What Killed Innovation?

what killed innovation? Find the discussion on Linkedin or Bluesky. Mar 05, 2025 This is part of a trilogy on the state of our industry: Part 1: Outside a client’s comfort zone Part 2: What killed innovation? A brief history Part 3: (Coming soon) I entered the data visualization field in 2012, when D3.js had just come out and interactive graphics were going through a digital Renaissance. By the time I was fully steeped in the field in 2016, it felt like a new, experimental project was coming out every week—each one pushing the boundaries of how we think about, visualize, and communicate data. New York Times' 512 Paths to the White House from 2012. When I think of the pre-scrollytelling era, it's always the first one I point to. But fast forward a decade, and it feels like I’m seeing the same polished but predictable formats over and over. At first, I thought I had gotten jaded (a decade in tech feels like forever and maybe I’m now just the old granny shaking my fist about the ... Read full article.