Innovation vs Creativity

Innovation vs Creativity

Creativity – coming up with ideas Innovation – bringing ideas to life

The Creative Thinking Process

Preparation collecting and sorting the relevant information analyzing the problem thoroughly exploring possible solutions Incubation mental work – analyzing, synthesizing, imaging, and valuing – continues in your subconscious mind the parts of the problem separate and new combinations occur Insight a new idea emerges into your conscious mind, either gradually or suddenly - often when you are in a relaxed frame of mind and are not thinking about the problem