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IRREVERENCE AND INNOVATION

IRREVERENCE AND INNOVATION. Y S Rajan Principal Adviser, CII [y.s.rajan@ciionline.org] [views personal] First Global Innovation Summit 22-23 March 2007, New Delhi. NAMASKAAR … PRANAAMS … SALAAM … (Good part of Indian Culture) HAANJI SIR …(BOSS IS ALWAYS RIGHT !) WHAT IS THE MANTRA ?

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IRREVERENCE AND INNOVATION

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  1. IRREVERENCE AND INNOVATION Y S Rajan Principal Adviser, CII [y.s.rajan@ciionline.org] [views personal] First Global Innovation Summit 22-23 March 2007, New Delhi

  2. NAMASKAAR … PRANAAMS … SALAAM … (Good part of Indian Culture) • HAANJI SIR …(BOSS IS ALWAYS RIGHT !) • WHAT IS THE MANTRA ? • ONE LINE SUMMARY ? … (PUNCH LINE) • LET US CHECK OTHERS! EXPERIENCE! • TEN BRAINS BETTER THAN ONE BRAIN…. ….. more ….

  3. IN MEDIUM AND BIG COMPANIES • WHO HEARS “DEVIANT” IDEAS ? • HOW MANY DARE TALK DIFFERENTLY ? • IS IT WORTH EXPERIMENTING ? • PR SAFE TO LEAVE TO FOREIGN CONSULTANTS • KNOWLEDGE CAN BE BOUGHT - MAKE IT PART OF FINANCING PACKAGE …. …..more….

  4. SME’s • INNOVATION etc. GOOD FOR CII MEETINGS • WE CAN BUY SOME MACHINES LATER • LOBBY WITH GOVT : WE STILL HAVE CLOUT • TRY FOR SOME GOVT. GRANTS • LET US TRY FOREIGN TRIPS …..more….

  5. BANKS/FUNDERS/SCIENTISTS • SMALLER THE PROJECT MORE THE SCRUTINY • IT / BT / SAFETY (SAFE T!); Don’t risk on others • SCIENTIST/TECHNOLOGIST/ACADEMIA • I WORK; USER, USE, MARKET etc. NOT MY JOB • FUND ME WELL, COUNTRY WILL BENEFIT FROM MY KNOWLEDGE • SCIENCE “POLICY” PEOPLE : % OF GDP ON RESEARCH, CITATION INDEX, PhD’s etc.

  6. GENERAL FEELING IN INDUSTRY • IS NOT INNOVATION LIKE TQM, ISO CERTIFICATION etc. ? CAN I GET A CERTIFICATE ? • WHERE IS THE MANUAL FOR INNOVATION ? HOW MANY DAYS’ TRAINING ? • CAN I HIRE SOME XYZ TO STIMULATE INNOVATION ? (It is neither surgery nor Ayurvedic Massage !)

  7. INNOVATION …. ATTITUDE, “CULTURE” • BEYOND COLD CALCULATIONS • OUTSIDE HYPED STEREOTYPES • TOO DIVERSE FOR PATTERN RECOGNITION • INNOVATORS OFTEN HAVE UGLY FACES (Mrs Rina Pridor, Israel) • SHEEP CANNOT INNOVATE ! BUT GOATS OFTEN DO ! (Y S Rajan)

  8. REAL REALITIES (…. …. ….) • BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS : IS LIKE PEELING ONION (Cost cutting; Energy saving; TQM; TPM; ISO, 6 SIGMA…..) • INNOVATION IS CONTEXTUAL : therefore YOUR PROBLEM NEEDS YOUR SOLUTIONS • BY ALL MEANS RESPECT EXPERT ANALYSES, TRENDS FORESIGHT …ETC. GO BY INTUITION • INTUITION INCREASES BY SHARING WITH MULTIPLE KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS NOT TOO MUCH SECRECY

  9. GOING BACK • ARE YOU READY TO FACE THE MIRROR OF TRUTHS ? • ASK YOUR BOSS TO SEE THE MIRROR (HIS / HER FACE !) ? • IS YOUR TEAM (and you) READY TO FACE RISKS; GET WOUNDED ? … TRY AGAIN ? …..ACCEPT MISTAKES ? … READY FOR CHANGE ? • NEVER WORRY : IT IS JUST COMMON SENSE !

  10. BE IRREVERENT BE FEARLESS BE FOCUSSED BE CONFIDENT BE SHARING BE CARING BE INTUITIVE YET DISCIPLINED YET REALISTIC YET FLEXIBLE NOT ARROGANT YET SELECTIVE YET DEMANDING YET RATIONAL DON’T WORRY : LIFE IS SIMPLE……...

  11. SIMPLE TRUTH A THINKER SAYS, WHAT’S AFTER ALL KNOWLEDGE, NOTHING BUT A COMMON SENSE ! BUT THE SENSE DOESN’T DAWN UNLESS YOU RAISE MIND YOURS TO A LEVEL SO UNCOMMON! From: ‘AGONY & HARMONY” - Poetry collections by Y.S.Rajan (2002) NCBH

  12. THANK YOU

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