%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2015 %T Lessons in Creativity from the Innovative Design of the Swatch %A Gilles Garel %K concept %K creativity %K design %K engineering %K innovation %K knowledge %K Swatch %X No space is off-limits to innovation, even those occupied for many years by leading players and proven solutions. The case of the innovative Swatch watch, re-examined in this article with new information and insights, demonstrates that, without knowledge, design is not possible; but, with only knowledge, all we can do is reproduce. Innovation also requires creativity, the introduction of new concepts. Knowledge needs to be associated with unbridled, surprising, and hitherto unknown creativity, as described by the concept-knowledge theory of design. In this article, a new analysis of the well-known but misunderstood case of the Swatch yield lessons about the importance of creativity and knowledge in developing innovative products. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 5 %P 34-40 %8 07/2015 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/912 %N 7 %1 Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers Gilles Garel is a Full Chair Professor of Innovation Management at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM) in Paris, France. He is also Professor at l'École Polytechnique in Palaiseau, France. At the Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Sciences de l'Action (LIRSA) at CNAM Paris, Gilles conducts research in the field of innovation and design management in close collaboration with innovative firms and organizations. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/912