A view of the public sector – wrong direction?

Bruce Holland’s  Strategic Snippet Is the Public Sector is going in the wrong direction? February, 2011 The purpose of this Snippet is to illustrate how bureaucracy and red tape may be driving the Public Service in the wrong direction. Indeed, because of unquestioned assumptions,  government may be inadvertently designing failure into many things they do …

Continue reading ‘A view of the public sector – wrong direction?’ »

Article: Growing Imperative for Innovation Scientists and Engineers

Go here to read the article. at “Blogging Innovation” Paul Hobcraft runs Agility Innovation, an advisory business that stimulates sound innovation practice, researches topics that relate to innovation for the future, as well as aligning innovation to organizations core capabilities. Quote: “What are the disciplines required to be mastered? There is a real need to …

Continue reading ‘Article: Growing Imperative for Innovation Scientists and Engineers’ »

NEW Japan’s S3FIRE (Service Science, Solutions and Foundation Integrated REsearch) Program

Japan’s S3FIRE (Service Science, Solutions and Foundation Integrated REsearch) Program http://www.ristex.jp/servicescience/EN/index.html In fiscal 2010, Japan’s Science & Technology Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society (JST RISTEX) organization established the Service Science, Solutions and Foundation Integrated REsearch Program.  The aim of the Program is to identify the specific or latent needs of society and …

Continue reading ‘NEW Japan’s S3FIRE (Service Science, Solutions and Foundation Integrated REsearch) Program’ »

The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

“The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship features books by leading scholars from a wide range of academic disciplines and perspectives on topics related to economic growth and the expansion of human welfare.” “The series is a collaborative effort between the Kauffman Foundation, Princeton University Press, and the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at …

Continue reading ‘The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship’ »