I don’t know of many other words quite as abused as innovation. Maybe the word strategy, but that’s about it. It seems to mean everything and anything. [Reminds me of “engagement“! :] I have personally struggled with internalizing what innovation truly means. I mean really truly. Until recently. In preparing for my talk (Self Sustaining Innovation: Ideas for Creating A Data Driven Organization) at the JMP Summit, I found the perfect way of thinking about innovation. It came from a old Google talk given by Douglas Merrill (ex-CTO of Google). I loved the framework so much that I adapted it…