Beyond Productivity – Competitiveness or Innovation? 245.0
In a telephone conversation, a dear friend gave a reaction to the series of posts that SYNTHESiST had on productivity – on Frederick Taylor, Six Sigma, Paul Krugman on competitiveness and McKinsey and design thinking. She mentions that they have moved beyond productivity to competitiveness as the higher goal. This post integrates my views on [...]
Learning from the National Innovation Systems of Emerging Japan 1/2
As with China now, emerging market Japan was accused of using an undervalued currency to build an export machine. Indeed, they may have dragged increasing the value of their currency to maximize yen returns until it became untenable for the country. Still, there were other explanations for their success that involved social innovation systems like [...]
Living for Innovation and for Continuous Learning – 1 of 2
In the Philippines, hardly any basic research is being done that gets to commercialization. Much research is adaptive in nature followed by product development in response to realities in the market. My professional life was mainly in the area of technology scanning, adapting and diffusing in the private sector.
