American Idol, The Next Iron Chef, X-Factor and shows like this have become incredibly popular. Many different countries around the world have their own show to see who has the most talent and the winner gets a prize and an opportunity to be successful. Wouldn’t it be great if there were contests like this for innovation? Imagine millions of people watching and voting every week to see whose innovation would reign supreme. Well these types of contests do exist, minus the nightly TV show and the commentary by Paula Abdul.
One of these is called America’s Next Top Energy Innovation Challenge. The voting is now closed, but this contest pitted several different start-ups with different types of innovations. (To learn more about it click here) This contest and others like it are great. They help move innovation along and provide focus and incentives to the innovator.
Unfortunately most of us that are working on innovating are not going to be in a contest. Nobody is going to create a reality show about our work and follow us around. Edison stated, “I always invented to obtain money to go on inventing.” His focus was on the innovation and his success was a byproduct of his efforts. We can gain a lot by following this principle, focus on our innovation and let our success be a byproduct of our efforts. You don’t have to win a contest to be the next top innovator.
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