What Can Galapagos Teach Us About Innovation?

Off the coast of the islands of Galapagos, new life and new species are created there at a remarkable pace. It is Nature’s platform for innovation. Where is its analog in the man-made world? What are the catalytic conditions that make disruptive innovation happen? We will use the metaphor of nature to propose a framework for innovation.

We specifically demonstrate how it applies to clinical diagnostics. Through some case studies we will illustrate the disruptive power of the coming generation of diagnostics — both in the micro, as it pertains to an individual, as well as in macro, as it pertains to an economy.