2012 3rd March Shanghai HackerSpace presentation

2. West & Farr (1990) defined innovation as: ‘ …
the intentional introduction and application
within a role, group or organization of ideas,
processes, products or procedures, new to
the relevant unit of adoption, designed to
significantly benefit the individual, the group,
the organization or wider society’ (p. 9)
West M.A., Farr J.L. (1990) Innovation and Creativity at Work:
Psychological and Organizational Strategies. Chichester: Wiley.

3. Executing a new idea
to create value.

4. What do I need to add to a person so
they become an innovator?
Einstein
诸葛亮
Zhūgě Liàng
邓小平 DèngXiǎoPíng

5. Side-stepped education research and my
own experience.
It’s an eco-system not an individual!
– It’s all in the culture!

7. The IB Learner Profile
(10 Attributes)
•Inquirer
•Knowledgeable
•Thinker
•Communicator
•Principled
•Open-Minded
•Caring
•Risk-taker
•Balanced
•Reflective
Bronfenbrener’s Environmental Theory

8. 小心 xiǎoxīn = be careful
 What does this tell us about the role of
the 'heart' in attitudes?
Describe to your neighbour why the
heart character appears in the word for
"careful!“

9. 怕 Pà = fear??
我很怕在人前讲话。
Wǒ hěn pà zài rénqián jiǎnghuà.
Minimal organisational consequences for failure

10.  Excellent knowledge of at least one
relevant discipline.
 A generous team player with mastery of
communication and collaboration skills
both face-to-face and thru ICTs.
 A strong desire to find better ways of
doing things and try them out, even if
they are disruptive and frightening.

11. Views the business environment (and the
business plan to exploit it) as tentative.
It is part of an ongoing vigorous experiment
- each part usable only until a better
alternative can be put into place.
Understandings/language are shared and
this learning organisation is not
very hierarchical when innovating.

12. Googleplex

13.  before hiring the interior designers?
 as a potential employee?
Innovation Audit Tool Kit

15. Today, I wanted to present some facts
about innovation systems and ask some
useful questions:
 If you want to be a better innovator, what
is the best way to learn?
 If you're a company wanting to be more
innovative and thinking of hiring some
innovators, how do you get the best value
from them?

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