Comments on: Where in the World is Innovation? http://www.steveshapiro.com/2006/08/11/where-in-the-world-is-innovation/ Steve shares his unconventional approach on Business Innovation, Creativity, Goals and Critical Thinking Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:12:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: ed bernacki http://www.steveshapiro.com/2006/08/11/where-in-the-world-is-innovation/#comment-1442 ed bernacki Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:19:25 +0000 http://www.goalfree.com/?p=261#comment-1442 I find this curious. At minimum it means people are exploring the terms. For such a small country, I find that Singapore is surprising. A common assumption I often hear is how structured and non creative its society is. Yet when I did a couple of projects involving innovation in the public sector in Singapore I found their the background principles of these projects more original and insightful when compared to what I knew from the North American world. They have dedicated programs to help all organization be more innovative. I also lived in Australia and New Zealand. The fact they are on the list does not surprise me. Many government policies and business leaders talk about the need for more innovative thinking. Perhaps this is what prompts people to search. Now that I live in Canada, I find it sad but not surprising that Canada is not on that list. The general level of management conversation around innovation and creativity is no where as high as I experienced in the countries I mentioned above. Interesting observation. Something must draw people to search for these terms. I find this curious. At minimum it means people are exploring the terms. For such a small country, I find that Singapore is surprising. A common assumption I often hear is how structured and non creative its society is. Yet when I did a couple of projects involving innovation in the public sector in Singapore I found their the background principles of these projects more original and insightful when compared to what I knew from the North American world. They have dedicated programs to help all organization be more innovative. I also lived in Australia and New Zealand. The fact they are on the list does not surprise me. Many government policies and business leaders talk about the need for more innovative thinking. Perhaps this is what prompts people to search. Now that I live in Canada, I find it sad but not surprising that Canada is not on that list. The general level of management conversation around innovation and creativity is no where as high as I experienced in the countries I mentioned above. Interesting observation. Something must draw people to search for these terms.

]]> By: Stephen Shapiro http://www.steveshapiro.com/2006/08/11/where-in-the-world-is-innovation/#comment-1437 Stephen Shapiro Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:08:55 +0000 http://www.goalfree.com/?p=261#comment-1437 Ethan, interesting point. You may be right. From my perspective, Google searches highlight trends and indicate what's hot. For the sake of argument, let's assume that is true. Then, if innovation were truly pervasive within American businesses, I would not expect companies to search for this topic. To your point. However, I know that innovation is still in its infancy within most businesses. And I know that many of my clients still use the Internet extensively to research innovation, even if only to find books, speakers, consultants, or conferences. So, if innovation were truly an emerging hot topic in American businesses, I would have expected the US to show up somewhere on the list. Regardless, I just thought it was interesting and never wanted to read into it too much. Thanks for your comment. Ethan, interesting point. You may be right.

From my perspective, Google searches highlight trends and indicate what’s hot. For the sake of argument, let’s assume that is true. Then, if innovation were truly pervasive within American businesses, I would not expect companies to search for this topic. To your point. However, I know that innovation is still in its infancy within most businesses. And I know that many of my clients still use the Internet extensively to research innovation, even if only to find books, speakers, consultants, or conferences. So, if innovation were truly an emerging hot topic in American businesses, I would have expected the US to show up somewhere on the list.

Regardless, I just thought it was interesting and never wanted to read into it too much. Thanks for your comment.

]]> By: Ethan http://www.steveshapiro.com/2006/08/11/where-in-the-world-is-innovation/#comment-1436 Ethan Mon, 14 Aug 2006 01:07:30 +0000 http://www.goalfree.com/?p=261#comment-1436 I don't understand the relevance. You said it yourself: searching on google for the word "innovation" does not have much to do with actually being innovative. It would seem a person who did have innovation and creativity would gain little from looking up those words on a search engine, where results are mostly self-help sites. I would suggest not having the US on the list might even be a good thing. I don’t understand the relevance. You said it yourself: searching on google for the word “innovation” does not have much to do with actually being innovative. It would seem a person who did have innovation and creativity would gain little from looking up those words on a search engine, where results are mostly self-help sites. I would suggest not having the US on the list might even be a good thing.

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