Innovation not technology, not geeks not baby boomers
On the weekend that Cisco report and ongoing coverage of the IBM report, both of which in broad terms ascribing innovation to technology and growth factors… !!!
You know a new mobile phone design is not in itself innovative unless it creates a benefit.
A new plasma TV with a larger screen is not innovative. These are not the great moments of existence. Newer and smaller technology is not of itself innovative.
It really annoyed me so I posted a WTF here – innovation, baby boomers & geeks
I am not saying technology is bad, or baby boomers are bad. What I am saying is that he world has changed, and the incessant fascination with technology (especially of the hardware kind) as a means of innovating, ie. change to improve the human condition … well it’s not innovative. More plastic crap that ends up in landfill with a whole bunch of polluting electronics, in a phone with buttons too small to use is not innovative.
Innovation is creativity, inspiration and cultural factors leading to breakthrough ideas, that then can be applied to bettering the human condition. It’s the Declaration of Independence that is inspiring, not Nokia … and that should be a self-evident truth.
Christopher
Author: Christopher Hire (197 Articles)
Executive Director of Innovation, at 2thinknow. Innovation analyst. Based in Melbourne, Australia.