“Optimism is an essential ingredient for innovation. How else can the individual welcome change over security, adventure over staying in a safe place?”
These words, famously uttered by the late entrepreneur Robert Noyce, sprung to mind this week when I saw the results of GE’s second annual Global Innovation Barometer, which raised some interesting questions around the role of optimism in spurring innovation and which makes me wonder how businesses and governments can better harness the power of positive thinking to drive positive change.
The Barometer sheds new light on how companies around the world are approaching innovation, and how executives are feeling about their ability to innovate. Just in time for the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, this temperature check on the business community’s “innovation mood” is particularly timely given 92% of the survey’s 2,800 respondents name innovation as the main lever to create a more competitive economy. Some surprising findings between levels of optimism, levels of growth and confidence in competitiveness across the 22 markets surveyed are certainly deserving of a closer look by world leaders trying to propel the economy forward.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Innovation Is A State of Mind - Forbes
