Patents can be useless. I have six of them credited to my name and my former employer never got a nickel from them. I got a few thousand dollars in bonuses but inventions do not equal innovation.

Michael Schrage has a great definition of innovation:

“Innovation’ isn’t what innovators do….it’s what customers and clients adopt.”
-Michael Schrage

I had the privilege of hearing him speak at Motorola. One of these days I will read his book. Serious Play: How the World’s Best Companies Simulate to Innovate

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