Innovation through Serendipity, Error, or Exaptation Serendipity Innovation can happen in many ways. Accidental or serendipitous discovery is one way of innovation. This type of discovery is when that it occurs through luck or by accident (Tidd & Bessant, 2020) . The innovator is looking for one thing and, through the course of that research by chance, discovers a different breakthrough (Tidd & Bessant, 2020) . An excellent example of an accidental breakthrough is Columbus's discovery of the New World. In 1492, Columbus sailed west from Spain (Beecham, 2017, November 18th) . Finding a new route to India and its spice riches, free from competition on the eastern way, is the goal of the expedition funded by the Queen of Castile (Beecham, 2017, November 18th) . A great example of an accidental breakthrough. Error Innovation can also happen by mistake. Charles Goodyear in the early 18 th century, like many other researchers at the time, was looking for ways to make...
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