{"id":4728,"date":"2009-05-31T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-31T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/innovation-creativity-within-financial-constraints-is-the-key\/"},"modified":"2009-05-31T13:39:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-31T13:39:00","slug":"innovation-creativity-within-financial-constraints-is-the-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/innovation-creativity-within-financial-constraints-is-the-key\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation: creativity within financial constraints is the key"},"content":{"rendered":"
So with all the talk about falling conference attendances, it's clear that people are still game for good events, but are simply being more selective about which ones they choose to attend this year. After the success of the recent <\/em>Shared Services & Outsourcing Network show<\/em><\/a> in Budapest, I had the good fortune to be at AMR Research's Supply Chain Conference in Scottsdale AZ this week, which attracted 650 senior-level supply chain, finance, operations and IT executives, many of whom wanted to talk about sourcing issues.<\/em> <\/p>\n The one opportunity I did have to escape the analyst meeting room was to see former Disney CEO Micheal Eisner's<\/a> keynote speech (pictured), where he talked about creativity under financial constraints being the key to success today<\/em>. <\/p>\n In order to demonstrate this, he played us the now infamous "sword" scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark:<\/em><\/p>\n \n