Innovate
verb
To make changes or introduce new things that have not been done or seen before.
The company is always looking to innovate and offer new experiences to its customers.
Often appears as...
- innovate and improve
- innovate the market
verb
To introduce something new, like a method or an idea.
The advertising team is trying to innovate a new method of reaching consumers.
Often appears as...
- innovate a method
- innovate an idea
verb
To suggest or introduce new laws, policies or procedures.
The government is planning to innovate policies for the welfare of the elderly.
Often appears as...
- innovate policies
- innovate laws
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
verb
To make changes or introduce new things that have not been done or seen before.
The company is always looking to innovate and offer new experiences to its customers.
Often appears as...
- innovate and improve
- innovate the market
verb
To introduce something new, like a method or an idea.
The advertising team is trying to innovate a new method of reaching consumers.
Often appears as...
- innovate a method
- innovate an idea
verb
To suggest or introduce new laws, policies or procedures.
The government is planning to innovate policies for the welfare of the elderly.
Often appears as...
- innovate policies
- innovate laws
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Innovative Culture
Often used to describe organizations that encourage new ideas and creative thinking.
At Google, employees are encouraged to innovate during '20% time'.
Pro Tip 2/3Progress and Change
Implies progress through change, often with a positive connotation in business settings.
To stay competitive, businesses must continually innovate.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Technology
While 'innovate' is common in tech, it also applies to other fields, like education or art.
The school innovated a new teaching approach to engage students.
Pro Tip 1/3Innovative Culture
Often used to describe organizations that encourage new ideas and creative thinking.
At Google, employees are encouraged to innovate during '20% time'.
Pro Tip 2/3Progress and Change
Implies progress through change, often with a positive connotation in business settings.
To stay competitive, businesses must continually innovate.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Technology
While 'innovate' is common in tech, it also applies to other fields, like education or art.
The school innovated a new teaching approach to engage students.
Pro Tip 1/3Innovative Culture
Often used to describe organizations that encourage new ideas and creative thinking.
At Google, employees are encouraged to innovate during '20% time'.
Pro Tip 2/3Progress and Change
Implies progress through change, often with a positive connotation in business settings.
To stay competitive, businesses must continually innovate.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Technology
While 'innovate' is common in tech, it also applies to other fields, like education or art.
The school innovated a new teaching approach to engage students.
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What we can learn from...
but we also need to remember that innovation, ingenuity, inspiration -- these things come when we broaden our field of vision when we step back when we zoom out. And I can't think of a better way to do this than by studying the universe around us. Thanks.
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Why the buildings of the...
It's expensive, it takes a long time, and it's very complicated. And the people that build things -- developers and governments -- they're naturally afraid of innovation, and they'd rather just use those forms that they know you'll respond to.
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Nirmalya Kumar: India's...
on a call center job? Very quickly, they get bored, and they start innovating, and they start telling the boss how to do this job better, and out of this process innovation comes product innovations, which are then marketed around the world.
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Pamela Ronald: The case...
of those who have enough to eat. We have a huge challenge in front of us. Let's celebrate scientific innovation and use it. It's our responsibility to do everything we can to help alleviate human suffering and safeguard the environment.
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The Dark Side of Nature...
I'm Martin dawn on the wildlife filmmaker my first camera I cut my lens off with a carving knife to see how the shelter worked it was always in a sense lack of resources that drives innovation certainly doing macro photography when I
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Let's Talk About Clean...
that in the show you see human beings whose belief whose dreaming whose imagination converts into innovation part of what is so delightful is the idea of a revisionist view of what the earth give us to believe that beneath us at
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Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
and they'll become the most prosperous and help our country be the most prosperous. Now, capitalism has been responsible for every major innovation that's made this world a more inspiring and wonderful place to live in.
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Want interstellar...
build a better world today and the reason it's necessary is because it fosters radical leaps radical leaps in innovation in technology and our knowledge and understanding of the universe our knowledge and understanding
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How farming planted...
We talk about inventions and innovation as though the best things out there are the Internet, iPads, or smart phones. Or perhaps more simply, trains, planes, and automobiles. Which one is most important,
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Amy Purdy: Living beyond...
And although today is about innovation without borders, I have to say that in my life, innovation has only been possible because of my borders. I've learned that borders are where the actual ends,
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What we can learn from...
but we also need to remember that innovation, ingenuity, inspiration -- these things come when we broaden our field of vision when we step back when we zoom out. And I can't think of a better way to do this than by studying the universe around us. Thanks.
Video examples
Why the buildings of the...
