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George Tovstiga
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.

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Book
  Innovation and Entrepreneurship (1985 ) by Peter F. Drucker
Practice and Principles

  Innovation Strategy for the Knowledge Economy (Apr 1997 ) by Debra M. Amidon
The Ken Awakening

  Process Innovation (1992 ) by Thomas H. Davenport
Reengineering Work through Information Technology

  The Knowledge-Creating Company (1995 ) by Ikujiro Nonaka, Hirotaka Takeuchi 
How Japanese Companies Create the Dynamics of Innovation

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  Innovation [63 items]

Forthcoming Event
  The 1st ISPIM Symposium
Managing Innovation in a Connected World
15 - 17 Dec 2008, ISPIM - The International Society for Professional Innovation Management 
Singapore Management University, Singapore City, Singapore

GKR Article
  Let's get together by Andy Burnett
The Global Knowledge Review - April 2005

Link
  Imaginatik
Provider of Idea Management software & processes

  The Triz Group

  Unit for the study of Innovation, Knowledge and Organisational Networks

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

  reboot7: new ways ahead
Meeting of practical visionaries
10 - 11 Jun 2005, reboot 
Kedelhallen, Copenhagen, Denmark

  Unlocking Innovation - Innovation Convergence
Ignite and Advance Your Innovative Culture
21 - 23 Sep 2005, IIR & InnovationNetwork 
The Millennium Hotel, Minneapolis, United States

  innovAsia 2005 Conference and Exhibition
21 - 23 Sep 2005, National Innovation Agency 
Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

  Knowledge Sharing, Creativity & Innovation
18 - 19 Oct 2005, Unicom Seminars
London, United Kingdom

  One Day Conference on Disruptive Innovation
Industry Experts Share Perspectives on the Organization of the Future
27 Feb 2006, Helix Commerce International 
Toronto Cricket Curling and Skating Club, Toronto, Canada

  Innovation: How do you nurture new ideas in a big company environment?
18 May 2006, Knexus Community 
Advertising.com, Capper St. , London, United Kingdom

  Front End of Innovation Europe
22 - 25 Jan 2007, IIR (USA)
Munich, Germany

  Innovation Summit 2007
13 - 15 Mar 2007, Centaur Conferences 
Sugar Reef, London, United Kingdom

  The 18th ISPIM International Conference
"Innovation for Growth: The Challenges for East & West"
17 - 20 Jun 2007, ISPIM - The International Society for Professional Innovation Management 
The Warsaw House of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

  Driving Business Growth through Innovation
16 - 17 Oct 2007, UNICOM Seminars
TBC, London, United Kingdom

  3rd European Conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation
ECEI 2008
13 Dec 2007, Academic Conferences International
The University of Winchester, Winchester, United Kingdom

  ISPIM 2008 Conference
Open Innovation: Creating Products and Services through Collaboration
15 - 18 Jun 2008, ISPIM - The International Society for Professional Innovation Management 
ESCEM School of Management, Tours, France

Person
  Andy Burnett Director of Innovation, Knowledge Associates, Cambridge, England

  David Weinberger

  George Tovstiga Professor of Strategy & Innovation Management, Henley Management College, Henley-on-Thames, UK

  Michael Schrage

  Victor Newman Former Chief Learning Officer, European Pfizer Research University

Poll
  July/August 2006 Poll
Do 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 innovation and people by Thomas Fogarty 

  On invention and progress by Theodore Zeldin (b. 1933) Historian & Author

  On rewarding innovation by Alfie Kohn Author, Speaker & Educator

  On serious play by Michael Schrage

  On the telephone being of no value

  On well behaved women by Anita Borg 

Service
  Innovation Cafes
Where Practitioners learn to make their own rules

Weblog Entry
  She Built a Business in 'No Time'
Gurteen Knowledge-Log, David Gurteen, 15 July 2002

  Innovation in Networks
Gurteen Knowledge-Log, David Gurteen, 4 October 2003

  Meeting the Acute Need for Entrepreneurial Skills
Gurteen Knowledge-Log, David Gurteen, 6 April 2005

   Victor Newman is blogging!
Gurteen Knowledge-Log, David Gurteen, 1 July 2008


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