To be innovative, you don't have to invent everything from scratch. Rejecting external knowledge and sources of information can be detrimental and costly to innovation teams.
Employees, not formal R&D efforts, lead the way in innovation according to a recent study by CB Insights. Companies should invest in unlocking their employees' potential to effect real change.
Learn innovation lessons from the Incas, who used observations of stars, existing rocks and features, and terracing techniques to build structures that survived earthquakes and produce salt.
