This paper will explore JewkeдЫЄs research findings CITATION Joh58 \l 1033 (Jewkes) on high-impact innovation, with reference to the importance of individual vs team approaches, and individuals or small enterprise vs large structured enterprise approaches to stimulating high-impact innovation. This paper will consider application of these findings to modern high-impact innovations, with a view toward noting compatibilities and incompatibilities between JewkeдЫЄs 1958 findings and their application to more recent innovations. A theory will then be proposed to account for these factors.