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Co-Creators & Co-Editors Amanda & Marlon Say
INNOVATE or die.
Innovation... I love innovation so much that Amanda and Melissa didn’t have to twist my arm to write this editorial.
organization, better for EVERYONE, including the people you serve. Imagine if food manufacturers refused to innovate their recipes. Our children would be eating cardboard. Imagine if our tech vendors didn’t develop new hardware and software to meet the ever-changing needs of our industry. We’d be using pen and paper instead of point of sales. Imagine if organizations didn’t embrace new ways of partnership and ideas. We’d be communicating in the same boring ways and not engaging with the masses in terms and on platforms where they live, work, and play. One thing to keep in mind is that with innovation comes disruption, and with disruption comes haters. Yes… There are actually people out there afraid of change. And sometimes these people will view you as a threat (sometimes unrightfully so) and will try and shackle you to the past which is their present. But do what I do. Use their fear as fuel. Every time you are patted on the head and told to sit down or cautioned against that which you know will propel your business forward, remember that they would not be exhausting their energy if you weren’t doing something special.
But before we dive in, let’s start by defining my favorite noun. Merrium Webster defines innovation as:
1: A new idea, method, or device: NOVELTY
2: The introduction of something new
As a culture, we are always moving. I wish I could say we’re always moving forward, but sometimes it seems as if we are moving backward. But that’s a subject for another editorial I will probably pawn off on Amanda. Regardless of which direction we are moving, we need new ideas, new solutions, and new methods. Why? You may not die as the title of this article indicates, but you will most certainly be forgotten, fade away, lose, and leave a lot of people unhappy, desiring something better. So, unless you like leaving voids in whatever spaces you operate in, you must embrace innovation and strive to be better. But not just better for yourself or better for your
Welcome to the future. Now Innovate and live a little!
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