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What is creativity and what is innovation? A common, but not
definitive, difference in definition is that creativity is thinking up the
idea and innovation is about putting it into practice. Clearly, both are
needed.
See also
action, business*, being creative, failure, invention*, managing*,
persistence, progress, success
Quotes
‘Innovation is the specific tool of entrepreneurs, the means by which they
exploit change as an opportunity for a different business or a different
service.’
— Peter F. Drucker
‘Innovations and discoveries have created new industries giving more and more
Americans better jobs and adding greatly to the prosperity and well being of
all.’
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
‘Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.’
— Theodore Levitt
‘Ideation is not a synonym for innovation, conformity is not its simple
antonym, and innovation is not the automatic consequence of “creative
thinking.”.’
— Theodore Levitt
‘Invention is a flower, innovation is a weed.’
— Bob Metcalfe
‘An important scientific innovation
rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents:
What does happen is that the opponents gradually die out.’
— Max Planck
‘I came to the conclusion long ago that limits to innovation have
less to do with technology or creativity than organizational agility. Inspired
individuals can only do so much.’
— Ray Stata
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