Busted: 7 Myths about Innovation
So innovation is a solo activity that can’t be taught, can’t be forced or coaxed and isn’t for everyone. Wrong!
An entertaining article in The Week explains that innovation is much simpler than people think. Along the way it busts seven common myths about innovation. They are:
Innovation is a solo activity – the popular perception is of wild-hair Einstein types tinkering away in their garden sheds until they chance upon their Eureka moments.
But scientists and engineers need to feed off each other. Whether this is in person, by phone or building on the work of others, innovation is a collaborative process. Just look at Sir Isaac Newton who admitted as much when he said: “If I have seen further it is by standing on ye sholders of Giants”.
Here at IdeaConnection our multidisciplinary challenge teams are solving problems and innovating through a collaborative process. These brilliant brains put their ideas through a mini a peer-review process to ensure the best solutions make it through.
Innovation cannot be taught – whilst it is not taught in the same way as history, geography and math, people can be taught how to get in touch with their creative side to unlock their inner innovator.
You can’t force innovation – you can’t demand that people innovate to command,not if you want results, but you can create the right environment that’s conducive to creativity and innovation.
To see which other innovation myths have been busted, click here.
The article is based on topics covered in The Power of Why by Amanda Lang.
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