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I am Presley Dias, a software engineer by profession. I love to experiment with different technologies in my free time. I suck as web developer so this site and slaaysourcecoders.in are my way of learning new stuff ;), Do check out my GitHub repos.


What is Innovation?

Google says its

a new method, idea, product, etc

I say its true!

But not everyone has the same idea of what innovation is. Recently I had been in a competition about doing something innovative. But it was disappointing to know that the organizers had no clue what innovation actually meant. (Sad!)

For them innovation was just developing a great software that does something no other can (does something differently) or an idea that helps a sections of people perform some tasks that earns money. They had a narrow scope of vision to understand that innovation just doesn’t mean a software that does something cool but it means that a simple service that can save an whole industry $$$ (in tens of thousands if not millions).

For me innovation is not just about having a service or software that earns money. Its about a service or software when used in right way can help save tonnes of money!

Lets take an example of few things that are innovate in their own way.

  • The next Instagram - Yay, its going to be the next best thing for the youth of today and will earn the devs loads of cash! (Organizers see cash and fame!)

  • Appliances are broken - A service on the move that will come to you house and repair your broken appliances! (Organizers see rivers of cash)

  • Stream line and un-disrupt supply chain - A service with neat tricks (with software and method) that save the customer some much needed $$$ and expensive time so that they can invest that money and time in growing their business? (Organizers sadly dont think this as innovative)

Sadly the great minds that were tasked with the job of finding something innovated had such a limited set of knowledge that they failed to understand that saving money for the customers is innovative too.

LinkedIn: what is innovation

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