Another way I like to look at this is to define Innovation in a bit of a different way then most people think about it. If you think about Innovation as simply "removing steps from a process", it's a playground for all sorts of ideas.
In a nutshell, take any process at all. Maybe something you do a lot. Or something you have some vested interest in. Or something that you aspire to learn. Really break it out into its nitty gritty step by step details. Now mull over where you see steps that can be removed or combined. That's what most of the time people get really excited about. E.g. "They used to have to do these 7 things to order a cab, and now its just these 3 things"
In a nutshell, take any process at all. Maybe something you do a lot. Or something you have some vested interest in. Or something that you aspire to learn. Really break it out into its nitty gritty step by step details. Now mull over where you see steps that can be removed or combined. That's what most of the time people get really excited about. E.g. "They used to have to do these 7 things to order a cab, and now its just these 3 things"
Concept is described really well in this book: https://www.amazon.com/Something-Really-New-Creating-Innovat...