The new patent reform law has many ramifications and I want to look at one of them. At its essence the “America Invents Act” has one critical attribute: Instead of awarding patents to those with “first to invent” status, it is based on “first to file” for their patent. Just like Ken Jennings vs. the IBM computer on Jeopardy, the computer can hit the button faster than is humanly possible.
Creativity is the ability to imagine or invent something new by combining, changing, or reapplying existing ideas.
It is therefore essential that being creative is encouraged in an organization that aims on growth. It is essential to turn creativity into a common attitude within your company where change and newness are accepted, where there's a willingness to play with ideas and possibilities, a flexibility of outlook, the habit of enjoying the good, while looking for ways to improve it.
In these economically difficult times, being innovative is a necessity for any organization in order to survive and optimize their growth. However, employees often prefer a status quo or controlable changes because they know how everything operates currently, and they don't want to potentially jeopardise their positions.
The fear associated with being creative or resourceful is usually devastating to an enterprise.
There’s as much art as science to the innovation process. Oh wait, maybe my point is there’s as much science as art to the innovation process.
The thing is... the front end of innovation, the part where ideas are both gathered and enhanced, is notoriously “fuzzy”.
The good thing is there is a wealth of social science information that can be applied to the fuzzy activity collaborators contribute allowing structure to be applied to chaos.
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