innovation
Noun
Meaning
The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.
A change effected by innovating; a change in customs; something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.
A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.
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Innovation distinguishes a leader from a follower.
I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all.
We can believe that we know where the world should go. But unless we're in touch with our customers, our model of the world can diverge from reality. There's no substitute for innovation, of course, but innovation is no substitute for being in touch, either.
Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathise with humans whose experiences we have never shared.
Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.
Business has only two basic functions - marketing and innovation.