Startup Recipe – empathize, reinvent and scale
Is not startup a heroic art or Eureka moment? Does startup recipe sound absurd? Perhaps, it does. Surprisingly, there are reoccurring patterns in the journey of Carl Benz, Edison, Steve…
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AI Policy Response – demands long-term perspectives
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not magic. It is not a new technology either. Underlying component technologies are available and also affordable. In isolation, they have little capabilities. But once they…
Technology Forecasting Failures by Giants Gave Birth to Giants
Technology is a dynamic phenomenon. Competition fuels scientific progress for improving technologies. With the growth of technology performances in key areas like complexity, efficiency, capacity, size, accuracy, usability, and compactness,…
High-tech – leveraging creative waves of destruction
We are bombarded with endless news about the possibilities of High-tech. Starting from venture capital fund managers, development practitioners to entrepreneurs, everybody seems to be after the high tech. Fund…
Crossing technology chasm – jumping to higher altitude
In the technology adoption lifecycle, the gap between successive market segments is a chasm. As opposed to flat land, technology diffusion landscape is like a mountain. Invariably, inventions take place…
Technology Life Cycle – lessons from examples
The technology life cycle refers to technologies’ birth, growth, and maturity. Dynamics of the technology life cycle unfold opportunities and threats. Often, embryonic beginning keeps potentials latent, posing uncertainties about…
Innovators’ Dilemma to Switch to Next Wave
Why did great companies like Kodak, Nokia, DEC, PALM, or RCA suffer from destruction? Is it because they did not have great ideas, competent R&D teams, complementary facilities, client base,…
12 Creative Destruction Examples – driving prosperity out of destruction
Prof. Schumpeter introduced Creative Destruction in explaining Wealth creation, accumulation, and annihilation dynamics. He argued that creative destruction is crucial in Capitalism; it’s a vital tool to erode the monopoly. But what…
Automobile Reinvention—China’s adventure to graduate from idea importer to exporter
Made in China 2025 places the automobile Reinvention agenda at the top. China began the journey of building the automobile industry by adding value out of labor and locally available…
Purpose of Electrical and Computer Engineering Education
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is a major professional discipline. International Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE) has more than 400,000 members from 160 countries. A growing number of…
Vulnerability of America’s Technology Superiority
The vulnerability of America’s technology superiority has already raised concern. But, is it due to just China’s IP infringement? Or, is there a systematic pattern of erosion of America’s edge?…
Americans Invent for Others to Innovate—a lesson from the LCD display
“America cannot even produce the things it invented” is the title of a recent New York Times opinion piece. The author, co-director of the Innovation policy lab at the University…