Nairobi, April 29 -- "Knowledge is a double edged sword. It allows you to do some things, but it makes you blind to other things you could do," said computer scientist Pedro Domingos.

To create a profitable innovation, is 'test and learn' today better than 'plan and implement' tomorrow? Why did Google press the panic button? Should one have one way of thinking, or does it help to put on several cerebral imagining hats? Do you only know who you are when you see what you do? Which is better, a frog or a bird?

Why did Google just push the alarm button?

Basically, there are three types of innovation: efficiency, sustaining, and disruptive. Efficiency innovations often involve cost reduction, ideally maintaining the same level of quality. ...