It's expensive, it takes a long time, and it's very complicated. And the people that build things -- developers and governments -- they're naturally afraid of innovation, and they'd rather just use those forms that they know you'll respond to.
Video examples
Nirmalya Kumar: India's...
on a call center job? Very quickly, they get bored, and they start innovating, and they start telling the boss how to do this job better, and out of this process innovation comes product innovations, which are then marketed around the world.
Video examples
Pamela Ronald: The case...
of those who have enough to eat. We have a huge challenge in front of us. Let's celebrate scientific innovation and use it. It's our responsibility to do everything we can to help alleviate human suffering and safeguard the environment.
Video examples
The Dark Side of Nature...
I'm Martin dawn on the wildlife filmmaker my first camera I cut my lens off with a carving knife to see how the shelter worked it was always in a sense lack of resources that drives innovation certainly doing macro photography when I
Video examples
Let's Talk About Clean...
that in the show you see human beings whose belief whose dreaming whose imagination converts into innovation part of what is so delightful is the idea of a revisionist view of what the earth give us to believe that beneath us at
Video examples
Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
and they'll become the most prosperous and help our country be the most prosperous. Now, capitalism has been responsible for every major innovation that's made this world a more inspiring and wonderful place to live in.
Video examples
Want interstellar...
build a better world today and the reason it's necessary is because it fosters radical leaps radical leaps in innovation in technology and our knowledge and understanding of the universe our knowledge and understanding
Video examples
How farming planted...
We talk about inventions and innovation as though the best things out there are the Internet, iPads, or smart phones. Or perhaps more simply, trains, planes, and automobiles. Which one is most important,
Video examples
Amy Purdy: Living beyond...
And although today is about innovation without borders, I have to say that in my life, innovation has only been possible because of my borders. I've learned that borders are where the actual ends,
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Mark Zuckerberg
American Businessman
There are different ways to do innovation. You can plant a lot of seeds, not be committed to any particular one of them, but just see what grows. And this really isn't how we've approached this. We go mission-first, then focus on the pieces we need and go deep on them and be committed to them.
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Kamala Harris
American Vice President
In California, we have some of the strongest consumer protection laws in the country. While it is easy to conceive of innovation and regulation as mutually exclusive, California is proof that we can do both. We can innovate responsibly.
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Elon Musk
South African Businessman
I think most of the important stuff on the Internet has been built. There will be continued innovation, for sure, but the great problems of the Internet have essentially been solved.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
For most of human civilization, the pace of innovation has been so slow that a generation might pass before a discovery would influence your life, culture or the conduct of nations.
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Stephen Covey
American Educator
Despite all our gains in technology, product innovation and world markets, most people are not thriving in the organizations they work for.
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Ro Khanna
American Politician
I have helped shape in the past the Democratic Party's agenda on innovation.
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John Hickenlooper
American Politician
We need an economy that fosters and encourages competition and innovation.
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Geoff Mulgan
English Educator
Societies advance through innovation every bit as much as economies do.
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Doug Ducey
American Politician
Biotech research is incredibly important for health-care innovation.
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Jose Andres
Spanish Chef
I believe in tradition and innovation, authenticity and passion.
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Mark Zuckerberg
American Businessman
There are different ways to do innovation. You can plant a lot of seeds, not be committed to any particular one of them, but just see what grows. And this really isn't how we've approached this. We go mission-first, then focus on the pieces we need and go deep on them and be committed to them.
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Kamala Harris
American Vice President
In California, we have some of the strongest consumer protection laws in the country. While it is easy to conceive of innovation and regulation as mutually exclusive, California is proof that we can do both. We can innovate responsibly.
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Elon Musk
South African Businessman
I think most of the important stuff on the Internet has been built. There will be continued innovation, for sure, but the great problems of the Internet have essentially been solved.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
For most of human civilization, the pace of innovation has been so slow that a generation might pass before a discovery would influence your life, culture or the conduct of nations.
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Stephen Covey
American Educator
Despite all our gains in technology, product innovation and world markets, most people are not thriving in the organizations they work for.
Quote examples
Ro Khanna
American Politician
I have helped shape in the past the Democratic Party's agenda on innovation.
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John Hickenlooper
American Politician
We need an economy that fosters and encourages competition and innovation.
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Geoff Mulgan
English Educator
Societies advance through innovation every bit as much as economies do.
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Doug Ducey
American Politician
Biotech research is incredibly important for health-care innovation.
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Jose Andres
Spanish Chef
I believe in tradition and innovation, authenticity and passion.
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