Competition or cooperation ??

Previously, I discussed the characteristic roles of three innovation protagonists: societies, organisations, and entrepreneurs. Each have their strengths and weaknesses, and all of them interact with one another. But how do those interactions work? More like competition? More like cooperation?

More from the bird’s eye view …

Cardwell's Law takes a bird's eye view on competition in innovation. Though well supported by historic evidence, it only addresses the symptoms, but not the underlying reasons why a society actually engages in such competition. Time to take second look.

A bird’s eye view on competition

So far, I have viewed the innovation landscape through the lens of a single society and what happens inside it. However, there are many regional and even local societies, with partial overlaps, some commonalities and many differences. today, I’ll have an initial glance at competition in the innovation landscape.

The innovation protagonists

If the innovation landscape is setting the stage for innovation to occur, you may well ask for the main cast: who are the innovation protagonists? I've indicated some ideas on the roles that institutions, organisations, and entrepreneurs play. Focusing on the difference between those roles, today I’ll paint them in black-and-white.

Taking a walk across the innovation landscape

Recently I have described my concept of an innovation landscape along two axes: the demand for innovation, represented by the problems society is faced with, and the supply of innovation, represented by the ingenious ideas that have the potential to solve those problems. Today, I'll take a closer look at the four corners of this landscape.