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Godliness and the Process of Innovation

Oghenovo Obrimah, PhD
5 min readDec 15, 2024

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Innovation is, unequivocally, the progressor of man’s welfare. The evidence is straightforward, namely any and all of, electricity; potable water; the car; the train; the airplane; space shuttle; refrigerator, then freezer; microwave oven; television; cameras; or iPod, iPhone, or iPad etc., are outcomes of efforts that have been invested in the activities of innovation.

Can we then describe the process or structure, which, if innovation is to have any chance to be successful, undergirds efforts for innovation? Well then, let’s take a stab at it (if you disagree, I sure will like to hear it).

The First ingredient? Dissatisfaction with some status quo; e.g. Steve Jobs acknowledging that Apple competing with Microsoft with respect to operating systems for computers was unlikely to yield any significant economic benefits for Apple; equivalently the admission that Apple had lost that commercial contest; as such, the necessity of a new product that could be leveraged on Apple’s proprietary proficiency, namely the iOS operating system.

The Second ingredient? Faith, namely the belief, to wit, engagement with efforts towards the resolution of a dissatisfaction will, in eventuality

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Oghenovo Obrimah, PhD
Oghenovo Obrimah, PhD

Written by Oghenovo Obrimah, PhD

Educator and Researcher, Believer in Spirituality, Life is serious business, but we all are pilgrims so I write about important stuff with empathy and ethos

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