Technology has won the power to do many things and changing the world is one of them! With both science and technology, it has becomes easier to live our lives. The technology that is already present in our lives and what we are accustomed to has set about the roadmap for us to innovate things further.
For instance, take the simple example of a crayon –a coloured chalk or piece of wax or pencil. This simple invention was then innovated to add metallic colours and then neon colours and even glow in the dark colours. Similarly, innovation can be found in almost each and every product around the world. It could be the mobile phones, the Internet- along with broadband browsers and HTML and even different innovations in healthcare such as drug developments, surgical advancements and new diagnostic tools.
You could even see the modern day taxi driver, who uses a GPS system for driving directions. This automation allows the task to be performed without the requirement of human participation or assistance. Similarly, intelligence diagnostic systems can read X-Ray images although radiologists yet have define the imaging to be performed.
In short, it can be said that these advancements or improvements in thoughts, ideas, to devices or methods are what constitute innovations. The main reasons why innovation is so important in our society is because there is an overwhelming increase in competition, increase in globalisation, a constant increase in the expectations of the consumers, constant advancement of technology, constant change in the workforce demographics and in the way we work.
Whether its business sophistication, research, institutions, infrastructure, market and a commitment to knowledge and creativity countries across the world are leading in innovation – teaching creativity, enforcing progressive laws, living on the cutting edge and doing their business intelligently. With time comes innovation and change and this brings about progress in the society, nation, country and world that we live in.
Although there are some countries that take a lot of time to change to adapt to new technologies and ‘ways of thinking’ it can be said that that the top five innovative countries across the world are Switzerland, United Kingdom, Sweden, Netherlands and the United States of America.
Innovation is a very important and crucial life skills, especially with the high amount of competition that we are facing living in the world. Yet, in India – there is constant and overwhelming pressure to study, study some more and then have a job! So, its not any surprise that there is very little scope for creativity to seep in. Of course there are many other innovative countries such as Japan, France, Hong Kong, Iceland, Luxembourg, Republic of Korea, Ireland, Germany, Finland, Singapore and Denmark.
In short, it can be said that these advancements or improvements in thoughts, ideas, to devices or methods are what constitute innovations. The main reasons why innovation is so important in our society is because there is an overwhelming increase in competition, increase in globalisation, a constant increase in the expectations of the consumers, constant advancement of technology, constant change in the workforce demographics and in the way we work.
In short, it can be said that these advancements or improvements in thoughts, ideas, to devices or methods are what constitute innovations. The main reasons why innovation is so important in our society is because there is an overwhelming increase in competition, increase in globalisation, a constant increase in the expectations of the consumers, constant advancement of technology, constant change in the workforce demographics and in the way we work.
Every single employee – no matter what level he/she works at requires developing innovation skills. Some of these skills include critical thinking and analysis, strategic thinking, problem solving, creativity, technology design and programming, emotional intelligence (E.I.), ideation, social influence and systems analysis; to name some. It is important to possess or learn some if not all. With the rapid pace of change and changing nature of work it is highly important to stay up to date with the skills that are required from them.
Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.
William Pollard
