We expect our leaders to possess this ethereal quality called “charisma”. But, once we use the term, we have a problem. Just like our concept of entrepreneurship, there is no universal definition. (I attribute both of these problems to our devotion to political correctness. We want to grant entrepreneurship status to those who clearly are not entrepreneurs, like that will really help grow enterprises. The same is true with charisma.)
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I’ve written before how much computers are critical in our lives and work. And, how much they’ve changed since I started my career. From my shoeboxes carrying Hollerith Cards fed to a computer almost as large as my living room (designing a pyrolysis unit) to my PDP computer (enzymatic production of a new form of penicillin) to my Osborne (water reuse systems, QC for medical products) to my AT&T (clinical trials) to my current systems (WebOS tablet, Intel7 laptop, and 8 processor Itanium server).
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We need to innovate! Are you tired of hearing that? I am- not because the sentiment is wrong, but because those saying it often have not a clue as to what to do- or, in many cases, what is innovation. I discussed this, as have many others. (Innovation needs innovators, Go and Create, Innovation is the key, among others of my posts that cover this topic. Use the search feature on the right of my blog, looking for ‘innovat’ and you will find many more.)
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We keep hearing from our government that America has be innovative; we need to create new things. Innovation is, indeed, a vital component of economic progress. It is the driver for growth, for more competitive offerings among companies and countries, and a means for the creator (more typically, the creator’s company) to prosper. The problem is you really can’t engineer innovation. The most you can do is to increase the odds of it occurring.
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