that is a rule that I've learn in professional training about innovation. inovators are: - foreigners in their domain (other country, culture, industry, diploma, speciality). so they understand that the things can be different from what it is in their company/industry/domain... - they gave a network of similar people with whom they can share and maintain their strange vision - they are resilient. they keep their ideas despite critics. their networks help much. they are not afraid to crash, and will crash.
2012/4/12 Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> > Many writers such as Christensen have pointed out that innovation tends to > come from outside an industry. Containerized shipping is a classic > example. It was developed by Malcom McLean, and industry outsider. That is > why cold fusion is unlikely to be developed by mainstream energy companies. > > Innovation not only comes from people outside the mainstream, it often > comes from places physically removed from the mainstream, such as Dayton, > Ohio. In the case of cold fusion, the biggest academic project is a U. > Missouri, not MIT, CalTech, Georgia Tech or any of the other leading > technology institutions. U. Missouri is a great place. It was founded by > Thomas Jefferson. Robert Duncan is a great guy. But still, it is physically > removed from the mainstream and the Big Gun east and west coast > institutions. > > The 19th century industrial revolution was centered in England, but many > of the inventions and ideas came from Scotland. > > Anyway, here are some cynical but thought provoking ideas about this > subject -- > > http://blog.findings.com/post/20527246081/how-we-will-read-clay-shirky > > As this author puts it: "Institutions will try to preserve the problem for > which they are the solution." > > I like the quote about the PDF format being "where data goes to die." I > have often had an uneasy feeling that is true, and it bothers me since > everything at LENR-CANR is in PDF format. I try to hang on to original > sources such as .doc files and graphic images. > > QUOTES: > > Publishing is not evolving. Publishing is going away. Because the word > “publishing” means a cadre of professionals who are taking on the > incredible difficulty and complexity and expense of making something > public. That’s not a *job* anymore. That’s a *button*. There’s a button > that says “publish,” and when you press it, it’s done. > > . . . > > The original promise of the e-book was not a promise to the reader, it was > a promise to the publisher: “We will design something that appears on a > screen, but it will be as inconvenient as if it were a physical object.” > This is the promise of the portable document format, where data goes to > die, as well. > > Institutions will try to preserve the problem for which they are the > solution. Now publishers are in the business not of overcoming scarcity but > of manufacturing demand. And that means that almost all innovation in > creation, consumption, distribution and use of text is coming from outside > the traditional publishing industry. > > >
