ABSTRACT
The first step in the ENOVALE® Solutions process is to Envision the need. We could easily use the letter “E” to mean “establish the need,” as this has the same meaning. Innovation begins with a need; the need drives the innovation. Specific needs come from the internal organization and the external customer. Needs are the catalysts and initiating factors for innovation. These needs can be as simple as the need for shelter or as complex as the need for massive computational storage in a small container. All innovations came from some need. Even the most basic, fire, was an innovation for those living at that time. Using fire for cooking and warmth was truly more of a discovery. The innovation was the method to initiate the fire and keep it burning. The need was for fire and for the methods needed to contain and control the fire for future use. Consider the power to control fire for cooking, preserving, heating, defense, barter, etc. The ability to initiate and control the fire gave the person or group a powerful advantage. Because it met so many crucial needs, it also became the envy of surrounding peoples. The need to initiate and maintain the fire drove the innovation; fire already
existed! This is the first element of the ENOVALE Solutions process: First, identify the need(s).
