Don’t believe the old cliche about great minds thinking alike. When you think about the most interesting and influential people, those whose thoughts and actions have shaped the world we live in, they definitely do not think alike, in fact it is their ability to think different that made them important and successful.

Looking for heroes

As a new company, we have put a lot of thought into who we are, and who we want to be. We are constantly questioning and refining our process and methods, brainstorming and debating everything from the wording of our corporate values, to the kinds of art we should hang on the wall. One suggestion for the latter was to hang portraits of great scientists and artists, the people who inspire us – inspirational men an women whose contributions to art, science, literature, philosophy, business, or technology have had an influence on our world.
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Next week in Chicago, IL – we’ll be attending the IBM Portal Excellence Conference 2010. This annual event is dedicated to helping organizations learn how to keep pace with the expanding, and ever increasing, Web-savvy user. We’ll learn about the latest Web portal, content, social, mobile, commerce, business process management and other innovations/technologies available from IBM and Business Partners – as well as best practices and success stories. We will hear directly from customers across industries as they share their experiences building and delivering Web Experiences to enterprise and customer-facing audiences. At the conference, we hope to see just how powerful and beneficial an Exceptional Web Experience can be, and how companies and organizations of every size can drive better business outcomes.

If you’re attending, we hope you’ll find us there, but if not, be on the look-out for our reports. We’ll take notes and share some of the most interesting and educational highlights here on the blog at base22.com.