There’s always an opportunity to make things better.
Here are some examples of “cross-industry innovation,” meaning borrowing ideas from one industry to make another one better.
James Dyson created the Dyson vacuum design after seeing how sawmills use cyclone force to eject sawdust.
Henry Ford’s car assembly line borrowed from multiple industries, he adopted 1) interchangeable parts from the watch industry, and 2) continuous flow manufacturing from the canning industry.
When French doctor, Etienne Tarnier, was searching for solutions to try and help premature babies survive, he spotted poultry incubators in the Paris zoo. A short while later, he’d made the first infant incubator.
There is magic everywhere if we’re willing to look, learn, and experiment.