Continual Innovation

Copyright (c) 2008 Success Performance Solutions Thomas Edison, possibly America’s Greatest Inventor, was once described as having “an inexhaustible resource and fertility of ideas when it came to practical answer finding. He could juggle multiple projects at the same time and “turn a issue around” from each and every angle to see all the possibilities, [...]

There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas. There are distinct processes that enhance difficulty identification and notion generation and, similarly, distinct processes that improve idea selection, development and commercialisation. Whilst [...]

Creativity can be defined as issue identification and notion generation whereas innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation. From the above, it is clear that at least six competencies are required (such as 1 holistic). Problem identification alone demands considerable expertise. Ask five men and women what the dilemma is and it [...]