How to Solve Problems and End your Struggle, by Thinking Innovatively

If a person knows how to think creatively and innovatively they can solve almost any problem that may come their way.

Each of us has a creative spark. The question is “can we take it to the next step”. In doing so they may apply these sparks and birth new ideas, or build new forms, devices, methods, and concepts from them. This we call innovation, for lack of a more definitive word. Innovation is often also viewed as the application of better solutions that meet new requirements, unarticulated needs, or existing social or business needs. Such innovation takes place through the creation of more-effective products, processes, services, technologies, or business models. Today we usually learn about these innovations through social networking, as consumers, and RTPs*.

At its very core, it is both a process and an outcome. An innovation is something original and more effective and, as a consequence, new. These processes and outcomes can appear in many forms. Some innovation slowly evolves and become part of the fabric of society. Other innovations, often because of advances in technology and Big Data* are considered disrupters as they break into society. Examples of these disruptive innovations would include smart devices like personal computers, tablets, and cell phones, eBay, Paypal, Amazon, Uber, etc.

Innovation is related to, but not the same as, invention, as innovation is more apt to involve the practical implementation of an invention…