Let's talk about science. But not from the perspective of what science is. Rather, let's look at the demand side: What roles does science play in innovation? Does innovation need science at all?
“Technological innovation” is redundant …
When talking about innovation you've surely seen fierce discussion over how much the engineers contributed, how much the sales people, how much the administrators, and so on. Today I'll argue that every innovation is technological, and that there are no other 'kinds of' innovation.
The essence of technology
If you ask people's ideas about technology, you'll get a mixed bag of answers. Ranging from outright fascination, through perfect indifference, to utter scepticism. What you won't get, though, is a clear expression of what technology is at its core.
Ideas for future posts
With only a few weeks into my blogging endeavour, I largely followed my instincts in the selection of topics to address. So far I focused mainly on the macro, long-term perspective. Today's somewhat cloudy collection of thoughts will give you an indication of topics that I might tackle in some of the upcoming posts.
How much innovation can society cope with?
Earlier on I posted that innovation essentially is change that generates value for society. From that perspective, society should just embrace every bit of innovation it could get hold of, shouldn’t it?
understanding innovation 