Abstract: A method of operating an innovation learning system, that both teaches how to innovate and facilitates development of an innovation, includes presenting to a plurality of the user systems an ordered sequence of builder modules. Each of the builder modules includes educational content related to a topic of the builder, the topic relating to an aspect of teaching how to innovate, and an interface field to receive from the user system entry of an answer to a question related to the development of the innovation. The innovation learning system receives from the plurality of user systems input representing the answer to the question, wherein the input from at least one of the plurality of user systems modifies the input from at least another one of the plurality of user systems.