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By: What is an Innoventor? « Think Outside the Box, My Friends

What is an Innoventor? « Think Outside the Box, My Friends — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:22:11 +0000

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Everyday elements are the building blocks of innovation | Recessioneering — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:40:38 +0000

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By: Guy Gabriele

Guy Gabriele — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:46:00 +0000

Thanks. Some great thoughts here. There is an interesting series of programs on Innovation on cnbc. They may be of interest to your readers. Here is a link to one. And, thanks for all the useful posts.

http://innovation.cnbc.com/en/programmes/redefining_innovation

By: Uncle Saul

Uncle Saul — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:46:33 +0000

Andy,

Good question. I should have made this more clear.

You can be an Innovator by taking an ‘old’ solution that has been used to solve another problem and reapply it to solve a different problem.

In this case, the ‘different’ problem the old solution is solving is also an ‘old’ problem. Hence, old solution solving an old problem.

For instance, you might take a small engine that has been used on mopeds for years and apply it to the ‘old’ problem of purifying water in third world countries.

The “innovation” is in the application of the existing technology.

I hope this helps clarify the confusion.

Thanks for your input.

Uncle Saul

By: Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:20:55 +0000

Seems right to me. You’re using an ‘old’ solution for an entirely different ‘old’ problem, which makes it innovative. For example, in the past – innovating train refrigerator carts designed for carting ice, to instead carry livestock in a cool environment.

It’s not innoventing since nothing new is being developed. It is about instead leveraging old technology in new ways to solve ‘old problems’.

By: Andy Brice

Andy Brice — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:06:48 +0000

Are you sure your diagram is correct? How can someone solving an ‘old’ problem with an ‘old’ solution be an innovator?

By: Knowtu » links for 2009-01-14

Knowtu » links for 2009-01-14 — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:03:43 +0000

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