21st
October 2015
Consciousness
and innovation; Time to rethink the source of innovation
I
started writing this blog with an anticipated enthusiasm of a freshly minted currency
which, after its creation has one single purpose, to be a medium of exchange. I
am not so sure that my ideas are a currency to be exchanged as freely as the currency
we all create. The challenge is of my own making, how can I expect exchange to occur
when there is no creation of ideas. It is time to change this intellectual slumber
and share the evolution of my thoughts as I move forward in my research.
Over
the past two years I have been asking a simple question, what is the source of our
innovation? Now there are many thoughts on this point and as a currency I would
like to start a journey hoping to answer this question someday, innovation to
me is a deeper, more experiential, practice based endeavor that is aimed at
improving the purpose of life and not the objective of living. Meaning
innovators innovate because they believe in their purpose of what they endeavor
and not on the consequence of what they think they will achieve or the
objective of their endeavor. The fun in the innovation process is the journey
of innovation itself and not so much the objective of the goal of innovation,
although that might drive the innovator at times.
So
what is my purpose, After having red, internalized, reflected on several
researchers accounts of innovation, why it takes place, how it takes place and
for what it occurs I am becoming more concerned about the intellectual nature
of the debate around innovation. I believe we are missing a key part of the
innovation story which I call the practice of innovation. Practice in my sense
of the term means a balance between the intellectual reflection and the insight
created by application and use of ideas.
With
this realization in view i have started out on a journey seeking the source of innovation
in practice with a project I call as “consciousness and innovation”.
From
the 28th of October to the 7th of November a 20 member
team from all over the world will take part in the first pilot project trying
to explore the nature of this idea. The purpose of this co-created endeavor,
the purpose of this project is to establish a link between consciousness and
innovation, specifically trying to understand the linkages if they exist. This
pilot project is a fore runner to a larger project which will take 4 years to
complete. With this pilot project we start with the basics, asking relevant questions
that would help us formulate the problems of this project and thus create a
researchable boundries within which research can commence. I sincerely hope
this long journey to explore and discover the hidden insights relating to the
course of innovaiton can be revealed to us all over the duration of this
project.
To
those of you who want to follow this project look out for the weekly updates that
will be posted on this site
