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What is Innovation? (Innovation Future Specialist)

Offered by Innovation Future Specialist,

This is a free course that explains what innovation is and provides some amazing examples of what innovation has achieved. It also makes the distinction between creativity and innovation.

This is a free course that explains what innovation is, in just 2 to 20 minutes.
As you progress through this course you may be presented with the following options:
» Test yourself in a quiz
» View additional supporting material to aid your understanding, or
» Embark on a stretch task to explore a topic at a more advanced level, or to apply it to your own context.
This means that this course caters for your needs whatever your level of experience and ambition. To quickly progress through this course just skip the options. However, to get the full benefits of this course participate in all of the options.

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