Is it possible to be too young or old to be innovative?
Innovation without Age Limits - Technology Review
Young stars dominate the technology headlines. But outside the Internet, research shows, innovators are actually getting older as complexity rises.
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Innovation comes at any age.
Gary S.
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There is true innovation and self-delusional innovation. OK, what do I mean by that? There are ideas that are truly innovating - nobody will dispute they are innovating. Then there are ideas that when viewed in the larger context aren't really innovating (as they've already been done before and therefore aren't innovating).
I would suggest that a younger person may have all sorts of interesting (to them) ideas that when viewed by somebody with more experience - don't represent innovation at all: simply a lack of experience/knowledge of what is out there.
Clarification added 3 months ago:
Lots of good replies! I suppose I should answer the OP's question: Yes, it is possible however as has been pointed out innovation does not depend on age: there are both young and old innovators. What is true is that it can be difficult to be truly innovative if TOO young and creativity can certainly "calcify" with age so that a young innovator won't necessarily still be innovative when older.
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Based on a theory by David Galenson who categorized two categories, Young Geniuses and Old Masters [1]. (His research was based on 2 archeologist)
Galenson identified two types of innovators, Conceptual Innovators and Experimental Innovators
Conceptual Innovators are young geniuses whose work communicates discoveries and ideas. They are deductive, plan their work carefully, have clear ideas in mind, work quickly to complete a project, and know when they are done. Conceptual innovators peak early in their careers, before age 35, and their later work is less inspiring. Conceptual painters regard experimental types as mere artisans, lacking in intelligence. Conceptual innovators are “rationalists” who disregard other forms of thought as being useless; they view themselves as exceptional.
Experimental innovators become Old Masters; they work inductively; planning is unimportant because they make their important decisions while working; they stop a project only when they cannot see how to continue it; they view their enterprise as research, they need to accumulate personal knowledge and require that their techniques emerge from careful study; they distrust theoretical propositions as facile and unsubstantiated; they work at an incremental slow pace; they have total absorption in the pursuit of ambitious, vague, and elusive goals, and they are frustrated with self perceived lack of success, and fear they may not live long enough to attain their realization. Their career is an evolution. Their best work is done later in life, usually after age 40. Experimental painters consider conceptualists as intellectual tricksters, lacking in artistic ability and integrity. Old Masters are intuitive thinkers who have learned to appreciate and integrate other types of thought.
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Focusing and managing physical energy is an increasing and important factor with age. I'm certainly conscious of it. I don't spray out energy quite as indiscriminately as I did at 20. Other than that I think that creativity and innovation is available across the age spectrum, as long as there a sense of, and space to play. One interesting aspect is the idea of process in the sense that the progressive acquisition of it one time can tend to taint the initial creative process (though one needs to be very mindful of it when developing ideas beyond concepts). If one can temporarily 'park' process' to allow space for open thinking it all helps.
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Most limitations are mental and have to do with confidence. When one makes up their mind that they want to start thinking out of the box and they are willing to start connecting with those types of thinkers, take new opportunities, try something new, change their life in some way and learn some new things... it's doesn't matter the age. But I'm guessing it's better to start this process sooner rather than later.
On the contrary, if one tell their self that "old age is preventing me from being innovative" then that's exactly what it will be.
+live long and prosper
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There are no age limits to being creative.
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Young stars got to where they are by building on the work of their predecessors in research, development, skills and technical expertise progression.
This holds true both in and out of the technology venue.
No one evolves in the complex island of business today as an island.
Bill N.
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I think innovation is a function of energy, optimism and of course talent, and some of these do tend to fade as one ages. Thankfully, our species has a wild range of those factors across cultures and demographics.
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You might be too young to know what requires some innovation, or too old to remember what needed fixing. Thank God I don't have either problem.
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Not completely, however in some fields, especially the more mature ones, it is very difficult to innovate unless you are old enough to have accumulated a lot of experience - you'll try to innovate, but find that all you've done is re-create something that has already been done tht you just didn't know about.
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Innovation and creativity stem from a frame of mind, not age. Like some of the people who have answered the question have pointed out, you may be too young to understand implementation, or too old to remember how to do things, but it more stems on your outlook than age.
