Being innovative is more than being an inventor. Any novel idea that gets realized (turns into a product, becomes part of a product, gets used to change process

Being innovative is more than being an inventor. Any novel idea that gets realized (turns into a product, becomes part of a product, gets used to change processes and structures) is very much part of what it means to innovate – and you shouldn’t ignore the realized part, either. Deciding which ideas are good and which are worthless is certainly also part of the innovation process. To be innovative it is not necessary to invent something completely new (on the low level you are talking about), it’s certainly enough to combine existing inventions in a novel way (but in a sense that’s also an invention, just on a higher level).