摘要：Innovation is a central driving force towards achieving excellence in science. Yet I believe that we often fail to thinkmuch about what innovation really is or how to actively promote it. The Wikipedia definition – ‘Innovation differsfrom improvement in that innovation refers to the notion of doing something different rather than doing the samething better’ – provides some insight. Nevertheless, to define innovation clearly requires us to contemplate thedifference between innovation and invention. Again, Wikipedia describes this difference well: ‘Innovation differsfrom invention in that innovation refers to the use of a better and, as a result, novel idea or method, whereasinvention refers more directly to the creation of the idea or method itself.’ Much for us to consider in seeking to bemore effective in our research!.
