The true work of innovation is not coming up with something big and new, but instead recombining things that already exist.
The true work of innovation is not coming up with something big and new, but instead recombining things that already exist.

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Other Innovation Quotes :
- No one who ever led a nation got there by following the path of another.
- You can’t solve a problem on the same level that it was created. You have to rise above it to the next level.
- Innovation is the introduction of something new. This something is further defined as a new idea, method, or device.
- Move fast and break things! Don’t ask for permission ask for forgiveness!
- No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered.
- I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you’re going to innovate.
- Never fear starting. Fear never starting.
- Disruption causes vast sums of money to flow from existing businesses and business models to new entrants.
- You cannot cling to the norm and desire innovation. You must think outside of the box to shake the table – possibly break it to pieces.
- Innovation is the use of tools and techniques which extend human capability and which are new to an organization.
- Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
- If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
- Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.
- I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
- Many things we call innovations are little more than the skillful accumulation of many little optimizations.
- If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.
- Innovation is a process of conceiving or gathering new functionalities or characteristics for a product or production method.
- Innovation is an output (prod-uct, device, theory, etc.) while creativity is seen as a process.
- There’s a way to do it better. Find it.
- The competition is out to get you. Are you a moving target or a sitting duck? Innovate or die.