Innovation, or creativity, is to always look for or try out new solutions and methods in order to avoid old, and not necessarily good, patterns

Being creative or innovative means that you are continuously searching for new alternatives to the old. In the working context, it is not unusual to get into a worn down pattern with the tendency of doing the same task the same way you always did. Spontaneity is an important factor within our innovation and creativity skills, as well as keeping our eyes open to the new impulses we come across in our surroundings. Above all it is important to keep an open mind towards these impulses, without turning them down immediately, and instead let them inspire us, value their potential or find out how they can be developed further. Innovation provides a workplace with additional energy in the form of new solutions, and sometimes they are not necessarily better than the original ones, but they might turn out to be. Who can tell without testing them?