{"id":4039,"date":"2018-12-03T16:08:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T16:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ixl-center.com\/?p=4039"},"modified":"2020-02-25T23:38:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T23:38:22","slug":"democratize-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ixl-center.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/03\/democratize-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"How do we democratize innovation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"single-blog-header clr\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"entry clr\">\n<div class=\"wpex-vc-row-wrap clr\">\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"wpex-vc-columns-wrap clr\">\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner wpex-clr\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper wpex-vc-column-wrapper wpex-clr \">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">How do we democratize innovation?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to big breakthrough ideas, there isn&#8217;t just that one \u201cEureka\u201d moment. All of us have the potential to create new, great ideas and the capacity to make it reality one day. So if everyone has the potential to have great ideas, why aren\u2019t we all becoming genius inventors?<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Hitendra Patel explains some people can connect the dots faster because they have more dots, to begin with &#8211; and how we can all get more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--themify_builder_static--><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How do we democratize innovation? | Hitendra Patel | TEDxSomerville\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rr8Jv63XPbw?feature=oembed&#038;autoplay=1\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<h3> How do we democratize innovation? | Hitendra Patel <\/h3>\n<p>The Innovation Olympics is a global<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ixlcenter.io\/\">\u00a0<\/a><strong>8-week consulting competition that started in 2006.\u00a0<\/strong>It is co-sponsored by IXL Center and the non-profit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.giminstitute.org\/\">Global Innovation Management Institute<\/a>. 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