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Article: Innovation Nation? - Our place must be at the vanguard of the knowledge economy.
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- July 14, 2005
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Byline: Bryan Glick.
What is innovation?
For one thing, it is a much maligned, often over-used, poorly-explained word. Ask an IT supplier and they will say: 'We are an innovator.' What many of them really mean is: 'We keep bringing out new products.'
Put the same question to IT directors and you can bet some will respond with: 'We can't innovate - it's far too risky and costs too much.'
Ask a user of technology what they think, and they might say: 'I love my iPod.' Or, more likely: 'I don't understand new technology.'
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