An Innovator has an Obligation to…Challenge

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Week 04 theme is “Challenge”

If, as George Carlin said, “An artist has an obligation to be en route”

Please complete this sentence: An innovator has an obligation to…

– challenge the status quo. – Sunil Malhotra, Design and Social Innovation Entrepreneur

– challenge short-termism and unsustainable practices in business and society. – Peter Cook, The Boss – Human Dynamics and the Academy of Rock

– challenge their direct environment, their colleagues, clients, neighbors, but also on a wider plan (government, fellow entrepreneurs, federations…) to look and go beyond the usual. -  Tine Peeters, Human-focussed design of innovative products, services, interiors, interactions and experiences that create real value

– challenge existing concepts. – Femke IJsseldijk, Creative Researcher

“We identify tomorrow’s challenges, often grand challenges, and use technology and art to envision alternative solutions.  Sometimes these challenges occur in prosaic settings, like the household.   Sometimes they occur on a grand scale, as in themed urban developments.   Or in virtual space, where for example collaboration in the services sector takes place.” – Excerpt from Innovation: How Innovators Think, Act and Change Our World interview Robert Jacobson, Co-Founder, Chairman and Strategist with Atelier Tomorrow

“Innovation is the only key to solving the immense issues surrounding health and medicine, problems which affect every single person – be it physically, emotionally or economically, or a combination thereof. Healthcare and health management are issues that must be looked at from a global, national, regional and individual perspective – in both the public and private sector – all of which have their own challenges, responsibilities and opportunities for innovation.” – Excerpt from the author’s essay, Me-health: Resolute and committed stakeholders at the heart of the healthcare industry, from Innovation: How Innovators Think, Act and Change Our World

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Kim Chandler McDonald is author of Innovation: How Innovators Think, Act and Change Our World, as well as the Co-Founder and Flat World Navigator at KimmiC, a company specializing in  leading edge innovations such as FlatWorld™ – digital technology that empowers end users to easily capture, collaborate and capitalize on ideas, information and knowledge assets.