Countries with the right conditions stand a better chance of moving ahead through innovation than those countries that still hold to traditional and obsolete methods of governance.
The ‘right conditions’ is the key. Innovation can only happen in places where there is encouragement for new ideas.
Without the right conditions the most talented and most creative brains will migrate to places where they are able to do their best work. About 30,000 Malaysians with tertiary education are currently working in Europe.
Tens of thousands of other Malaysians are contributing their skills and knowledge in countries such as the United States, Canada and Australia.
Between 2000 and 2007, expatriate skilled labour attracted to Malaysia fell from 85,000 to 35,000, a decrease of almost 60 percent while the number of foreign unskilled workers rose by nearly 300 percent from 800,000 to 2.1 million.
Foreign students, who are usually among the brightest young people from their countries, are required to leave after their graduation from Malaysian tertiary institutions. So Malaysia is losing talents at the top end while continuing to bring in lowly educated manual workers at the bottom of the labour chain.
Malaysia has a long distance to go in creating the culture and platform to drive innovation. They do not see the potential in creating wealth out of IP. Innovation, however ground-breaking, does not always result in commercial success. The present level of intellectual property being commercialised in Malaysia is at a very low rate of 3.4 percent.
Creative thinking and marketing savvy are necessary. Without these drivers, innovation that happens will not be systematic, sustainable and financially profitable. In other words, innovation should be industry-led. The private sector is full of people very driven to succeed. They work at it every day. They have developed the skills and the capacity to compete and win. They know what the market wants; know how to respond to market needs and how to open up new opportunities.
To be certain, the process of innovation must also involve the people who run the government’s approval system. Government agencies must support and facilitate the private sector to enable it to be at its competitive best. They must understand the competitive nature of business. They must know the speed at which the private sector must move in order to remain in competition.
They must play a facilitating role. The government must lend active support to build Malaysian companies to enable them to succeed, to empower them to compete globally. It is important for the government to understand that if the private sector loses a battle overseas, it is the country that loses.
It should be Team Malaysia winning for Malaysia. This has not happened yet.
The journey to innovation starts at the very top. The chief executive of a company must commit its resources to the building of innovation.
We must educate the public, especially the parents, that creativity is more than painting and drawing cartoons.
We must focus on creating a more vibrant and productive innovation ecosystem that will pull together all our resources, our talent pool, our cultural diversity and creativity.
We must make the development of creativity and innovation a national agenda. Time is not really on our side. " Unquote.
Yes, the Jaguh Kampung Powers that be in Bolehland have Abused, Corrupted & Destroyed this once great nation to now compete with the Global Pariah Failed nations like Zimbabwe!
01/07/10
The ‘right conditions’ is the key. Innovation can only happen in places where there is encouragement for new ideas.
Without the right conditions the most talented and most creative brains will migrate to places where they are able to do their best work. About 30,000 Malaysians with tertiary education are currently working in Europe.
Tens of thousands of other Malaysians are contributing their skills and knowledge in countries such as the United States, Canada and Australia.
Between 2000 and 2007, expatriate skilled labour attracted to Malaysia fell from 85,000 to 35,000, a decrease of almost 60 percent while the number of foreign unskilled workers rose by nearly 300 percent from 800,000 to 2.1 million.
Foreign students, who are usually among the brightest young people from their countries, are required to leave after their graduation from Malaysian tertiary institutions. So Malaysia is losing talents at the top end while continuing to bring in lowly educated manual workers at the bottom of the labour chain.
Malaysia has a long distance to go in creating the culture and platform to drive innovation. They do not see the potential in creating wealth out of IP. Innovation, however ground-breaking, does not always result in commercial success. The present level of intellectual property being commercialised in Malaysia is at a very low rate of 3.4 percent.
Creative thinking and marketing savvy are necessary. Without these drivers, innovation that happens will not be systematic, sustainable and financially profitable. In other words, innovation should be industry-led. The private sector is full of people very driven to succeed. They work at it every day. They have developed the skills and the capacity to compete and win. They know what the market wants; know how to respond to market needs and how to open up new opportunities.
To be certain, the process of innovation must also involve the people who run the government’s approval system. Government agencies must support and facilitate the private sector to enable it to be at its competitive best. They must understand the competitive nature of business. They must know the speed at which the private sector must move in order to remain in competition.
They must play a facilitating role. The government must lend active support to build Malaysian companies to enable them to succeed, to empower them to compete globally. It is important for the government to understand that if the private sector loses a battle overseas, it is the country that loses.
It should be Team Malaysia winning for Malaysia. This has not happened yet.
The journey to innovation starts at the very top. The chief executive of a company must commit its resources to the building of innovation.
We must educate the public, especially the parents, that creativity is more than painting and drawing cartoons.
We must focus on creating a more vibrant and productive innovation ecosystem that will pull together all our resources, our talent pool, our cultural diversity and creativity.
We must make the development of creativity and innovation a national agenda. Time is not really on our side. " Unquote.
Yes, the Jaguh Kampung Powers that be in Bolehland have Abused, Corrupted & Destroyed this once great nation to now compete with the Global Pariah Failed nations like Zimbabwe!
01/07/10
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