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1. How often do we turn on our water and just take for granted that water is going to come out? I know that I don't even think about it, or the creativity that went into the invention of running water. We do this with many things, phones, cars, radio, television, etc. The shoes on our feet are an innovative advancement compared to the first ever footwear. In thinking back to the story of David and Goliath, David used a sling. I know when I thought back to that story in the past, I always thought, a sling???? Really? But if you put it into perspective what came before the sling? Hand thrown stones? Some creative mind invented the sling to solve a problem. I would imagine that problem was that shepherds needed to fend off the predators from the herd. While throwing stones may have worked, a sling allows for the use of momentum in order to increase the force at which the stone is launched. In the hands of a skilled user, a sling really is a powerful weapon. Now, a sling may have not been invented for a shepherd but I would like to imagine that it was! I think you get the illustration though.

What is an ordinary item we use on a daily basis, and probably take for granted, that you can think of. What problem was it made to solve? Any information behind who invented it?

2. Module 1 DQ 1 has us focusing on why innovation is important to the competitiveness of nations, companies, leaders, and individual employees. My Doctoral degree has a focus in strategy and innovation, and for my dissertation I performed a study on how individuals define and understand innovation and if the variables of age, gender, or job function, had an impact on how an individual defines and understands innovation. My study, contributed to a larger work performed by Dr Caraballo and Dr McGlaughlin who sought to cover as many areas with as many studies as possible in order to bettet understand how individuals within differing cultures understand and define innovation. I say all this as DQ 1 mentions nations. The studies conducted by various doctoral students as well as both Dr Caraballo and Dr McGlaughlin have shown that the variables of age, gender, and job function can have an impact on how individuals perceive and understand innovation. Based on this information and DQ1 do you think that different nations may need different types of innovations in order to be competitive? Or is it an even playing field for all nations regarding innovation?