A recent trip to Italy meant my first visit to Florence, home of my youngest daughter’s favorite pizza and my oldest daughter’s new leather purse.   For me it was the discovery of something much different, I think Florence is where innovation was born – and perhaps an inspiration for your business to get unstuck.

The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, currently known as the Duomo, was completed in 1436 after 140 years of construction.  The cathedral’s most prominent feature is a dome some 375 feet high and 144 feet across built of brick, marble and sandstone, the impressive achievement weighs 37,000 tons.  All much more impressive when you consider that the marble was quarried 106 kilometers away – and had to be delivered by horse and wagon, one stone at a time.  Filippo Brunelleschi was the chosen architect (actually a goldsmith) and oversaw the majority of the construction until his death.

To read the original article: Where Does Innovation Come From? - Forbes