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INNOVATION AND NANO-TECHONOLOGY. Good idea, but lets’s first finish the task at hand . Good, but why don’t you come up with sufficient details. This was tried earlier, but was dropped. Top leadership is not too inclined. RESISTING CHANGE.
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Good idea, but lets’s first finish the task at hand. • Good, but why don’t you come up with sufficient details. • This was tried earlier, but was dropped. • Top leadership is not too inclined. RESISTING CHANGE
How do we create the conditions for success, yet allow space for failure? • How do we inculcate the discipline of questioning minds while keeping people within ranks/ bdys? • How to maximise individual creativity and potential w/o sacrificing systems efficiency and effectiveness? • How do we eradicate the culture of celebrating mediocrity while retaining enthusiasm? • How do we move fast to add greater value? PROMOTING BOTTOMS UP INNOVATION
“Shift focus from best practices to new opportunities, imagining of the future and inventing new practices to turn into market leaders”. CK PRAHALAD ON NEXT PRACTICES
Geo-Politics INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS & GLOBAL BALANCE OF POWER Geo-Economics – logic of conflict to the grammar of commerce (Edward Luttwak) Geo-Technology – A Catalyst for both -Nano-technology – increasing the power - Rate of Change which is ever accelerating - crates a sense of urgency about its implication.
Restructure matter, produce materials through manipulation and self assembly of components at the nanometric scale. • Driving significant advances in material, devices and systems, sciences, medicines and warfare on account of new properties and functions. • Raises the question about what our future will be like? NANO-TECHNOLOGY
Molecular manufacturing will bring a revolution in military affairs…………... It is unwise to be on the wrong side of a such a technology (K Eric Drexler) Nano Technology Expert NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATION
Surviving dynamic and disruptive 21stCentury landscape not only requires geo-political insight and geo economic knowledge but also geo-technical innovation and strategy.
Incentives for R&D. • Specifying manufacturing standards. • Law, Policies and Governance. • Social values, public opinion and politics. • Infrastructure – few support centre. • Cost and financing – yet to be convincing. • Education and literacy – for achieving • economic. • Weak industry academia activity link. • OVERALL • AVERSION TO RISK AND UNWILLINGNESS TO EXPLORE BEYOND LOW HANGING FRUIT BARRIERS IN COMMERCIALIZATION OF NANO-TECHNOLOGY