Innovation is basically the commercial or industrial application of something new. This seems so broad to me, it basically can be anything as long as you are applying something new. This helps with my innovation project because I can innovate something that is of interest to me, which is easier then having a specific subject to work around.
There are 10 innovation killers, I related to most of them and I am glad Dr. Vanegas gave us a solution to each one so we can try and do something about the problem when we face it. The innovation killer I see the most is a job environment that doesn't support innovation. The problem here is that people don't mention ideas that pop in their head because of fear. The fear either comes from the co-workers or their superiors not supporting their ideas. To deal with this fear has to be removed from the environment and ideas, no matter what they are, should be applauded. The other killer which I myself experienced is not allocating resources to the process. To deal with this looseness has to be built into the system to encourage people to explore new possibilities. When I was in high school we always had to do a science fair project. Most of the time the teacher just gave you the due date and the 3-fold poster board and then forgot about it. The projects that came out of these classrooms were never novel or very interesting. Then one year a teacher came and showed us how to brainstorm and helped us find project ideas that we would never have done on our own. He did not shoot down ideas but just asked us to elaborate on them and try something new. Then he didn't just leave us to do everything on our own, he helped us find materials and encouraged us to try something out of the ordinary and we knew if we had trouble he would help us. Everybody had an amazing project. This is an example that having a fear free and loose system can really make a difference.
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