The Janus-like nature of innovation - its responsible use and so on - was evident at the very birth of human ingenuity, when humankind first discovered how to make fire on demand.
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Innovation comes out of great human ingenuity and very personal passions.
Humans have always used our intelligence and creativity to improve our existence. After all, we invented the wheel, discovered how to make fire, invented the printing press and found a vaccine for polio.
Innovation comes to you from creators who do have a vision and a passion, and that is how we succeeded.
The nature of an innovation is that it will arise at a fringe where it can afford to become prevalent enough to establish its usefulness without being overwhelmed by the inertia of the orthodox system.
But innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea, or because they realized something that shoots holes in how we've been thinking about a problem.
Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention.
I started to think about what drives innovation and what its social significance might be. The next step was to think innovators are taking a leap into the unknown. That led me to the thought that it is also a source of fun and employee engagement.
Innovation happens because there are people out there doing and trying a lot of different things.
An innovation is one of those things that society looks at and says, if we make this part of the way we live and work, it will change the way we live and work.
If you look at history, innovation doesn't come just from giving people incentives; it comes from creating environments where their ideas can connect.
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