Better to start with what it is not.<\/p>\n
What is it?<\/p>\n
Seeking innovation requires setting your ego aside when the ideas are forming. Now anyone that has seen any film about Apple or about the Tucker Torpedo or any other innovation led primarily by a brilliant and driven mind might disagree with me. \u00a0Apple,\u00a0as an example, is the epitome of innovation, and Steve Jobs had a huge ego. But Jobs also freely latched on to people with skills that challenged him and helped him to move the ideas forward. He was not scared of being challenged and he surrounded himself with brilliant minds. His fight was against doing “what we’ve always done”, and he never settled for solving one problem – designs were technologically innovative AND user connected AND elegant AND…<\/p>\n
Innovation is a process and means\u00a0looking for the complex, rich and informed answer, with excitement and energy.<\/strong><\/p>\n I’m in…let’s innovate.<\/p>\n Jodi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Better to start with what it is not. It is not grabbing the newest latest and greatest, no matter how cool. 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