Definition: able to transform or alter yourself or the situation by introducing something new or unique
Derivation: Latin, “to renew, restore, or change”
Compatible Quality: cooperative
Quotes:
• When you innovate, you’ve got to be prepared for everyone telling you you’re nuts. — Lawrence Joseph Ellison (1944-) American businessman
• Discovery consists of seeing what everyone has seen, and thinking what no one has thought. — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (1893-1986) Hungarian physiologist {1937 Nobel Laureate}
• If you manipulate mathematical equations, they behave in an analogy with the physical world so you can tell what the physical world is doing or should do. — John Vincent Atanasoff (1903-1995) American physicist [inventor of the electronic digital computer]