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Rodney G. Alsup, D.B.A., CPA, CITP on 05 Nov 11"Innovators aren't exceptional as much as they are confident. So says David Kelley, the founder of the venerable Palo Alto, Calif., design firm IDEO. 2011 Winners Gold: Cellular Dynamics International Makes Heart Cells-Billions of Them Silver: Joule Unlimited Forges a Faster Path to Biofuels Bronze: IBM's Watson Adds Innovation Award to Quiz-Show Win And the Rest of the Winners Are... More in Technology Innovation Awards How to Innovate More? Past Winners: Where Are They Now? Read the complete report . Mr. Kelley, whose company is responsible for designing a wide range of products and services, including the modern computer mouse, believes-and research suggests-that virtually everyone has the capacity to innovate. It's just that somewhere around the fourth grade most of us stop thinking of ourselves as creative, he says, so our ability to innovate atrophies."