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INNOVATION - a talk by Harry Gill
THURSDAY 17 March 2011 2pm - 3.30pm
INNOVATION ..........."IT'S FOR EVERYONE".
2pm to 3.30pm - A talk by Harry Gill. FREE ADMISSION (As space is restricted in our visitor centre please email friends@fobp.co.uk or telephone 01484 645217 and let us know if you are attending).
"Innovation is for everyone" is a quote from an address given by a former director of Marks & Spencer. It draws attention to the fact that in all theatres of human endeavour innovation can and should apply: it is not just for engineers or scientists or generally for people in business.
No, innovation is for everyone: it can apply in education, in politics, in social issues at local or national level; indeed in how to enhance the attractiveness of your local park.
This talk will address the issue of what innovation is and is not. It will try to establish a common (working) understanding of concepts such as: inventiveness, imaginativeness, creativity and how innovation is seen as a synonym for these concepts but it and they are not innovation as it is now understood.
Innovation is the "initiation and implementation of change" and covers a process occupying a few days, weeks or several years. Case material will seek to explain how different approaches have pros and cons and how models of the process have changed as understanding grows.
Harry Gill, MSc C Eng. MI mech E MCSD, has worked 20 years in the engineering industry rising to senior engineer in Design and Project Engineering. 30 years at university (formerly Polytechnic) teaching Engineering Design then Project Design, final 6 years leading a Masters Degree in Innovation Studies.
