One way inventions have come about is by having the inventor accidentally leave something and come back to it. Then the experiment had turned into something else. It’s up to a clever and enterprising innovator to take an accidental innovation and turn it into...
Many inventions come about because of serendipity. This was the case with an invention that modern day retailers and business owners can’t imagine ever being without…the cash register, and how an accidental innovation transformed the retail industry. In...
Serendipity in Innovation I often speak about the role of serendipity in innovation as an innovation keynote speaker. Many products inventors come up with are “happy accidents”, a word coined by English writer Horace Walpole in 1754. In the fairy tale...
The Post-it Note is a great example of accidental innovation and how serendipity plays a part in it. Many inventions came to fruition because of accidental innovation. Silver Spencer was a scientist at 3M when he set out to develop a strong adhesive. What he ended up...
Accidental Innovation – Super Glue As an innovation keynote speaker and inventor I often talk about the “aha moment”. This is when it seems as though an idea just comes to you from out of the blue. But there are other ways inventions happen when...