So we have all seen the creative commercials and have heard the newest buzzword that basically means creating, but has less of a liberal flare for those that find the latter less palatable. The United States is reknown for its ability to innovate and create new ideas and things - which may be a reason so many international students flock to our universities for higher education.
Today the challenge that we face is that more of the world is interested in being innovative and creating a populous and workforce that understands the value of innovation in solving some of our most important challenges. For the US this means more competition, for the world it means more innovation. What role should US institutions play in innovation today? Where should innovation take us in the future? How should students and communities be introduced to "innovation"?
The European Union has named 2009, the "Year of Creativity and Innovation". While it may only be a symbolic gesture that us unfunded, we do see dollars (euros/pounds) being thrown at research and innovation in places like Finland and now the UK (the UK has recently created a Department of Innovation)
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Personally I believe that a lot of the US born ability to innovate has come from our free market society. More specifically, we are virtually unrestricted by anything but our own abilities and desire.
On a slightly different note; here is the link to a video by Malcolm Gladwell:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/video/conference/2007/gladwell
In it he talks about the kind of problem solvers we need now and will need in the future. Gladwell argues that the problems of tomorrow will be solved by groups of very smart people, rather than by a single genius. To that end we need to be looking at what types of support and infrastructure we're creating for people to innovate and build off each other's ideas. We need universities with professors and students unbound enough to innovate. Here are some examples:
The idea of a library (as we think of them now, a place to store paper books) is a 19th century idea trying to survive in 21st century environment. Ask a professor, who does research how often he visits the library. Let's rethink the whole concept.
Also, perhaps this mantra of ‘publish or perish’ is a little archaic as well. What goals is this trying to accomplish and is there a better way to achieve them .
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