To innovate is to play. To envision is to predict.

And predictions are often wrong. So while we have a great many visionaries in the market, few are leading innovators.

Can you find and train people to understand the distinction? And can a company be open and understanding enough to allow play? Is this the root of Apple’s success over Microsoft’s? Or Google’s back and forth in public opinion?

Maybe it takes a special kind of person or mindset to take a completely unique vision and innovate from it.