Is there a difference between Creativity and Innovation? Yes !! Creativity is a within process, a continuous flow of thoughts and ideas whereas innovation is the outcome of it in physical world. Basically creativity is the ability to transcend traditional ideas and forms into new meaningful ideas and forms whereas innovation is something new or different introduced. It is more of than simply great ideas. It is practical.
Electricity is considered as one of the best innovations till date. It required immense efforts of Edison to bring electricity into working condition. Innovation demanded more of him than simply the creative idea that something can light up a bulb. It is for this reason that creativity is free, whereas innovation consumes time, space, money and labor.
Every person on this earth is creative. Each one has numerous creative ideas in a day, but not all are innovative to execute it. I had read that Apple’s Steve Jobs said that it was the idea for the IPad tablet device that birthed the idea for the IPhone. The idea for IPad came in his mind when he saw the touch screen display prototype by the Cupertino-based tech company, but when the prototype of Ipad was presented by his brilliant UI worker, Steve thought “my God, we can build a phone with this!” No doubt Steve is considered one of the most innovative person. Moreover, each innovation leads to many other innovations through creative process For eg : The innovation of GPS is unique but it has its roots in the innovation of wifi, google maps and touchscreen display. Besides there are many smartphones innovated every day. But each one is just better from latter with the addition of only some new features. Thus one can say, “ Innovation violates tradition – attacks it in public and steals from it in private”.
To sum up,” All forms begin with creativity and end up in innovation. “
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