Comments on: Four Pillars: On innovation and education http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/06/22/four-pillars-on-innovation-and-education/ a blog about information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: E-Valuation of Information Systems http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/06/22/four-pillars-on-innovation-and-education/comment-page-1/#comment-2059 E-Valuation of Information Systems Sun, 02 Jul 2006 11:40:11 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/06/22/four-pillars-on-innovation-and-education/#comment-2059 <strong>On Routine vs. Innovative Work and Spoiling vs. Disrupting Open Source</strong> There is a funny little exchange over assembly lines and open source software (first, second, third) between two bloggers I read, David Anderson of Agile fame, now at Microsoft, and JP Rangaswami the CIO of an investment bank who gave an entertai... On Routine vs. Innovative Work and Spoiling vs. Disrupting Open Source

There is a funny little exchange over assembly lines and open source software (first, second, third) between two bloggers I read, David Anderson of Agile fame, now at Microsoft, and JP Rangaswami the CIO of an investment bank who gave an entertai…

]]> By: John http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/06/22/four-pillars-on-innovation-and-education/comment-page-1/#comment-1417 John Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:14:57 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/06/22/four-pillars-on-innovation-and-education/#comment-1417 http://etrading.wordpress.com/2006/06/22/against-method-routine-innovation-and-epistemological-anarchy/ http://etrading.wordpress.com/2006/06/22/against-method-routine-innovation-and-epistemological-anarchy/

]]> By: Balaji Sowmyanarayanan http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/06/22/four-pillars-on-innovation-and-education/comment-page-1/#comment-1406 Balaji Sowmyanarayanan Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:12:23 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/06/22/four-pillars-on-innovation-and-education/#comment-1406 It is actually the process of 'Drive out variance' prevelant in school or enterprise that breeds the variance. It is conformity that breeds non-conformance. You can have full spectrum of Yin-Yang combination, yet you cannot have just Yin or just Yang. In enterprise it is routine work that is the basis of money making. Put another way, source of all money is routine work. Routine can be tweeked creatively etc. But if you take the routine out Routine work, money stops right there. The whole process of successful innovation is to translate the new idea into a sustainable routine. Most successful ones are mostly compatiable with the current routines. (Or Cow Paths as you like to call them) It is actually the process of ‘Drive out variance’ prevelant in school or enterprise that breeds the variance.

It is conformity that breeds non-conformance.

You can have full spectrum of Yin-Yang combination, yet you cannot have just Yin or just Yang.

In enterprise it is routine work that is the basis of money making. Put another way, source of all money is routine work. Routine can be tweeked creatively etc. But if you take the routine out Routine work, money stops right there.

The whole process of successful innovation is to translate the new idea into a sustainable routine. Most successful ones are mostly compatiable with the current routines. (Or Cow Paths as you like to call them)

]]>