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My Take: When is Change Innovative?
Gary Lemke, Chief Customer Advocate   (June 5, 2012)
 
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You Call That Innovation? Good question. Why has innovation become such a chameleon-like word?
 
Innovation derives from the Latin noun innovatus, meaning renewal or change. What organization isn't undergoing constant change? But does change mean innovation? While it's easy for organizations to say they're innovating because any change may be considered innovation, it may not look so innovative to the outside world. Just using the word doesn't make you innovative.
 
When is change simply change and when is it innovation?
 
Consider this: would your customers consider the change you are making as innovative? If so, then maybe you are. If not, then . . . well, you get the idea.
 
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