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Do we need a more venturesome economy? In the world economy, R&D, laboratories and national competitiveness aren’t everything – but they count for more than Amar Bhidé suggests Innovation: principles, not models! Innovation cannot prosper without curiosity, serendipity, unpredictable outcomes, inspiring vision, and sheer hard work. These things are principles, not models In innovation, as we look toward a new decade, it's a moment to broaden horizons and demand much more: herewith the first of 14 Principles of Innovation, to be published as BIG POTATOES, the London Manifesto for Innovation Paper to the conference Insight Shanghai on how to translate social trends into new products – new technologies and emerging patterns of use
In terms of the workforce skills it develops, how should a region of South Africa like the Eastern Cape respond to the credit crunch? The UK government’s obsession with energy self-sufficiency and renewables looks set to lead to blackouts in the next few years Who’s afraid of electric vehicles? The fact that Greens oppose even eco-friendly electric cars shows that what they really dislike is travel itself Let’s go back to the Moon – and beyond As the 40th anniversary of the first manned moon landing approaches, backward attitudes here on Earth have tainted our view of lunar exploration It took the Apollo mission for man to come to terms with the mechanics of himself and of the man machine interface. Today, space has other lessons to offer, but it remains instructive to designers on Earth Malcolm Gladwell’s latest bestseller, Outliers, has its moments. In the end, however, its treatment of why individuals and groups ‘make it’ in the worlds of work and education operates as an up-market compilation of liberal prejudices Paying in cash: more than the strange pastime of a few Contactless debit cards, the decline of cheques and the rise, in Korea, of payments made by mobile phones: all raise the spectre of a cashless Britain. But that will never happen Risk-taking, R&D and the recession The woeful level of Western investment in R&D reveals much about the capitalists’ state of mind Today’s economic crisis springs from years and years of under-investment in research and development The myth that New Labour is pro-nuclear Everyone from big business to greens imagines that British government policy favours nuclear energy. It doesn’t Now is not the time to lose faith in R&D If regulators get the better of innovators, it will only serve to prolong the recession Next Page |
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