Innovation is Observation
Innovation is observation. The question worth asking yourself this week isn't "what should I invent" — it's "what have I stopped noticing?"
G.E
Dr. Glory Enyinnaya is a management consultant, author, and international speaker. She has worked with global leaders such as Accenture and Ernst & Young, and her insights have been featured in the Harvard Business Review, Cambridge University Press and Springer Nature.
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