Innovation, both in theory and practice, comes in various flavors of innovation concepts and techniques. The innovation blogs that are summarized in this blog variously discuss the following: The nature of consciousness and whether or not it is both desirable and possible to replicate it, the nature of innovation in and from Africa, a comparison of the Delphi Method (DM) vs. the Nominal Group Technique (NGT), the character of learning analytics, a bourgeoning, emerging science, the use of scenario planning both to visualize the future of a nation and to aid agricultural sector transformation in India, innovative earth-to-space transportation techniques, systems and vehicles and the role and significance of balancing forces and mechanisms in nature. Figure 1 below shows how orchestrating innovation requires contributions from a number of different inputs (or how innovation comprises of a number of different constituents), ranging from ingenuity through team work.
Figure 1: Contributing Inputs to (or Constituents of) Innovation
The foregoing demonstrates that innovation is not restricted or confined to only a few disciplines or aspects of human life; rather, innovation may possibly be orchestrated in various areas of human endeavor, ranging from neuroscience through socio-politico-economic development to space development. The discussion on the various blogs, which I have written as well as which have been summarized in this blog, shows that a common theme that runs through these various blogs is the fact that any innovation idea may be impacted either positively or negatively by certain forces/factors, which correspondingly either enhance/facilitate or mitigate the progress/advancement of the innovation, respectively. Examples of the impacting forces/factors, which influence the various innovations that were discussed, include legal, political, structural, environmental, economic/economical, social, technological/technical and cultural, amongst others. Furthermore, useful literature sources, which were employed to guide my writing the various blogs, include Sherden (2011) and Wade (2012).
In general, in the time during which the various innovation concepts, theory, techniques and practices were discussed via the medium or facility of blog-writing, I have been able to see how the various innovations discussed offer the promise of a future for us humans in which knowledge, skills and overall advancement of our race, as humans, will be much greater than they have ever been since humans found themselves inhabiting this planetary domicile. Innovations will continue to drive, shape and impact our everyday lives and, indeed, every aspect of our beings – we only hope that these innovations will impact us positively, rather than negatively. In any case, the orchestration of various innovations by us humans seems to be an accomplishment that is both spontaneously and inexorably attained by us; consequently, since the being of innovations is this inescapable from us, we should channel our innovative energies to positive, rather than negative, ends.
References
DeGraff, J. (2014). Is Innovation Cheating? Retrieved from http://jeffdegraff.com/blog/2014/05/is-innovation-cheating/
Sherden, W. A. (2011). Best laid plans: The tyranny of unintended consequences and how to avoid them. Santa Barbara. Praeger
Wade, W. (2012). Scenario planning: A field guide to the future. New Jersey. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Source: DeGraff (2014)
Figure 1: Contributing Inputs to (or Constituents of) Innovation
The foregoing demonstrates that innovation is not restricted or confined to only a few disciplines or aspects of human life; rather, innovation may possibly be orchestrated in various areas of human endeavor, ranging from neuroscience through socio-politico-economic development to space development. The discussion on the various blogs, which I have written as well as which have been summarized in this blog, shows that a common theme that runs through these various blogs is the fact that any innovation idea may be impacted either positively or negatively by certain forces/factors, which correspondingly either enhance/facilitate or mitigate the progress/advancement of the innovation, respectively. Examples of the impacting forces/factors, which influence the various innovations that were discussed, include legal, political, structural, environmental, economic/economical, social, technological/technical and cultural, amongst others. Furthermore, useful literature sources, which were employed to guide my writing the various blogs, include Sherden (2011) and Wade (2012).
In general, in the time during which the various innovation concepts, theory, techniques and practices were discussed via the medium or facility of blog-writing, I have been able to see how the various innovations discussed offer the promise of a future for us humans in which knowledge, skills and overall advancement of our race, as humans, will be much greater than they have ever been since humans found themselves inhabiting this planetary domicile. Innovations will continue to drive, shape and impact our everyday lives and, indeed, every aspect of our beings – we only hope that these innovations will impact us positively, rather than negatively. In any case, the orchestration of various innovations by us humans seems to be an accomplishment that is both spontaneously and inexorably attained by us; consequently, since the being of innovations is this inescapable from us, we should channel our innovative energies to positive, rather than negative, ends.
References
DeGraff, J. (2014). Is Innovation Cheating? Retrieved from http://jeffdegraff.com/blog/2014/05/is-innovation-cheating/
Sherden, W. A. (2011). Best laid plans: The tyranny of unintended consequences and how to avoid them. Santa Barbara. Praeger
Wade, W. (2012). Scenario planning: A field guide to the future. New Jersey. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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