There are many types of innovations emerging in research laboratories and research centers.
In recent years, developed economies have created many technological, process, product, service, marketing, ecological, material and other innovations.
However, which types of innovation will be most important in the 21st century? Will the emergence of new innovations be mainly determined intentionally by specific, pre-planned research projects in research laboratories equipped with modern technology?
Will the emergence of new innovations be determined by financial resources prepared for research and development?
Is it possible to accept arbitrarily that new innovations will be created in such fields as ecology, environmental protection, medicine, energy, construction, biotechnology, agriculture because these issues concern the key problems of the 21st century, i.e. shrinking traditional resources based on minerals of energy sources, the need to develop renewable energy sources, the need to raise agricultural production productivity in agriculture in the situation of shrinking arable land, environmental protection needs, reclamation of the environment devastated by industry, waste segregation, use of secondary raw materials, protection of shrinking drinking water, etc.
Can the process of generating the necessary new innovations be effectively controlled so that new technological solutions, innovative materials, substitutes for traditional raw materials, etc. are created?
And if it is possible, then another question arises: Which types of innovations will prove to be the most important to solve the most serious national and global problems of the 21st century?
Please, answer, comments. I invite you to the discussion.
Dear Dariusz,
I agree with the previous answer. However, not just management, but ORGANIZATIONAL innovations will be the key area in the next decades. Heads of large organizations are currently feel like generals in the 30-years War of 1618-1648-- they do not know how to organize the people equipped with radically improved armement into effective units and how to develop the tactics of coordination of such units for definitive victories.
Protection of 'Ecology' for real achievement of SDG may be 'Innovation' in 21st century
Hi darisuz
Let is start with a small proverb
If we safeguard our environment then in turn it will safeguard us
The pollution plays an prominent role is depletion we must reduce the pollution , many dangerous pesticides are used in agriculture definitely it will harm the living beings...
If we are not safeguard the environmental factors we will be like dinosaurs in the future
Further no more living beings will be alive the Earth
Take a pledge to safeguard the environment....
It might be 21st innovation who can give a solution for this
Not every kind of innovation springs from research laboratories or has to do with technology. (This is a blessing, really, given the quite serious environment and other problems the world and its burgeoning population face in the 21st century.) In the field of business, for one, Gary Hamel (2007) thinks management innovation will be the prime driver of sustainable advantage in the 21st century: from the provocative contention that management is a maturing technology that has witnessed few genuine breakthroughs since Frederick Winslow Taylor and Max Weber set the ground rules 100 years ago, Hamel defines management innovation as a marked departure from traditional management principles, processes, and practices (or a departure from customary organizational forms that significantly alters the way the work of management is performed). And, there is no reason why management innovation cannot be promoted beyond the sphere of business.
Reference:
Hamel, G. (2007). The future of management. Harvard Business School Publishing.
PS: There is social innovation too, that being driven by explicit ethical imperatives.
Dear Dariusz,
I agree with the previous answer. However, not just management, but ORGANIZATIONAL innovations will be the key area in the next decades. Heads of large organizations are currently feel like generals in the 30-years War of 1618-1648-- they do not know how to organize the people equipped with radically improved armement into effective units and how to develop the tactics of coordination of such units for definitive victories.
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