Stop Pushing Universities to License More Inventions

"Policymakers often believe that if something is good, they should provide incentives for more of it. This philosophy is apparent in policies to encourage the commercialization of university technology; local, state, and federal governments are all working to spur universities to bring more inventions to market. Take, for example, the latest federal efforts: a university commercialization prize and a pledge by university administrators to expand their technology commercialization programs."

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Saul Kaplan on manufacturing vs services

Finally somebody who understands that the manufacturing versus services debate on innovation is useless. There is a lot of attention about reindustrialising our developed countries: USA and EU. Both talk about again increasing the share of manufacturing in their territories through advanced and modern manufacturing. Kaplan is one of the few who first understands that the distinction is becoming harder to make, not to say almost obsolete. Second, he obviously understands that when you talk about the future of manufacturing you also need to discuss 3-D printing. Unfortunately I have been to conference about the future of manufacturing with high level EU policy makers who failed to mention 3-D printing. Read the article by Kaplan here

Don Tapscott: Solving the World's Problems Differently

The sharing Economy

Two Times Clayton Christensen

Speech on the Innovator's Dilemma Interview with by Mark Suster with Clayton Christensen about about a variety of topics: Link to a written summary by Mark Suster of the last interview