Innovation lessons from Google’s self-driving car — from game-changer.net by Jorge Barba
Excerpts (emphasis DSC):
Idealistic vision
In Google’s own language, this is a moonshot project. It’s something that will make a dent in the future, that is worth pursuing though it might not work. In the end, the results could be dramatic…
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What are you changing and how will the world look like after you change it?
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Where can we make the most initial impact in the least amount of time?
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Unlike incremental ideas, really big ideas have no clear business case; only potential. And you have to find that potential in a very disciplined way.
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Bottom line:
Innovation requires a different kind of leadership. One that understands that innovation requires trial and error. The rhetoric of innovation is often about fun and creativity, but the reality is that innovation is hard work and can be a very taxing, uncomfortable process, both emotionally and intellectually. We can learn valuable innovation lessons from Google, a true innovator, on what it takes to create the conditions for projects like these to happen and become real.
From DSC:
Institutions of higher education have developed some great products and services out there for creating solid scholars, thinkers, future citizens, and much more; however, such programs are increasingly out of reach for many people (or they come with a crushing weight that stays on a graduate’s back for years to come).
So I’d like to see those of us working within higher education take some lessons from the likes of Google: It’s time for some serious innovation and experimentation. Such a shift requires massive cultural changes throughout many of our institutions of higher education (not all, but many).
We need to continue to provide quality products and services, but at much more affordable prices. What we have now is NOT working for many people. It’s simply not working.
Towards that end, it’s time for TRIMTAB Groups, experimentation, and innovation throughout higher education.
NOTE:
With the affordances that come from technology, it isn’t always possible to put $$ figures on things like ROI’s. To see this immediately, think of the difficulty in trying to nail down any sort of accurate ROI from your email system or from your voicemail system or from your networking infrastructure. I don’t think it can be done. This is where bold, visionary, informed thinking comes into play. We can start small; then see what is and isn’t working.
From DSC, some related questions:
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- Does the word filiopiestistic relate to higher education? If so, in what ways might that be detrimental?
FILIOPIETISTIC:
Of or relating to an often excessive veneration of ancestors or tradition; fil·io·pi·e·tism noun
. - Is this what we want to become? Have we already become it? –> Only Rich Kids Should Go to College — from time.com by D @dankadlecThe evidence keeps mounting: college loans are holding back young Americans in unprecedented numbers.