Week 2 of open course in Education Futures

This week it is on creative and innovative thinking: http://edfutures.com/syllabus/week-2-creative-and-innovative-thinking.
The opposite of creativity and innovative thinking would be repetition. I do it the same way I did it before and others. But it is not guaranteed that another way as a result of creativity and innovation will be an advantage or make anything better. And how much of it is old wine in new tubes?