Innovation and Simplicity #SimplicityTuesdays

Innovation is currently very high on everyone's agenda. However, sometimes people get confused about the definition of a word, so when that happens we turn to the trustful resources of dictionaries and definition websites to see what the real definition is.

So what we found in most resources, is that innovation is the action of renewing something (usually by introducing new methods) and not creating something new. 

 

Now turning to simplicity, the act of simplification is in itself innovative. In order to simplify something you need to start with something existing (which is complicated) and then renew it in order to create something that is more useful and valuable. So innovation is an integral part of simplicity, as shown in the image above. 

 

On the other hand, innovation doesn't necessarily include simplicity. As we have seen many times, an innovation can lead in something being more complicated (by adding a lot of "innovative features") and difficult to use.

 

So the next time you have to innovate, maybe try simplifying instead and innovation will come naturally.