INNOVATION LITERACY

This week's primary task is to explain to a number of different audiences the added value of teaching innovation - this is an old hobby horse of mine - that for democracy in innovation to be real, it has to be taught in primary school - and on Thursday schoolchildren will actually visit Alsion to hear - among other things - why I became a researcher of innovation. We can all improve the technology we surround us with - humans have done that always, sometimes to the benefit of the few, sometimes to the benefit of the many - in all cases imperfection is the home of invention, and innovation is the destination. It all begins with being able to tell the difference between perfect and imperfect, between good and bad, between right and wrong - that is innovation literacy, and there is no conclusion, just a constant negotiation of criteria, conditions and conceptualizations - that is the democratic part, not the technology per se.