Innovation – Page 3 – Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker

It just doesn’t feel right does it?

(photo: Yesterday before sunrise. Coming home from dropping Cheryl off at airport. The truck’s tagline is inspiring.)

Probable tag line for jeffnoel.com?

.lead .differently

Challenging the status quo. Almost always at the chagrin of authority.

It would be easier, of course, to simply accept the critical mass (momentum) of the herd – aka status quo.

The way we’ve always done things.

Predictable.

Safe.

Go with the flow.

Nothing wrong with these things.

Unless you talk all the time about innovation.

Then you sort of suck if you don’t actually challenge everything.

Taking risks is risky. So is playing it safe.

But it just doesn’t feel right.

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Creativity & Innovation

Following up from last Thursday’s question about whether there’s a difference between transformation and inspiration. You need one to get the other, but having only one does not automatically guarantee the other. Stay with me here.

How would you describe the fundamental difference between creativity and innovation? Can you even separate the two? Here’s what I believe:

Creativity is the act of generating potentially useful ideas, in any domain.

Innovation is the act of implementing a useful idea.

Anyone can dream.

Not every one can make those dreams come true.

Creativity means nothing without innovation.

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It’s Everywhere, But

Creativity and Innovation are everywhere, but you have to want it badly enough to do the hard work, the work that most aren’t willing to do. Like this:

But The Bigger Question Is?

Yesterday I eloquently droned on about thinking like a failure, whatever that means, right?

Well guess what else? I’d like to drone on about what does yesterday’s post mean to you today? Because if it meant nothing to you, guess what?

Seriously, if I have to explain this (again) to you, you may not get it.

Hey, you do know I’m only talking to myself and none of this is meant to make you feel uncomfortable (yes it is). Having tough conversations with myself is the most effective way to push the limits of my abilities.

What do you do to push the limits of your abilities? You do push yourself, right?