power of innovation: or how much fire can we steal?
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slightly ammended slides from Learning Technologies conference 2009 audio available here http://bit.ly/5ZFDStTRANSCRIPT
The Power of Innovation: or How much Fire can we Steal?
Howard Errey
Question Mark in Espjerg by alexanderdrachmann on flickr
Timejung by turrido50 on flickr
Jung
fascination
Non Sequitur © Wiley Miller. Used by permission of Universal Press Syndicate. All rights reserved.
• We get fascinated by technology
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Prometheus
800 BC 500 BC
Prometheus
Steals fire from gods
800 BC 500 BC
Prometheus
Steals fire from gods
Chained to rock and liver eaten by eagle daily as punishment
800 BC 500 BC
Prometheus
Steals fire from gods
Chained to rock and liver eaten by eagle daily as punishment
Released by Herakles
800 BC 500 BC
Prometheus
Steals fire from gods
Chained to rock and liver eaten by eagle daily as punishment
Released by Herakles
Pandora given as furtherPunishment. From box allevils released and hope remains
800 BC 500 BC
Prometheus
Steals fire from gods
Chained to rock and liver eaten by eagle daily as punishment
Released by Herakles
Pandora given as furtherPunishment. From box allevils released and hope remains
Prometheus reviled
800 BC 500 BC
Pandora by CharlotteSpeaks on flickr☂
Pandora
Prometheus
Steals fire from gods
Chained to rock and liver eaten by eagle daily as punishment
Steals fire from gods and is reputed to give writing, mathematics, agriculture, medicine, and science
Released by Herakles
Pandora given as furtherPunishment. From box allevils released and hope remains
Prometheus reviled
800 BC 500 BC
Prometheus
Steals fire from gods
Chained to rock and liver eaten by eagle daily as punishment
Steals fire from gods and is reputed to give writing, mathematics, agriculture, medicine, and science
Released by Herakles Released by Herakles as part of deal Chiron is to die so that Prometheus can live
Pandora given as furtherPunishment. From box allevils released and hope remains
Prometheus reviled
800 BC 500 BC
Quiró, crater àtic, c. 460-450 a. C. by Sebastià Giralt on flickr
Chiron
Prometheus
Steals fire from gods
Chained to rock and liver eaten by eagle daily as punishment
Steals fire from gods and is reputed to give writing, mathematics, agriculture, medicine, and science
Released by Herakles Released by Herakles as part of deal Chiron is to die so that Prometheus can live
Pandora given as furtherPunishment. From box allevils released and hope remains
Prometheus reviledPrometheus as hero
800 BC 500 BC
Legend of fire by Scootie on Flickr
Villain
Prometheus
Steals fire from gods
Chained to rock and liver eaten by eagle daily as punishment
Steals fire from gods and is reputed to give writing, mathematics, agriculture, medicine, and science
Released by Herakles Released by Herakles as part of deal Chiron is to die so that Prometheus can live
Pandora given as furtherPunishment. From box allevils released and hope remains
Prometheus reviledPrometheus as hero
800 BC 500 BC
Legend of fire by scootie on flickr
Hero
What’s eating you?
An allegory for oppenheimers later years by zpeckler on flickr
Isolation poster by Orangejack on flickr
Isolation
routine
Science Daily#1 by Sergei Golyshev on flickr
Anti-Motivational by Marvin (PA) on flickr
Brain the size of a planet and here I am parking cars…
What’s he up to by nimboo on flickr
Doubt and the organisation
“I don’t do self doubt.”
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Innovators…
• Talk with others• Form a community• Spend time on nothing• Nurture your creativity• If you’re not upsetting people, you’re not
doing your job (belief)
(project) managers
• Identify projects against staff skills• Encourage work outside of day-to-day• Be open to change of direction (complex
adaptive systems)• Communications plan• Ask “can I do anything to help you?”• Contextualise both frequency and depth• Trust.
