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  CS875 Unit 4-2 Discussion F or centuries, humans have been making discovering and developing ideas that have helped to improve the quality of life and to make it more easier for mankind. Some of these innovations and discoveries are not even planned as humans are limited in their cognitive ability and it is very hard for a person to wake up and instantly make a discovery. As such, some of the discoveries happens through errors that lead to innovative ideas or solutions to real-life problems. Therefore, this post will discuss some of the ways through which humans make discoveries and generate ideas for solving complex problems. Specifically, the paper will discuss the process of serendipity, error, and exaptation. A ccording to De Rond (2014) , serendipity can be defined as a ‘ happy accident’ or chance that occurs and results to a beneficial solution. Primarily, the chance occurs on its own without the intervention or knowledge of the inventor. In this regard, a chance ca...

How does scenario-type planning support planning and innovation for change?   A business can use traditional forecasting methods to predict about the future. These methods, however, are not effective because predicting what the future may unfold is not very certain. Besides, traditional forecasting does not help to prepare for catastrophic events that may occur in the future. This is because forecasting may be limited or biased to under-predicting or over-predicting. Kodak is a typical example of a company that failed to do proper scenario planning. Despite its continued success in the 20 th century, the invention of the digital cameras in 1975 significantly led to the downfall of the Kodak company because it failed to tap and adapt with the new technology (Teneja, 2021) . As such, it is important to use other approaches such as the scenario planning method to help identify and prepare for possible alternatives and uncertain future events. I n contrast to traditional forecasting...