Are Conversations Innovations?

It’s in the Lexicon:

I pulled the article below from Gerald “Solutionman” Haman’s website.  What struck me was how often the act or action of  “Conversation” (and synonyms) is associated with the act or action of “Innovation”.

This is more consistent with The Ingenesist Project definition of innovation (proportional to the rate of change of knowledge) than it is with the typical VC definitions (a new idea with an economic outcome).  Innovation is not the sole domain of corporations, universities, and government think tanks.  It is not sequestered behind the patent system.  Innovation is ubiquitous and lives in our conversations.  The highest value economic activity is conversation.

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So again, we ask; are conversations innovations by any and every definition of the word?  Show me the conversation and I’ll show you the currency.