innovating

brainstorming

Generating many ideas freely

• ideationForming mental concepts
• prototypingMaking preliminary models
• experimentingTesting to learn outcomes

iterating · designing · developing · tinkering · conceptualizing · formulating · testing · refining · pivoting · sketching

pioneering

First to explore territory

• revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
• game-changerSomething transforming everything
• paradigm shiftWholesale replacement of frameworks

cutting-edge · trailblazing · transformational · quantum leap · landmark · unprecedented · disruptive · radical change · sea change · leapfrogging

patent

Obvious; inventor's monopoly

• prototypeFirst functional specimen
• technologyApplied scientific methods
• engineeringDesigning functional systems scientifically

fabrication · novelty · improvement · originality · inventiveness · discovery · creation · gadget · device · solution

futurist

Tomorrow trends scholar

• pioneerEarly explorer or settler
• visionaryImaginative planner of futures
• dreamerOne given to fantasies

forward-thinking · strategist · thought leader · changemaker · maverick · entrepreneur · founder · inventor · disruptor · early adopter

evolving

Changing gradually over time

• advancingMoving in forward direction
• modernizingMaking something current
• upgradingImproving to superior version

enhancing · optimizing · streamlining · refining · improving · updating · reforming · bettering · augmenting · incrementing

• creatingcreating, inventing, producing, generating, making
• creative actscreating, designing, drawing, sculpting, composing
• pioneeringexploration, discovery, invention, founding, breakthrough
• thinkingthinking, reasoning, thought, ponder, contemplate
• achievementaccomplished, accomplishing, achieved, achievement, accomplishment
• adaptabilityadapt, flexibility, resilience, adaptability, pliability