The other night I saw a commercial on TV while watching a football game: it was about a Chevy truck that has a new back-up camera that allows the driver to see over, around and behind the trailer it was towing. There are lots of commercials on TV, but every now and then one that features a new product or idea like this catches our eye and imagination. While some technological innovations are truly amazing, most new products or ideas are far more utilitarian. They’re the result of people looking at the things they use or do, thinking how to make them better, and getting that concept onto a canvas in their imagination. If you’ve got a new idea, think it through, bounce if off your colleagues, and try it out: don’t get discouraged if it doesn’t come together immediately… the good ones take time, patience, and perseverance. Stay focused and positive, and believe in the strength of your imagination: that’s how innovation can happen in your world today.
Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862): American essayist, poet, philosopher and transcendentalist,
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