If it wasn't their would be no more young.... ( :
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The article really isn't saying all that much, there are child geniuses, boy wonders, your Doogie Howser, MD. Yes the young do have hutzpah and fertile creative minds, but if you've ever looked at BrazenCareerist.com and listened to the grandiose ideas of the Gen Y's and their sense of entitlement it might make you stop and wonder. However, we're really speaking of exceptional people at any age, because they're aren't really that many who rise to the top. Many attempt, but few make it.
And I don't see 30 or 40 years of age as being that old, actually, from my perch in this world. How old was the author of this article? Twenty-eight? Yes, I'd love to have that energy that those in their twenties, thirties or forties might have, but I have far more wisdom, experience and am still full of ideas so that if I wish to implement anything, I have a far greater chance of succeeding.
Brilliance is a rare commodity. As someone said here, ideas are a dime a dozen. What does it take though, to bring that idea home, make it a home run and worth a million dollars? A lot of elements have to go into that, also timing and luck, never forget that. And it can happen at any age, I do believe that.
Initiate, imitate or innovate? All children learn via imitation, particularly in their first few seven years. In fact, this can be witnessed by watching Nature herself. Just watch the pups and kittens learn from Mum. Yeah, this is how it initially works; a natural process, indeed. Innovation itself is more than just a good idea; it is the process of growing them into practical use.
Typically, the components of the innovative organisation are mapped to the following: shared vision; appropriate structure; key individuals; effective team working; high-involvement innovation; creative climate; and external forces. Perhaps, what the article is pointing at is how the dynamics of the key individual component is changing according to the current environment? Methinks.
According to the article, "you need business and management skills and maturity. These come with education, experience, and age." Well, how about that? Who woulda thunk it?
The bottom line is this: Innovation and entrepreneurship both depend on converting ideas into results. Yeah, this implies being able to form the value chain; completing a price model that turns ideas into cash.
Although the thought is the ancestor to every action, it is not the action itself.
Brijendra C.
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I have seen innovation from 5 years old
so there is no age bar.
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I read a story once, quoting Norman Vincent Peale(Power of Positive Thinking) who related that as he walked to church(he was a minister) each morning, he would stroll by the city cemetary. Know why?
To ensure his name was NOT on a tombstone that morning.
Perhaps we can use that to allay fears about age as a determinant for innovation, eh?
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State of Mind is the key not AGE. Innovative thinking comes to individuals based on their ability to master their mind. This can occur at any age.
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People who are innovative can be innovative at any age. The sad truth is that most people are not innovative at all so the age does not matter for them.
Innovation can come at any age.If you have creative mind, innovative ideas will come when right stimulus or inspiration strikes your mind.
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No Way!
Not at all, some of the most creative minds are young minds. Refer to the attached website to see how other young entrepreneurs are defeating the odds and adding an important role to the small business world.
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Rob M. F.
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No . . . the only constraints to innovation that I've encountered are based on the culture of leadership from where the ideas are generated . . . but, no, there is no too young or too old that enters into the picture . . . of true innovation
Sydney Morgan D.
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Hi Terrell.
Well, kind of. For instance, until and unless a mind starts to develop, connect the dots, grasp concepts of existence, both material and conscious, there can be no innovation.
Also, unless and until one exercised his/her imagination, which is not an automatic acitivty but a volitional one, there can be no innovation.
Also, unless and until one retains his/her intelligence, and capacity to think and to imagine, there can no longer be any innovation.
So, yes, there can be children who are too young and adults who are too elderly to be innovative.
Thanks.
Sydney
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Terrell older people are not in the technology fields so much simply because they were doing other things whilst the rest of us were still in nappies or merely a twinkle in our parents eyes.
They aren't less innovative or creative than us, indeed it's their generation and their contributions to life that paved the way for the internet and the world situation as it currently presents itself.
Some of the most creative, innovative people I know are in their sixties. They have normally mellowed by then and lost the ambition in its place is a strong sense of self and satisfaction with their lives.
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There will always be some new and young innovators for every century. History has already proven that there are no age limits for innovation. Nowadays, people could live longer and have better health due to innovation in the medical sciences. It is often taken for granted that people could now live longer while in the past centuries, it is often taken for granted that people could die young.
Regards.
