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What are creativity and innovation? There are several definitions. Often they are not distinguished. They are simply seen as part of the process by which knowledge is developed and transformed into business value. This is a perfectly acceptable definition but like the failure to differentiate between information and knowledge - it is not very useful for practical purposes. A more useful approach is to view creativity as the process of generating ideas whilst seeing innovation as the sifting, refining and more critically - the implementation of those ideas. Creativity is about divergent thinking. Innovation is about convergent thinking. Creativity is about the generation of ideas and innovation is about putting them into action.
Creativity - coming up with new ideas - is not enough. We need innovation - the taking of new or existing ideas and putting them into action. This requires the application of existing knowledge and the development of appropriate new knowledge. Coming up with new ideas is the food of innovation. Innovation is a far tougher proposition than creativity.
Article  Knowledge, Creativity and Innovation by David GurteenA popular article of mine from the Journal of Knowledge Management in 1998 Blog Post She Built a Business in 'No Time'Gurteen Knowledge-Log, David Gurteen, 15 July 2002 Innovation in NetworksGurteen Knowledge-Log, David Gurteen, 4 October 2003 Meeting the Acute Need for Entrepreneurial SkillsGurteen Knowledge-Log, David Gurteen, 6 April 2005 Ever thought of writing a book on a mobile phone?Gurteen Knowledge-Log, David Gurteen, 3 December 2007 Victor Newman is blogging!Gurteen Knowledge-Log, David Gurteen, 1 July 2008 Zero rupee note that Indians can slip to corrupt officials who demand bribesPosted to Gurteen Knowledge-Log by David Gurteen on 19 February 2010 Have you started your revolution yet?Posted to Gurteen Knowledge-Log by David Gurteen on 20 February 2010 How do you prevent people from stealing your ideas?Posted to Gurteen Knowledge-Log by David Gurteen on 20 May 2010 Are conversation, appreciation and understanding innovation?Posted to Gurteen Knowledge-Log by David Gurteen on 27 July 2011 Book  Innovation and Entrepreneurship (1985) by Peter F. DruckerPractice and Principles Innovation Strategy for the Knowledge Economy (Apr 1997) by Debra M. AmidonThe Ken Awakening Process Innovation (1992) by Thomas H. DavenportReengineering Work through Information Technology Serious Play (2000) by Michael SchrageHow the World's Best Companies Simulate To Innovate The Circle of Innovation (1997) by Tom PetersYou Can't Shrink your Way to Greatness The Innovation SuperHighway (Nov 2002) by Debra M. AmidonHarnessing Intellectual Capital for Collaborative Advantage The Knowledge-Creating Company (1995) by Ikujiro Nonaka, Hirotaka Takeuchi  How Japanese Companies Create the Dynamics of Innovation The Knowledge Activist's Handbook (Feb 2003) by Victor NewmanAdventures from the Knowledge Trenches The New Knowledge Management (Oct 2002) by Mark W. McElroy Complexity, Learning and Sustainable Innovation Category  Innovation [72 items]Document Dialogue by David GurteenForthcoming Event  The Front End of Innovation EMEA Reprioritizing in the Face of Complexity 27 - 29 Feb 2012, IIR  Swissotel, Zurich, Switzerland Link ImaginatikProvider of Idea Management software & processes Innovative Thinking IncInnovative Thinking Inc Institute for Knowledge and Innovation (iKi-SEA) International Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Management Knowledge Management NewsKM website & e-zine Knowledge & Innovation Network The DaVinci Institute The Triz Group Unit for the study of Innovation, Knowledge and Organisational Networks WiredWired Magazine Media File  Video: David Gurteen on how to best secure continuous innovationDavid Gurteen on how to best secure continuous innovation Video: David Gurteen on the best circumstances for thriving innovationDavid Gurteen on the best circumstances for thriving innovation Video: David Gurteen on when innovation should take placeDavid Gurteen on when innovation should take place Video: David Gurteen on who should drive innovationDavid Gurteen on who should drive innovation Past Event Innovation Leadership A practical one-day workshop for senior managers on effective innovation 19 May 2005, Millennium Group The Cumberland Hotel, London, United Kingdom Knowledge Sharing, Creativity & Innovation  18 - 19 Oct 2005, Unicom Seminars London, United Kingdom Innovation Summit 2007 13 - 15 Mar 2007, Centaur Conferences Sugar Reef, London, United Kingdom Driving Business Growth through Innovation 16 - 17 Oct 2007, UNICOM Seminars TBC, London, United Kingdom Innovation Leaders Turning new theories into practice 27 Apr - 19 Jun 2009, Innovation3D Grande Motte, France European Conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation  10 - 11 Sep 2009, Academic Conferences International University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium 3rd European Conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation 3rd ECEI 15 - 16 Sep 2009, Academic Conferences International The University of Winchester, Winchester, United Kingdom Innovation & Knowledge Management Conference Private Public Sector Innovation & Knowledge management, Enabling Profitable Growth beyond 2020 03 - 04 Jun 2010, Infotec Infrastructure Performance Management Sun City Hotel, Sun City, South Africa KM Egypt 2010  Knowledge Management: a catalyst for innovation 21 - 22 Sep 2010, Information and Decision Support Center Cairo Marriott Hotel , Cairo, Egypt Innovation Through Knowledge Transfer 2010 Sharing Good Practise on Industry / Academia Collaboration 07 - 08 Dec 2010, Institue of Knowledge Transfer / KES International The Technocentre, Coventry University Technology Park, Coventry, United Kingdom 2nd Innovation & Knowledge Management Conference The Significant role of Knowledge Management 25 - 27 May 2011, Centre for Intelligence, Innovation & Performance Management Villa Tuscana Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa The XXII ISPIM Conference Sustainability in Innovation: Innovation Management Challenges 12 - 15 Jun 2011, The International Society for Professional Innovation Management The Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Hamburg, Germany Connecting Information with Innovation presentation and discussion on the latest TFPL report 29 Sep 2011, LIKE The Crown Tavern, 43 Clerkenwell Green, Clerkenwell, London, United Kingdom The 4th ISPIM Innovation Symposium Managing Innovation for Sustained Productivity: Creating Advantage and Resilience 29 Nov - 02 Dec 2011, The International Society for Professional Innovation Management Victoria Management School, Wellington, New Zealand Person  David Weinberger Debra M. Amidon Chairman & CEO of Entovation International George Tovstiga Professor of Strategy & Innovation Management, Henley Management College, Henley-on-Thames, UK John Kao American Author on Creativity Michael Schrage Victor Newman Former Chief Learning Officer, European Pfizer Research UniversityPoll July/August 2006 PollDo patents help protect innovation or hinder it? Quotation  On applying new remedies by Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626) English Philosopher On eureka innovation by Dave Snowden Founder & Chief Scientific Officer - Cognitive Edge On how major corporations were started by W. Edwards Deming (1900 - 1993) Quality Guru On ideas by Buckminster Fuller On ignoring new ideas by Julius Frontinus (chief military engineer to the Emperor Vespasian, circa AD 70) On initiating a new order of things by Nicolo Machiavelli (1469 - 1527) On innovation by Nicolo Machiavelli (1469 - 1527) On innovation and people by Thomas Fogarty On invention and progress by Theodore Zeldin (b. 1933) Historian & Author On limitations to innovation in business by David Gurteen Knowledge Management Facilitator On rewarding innovation by Alfie Kohn Author, Speaker & Educator On serious play by Michael Schrage On the invention of everything by Charles H. Duell Patent Commissioner (1899) On the telephone being of no value On well behaved women by Anita Borg
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