Why innovation is about more than shiny gadgets
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WHEN we think of great innovations, many of us think of high-tech gadgets developed by polo-neck clad entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley.
Launches of revolutionary devices certainly grab headlines. Think back, for example, to when the iPhone and iPad were first unveiled; or, more recently, the buzz around the new generations of smartphones with folding screens.
But innovation is about much more than shiny technology and must-have gadgetry. It comes in many forms, it can be radical or it can be incremental, and it can happen in all types of industries, from small high-tech startups to larger, long-established, traditional corporations.
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