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DorobekInsider: What govt person made Fast Company’s 100 most creative in biz list? Anyone?

So who in government would make a list of the 100 most creative people in business? Fast Company magazine has compiled their list — And yes, a government ...

Federal News Network Staff

May 20, 2009 10:38 am

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So who in government would make a list of the 100 most creative people in business?

Fast Company magazine has compiled their list — And yes, a government person did make the list… there at number 12: DISA CIO John Gerring , right there between Prith Banerjee, the director of HP Labs and fashion designer Stella McCartney.

From Fast Company:

12. John Garing
Chief information officer
Defense Information Systems Agency

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John Garing powwowed with such luminaries as Amazon’s Werner Vogels and Salesforce.com’s Marc Benioff to bring cloud computing, network services, and Web 2.0 tools to the Department of Defense. Garing’s biggest challenge: overcoming the “box hugging” impulse to control servers, data, and process. His version of cloud computing, called RACE (rapid-access computing environment), acts as an open-source innovation lab for military developers, complete with peer-review certification. “Projects that used to take seven months to approve now take a matter of days,” he says. – by Ellen McGirt

Here is how Fast Company describes the list:

There are no rules about creativity. Which made constructing our list of the 100 Most Creative People in Business a tricky task. We looked for dazzling new thinkers, rising stars, and boldface names who couldn’t be ignored. We avoided people we’ve profiled in the recent past. We emphasized those whose creativity addresses a larger issue — from the future of our energy infrastructure to the evolution of philanthropy to next-generation media and entertainment. So read on. Enjoy. Quibble. Complain.

Read the full Fast Company list of 100 most creative people in business here.

Anybody you would add? Let me know.