>If so, what are the skills we need to thrive
>in the Innovation Age? Are they different than those
>required in the "Information Age?"
I think the two are VERY different, and the skills required to be
successful are equally different! I think the information age is rather
reactive. You get info. and you choose whether to do something with it or
not. Innovation on the other hand is pro active. Creativity and idea
generation move people to try new things. It cannot be reactive because
we don't know what's coming. Personally, I'm far more excited about
innovation than information, so I hope we are entering into a new age and
that it is the innovation age. I'm tired of reading and listening and
basing all we do on "facts". I think it's time we all start DOING and
going to the edge a bit. Action like that is more likely to bring about
some quantum change.
As for skills... it seems listening and analytical skills were necessary
during the information age. Creative thinking, opportunity identification
and risk taking will be necessary to be successful in an innovation age.
It won't be about following direc tion anymore, but creating direction.
Perhaps the most important "skill" that will be necessary in an innovation
age is that of humility. Admitting what we don't know and limiting
ourselves only to what we can do instead of what we can't.
I'm ready to start this new age NOW!! ~CJ
--"Carol Johnson" <carol_johnson@weains.com>
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