would never be developing the iPhone 7.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\">He never followed the trend<\/span> &#8211; he led from the front regardless of popular opinion, when he went off to Berlin to experiment with electronic music it was a form which was right on the edge.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\">He made the rules<\/span> &#8211; in all aspects of his life &#8211; regardless of societies norms.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\">He was a perfectionist<\/span> &#8211; not a control freak.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\">He selected the best to work with<\/span> &amp; gave them free reign.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\">He wasn&#8217;t perfect<\/span> &#8211; like all of us he made mistakes, but learned from them.<\/li>\n<li>He may have grown old physically but his <span style=\"color: #993300;\">soul was forever young<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Farewell to a great Artist &amp; a magnificent Innovator.<\/p>\n<p>chris@amberhill.biz<\/p>\n<p>www.amberhill.biz<\/p>\n\n<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar addthis_pub = '';\nvar addthis_language = 'en';var addthis_options = 'email, favorites, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more';\n<\/script>\n<div class=\"addthis_container\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=20\" onmouseover=\"return addthis_open(this, '', 'https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amberhill.biz%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1059', 'What+%23DavidBowie+taught+us+about+%23innovation%26%238230%3B.')\" onmouseout=\"addthis_close()\" onclick=\"return addthis_sendto()\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/lg-share-en.gif\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/200\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Button END -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Bowie was undoubtedly one of the greatest &amp; most influential musicians &amp; artists of the 20th Century &#8211; \u00a0so what did he teach us about Innovation. 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