---
title: "The Shoemaker"
url: "https://www.innovation.wiki/en/method/the-shoemaker/"
type: "methode"
published: "2023-08-19T21:16:19+00:00"
modified: "2023-08-19T21:16:22+00:00"
author: "Benno van Aerssen"
---

“The Mending Cobbler” is a very old story written by Armenian author Hovhannes Tumanyan in 1917. It tells the story of a cobbler who faces new challenges every day and who has nothing but his imaginative mind.

This story is perfect to start with a

team to reflect on and discuss inventiveness and innovativeness. Especially when a team is taking its first steps towards innovation work and perhaps a rather conservative, traditional corporate culture also prevails.