Fostering Innovation

Trying to understand the path of idea to success

Created by Laurence J MacGuire a.k.a Liu Jian Ming

ThoughtWorks Xi’An, 2016/09/01

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Innovation

innovate
  /'ɪnəveɪt/

  mid 16th century: from Latin innovat- "renewed, altered",
  from the verb innovare, from
    in- "into"
      +
    novare "make new"

  verb
  make changes in something established, especially
  by introducing new methods, ideas, or products.
   "the company's failure to diversify and innovate competitively"
  introduce (something new, especially a product).
   "we continue to innovate new products"

Now from Greece

“let us begin and create in idea a State; and yet a true creator is necessity, which is the mother of our invention.”

– The Republic, Book II, 369c, Plato

From this Century

Millenium … since Jesus?

Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.

– Thomas Edison

Innovation Cycle

https://jondharper.com/2012/12/20/is-process-improvement-innovation/innovation-gate-process/