Change Leads to Innovation, (or is it the other way around?)
In the last few weeks I have posted about what is innovative in many fields. Or it’s been about keeping up with what is making news in the fields of tech and innovation. It may be a simple thought, but how about change being innovative and leading to innovation?
Last week in Long Beach, CA was the Women’s Conference event. 14’000 women from all over California and of all ages attended this conference. I, unfortunately, was not able to attend, but watched their live webcast! The mission is to empower women to be ‘Architects of Change’. This is a very powerful message and mission and very powerful people, both men and women, from many different industries spoke at this event. The Women’s Conference was actually established in 1985, however since 2004 with the leadership of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver, the event has now become the largest conference in the nation. Over the years high-profile people like Oprah Winfrey, Queen Rania, Thomas Friedman, and many more have spoken at the conference.
The mere idea of women being ‘Architects of Change’ is innovative in of itself. I am not saying women over the centuries have not been architects of change, but in this country, that has not always been the case. With that, the more women that understand they can be architects of change empowers them to want to be innovative and make change possible.
Speaking about change, I cannot help to mention our up-coming election. We all know one of the candidates is all about change. Obama not only wants to make and inspire change, but he embodies change because of his background. Having him as President would be very innovative for this country in many ways. (One week left until we all have to get out and vote!)
One last thing I want to mention about change is the internet. Born out of the idea of being a world wide information management system, has now become an industry where some of the most exciting advances in innovation are created. Something that was once, and still is with some groups of people, not embraced because it virtually (no pun intended) changed the way we communicate and do business. Now it’s thriving as one of the most exciting areas of innovation.
I think change is a good thing and very innovative 
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