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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.

To read the full, original article click on this link: Innovation Weblog - Trends, resources, viewpoints from Chuck Frey at InnovationTools

Author: InnovationTools