[anon2020dot00]

The Innovator's Dilemma book by Clayton Christensen might help one get a better idea of what innovation is.

Basically, an innovation is a new type of product that can replace an existing product type at accomplishing a job. Some examples would be cars replacing horses, remote or hybrid work replacing traditional work, cloud infrastructure replacing on-premise infrastructure, Netflix replacing video rental, etc..

Usually the disrupting innovation isn't as good as the traditional product type at the onset but gradually improves until it becomes the dominant option.