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make do with what you've got
Innovation is about ideas, intention, and time. Materials, money, people come after.
Several innovators have written up their top advice for innovation. Nobody is presenting a complete, comprehensive system, but rather heuristics for ideal/practical innovation.
One stands out for me: Ethan Zuckerman's 6th point:
What you have matters more than what you lack (If you’ve got a bicycle, consider what you can build based on that, rather than worrying about not having a car, a truck, a metal shop.)
Having been a teacher for over a decade, one learns to make do with what one has. Although there is a big push to virtualise the classroom, with projectors and even one laptop per child, the most valuable resource is always present: the people in the room. What's needed, always, is a spark of an idea. If someone has a good idea, and another can recognise it as such and supports it, then interesting things happen.
Don't wait for conditions to change -- get involved in creating the change of conditions. If all you've got is your mind and body and some time, then put them to use. If you've only got time to click here and there to show support, do so. If you can get involved, make use of the opportunities available, then join in and start being a player.
At the global level, nature provides everything, from the energy from sunshine, the vegetation to eat, the minerals in the ground. We live in a world of plenty. Humanity as a wh*** has got enough to live well on this planet, comfortably. All we need to do is work together a little better.
Make use of what you've got. And if I asked what the most powerful resource available to you was, what would you say it was?
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Comment by Marcus Tracy on March 4, 2010 at 2:34pm
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It can be hard for many leaders to hear that they already have everything they need to succeed because it takes away a lot of possible excuses. If more focus was put on what we have available one would think more rational solutions can be found.
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