I firmly believe in innovation. Looking for better ways to do the things I do has been a character trait of mine all my life. I deplore the idea that we need to do things the way they have always been done just because they have always been done that way.
On the other hand, there is always a reason for doing things the way we customarily do them, and the wise innovator examines those reasons carefully before going about innovating. If the reasons are not that good, and a different way looks like it might be better, then it is time to try it. If the reasons are good ones, then it would be foolish to do something that has been shown to be a mistake in the past.
Doing something differently because you don't know any better is not innovation.
On the other hand, there is always a reason for doing things the way we customarily do them, and the wise innovator examines those reasons carefully before going about innovating. If the reasons are not that good, and a different way looks like it might be better, then it is time to try it. If the reasons are good ones, then it would be foolish to do something that has been shown to be a mistake in the past.
Doing something differently because you don't know any better is not innovation.