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BRW --- Page: 24 : 24 May 2007
Original article by Robert Muir
ABIX Summary
"Innovation" is a phrase that is bandied around too often, and frequently the user means "invention". In the 1990s, Russian engineer Genrich Altshuller analysed patents and found that only 1% represented scientific discoveries. Innovation is using an existing technology in a new way while invention is a new technology. Rather than chasing innovation, business would be better served looking at the human resources they control, for it is at the shopfloor that innovation is often found. Staff are constantly asked to provide new and more economical ways of achieving the same outcome, and this "innovation" can be fostered through staff development and support.
Is your organisation innovative or inventive?