The recently published InnovationTools 2010 Innovation Climate Survey contains some
excellent insights and indicators that innovation is once again on the
upswing – at least among a large chunk of respondents.
But it also underscores a persistent misunderstanding of what innovation really is and why it’s different from creativity, ideation, invention or product development. There’s also an over-emphasis on the front end of innovation – the ideation phase – when most breakthrough innovation typically occurs at the back-end – the commercialization phase – where invention becomes market disruption.
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Author: InnovationTools