Innovation is a wonderful thing.  There are always ways to improve the way we build and do things, there's no debate about that.  But does the world really need a new type of water filter or does it need people to execute the myriad of good solutions already out there?  After all, people need clean water, they don't need innovative water purification technology.  Similarly they need energy service to light up their homes and store their medicines, they don't need a flashy new wind turbine design.

Certainly the technology and models used have to be workable... but the chasm between workable and working is large - and people gettin' 'er done is what lies in between.

There are so many workable solutions out there just waiting for motivated, dedicated people with the follow-through to actually execute them.  Having great ideas to help people is one thing but actually going out and dealing with the daily grind, the disappointments and the failures and somehow driving dreams into reality, a reality that actually helps people - that's hard.  blueEnergy's director in NIcaragua (also my brother), Guillaume Craig, is a master doer.  I'm constantly amazed at his ability to turn ideas into reality and the last 3 weeks has been no exception.  Everyone within blueEnergy, myself included, and many outside of blueEnergy have a lot to learn from him.

Am I the first person to reflect on the chasm between ideas and action - of course not - so I'm going to stop and get back to work.  After all, gettin' 'er done is blueEnergy's true innovation :)