“Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship… the act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth.”          Peter Drucker

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Have you felt dull, bored or uncreative lately? Do you feel trapped in a mental cage? While this happens to all of us, it’s a phenomenon frequently observed among the elderly who, as they become older, become less mobile, reduce their exposure to new things, and increasingly narrow their horizons.

So what is the problem? Is it just age? – certainly not. How is it possible to continue to keep an open mind and be creative? Is it by replacing a slow pace with extra busyness? No. Believe it or not, busyness can actually lead to the same outcome just mentioned for the elderly. Why? Busyness is just another kind of “fixed horizon” – think of a hamster running in a wheel. (more…)

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