Key Points

•    The first step in the innovative process is letting go of the old or the willingness to do so.

•    Innovation can be defined as the practical application of creative ideas.

•    Innovators have been with us since some caveman chiseled out a wheel. Innovation has occurred as a result of two fields emerging, accidents, dreams and intuitive flashes.

•    Innovations can be good (new medicines) or bad (gas chambers).

•    Innovation can be fun—it involves detectives searching for solutions to pressing problems.

•    Most innovators have passion for their work.

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