Kishor BagulNew York State

Chief Technology Officer

December 17- 20, 2013Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,

Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC)

What will it take to Build a Culture of Innovation?

In Most Enterprises, Innovation Is Eliminated Before It Even Gets Started

Fear

ApathyInertia

Not Invented Here

Two Psychological Moments of Truth:

Motivate Innovators to Take the First Step.

Keep the Momentum Moving Forward.

Radical and Incremental Innovation • Incremental innovation:

- Solution-driven creativity- Concrete practice- Extrinsic motivation- Needs an opportunity to contribute a

solution• Radical innovation:

- Problem-driven creativity- Abstract theory-related ideas- Intrinsic motivation- Needs time to work the problem

Radical and Incremental Creativity: Antecedents and Processes, by Gilson and Madjar,in Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 2011, Vol. 5, No. 1.

"Our ultimate goal is an aviation-like spaceflight capability and making humanity a multiplanet species.”

— 2013 IT Job Advert.

Application Development is at the center of the Nexus

Mobile

Information

Cloud

Social

AD

The Rise of Digital Things

•Internet of Things

•3D Printing

•Augmented Reality

•Autonomous Cars

•Mobile Robots

• Staying connected — products to services

• Digital fabrication ecosystems

• Value is design, data and IP — not the object

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So let the Innovation journey begin!