Innovation is not something left to teams, committees, or special “skunk works” in remote buildings. It is rather about incremental improvement every day and is one of the most profound approaches to leadership success in any business.
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Problem solving is about fixing things that have gone wrong in the past. A person, a process, or a piece of equipment is not performing in the manner it should and has deviated from the expectation and from past performance. In the most cases, it must be “fixed,” though in some cases, it is replaced (or fired).
Innovation is the establishment of new and higher standards and the achievement of new expectations. It is created today, and the results are in the future—in five minutes, ...
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