One problem: What is innovation? Some innovation can and does happen from a position of almost complete ignorance. Other innovation requires years of study,

One problem: What is innovation? Some innovation can and does happen from a position of almost complete ignorance. Other innovation requires years of study, domain experience and the benefits of a multi-disciplinary background. These are vastly different things. The former could be the domain of the younger crowd. The latter, almost by definition, belongs to those with more candles on their cake. Nothing wrong with either scenario.