ABSTRACT
Peter F. Drucker (b. 1909), the talented Austrian-born writer, ju dicious observer, and teacher of management techniques, extensively reviewed the principles of innovation in Innovation and Entrepre neurship , published in 1985.1 In this book, he emphasizes and ana lyzes knowledge-based innovation, and expands on the key ideas of advancement of knowledge and application of technology. In as much as he believes in the “unsuccessful attempts to identify the personal traits, behavior, or habits that make for a successful innovator”,1 he proposes simplicity and focused-oriented activities as essential prin ciples associated with effective innovation.12 We follow these ideas and search for better means to teach innovation as a way to maximize our ability to transform the ordinary in the surgical sciences into the extraordinary.
